Stewardship - The State Universities of Michigan and the Public Good, July 2, 2018

July 2, 2018

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

Oakland University hosts Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition

The Oakland Press (June 4, 2018)

University of Michigan outdoes IBM with world's smallest 'computer'

c|net (June 22, 2018)

WSU hosting DHack: Detroit's Hackathon June 21-24 in Detroit

WXYZ TV (June 23, 2018)

Accelerating toward success [CMU]

CMU News (June 25, 2018)

Environmental & Agricultural Sustainability

New strains of avian malaria found in southwest Michigan songbirds [WMU]

Michigan Radio (June 11, 2018)

NMU-NASA Granite Island Project Underway

NMU News Bureau (June 15, 2018)

How Is Our Health Tied To The Health Of The Great Lakes? [WSU]

WDET FM (June 15, 2018)

Break it down: Understanding the formation of chemical byproducts during water treatment [MTU]

Science Daily (June 27, 2018)

Flint Water Crisis

Book excerpt: "What the Eyes Don't See," on the Flint water scandal [MSU]

CBS News (June 14, 2018)

Health Care

What causes irritable bowel syndrome? Scientists discover early source of disease that affects around 15% of the world's population [MSU]

Newsweek (June 15, 2018)

Untangling the mysteries of multiple morbidity [UM-D]

UM-Dearborn News (June 18, 2018)

Grand Valley researcher awarded $2.2M grant to study dementia

MLive (June 18, 2018)

Colleges, nonprofit work to increase diversity in health care workforce [GVSU, FSU]

MLive (June 18, 2018)

'I can hear! It's amazing' [CMU]

CMU News (June 27, 2018)

K-12 Outreach

Don't Just Sit There: Do Science and Engineering [MTU]

Michigan Tech News (June 4, 2018)

CECS mentors help metro Detroit students imagine life after high school [UM-D]

UM-Dearborn News (June 18, 2018)

SVSU hosts Education Employment Fair to battle teacher shortage

WJRT TV (June 19, 2018)

Edventures summer camp fluoresces with excitement [LSSU]

The Sault News (June 20, 2018)

Bits and Bytes 2018: Computer science summer camp for middle school girls at Eastern Michigan University offers expanded programming in second year

EMU Today (June 20, 2018)

Students finish aquaponics project [NMU]

WBUP TV (June 21, 2018)

Career and education planning, a for-credit course [FSU]

School News Network (June 22, 2018)

'This opportunity is priceless' [FSU]

School News Network (June 22, 2018)

EMU and U-M join forces for conference on innovation in education

Concentrate (June 27, 2018)

Public Safety & Veteran Outreach

SVSU, MSP educate future health care workers about human trafficking

WJRT TV (June 18, 2018)

Oakland University earns national cyber defense education designation

The Oakland Press (June 22, 2018)

Civic Engagement & Education

New UM-Flint scholarship seeks to 'recognize and reward' Genesee County's talent

Flintside (June 19, 2018)

Report highlights Michigan's housing shortages, especially in northern lower peninsula [UM]

Michigan Radio (June 21, 2018)

Student & Faculty Service

UM-Flint receives Governor's Service Award for outstanding volunteer projects

UM-Flint Now (June 8, 2018)

WMU students clean Great Lakes with beach cleanup in Holland

WZZM TV (June 24, 2018)

Culture & Placemaking

LSSU theatre students team up with U-M for production

Radio Results Network (June 14, 2018)

Michigan Association of State Universities | masu.org

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