January 8, 2025

Congratulations and welcome to the honorable members elected to the 103rd Legislature! MASU appreciates your service to your communities and your state.


Michigan's 15 public universities are pleased to share the following news items with you. Stewardship is a monthly update on various activities our universities are engaged in that enrich their communities, regions, and the state of Michigan.

Economic Development – Research, Tech Transfer, & Innovation

MSU rare isotope facility, in demand by scientists worldwide, awarded $529M

Detroit Free Press (Dec. 1)

 

Amid rise of EVs, constantly updating technology, WMU, KCC set to receive combined $4.7 million for electric vehicle, semiconductor learning programs

WZZM TV (Dec. 2)

 

University of Michigan, Los Alamos National Laboratory to develop computing, AI facility

The Detroit News (Dec. 5)

 

OU Business Students Continue Winning Ways at 2024 SAS Hackathon

Patch (Dec. 12)

 

Economic Development – Local Partnerships

Brad King, founder of Orbion Space Technology, shares how he became one of the U.P.’s leading rocket scientists [MTU]

MEDC (Dec. 1)

 

E. coli outbreaks hurt real estate values, study finds [SVSU]

The Alpena News (Dec. 4)

 

New Wildcat Collective Partnership Benefits Students, U.P. Communities [NMU]

Northern Today (Dec. 12)

 

Bedrock reveals innovation district plan on stalled Wayne County jail complex site [FSU, WSU]

WXYZ TV (Dec. 17)

 

Enterprise program connects students with industry [MTU]

UPword (Dec. 18)

 

Environmental & Agricultural Sustainability

Wayne State study links head, neck cancers to air pollution

Public News Service (Dec. 2)

 

GVSU is conducting first-of-its-kind deer study in Kent Co.

WGVU FM (Dec. 11)

 

Eastern Michigan University participating in entrepreneurship program focused on climate change solutions [MSU, UM, WSU]

CBS News (Dec. 11)

 

Deer in the dark: GVSU conducting data collection for Kent County

WXMI TV (Dec. 13)

 

Health Care

MSU researchers discover drug to treat medical implant rejection

Yahoo! News (Dec. 3)

 

Is pH the GPS of our cells? [UM-D]

UM-Dearborn News (Dec. 4)

 

University of Michigan developed 'unprecedented' AI tool to improve brain tumor surgery

Detroit Free Press (Dec. 9)

 

K-12 Outreach

Michigan High School Esports Federation holds Varsity finals at UM-Flint

WEYI TV (Dec. 7)

 

Global Outreach

OU Students Present Research to State Department Officials

Patch (Dec. 19)

 

Public Health, Safety, & Security

NMU's $2.5 Million NIH Grant Addresses Addiction, Employment and Poverty

Northern Today (Dec. 19)

 

Military & Veteran Outreach

UM-Flint lauded by The Military Times for veteran friendliness

UM-Flint Now (Dec. 2)

 

Wayne State University partners with U.S. Army to research improvements of mobile water treatment

States Newsroom (Dec. 6)

 

Annual ‘Operation: Fill the Trailer’ competition helping veterans across Michigan [SVSU]

WNEM TV (Dec. 13)

 

Civic Engagement and Education 

Social workers offer services in unexpected Ypsi-area sites, from library to art center [EMU, UM]

Concentrate (Dec. 4)

 

National Training Institute will keep electrical training seminars in Washtenaw County [EMU]

WEMU FM (Dec. 12)

 

Culture & Placemaking

The Metro: The impact of Black churches in Detroit and beyond [UM-D]

WDET FM (Dec. 9)

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