Stewardship - The State Universities of Michigan and the Public Good, Dec. 6, 2021

December 6, 2021

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.

COVID-19 Response

What the end of the Covid-19 pandemic could look like [UM]

CNN (Nov. 8)

Everything You Need to Know About Newly Available COVID-19 Vaccines for Kids [WSU]

WDET FM (Nov. 10)

Experts: get the COVID-19 booster before holiday travel [CMU]

WNEM TV (Nov. 10)

Children ages 10-19 made up a disproportionate amount of COVID cases in Michigan in September, October [UM]

Michigan Radio (Nov. 12)

How Public Health Shifted Away From the Public — and Why It Might Be Shifting Back [WSU]

WDET FM (Nov. 17)

COVID-19 hospitalizations climb in Michigan as nation braces for emerging omicron variant [WMU]

Detroit Free Press (Nov. 30)

Economic Development – Research, Tech Transfer, & Innovation

New Sources Sought for Rare Earth Elements, to Stop Reliance on China [WSU]

Public News Service (Nov. 9)

Helping scientists become better coders [UM-D]

UM-Dearborn News (Nov. 17)

$2.78M grant to develop wearable pollutant-tracking device [MSU, OU, UM]

Scienmag (Nov. 18)

Economic Development – Local Partnerships

Construction starts on $12 million GVSU affordable housing project in Grand Rapids neighborhood

MLive (Nov. 4)

Oakland County announces blueprint to end homelessness [OU]

The Oakland Press (Nov. 27)

Environmental & Agricultural Sustainability

Lakers team up with conservation organization to battle invasive buckthorn on campus [LSSU]

The Sault News (Nov. 9)

Research buoys were pulled from Lake Michigan this week [MTU]

WPBN TV (Nov. 9)

The University of Michigan comes to Detroit’s east side with inaugural ‘Sustainability Clinic’

Planet Detroit (Nov. 18)

Researchers discover native mussels rebounding in Detroit River [CMU]

The Monroe News (Nov. 29)

Health Care

New GVSU grant works to create more diverse nursing workforce

WOOD TV (Nov. 2)

CMU professor talks about Alzheimer’s disease research in Michigan

WJRT TV (Nov. 17)

Ferris College of Optometry to offer free eye exams for kids

Big Rapids Pioneer (Nov. 26)

K-12 Outreach

Why UM-Dearborn teachers are going where the needs are the greatest

UM-Dearborn News (Nov. 10)

SVSU selects K-12 educators for Gerstacker leadership program

Midland Daily News (Nov. 11)

Schools will grow their own special education teachers in this Washtenaw County program [EMU]

MLive (Nov. 14)

Parents don't think their kids are as grateful as they should be, poll finds [UM]

CNN (Nov. 22)

Public Health & Safety

SVSU gets $450K federal grant for program to improve rural substance abuse treatment

MLive (Nov. 1)

EMU professors testify to adapt laws protecting vulnerable adults against online predatory behavior

The Eastern Echo (Nov. 15)

Veteran Outreach

GVSU ‘Promise’ supports veterans in transition to higher ed

WOOD TV (Nov. 4)

Opinion: Encourage veterans to pursue higher education [UM-D] by Chancellor Domenico Grasso

The Detroit News (Nov. 10)

Music celebration for veterans [FSU]

Ferris Torch (Nov. 16)

Civic Engagement and Education

Annual 'banished words' list accepting submissions for 2022 [LSSU]

WWJ AM (Nov. 1)

Western Michigan University to Offer Grad-Level Course on Tribal Governance

Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi (Nov. 4)

Underground Railroad Society collection accepted by WMU library

The Herald-Palladium (Nov. 12)

What Americans hear about social justice at church – and what they do about it [WSU]

The Conversation (Nov. 18)

Student & Faculty Service

Little Brothers Partners with MTU Fraternity for Food Drive on Saturday

WBUP TV (Nov. 2)

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