March 2, 2017

Economic Development - Innovation & Entrepreneurialism

Which costs more: Electric or gas vehicles? [WMU]

WOOD TV (Feb. 1, 2017)

Michigan research universities spin out more startups, report finds [MSU, UM, WSU]

MiBiz (Feb. 5, 2017)

Travis Stoliker joins MSU's Conquer Accelerator incubator

Crain's Detroit Business (Feb. 9, 2017)

Program to foster female entrepreneurship seeks young applicants [WSU]

Crain's Detroit Business (Feb. 10, 2017)

New program to help Latinos start businesses in Grand Rapids [FSU, GVSU]

MiBiz (Feb. 19, 2017)

WMU innovation institute bolsters product design talent pool

MiBiz (Feb. 19, 2017)

Micro-LAM pursues growth with $1.75 million capital raise [WMU]

MiBiz (Feb. 19, 2017)

Tech Design Expo showcases program's real-world projects [MTU]

The Daily Mining Gazette (Feb. 20, 2017)

30 health care innovators to discuss entrepreneurial opportunities March 23 [OU, UM, WSU]

Detroit Legal News (Feb. 22, 2017)

CMU to offer new online entrepreneurial transactions degree

The Peninsula (Feb. 22, 2017)

Consumer confidence falls for the first time since Trump's election [UM]

Business Insider (Feb. 24, 2017)

Founders of Grand Ventures Double Down on Michigan Startup Growth

Xconomy (Feb. 27, 2017)

MTU's Winter Wonderhack

WLUC TV (Feb. 27, 2017)

University of Michigan, Michigan Tech designated as Innovation Hubs in MEDC's statewide MTRAC program

WLUC TV (Feb. 28, 2017)

Economic Development - Research, Development & Technology Transfer

College students build life-saving solar device for African hospital [GVSU]

Grand Rapids Business Journal (Feb. 6, 2017)

Michigan Technological University conducts joint research with auto industry

The Peninsula (Feb. 6, 2017)

Love in the time of Tinder [WSU]

C&G Newspapers (Feb. 8, 2017)

U.S. Consumer Sentiment Cooled in February From 13-Year High [UM]

Bloomberg (Feb. 10, 2017)

Michigan Engineering Develops New Cyber Manufacturing System to Quickly Design and 3D Print Custom Orthotics and Prosthetics

3D Print (Feb. 10, 2017)

Medical schools steadily improve clinical care with research [UM, WSU]

Crain's Detroit Business (Feb. 12, 2017)

U-M to begin experimenting with bird-inspired robot

WXYZ TV (Feb. 13, 2017)

UM joins effort to preserve online government data [WSU]

The Detroit News (Feb. 13, 2017)

New ideas, cutting edge research and innovative solutions coming from U.P. [MTU]

WBUP TV (Feb. 16, 2017)

NASA Funds 2 New Research Institutes to Help Humanity Explore Deep Space [MTU]

Space.com (Feb. 17, 2017)

New NASA teams will make human Mars missions light and efficient

New Scientist (Feb. 17, 2017)

UM spends $1.39 billion on research in 2016, 2nd highest in nation

MLive (Feb. 20, 2017)

Central Michigan University Helping Test Special Coats For Homeless

WWTV TV (Feb. 20, 2017)

UM survey: Local officials wants changes to emergency manager law

Michigan Radio (Feb. 22, 2017)

Michigan Tech to receive General Motors grant

WLUC TV (Feb. 28, 2017)

Environmental & Agricultural Sustainability

Michigan lags behind other states in recycling [MTU]

The Daily Mining Gazette (Feb. 1, 2017)

University of Michigan professor discusses approaches to sustainable decision-making

The Badger Herald [WI] (Feb. 3, 2017)

GVSU prepares for annual Recyclemania Tournament

Grand Valley Lanthorn (Feb. 5, 2017)

UM community and local volunteers partner to archive government data threated by presidential transition

The Michigan Daily (Feb. 5, 2017)

Living Sustainably: Working on Lake Mac's reputation [GVSU]

Holland Sentinel (Feb. 6, 2017)

MSU hydro study may improve U.S. dam system

WKAR FM (Feb. 6, 2017)

Recycling anniversary demonstrates local interest [MTU]

The Daily Mining Gazette (Feb. 7, 2017)

Zero Heroes: NMU exceeds EPA guideline during inaugural Zero Waste Challenge [MTU]

The Mining Journal (Feb. 13, 2017)

Craft beer boom reignites Michigan's hops industry [MSU]

Michigan Radio (Feb. 14, 2017)

Environmental Justice Work Group seeks to improve state guidelines, policy [UM, MSU]

WLUC TV (Feb. 15, 2017)

Michigan researchers tackle social, engineering obstacles to hydroelectricity [UM, MSU]

Midwest Energy News (Feb. 15, 2017)

GVSU to begin $4M Mackinac Ravine Restoration Project

MLive (Feb. 16, 2017)

WMU professors stand with science

Western Herald (Feb. 17, 2017)

Michigan Tech Partners in Huge Energy Reduction Initiative

WJMN TV (Feb. 18, 2017)

Grant awarded to support Michigan Arctic Grayling Initiative [MTU]

WPBN TV (Feb. 22, 2017)

Eckert: Initiative fights to bring back a Michigan icon [MTU]

Port Huron Times-Herald (Feb. 23, 2017)

Pollution in Flint River to be cleaned up by Consumers Energy [UM-F]

WJRT TV (Feb. 24, 2017)

Flint Water Crisis

Construction underway on new education center [UM-F]

Grand Blanc View (Feb. 9, 2017)

Health Care

NMU needs cancer survivors for exercise study

WJMN TV (Feb. 1, 2017)

To help anxious refugees, doctors first try to measure their stress [WSU]

STAT (Feb. 3, 2017)

New MSU drug offers hope to stop spread of skin cancer [UM]

The Detroit News (Feb. 5, 2017)

Cost of Crime: Berrien County family fights for adoptive rights after double killing [WMU]

WSBT TV [IN] (Feb. 6, 2017)

SVSU professors studying health outcomes in pregnancy

WJRT TV (Feb. 7, 2017)

US child-health study rises from ashes of high-profile failure [WSU]

Nature (Feb. 7, 2017)

What the Oakland University physical therapy study means for Auburn Hills seniors

The Oakland Press (Feb. 7, 2017)

OU medical students host health fair

C&G Newspapers (Feb. 8, 2017)

Michigan's experience with Obamacare could be model for nation, UM health researcher says

Crain's Detroit Business (Feb. 9, 2017)

Living in fear of deportation is terrible for your health [UM]

The Washington Post (Feb. 10, 2017)

New Wayne State University Integrative Biosciences Center in Midtown Announces Inaugural Health Care Symposium

dbusiness (Feb. 14, 2017)

Mercy Health partners with University of Michigan for specialty cardiac services

MiBiz (Feb. 15, 2017)

Paps in Pregnancy May Pinpoint Defects Earlier [WSU]

The Intelligencer [WV] (Feb. 16, 2017)

Trump's travel ban could spark crisis in state's doctor shortage, healthcare leaders say [MSU]

Bridge Magazine (Feb. 16, 2017)

SVSU student to present research study in Italy

WEYI TV (Feb. 17, 2017)

GVSU partners with Answer Health on Demand to train students in telemedicine

MiBiz (Feb. 19, 2017)

Farmington Film Festival: 'Death is Not the Answer' [UM, WSU]

Hometown Life (Feb. 20, 2017)

Rep. Debbie Dingell to speak during UM panel on Affordable Care Act

MLive (Feb. 20, 2017)

University of Michigan: Text reminders help hypertensive patients adhere to medication regimens

Cardiovascular Business (Feb. 21, 2017)

AuSable Valley Mental Health launches virtual health system [SVSU]

Oscoda County Herald (Feb. 22, 2017)

Link between Zika virus and blindness discovered at Wayne State

MLive (Feb. 23, 2017)

Tick-borne Lyme disease exploding into Michigan; human cases up 5-fold [MSU]

Detroit Free Press (Feb. 24, 2017)

WMU grad students move in with senior citizens for research project

Detroit Free Press (Feb. 24, 2017)

Wayne State, Karmanos get $9 million grant for largest African-American cancer study

Crain's Detroit Business (Feb. 27, 2017)

K-12 Outreach

"This is a system that we created." How segregated neighborhoods lead to segregated schools [CMU]

Michigan Radio (Feb. 1, 2017)

US expert warns against online charter schools [WMU]

Education Review [New Zealand] (Feb. 1, 2017)

A Lesson that Flourishes [CMU]

EdTech Digest (Feb. 6, 2017)

EMU to help teachers address students whose main language isn't English

MLive (Feb. 5, 2017)

EMU dean talks partnerships with P-CEP [WMU]

Hometown Life (Feb. 17, 2017)

Statewide robotics competition at SVSU to draw 7,500 people to region

MLive (Feb. 20, 2017)

Michigan test score gains worst in nation [UM]

The Detroit News (Feb. 20, 2017)

Kids Count in the U.P. [NMU]

The Mining Journal (Feb. 20, 2017)

GVSU Co-Teaching Model Increases Student Achievement

WGVU FM (Feb. 23, 2017)

Dexter students take over EMU campus during college winter break

MLive (Feb. 25, 2017)

Girls explore engineering at Michigan Tech

WLUC TV (Feb. 25, 2017)

SVSU to host statewide robotics competition

The Valley Vanguard (Feb. 26, 2017)

Young engineers and scientists compete at WMU

WKZO AM (Feb. 26, 2017)

Global Outreach

WMU president's $82K spent on travel in 2 years is investment in global standing

MLive (Feb. 1, 2017)

New CMU Lab Opens Doors For Students Around The World

WWTV TV (Feb. 2, 2017)

University of Michigan 4th on list of most Peace Corps volunteers [MSU]

WDIV TV (Feb. 28, 2017)

Public Safety & Veteran Outreach

Unsolved murder stirs fears in Detroit's Midtown [WSU]

The Detroit News (Feb. 5, 2017)

MSU prof to present organ trafficking research at Vatican

Lansing State Journal (Feb. 6, 2017)

See plan for improving pedestrian safety around Ann Arbor schools [WMU]

MLive (Feb. 6, 2017)

See where Eastern Michigan ranks among 'military friendly' schools

MLive (Feb. 7, 2017)

MSU professor invited to Vatican to aid fight against organ trafficking

Michigan Radio (Feb. 7, 2017)

Behavioral scientist talks law enforcement behavior at NMU

WBUP TV (Feb. 14, 2017)

Cooley Innocence Project exonerees to attend Snyder signing ceremony [WMU]

Detroit Legal News (Feb. 14, 2017)

'Drugs: More Dangerous Than You Think' Talk at NMU

WJMN TV (Feb. 16, 2017)

SVSU police officers pull crash victims from water-filled ditch

MLive (Feb. 17, 2017)

Many scientists take a dim view of the court system-until they take part in it [UM]

Science (Feb. 18, 2017)

GVSU enhances cybersecurity training for graduate students

MiBiz (Feb. 19, 2017)

Wayne Law schedules symposium on drug policy

Macomb County Legal News (Feb. 23, 2017)

Police-Community Relations Forum to be held at NMU

WJMN TV (Feb. 23, 2017)

Civic Engagement & Education

Attorney affiliated with Serial podcast to speak Feb. 3 at Wayne State

Detroit Legal News (Feb. 2, 2017)

NMU to host second annual Learning to Lead Seminar

WLUC TV (Feb. 2, 2017)

WinterCon 2017 at Oakland University features tabletop gaming, more

The Oakland Press (Feb. 2, 2017)

University of Michigan's collection is heaven for video game lovers

Detroit Free Press (Feb. 3, 2017)

War Memorial Hospital offers free heart health screens for American Heart Month [LSSU, MSU]

Sault Ste. Marie Evening News (Feb. 3, 2017)

Hundreds of lawyers attend ACLU summit [UM]

Michigan Radio (Feb. 4, 2017)

Democrats dissect 2016 losses, plan for future in Detroit [WSU]

Detroit Free Press (Feb. 4, 2017)

Dems plot comeback, talk Trump 'resistance' in Detroit [WSU]

The Detroit News (Feb. 4, 2017)

SVSU presentation to focus on Navajo history, film preservation

MLive (Feb. 4, 2017)

NMU-connected coauthors present Han biography

The Mining Journal (Feb. 6, 2017)

On the Daily: University employees raise $1.3 million for human services in Washtenaw County [UM]

The Michigan Daily (Feb. 6, 2017)

WMU hosts Respecting Diversity event Feb. 18

MLive (Feb. 7, 2017)

'The Iceman' cometh to Wayne State University

Macomb Daily (Feb. 8, 2017)

Standing up at GVSU

Grand Valley Lanthorn (Feb. 8, 2017)

NMU's 'Your Health' lecture tonight

The Mining Journal (Feb. 9, 2017)

Local astronaut honored at GVSU

WZZM TV (Feb. 10, 2017)

Rochester Hills Library to hold Valentine's Day talk on artists in love [WSU]

The Oakland Press (Feb. 13, 2017)

Former Michigan Congressman and national security expert talks cybersecurity threats [GVSU]

WGVU FM (Feb. 14, 2017)

Make an appointment with the Love Doctor at Rochester Hills Public Library [OU]

The Oakland Press (Feb. 14, 2017)

Do third parties stand a chance? [GVSU]

Grand Valley Lanthorn (Feb. 15, 2017)

Asha Noor instructs WMU on how to "Take on Hate"

Western Herald (Feb. 15, 2017)

STEM success story featured at MTU Black History Month presentation

The Daily Mining Gazette (Feb. 15, 2017)

GVSU students upgrading Grand Haven Musical Fountain

WOOD TV (Feb. 17, 2017)

2nd annual 'Learning to Lead' seminar held at NMU

WJMN TV (Feb. 17, 2017)

Wayne State to host 'Deconstructing White Supremacy'

The South End (Feb. 19, 2017)

All about connections at the TEDx conference [OU]

The Oakland Post (Feb. 21, 2017)

Building rational bridges across fault line for immigration policies [WSU]

Detroit Free Press (Feb. 23, 2017)

Osprey Awards Saturday at SVSU

Midland Daily News (Feb. 23, 2017)

At town hall, residents share immigration policy fears [WSU]

The Detroit News (Feb. 23, 2017)

Practical experience in town [OU]

Clarkston News (Feb. 23, 2017)

Dogs up for adoption fill EMU Convocation Center ahead of basketball games

MLive (Feb. 25, 2017)

Fundraiser for Abbie Kopf held at WMU surpasses goal

WWMT TV (Feb. 25, 2017)

GVSU Seidman College of Business to host poverty simulation

Grand Valley Lanthorn (Feb. 26, 2017)

Industrial Archaeology: Field goes beyond record to find escaped history [MTU]

The Daily Mining Gazette (Feb. 27, 2017)

Saginaw Valley professor to speak on memories of post Civil War era

Midland Daily News (Feb. 27, 2017)

NMU students offer free tax help

WJMN TV (Feb. 28, 2017)

Student & Faculty Service

Star Wars 'Make-A-Wish' surprise at airport for boy with rare illness [GVSU]

WZZM TV (Feb. 4, 2017)

Gift of Life Michigan hosts state-wide campus challenge to register most organ donors [GVSU, MSU]

Grand Valley Lanthorn (Feb. 5, 2017)

Culinary students support Beacon House with annual soup, chili challenge [NMU]

WLUC TV (Feb. 7, 2017)

Detroit dog with nose, ears cut off to undergo surgery today [MSU]

Detroit Free Press (Feb. 8, 2017)

SVSU Relay For Life cancer research fundraiser set for Friday

MLive (Feb. 9, 2017)

NMU part of Gift of Life challenge

The Mining Journal (Feb. 10, 2017)

SVSU Relay For Life event raises more than $30,000

The Valley Vanguard (Feb. 12, 2017)

WSU's annual Gift of Life challenge honoring fallen Sgt. Rose

WJBK TV (Feb. 16, 2017)

Wayne State LYM crew hopes to gain credits to help cancer patients

The South End (Feb. 20, 2017)

GVSU fraternity to 'Walk Hard' for MS

Holland Sentinel (Feb. 21, 2017)

University of Michigan students spend spring break working at Unity Gardens

WNDU TV [IN] (Feb. 27, 2017)

SVSU looking for charity partner for annual 'Battle of the Valleys'

MLive (Feb. 28, 2017)

Culture & Placemaking

Student Assembled Art Exhibit Debuts at UM-Dearborn

The Michigan Journal (Feb. 1, 2017)

NMU Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center WWI exhibit opens

WLUC TV (Feb. 1, 2017)

From the Front Row: Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning plays on local stages [WSU]

Dearborn Press & Guide (Feb. 1, 2017)

MSU conductor's quest for the best takes him to Mahler's 5th Symphony

Lansing State Journal (Feb. 2, 2017)

CMU, Alma College to honor Black History Month

The Morning Sun (Feb. 2, 2017)

Cranbrook Institute of Science unveils its King Tut exhibit [WSU]

Daily Tribune (Feb. 3, 2017)

NMU holds 21st Annual Drag Show

WLUC TV (Feb. 3, 2017)

Jazz Weekend brings in attendees from across Michigan [CMU]

Central Michigan Life (Feb. 5, 2017)

MTU's Winter Carnival

WLUC TV (Feb. 5, 2017)

Michigan Tech Winter Carnival is this week

WJMN TV (Feb. 6, 2017)

SVSU hosting numerous Black History Month events

MLive (Feb. 6, 2017)

Meadow Brook brings nonstop singing, dancing in 'Altar Boyz' [OU]

The Oakland Press (Feb. 6, 2017)

SVSU commemorates Black History Month

Midland Daily News (Feb. 7, 2017)

WMU Division of Multicultural Affairs to help host screenings of "At The River I Stand" for Black History Month

Western Herald (Feb. 7, 2017)

Picasso, Matisse works in U of Michigan art exhibition

Star Tribune [MN] (Feb. 8, 2017)

Black Market Expo Held at WMU

Western Herald (Feb. 8, 2017)

MTU holds Stage Revue

The Daily Mining Gazette (Feb. 10, 2017)

CMU hosts first annual African fashion show

The Morning Sun (Feb. 11, 2017)

Winter Carnival presents snow masterpieces despite warm weather [MTU]

WLUC TV (Feb. 11, 2017)

UM-Dearborn Brings in Chinese New Year

The Michigan Journal (Feb. 14, 2017)

Experimental Detroit artist to speak at UGL [WSU]

The South End (Feb. 18, 2017)

Ping Chong performance rebuts stereotypes of Muslim identity [UM]

The Michigan Daily (Feb. 19, 2017)

Indonesian culture night emphasizes the importance of diversity in both Indonesia and United States [UM]

The Michigan Daily (Feb. 19, 2017)

Saving history: MSU museum wants Women's March items

The Detroit News (Feb. 21, 2017)

NMU Theater students are going mad for "Breaking Madness"

WJMN TV (Feb. 21, 2017)

Russian chef visits LSSU

Sault Ste. Marie Evening News (Feb. 23, 2017)

Mount Pleasant Artist's Work Recognized Across The Globe [CMU]

WWTV TV (Feb. 27, 2017)

Faculty Perspective & Expertise

SVSU education dean weighs in on fate of three schools facing closure

MLive (Feb. 2, 2017)

Professor Saeed Khan on Travel Restrictions and Trump's First Days [WSU]

WDET FM (Feb. 2, 2017)

National Labor Relations Board ruling could be a game-changer for NCAA athletes at private schools [MSU]

New York Daily News (Feb. 4, 2017)

Michigan State faculty vote on their favorite Super Bowl commercials

WXYZ TV (Feb. 6, 2017)

Law Expert Talks Trump's "So-Called Judge" Dust-Up [WSU]

WDET FM (Feb. 6, 2017)

How much change can Betsy DeVos make at states' schools? [WSU, WMU, MSU]

Detroit Free Press (Feb. 7, 2017)

Urban planning prof: Detroit has no strategy for development [WSU]

Michigan Radio (Feb. 7, 2017)

Allegations of judge's affair could lead to murder case being overturned [WSU]

WXYZ TV (Feb. 7, 2017)

Civil unrest, protest numbers, at all time high says OU poli-sci prof.

The Oakland Press (Feb. 7, 2017)

Column: Will the U.S. lose Turkey? [OU]

Tampa Bay Times (Feb. 10, 2017)

Analysts call Dan Gilbert's jail offer to Wayne County a 'win-win' [WSU]

Detroit Free Press (Feb. 12, 2017)

Special Report - Fact from Fiction [WMU] (Featuring 2016 MASU Professor of the Year winner)

WWMT TV (Feb. 13, 2017)

'A Shared Future' forum tackles Muslim, Jewish issues [WSU]

The Detroit News (Feb. 14, 2017)

The downsides of free college tuition [WMU, GVSU]

The Week (Feb. 14, 2017)

Interfaith forum explores shared biases [WSU]

The Detroit News (Feb. 15, 2017)

How Crickets Could Help Save the Planet [WSU]

NBC News (Feb. 16, 2017)

Is SCOTUS nominee Mr. Congeniality? [WSU]

Detroit Legal News (Feb. 22, 2017)

Why one parent doesn't want her Michigan school shuttered [WSU]

MLive (Feb. 22, 2017)

From exes to friends: The lasting bonds of many LGBTQ relationships [OU]

The Globe and Mail [Canada] (Feb. 22, 2017)

When Robots Take Bad Jobs [WSU]

The Atlantic (Feb. 27, 2017)

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