Gov. Snyder talks with volunteers at UM-Flint, apologizes for water crisis
MLive (Jan. 8, 2016)
MSU, Hurley Center to fight lead poisoning in Flint
The Detroit News (Jan. 13, 2016)
How Michigan's Flint River is poisoning the city's residents [WMU]
The Guardian [UK] (Jan. 18, 2016)
Researchers investigating how lead exposure could affect DNA [WSU]
Michigan Radio (Jan. 19, 2016)
Foundation asks GVSU researcher to study Flint water crisis
Grand Rapids Business Journal (Jan. 19, 2016)
UM funds $100K to launch research on Flint water crisis [UM, UM-D, UM-F]
The Detroit News (Jan. 21, 2016)
UM-Flint holds first of several free courses on Flint water crisis
MLive (Jan. 21, 2016)
U. of Mich. 8-part course explores Flint water crisis
USA Today (Jan. 22, 2016)
Mich. universities move to research Flint water crisis
The Detroit News (Jan. 23, 2016)
The Flint Water Scandal: The Role of Public Universities [MSU; Commentary]
Newsweek (Jan. 26, 2016)
To help resolve the Flint water crisis, a university leans on its community [UM-F, Commentary]
The Conversation (Jan. 27, 2016)
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder Has No Plan to Remove Poison Pipes in Flint [UM]
NBC News (Jan. 27, 2016)
The science behind the Flint water crisis: corrosion of pipes, erosion of trust [UM, Commentary]
The Conversation (Jan. 28, 2016)
State takeovers do little to help cash-strapped cities like Flint [MSU, Commentary]
The Conversation (Jan. 29, 2016)
Students band together to bring safe water to Flint [UM-F, WSU]
USA Today (Jan. 29, 2016)
MTU Professor sheds light on Flint water crisis
WLUC TV (Jan. 29, 2016)
Civic Engagement & Civic Education
Dow Corning executive to keynote MLK Jr. celebration at SVSU
Midland Daily News (Jan. 7, 2016)
Own a business and want government contracts? WSU offers free seminars to tell you how
Crain's Detroit Business (Jan. 8, 2016)
EMU to celebrate Martin Luther King Day
The Eastern Echo (Jan. 10, 2016)
Meet This Newly Elected 20-Year-Old Lawmaker From Michigan [UM-D]
NBC News (Jan. 11, 2016)
Homeland Security reaches out in Dearborn to Muslims [UM-D]
Detroit Free Press (Jan. 14, 2016)
Rituals, Rallies, and the Creation of Sacred Space in Nazi Germany [OU]
The Oakland Post (Jan. 15, 2015)
EMU to host panel raising awareness of human trafficking
The Eastern Echo (Jan. 17, 2016)
Actor LeVar Burton in MLK address at Oakland University: 'Be fearless in pursuit of dreams'
Macomb Daily (Jan. 18, 2016)
Marching together for Martin Luther King Jr. [NMU]
WLUC TV (Jan. 18, 2016)
CMU Honors Martin Luther King Jr.
WWTV TV (Jan. 18, 2016)
Volunteers make a difference in Dearborn, across metro Detroit to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day [UM-D]
Press & Guide (Jan. 18, 2016)
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson Visits UM-Dearborn
The Michigan Journal (Jan. 19, 2016)
Advocating for activism [GVSU]
Grand Valley Lanthorn (Jan. 21, 2016)
How autism impacts learning [NMU]
WLUC TV (Jan. 22, 2016)
Community organizations may have a new avenue for grant applications [NMU]
ABC 10 TV (Jan. 26, 2016)
GVSU hosts Cuban business panel
WZZM TV (Jan. 27, 2016)
Grand Valley State University to host free trade agreement update Feb. 5
Holland Sentinel (Jan. 28, 2016)
Culture & Placemaking
Downtown Flint ice rink re-opens for community after 25 years [UM-F]
MLive (Jan. 2, 2016)
New Blood exhibit displays student artwork destined for new housing building [GVSU]
Grand Valley Lanthorn (Jan. 10, 2016)
Winter Carnival officially kicks off at Michigan Tech
WLUC TV (Jan. 11, 2016)
Oakland University, Great Lakes Aradhana Committee to Host Benefit Concert for Chennai Musicians
Broadway World (Jan. 15, 2016)
Freep Film Festival adds student documentary contest [WMU]
Detroit Free Press (Jan. 18, 2016)
Architects produce designTHUNK [FSU]
Grand Rapids Business Journal (Jan. 18, 2016)
NMU celebrates diversity with drag show
WJMN TV (Jan. 22, 2016)
NMU library hosting "Native Voices" touring exhibition
WLUC TV (Jan. 31, 2016)
Economic Development
Innovation & Entrepreneurialism
SVSU grads bring engineering firm to Old Town Saginaw
MLive (Jan. 13, 2016)
Michigan Tech students seeking funding for drone catching device
WLUC TV (Jan. 15, 2016)
U.P. Entrepreneurs mentioned during State of the State [NMU]
WBUP TV (Jan. 20, 2016)
Student startup allows food delivery straight to dorm rooms [UM]
The Michigan Daily (Jan. 21, 2016)
UW-P students rev up for snowmobile competition [MTU]
Telegraph Herald [IA] (Jan. 23, 2016)
MSU launches new incubator program
Crain's Detroit Business (Jan. 24, 2016)
Research, Development & Technology Transfer
CMU installs weather station at Bonobo Winery
Traverse City Record-Eagle (Jan. 6, 2016)
Grand Valley State University reports slightly negative business trends
Holland Sentinel (Jan. 6, 2016)
Impact of Asian carp on Great Lakes could be overestimated [UM]
The Michigan Daily (Jan. 8, 2016)
This drone catcher shoots out nets like Spider-Man [MTU]
CNET (Jan. 9, 2016)
Ford, University of Michigan test autonomous vehicles in wintry conditions
Canadian Underwriter [Canada] (Jan. 12, 2016)
Holy Braille: Scientists developing Kindle-style tablet for the blind [UM]
Fox News (Jan. 13, 2016)
With Gridlock in Washington, Lobbyists Turn to Statehouses [MSU]
The Wall Street Journal (Jan. 14, 2016)
University to study improvements to aviation safety [WMU]
General Aviation News (Jan. 17, 2016)
IBM and University of Michigan develop human computer
IT Pro [UK] (Jan. 18, 2016)
University of Michigan says fewer licenses in every age group
Motor Trend (Jan. 19, 2016)
Latest Developments in Solar Powered 3D Printing Released by Michigan Tech
3D Print (Jan. 19, 2016)
The code librarian [MTU]
Nature (Jan. 22, 2016)
Are Football Players Too Obese? [GVSU]
Science 2.0 (Jan. 22, 2016)
Loon Copter can fly in the air, swim on or under water [OU]
SlashGear (Jan. 27, 2016)
Spectrum Health Innovations seeks help from GVSU students
Grand Valley Lanthorn (Jan. 27, 2016)
MSU researchers find benefits of big brains
Lansing State Journal (Jan. 28, 2016)
Environmental Sustainability
MSU Study: Climate change denial messaging works
Michigan Radio (Jan. 2, 2016)
Asian carp would dominate Lake Erie biomass, study finds [UM]
Journal Sentinel [WI] (Jan. 4, 2016)
Forest Stewards Guild names Michigan Tech lands a Model Forest
WLUC TV (Jan. 12, 2016)
