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Entrepreneur-turned-politician and Democrat Shri Thanedar has become the fifth Indian-American to be elected to the United States House of Representatives, and the first from the state of Michigan, beating Republican candidate Martell Bivings. Thanedar, 67 , currently represents the Third House District of Michigan. It won 84,096 votes, while Bivings received over 27,366 votes. He …

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FACULTY Q&A Voters can easily find endless information on political issues and candidates from various sources, from the internet to the media. The challenge, however, is determining the accuracy of the information and why the content is being shared, said Arthur Lupia, professor emeritus Gerald R. Ford at the University of Michigan. Lupia, who wrote …

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Click to enlarge Shutterstock Support for psilocybin mushrooms and other entheogenic plants is growing. Michigan activists rally at the state capitol on Tuesday to support the decriminalization of psilocybin mushrooms and other entheogenic plants. The Michigan Initiative for Community Healing and Decriminalize Nature Michigan are hosting the 11:11 a.m. to 2:22 p.m. rally at the …

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EXPERT ADVICE Americans return to the polls next month for the midterm elections to make their voices heard on various issues and candidates. University of Michigan experts are available to comment on a wide range of policy topics. For topics not listed, contact Michigan News. ABORTION Sioban Harlow is professor emeritus of epidemiology and global …

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Timothy RB Johnson (left) and Judith Pennywell Curiosity. The will to serve. These desires define the paths taken by the 2022 recipients of the University of Michigan President’s Award for Distinguished Service in International Education. For the first time, the University of Michigan recognizes both a faculty member and a staff member for their outstanding …

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Latinx @ UMich Podcast Art Latinos are an important thread in the fabric of the University of Michigan, but often struggle to see themselves represented among faculty and staff. This makes it difficult for undergraduate students to find mentors who could help them find a way to further their education or find a career path. …

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William Calvo-Quirós knows that when someone looks at his work, they may find it a bit psychofrenetic: from studying murals and chupacabras to low-riders and saints, everything is good for the Latin studies professor /has. Guillaume Calvo-Quiros “From the outside it looks like this, but to me it makes perfect sense as we unify the …

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click to enlarge Shutterstock More Starbucks workers in Michigan are joining the unionization wave. Workers at the Ann Arbor Starbucks at 3650 Carpenter Rd. filed for a union election Tuesday morning. The Carpenter location is the sixth Starbucks in Ann Arbor and the twelfth in Michigan to join the Starbucks Workers United wave sweeping across …

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Screenshot of the interactive map tool. Image Courtesy: Cognizability Does your neighborhood help protect your cognitive health as you age? Study Summary: Cognability: An Ecological Theory of Neighborhoods and Cognitive Aging A new tool, an interactive map developed by researchers at the University of Michigan, lets you plug in your address and assess how your …

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ANN ARBOR—A January settlement between the University of Michigan and attorneys for more than 1,000 plaintiffs who alleged abuse by Dr. Robert Anderson has been approved by all parties and finalized. The university said today that the process was completed under the direction of Robert F. Riley, a neutral third-party mediator appointed by U.S. District …

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Deidre DSSENSE Smith has found that, like music itself, hip-hop is becoming a universal language. Deidre DSSENSE Smith “People from all walks of life need and want to be understood. Even if you don’t understand or understand a particular language, we all understand a rhythm in a speech pattern or a song,” said the Detroit …

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A real-time reconstruction of platinum nanoparticles on a carbon nanowire produced with the weighted back-projection algorithm in tomviz. Study: Real-time 3D analysis during electron tomography using tomviz (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32046-0) Computer chip designers, materials scientists, biologists and other scientists now have an unprecedented level of access to the world of nanoscale materials through 3D visualization software …

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Click to enlarge Shutterstock Jamestown Township voters slam library over LGBTQ book. A conservative Michigan town voted to fund its library this week because residents were angry at an LGBTQ-themed book that sat on its shelves. About 62% of voters in Jamestown Township, located outside of Grand Rapids, rejected a mileage that funded the Patmos …

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Click to enlarge Wayne Health Wayne Health mobile units have administered more than 14,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. An analysis of mobile health clinics launched in the Detroit metro area during the pandemic reveals that it is a model that can provide screenings and health care and could be replicated in other communities. Wayne …

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Click to enlarge Shutterstock Array of solar panels west of Traverse City. As Michigan aims to achieve economy-wide carbon neutrality by 2050, with intermediate goals for 2030, the state’s largest utility is working to shift its energy sources to renewable energies. Consumers Energy is seeking partnerships with landowners and communities for the installation of large-scale …

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Click to enlarge state of michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. With the stroke of a pen on Wednesday afternoon, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed off on the remainder of the state‘s fiscal year 2023 budget and vetoed posts that directed funds to anti-abortion resource centers on the pregnancy. The $76 billion budget, which has garnered bipartisan support, …

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By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A former Boston police officer who was beaten more than 25 years ago by colleagues who mistook him for a shooting suspect will be the new chief of the city’s police department, announced Wednesday Mayor Michelle Wu. Michael Cox, 57, will return to his hometown of …

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By JOEY CAPPELLETTI, Associated Press/Report for America LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An effort to lock in some voting rights in the Michigan Constitution has taken a major step toward the fall ballot, eclipsing a rival Republican-led campaign to limit absentee voting and add other limitations. Promote The Vote, a coalition of 27 groups, filed nearly …

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By KATHLEEN FOODY, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — In 2019, Robert E. Crimo III was too young to independently apply for a firearms license in Illinois. His father sponsored the request just months after an unidentified family member called the police to report the son had a collection of knives and threatened to “kill everyone”. …

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The Venturelli lab robot that creates the microbial communities used to train and test the algorithms. Image Courtesy: Venturelli Lab Study: Recurrent Neural Networks Enable Design of Multifunctional Dynamics of the Synthetic Human Gut Microbiome (DOI: 10.7554/eLife.73870) The communities formed by human gut microbes can now be predicted more accurately thanks to a new computer …

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Click to enlarge Kent County Attorney’s Office Kent County District Attorney Christopher Becker. Doctors who perform abortions in Kent County, which includes Grand Rapids, will face criminal charges. Kent County Attorney Christopher Becker pledged to uphold Michigan’s 1931 abortion ban in a statement released Monday, following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade. …

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Click to enlarge frank60 / Shutterstock Mosquitoes infected with the Jamestown Canyon virus have been found in Michigan. The first known cases of the Jamestown Canyon virus in Michigan were detected in mosquitoes collected in Bay County, state health officials said Thursday. The virus is transmitted to humans through the bites of infected mosquitoes, usually …

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Breadcrumb Links PMN World PMN News Author of the article: Content of the article DOWNTOWN FEU-HOLLY Fire damages hotel and other buildings in downtown Holly HOLLY, