Stewardship - The State Universities of Michigan and the Public Good, Mar. 2, 2021

March 2, 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

University of Michigan Study Highlights COVID-19-Related Racial Health Disparities

WDET FM (Feb. 9)

‘Big sigh of relief’: Hundreds vaccinated at Eastern Michigan University’s Convocation Center

MLive (Feb. 10)

Washtenaw County, St. Joe’s Ann Arbor open mass COVID-19 vaccination site at Eastern Michigan University

WDIV TV (Feb. 10)

Health department to host vaccine clinics at CMU

CMU News (Feb. 10)

Despite disparities, Michigan is not gathering race data on COVID vaccines [MSU]

Bridge (Feb. 11)

'Many jails still do not do any testing.' Advocates push for more focus on Michigan jails & COVID [WSU]

WXYZ TV (Feb. 12)

How COVID-19 is keeping kids away from the dentist — especially children on Medicaid [UM]

MarketWatch (Feb. 16)

CMU Physician Assistant Student, Faculty Help Administer COVID-19 Vaccine

WWTV TV (Feb. 18)

WMU Libraries ‘makes sense’ of COVID-19 in virtual event

Western Herald (Feb. 21)

Economic Development – Research, Tech Transfer, & Innovation

Why your first driverless car is decades, not years, away [UM-D]

UM-Dearborn News (Feb. 1)

LSSU receives $950K CARES Act Recovery Assistance Grant

WLUC TV (Feb. 2)

WMU College of Aviation prepares to move into new $24M building at Battle Creek airport

Battle Creek Enquirer (Feb. 12)

Oakland University establishes Center for Evolutionary Psychological Science

Automation Alley (Feb. 17)

Economic Development – Local Partnerships & Entrepreneurship

“We hear you”: Midland diversity survey, inspired by summer protests, goes live [SVSU]

WJRT TV (Feb. 11)

Ned Staebler: How to flip the script on economic development in Michigan [WSU]

Crain’s Detroit Business (Feb. 16)

Three Black owned WMU student businesses adapt, succeed amid pandemic

Western Herald (Feb. 24)

Environmental & Agricultural Sustainability

Converting food waste into drinkable water [MSU]

WLNS TV (Feb. 10)

Dearborn, UM-D students team up to increase tree population, streamline multimodal route planning

Press & Guide (Feb. 16)

For Michigan’s Indigenous residents, decolonized food is medicine that decreases health disparities [MTU]

Second Wave Michigan (Feb. 18)

University gives St. Marys River clean, green boost [LSSU]

Great Lakes Now (Feb. 19)

CMU ranks high in sustainability efforts according to report

CM Life (Feb. 24)

Health Care

OU students learn about Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome at Interprofessional Education Workshop

Rochester Regional Chamber (Feb. 15)

Alzheimer's May Strike Women and Men in Different Ways [UM]

U.S. News & World Report (Feb. 25)

Model Estimates Harm Attributed to Menthol Cigarettes [UM]

HealthDay (Feb. 26)

K-12 Outreach

Grand Valley State launches problem-solving initiative to tackle issues in K-12 education

MLive (Feb. 26)

Public Health & Safety

UPCI Partners with Criminal Justice [NMU]

Northern Today (Feb. 4)

CMU starting suicide prevention campaign aimed at helping men

WNEM TV (Feb. 24)

Veteran Outreach

Secchia family’s donation helps GVSU expand military student services [MSU]

MLive (Feb. 1)

Civic Engagement and Education

Eastern Michigan University launches pilot program for formerly incarcerated students

Detroit Free Press (Feb. 17)

Black History Month: How a runaway slave found a copper mine in Ontonagon County [MTU]

WJMN TV (Feb. 17)

Culture & Placemaking

Mobile museum honoring black history parks in Saginaw [SVSU]

WNEM TV (Feb. 3)

Faculty Expertise

A Different Kind of Land Management: Let the Cows Stomp [MSU]

The New York Times (Feb. 17)

U.S. Reaches 500,000 COVID Deaths, Toll Will Continue To Rise Despite Vaccine Rollout [WSU]

WDET FM (Feb. 24)

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