GVSU joins Grand Rapids in challenge to make the city greener
Grand Valley Lanthorn (Jan. 13, 2016)
MSU nears end of coal-fired power
Lansing State Journal (Jan. 14, 2016)
Michigan researchers put price tag on climate liability for fossil-fuel plants [MTU]
Midwest Energy News (Jan. 14, 2016)
This Bee-Killing Pesticide Is Terrible at Protecting Crops [MSU]
Mother Jones (Jan. 15, 2016)
Targeting minority, low-income neighborhoods for hazardous waste sites [UM]
Michigan News (Jan 19, 2016)
Logging ideas: MTU forest is six square miles of classroom
Iron Mountain Daily News (Jan. 21, 2016)
Tech forests are places for fun, races, natural spaces
The Daily Mining Gazette (Jan. 21, 2016)
Faculty Perspective & Expertise
What's the fashion of our fashionable words? [UM]
Michigan Radio (Jan. 2, 2016)
Powerball jackpot hits new high: $800 million [GVSU]
WOOD TV (Jan. 8, 2016)
Math professor says odds are against winning $800M Powerball jackpot [OU]
The Oakland Press (Jan. 8, 2016)
Officials: Diversification of automotive manufacturers credited for industry turnaround in Oakland County [OU]
The Oakland Press (Jan. 12, 2016)
Why ecologists support Ann Arbor's deer cull [UM]
Bridge Magazine (Jan. 14, 2016)
Consumer sentiment rises as prices moderate, University of Michigan says
Market Watch (Jan. 15, 2016)
Employers complying with ACA mandate [GVSU]
Grand Rapids Business Journal (Jan. 15, 2016)
What could Congress do with the Powerball? [FSU]
The Hill (Jan. 22, 2016)
Packard Plant's owner says project moving forward despite loss of $80 million in financing [OU]
Crain's Detroit Business (Jan. 24, 2016)
If cigarette tax goes up by $1 how much will smoking rate go down? [GVSU]
Bloomberg (Jan. 27, 2016)
More raises, bigger raises coming in 2016, says GVSU economist
MLive (Jan. 28, 2016)
Health Care
Alzheimer's Association to honor NMU student
WLMN TV (Jan. 6, 2016)
MSU prof breaks ground with childhood cancer discovery
Lansing State Journal (Jan. 7, 2016)
GVSU, Ottawa Co. team up to curb chlamydia cases
WOOD TV (Jan. 8, 2016)
GVSU study finds health care expenditures vary greatly across West Michigan
MiBiz (Jan, 8, 2016)
CVS partners with John Muir, Novant Health, Michigan Health and University of Chicago for clinics
Healthcare IT News (Jan. 15, 2016)
Health care leaders focus on healthy lifestyles in 2016 forecast [GVSU]
Grand Rapids Business Journal (Jan. 15, 2016)
Health care leaders to speak at regional conference at SVSU
Midland Daily News (Jan. 18, 2016)
MSU researcher gets $4.2M to study bone healing
The Detroit News (Jan. 18, 2016)
Insurers to examine causes of cost disparities identified in GVSU report
MiBiz (Jan. 24, 2016)
EMU assistant professor encourages cervical cancer awareness
The Eastern Echo (Jan. 24, 2016)
K-12 Outreach
University hosts high school students aiming for health profession careers [SVSU]
WNEM TV (Jan. 6, 2016)
Coolidge principal selected for SVSU fellowship, will travel to Japan
C & G Newspapers (Jan. 6, 2016)
Detroit high school students graduate from University program [UM]
The Michigan Daily (Jan. 12, 2016)
Teen programming class returns at NMU
WLUC TV (Jan. 19, 2016)
Summer speech-language clinic celebrates its 70th year [CMU]
Central Michigan Life (Jan. 24, 2016)
Utica student to get White House computer science honor [UM]
The Detroit News (Jan. 24, 2016)
SVSU, Dow unveil mobile laboratory
WNEM TV (Jan 27, 2016)
Saginaw Valley State University's new STEM mobile lab launched
Midland Daily News (Jan. 28, 2016)
Ishpeming high school students learn about technical trades at NMU
WLUC TV (Jan. 29, 2016)
Global Outreach
Oakland students providing health services around the globe
The Oakland Post (Jan. 6, 2016)
Accounting degree has an international flair [WMU]
Grand Rapids Business Journal (Jan. 7, 2016)
