COVID-19 Response
Detroit Today: How the COVID-19 pandemic changed the way people socialize [WSU]
WDET FM (Aug. 23)
How research uses wastewater to monitor viruses [CMU]
WWTV TV (Aug. 24)
New COVID-19 variant BA.2.86 reported in Washtenaw County; Medical experts urge caution [WSU]
CBS Detroit (Aug. 29)
Economic Development – Research, Tech Transfer, & Innovation
Michigan State University invests in future of semiconductor industry
WXMI TV (Aug. 10)
Freedom Forge [MTU]
dbusiness (Aug. 18)
How long until a robot is doing your chores? [UM-D]
BBC News (Aug. 29)
Economic Development – Local Partnerships
Bipartisan, regional collaboration vital to securing funds for key Greater Lansing projects [MSU]
Lansing State Journal (Aug. 13)
Gov. Whitmer attends demolition ceremony at former Marquette hospital site
WJMN TV (Aug. 16)
Environmental & Agricultural Sustainability
Preparing for a Great Lakes oil spill [LSSU]
WKAR FM (Aug. 5)
New College of Great Lakes Ecology, Education [LSSU]
Sea Technology (Aug. 7)
MTU receives EPA funding for energy transition study
The Daily Mining Gazette (Aug. 15)
GVSU’s ‘Pixie Drone’ collects plastic from waterways
WOOD TV (Aug. 16)
CMU students, staff study climate change and biodiversity in Antarctica
WJRT TV (Aug. 22)
NMU Dining Assists Composting Effort
Northern Today (Aug. 25)
Health Care
Team from University of Michigan creates easier to use tourniquet to help save lives
WDIV TV (Aug. 10)
Scientists Find New Weapon Against Brain Tumor: 'Major Crack in the Armor' [UM]
Newsweek (Aug. 16)
Michigan University to Establish Brain Health Institute [WSU]
Public News Service (Aug. 22)
OU Professor Co-Authors Article on Ethics of Pediatric Decision Making
Patch (Aug. 31)
K-12 Outreach
Gaylord Community Schools partners with CMU to combat teacher shortage
WPBN TV (Aug. 7)
Michigan Department of Education launches program to address teacher shortage [WMU]
WXMI TV (Aug. 15)
Ferris State University Early Childhood Center making it easier for parents to get degrees
WWTV TV (Aug. 23)
Genesee Early College gets new home on UM-Flint campus
MLive (Aug. 31)
Global Outreach
OU Welcomes Japanese Students for Two-Week ESL Program
Patch (Aug. 4)
Public Health, Safety, & Security
M.O.M.S. tour in Detroit aims to reduce infant mortality rate, pregnancy related death [WSU]
Detroit Free Press (Aug. 15)
Eastern Michigan University to Launch a Bachelor’s Degree Program at a Women’s Prison
WIA Report (Aug. 25)
Ann Arbor has new directive for police after updating traffic stop policy
MLive (Aug. 30)
So far, so good for a new policing strategy in downtown Flint [UM-F]
WJRT TV (Aug. 31)
Military & Veteran Outreach
SVSU Is a Veteran Friendly School
WSGW FM (Aug. 25)
GVSU offers free entrepreneurship program for veterans in Battle Creek
WWMT TV (Aug. 27)
Ferris achieves gold-level status for veteran-friendly program
Pioneer (Aug. 28)
Culture & Placemaking
What’s that? Scenes of Bay City’s historic figures grace downtown building. [SVSU]
MLive (Aug. 21)
Faculty Expertise
Here’s how 3 metro Detroit businesses are using Artificial Intelligence to their advantage [UM-D]
Metromode (Aug. 24)
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