WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The Asian Americans Advancing Justice issued the following news release on April 8, 2025: * * * Civil Rights Organizations Call on University of Michigan Law School to Ensure Equal Access to Educational Opportunity in Response to Troubling Email About Law Review No student should be told that their identity makes them undeserving of their accomplishments. Today, a group of civil rights organizations sent a letter to the University of Michigan Law School calling on the   more

MIDLAND, Michigan, April 10 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The Mackinac Center for Public Policy posted the following news release: * * * Dearborn Schools Top New Context and Performance Report Card The Mackinac Center for Public Policy has released its 2025 Michigan Context and Performance Report Card evaluating the performance of public elementary and middle schools across the state. The CAP Report takes into consideration both test scores and student socioeconomic backgrou  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 10 [Category: Education] -- The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities posted the following news release: * * * HACU appoints director of Midwestern Regional Office April 10, 2025 # SAN ANTONIO - The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities has announced the appointment of Gilberto Ruiz as director of state government relations of its Midwestern Regional Office in Chicago. Ruiz will oversee HACU's legislative agenda on state government issues  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Detention Watch Network, a coalition that says it builds power through advocacy and strategic communications to abolish immigration detention in the United States, issued the following news release on April 8, 2025: * * * ICE's New Facilities and Request for $45 Billion Would Exacerbate Inhumane and Deadly Detention System Washington, DC -- This week Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued an urgent sole source justification and approval notice for contracts f  more

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, North Carolina, April 9 [Category: Industrial Materials] -- MEMA, The Vehicle Suppliers Association posted the following news release: * * * MEMA Selects West Michigan and ADAC for Spring Board Meeting Washington, D.C. - MEMA, The Vehicle Suppliers Association, the leading trade association representing vehicle suppliers and advancing the fast-changing mobility industry, has chosen West Michigan and ADAC as the site of its 2025 Spring Board of Directors Meeting. The   more

LANSING, Michigan, April 11 -- Progress Michigan, an organization that says it holds public officials and government accountable and assist in the promotion of progressive ideas, issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * Michigan Congressional Republicans Vote to Block Access to Ballot Box MICHIGAN - On Thursday, the United States House of Representatives voted to pass the SAVE Act, an anti-voter piece of legislation that would disenfranchise tens of thousands of eligible Mic  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 11 -- The Alliance for the Great Lakes issued the following news release: * * * Michigan Governor and House Speaker Working to Keep Invasive Carp Out of the Great Lakes CHICAGO, IL (April 10, 2025) - Yesterday, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Speaker of the Michigan House Matt Hall engaged with the White House on finalizing the pending Brandon Road invasive carp barrier project. After more than a decade of planning and design, the Brandon Road project was sched  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 [Category: Sociological] -- The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws posted the following news release: * * * Michigan: Supreme Court Rules That Smell of Marijuana Is Insufficient Cause for a Vehicle Search Lansing, MI: Judges on the Michigan Supreme Court have ruled that police officers may not conduct warrantless searches of motor vehicles based solely upon the odor of marijuana emanating from the vehicle. Judges opined that because the use of cannab  more

SOUTHFIELD, Michigan, April 9 -- The Society of Manufacturing Engineers issued the following news release: * * * Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation and SME Education Foundation Launch Scholarship Program to Empower Neurodiverse Students Over $200K in Scholarships to Expand Access to Manufacturing and Engineering Careers (SOUTHFIELD, Mich., April 8, 2025) - The SME Education Foundation, in partnership with the Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation, today announced the launch of the Mits  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 11 -- NSF, a testing and certification organization in the water industry, issued the following news on April 10, 2025: * * * NSF Becomes First ANAB-Accredited Certification Body for the SFI Urban and Community Forest Sustainability Standard With this achievement, NSF certifies its first client, Clemson University. ANN ARBOR, MI - NSF-ISR (NSF), a leading global public health and safety organization, is pleased to announce that it has become the first ANSI National  more

SOUTHFIELD, Michigan, April 8 -- The Society of Manufacturing Engineers issued the following news release: * * * RAPID + TCT 2025 Announces Executive Perspectives Panelists An expanded Keynote Series featuring industry leaders returns to the event Main Stage, with perspectives from OEMs and end users in manufacturing (DETROIT, April 7, 2025) -- RAPID + TCT 2025, North America's premier additive manufacturing (AM) and industrial 3D-printing event coproduced by SME and Rapid News Publications   more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, April 8 [Category: Media] -- The Society of Professional Journalists posted the following news: * * * Region 4 Mark of Excellence Awards 2024 winners announced CONTACT: Lou Harry, SPJ Manager of Publications and Awards, lharry@hq.spj.org Kim Tsuyuki, SPJ Communications Specialist, ktsuyuki@hq.spj.org * * * The Society of Professional Journalists recognizes the best collegiate journalism in Region 4 with 2024 Mark of Excellence Awards winners. SPJ's Region 4 c  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- SIECUS, an organization that says it advances sex education through advocacy, policy and coalition building, issued the following news release: * * * SIECUS featured in The Michigan Daily SIECUS: Sex Ed for Social Change appeared in an article by the University of Michigan's student-run newspaper, The Michigan Daily, titled Five bills to watch in the Michigan state legislature: March 2025. Savannah Halpern quoted president and CEO, Christine Soyong Harley (She/Her). In  more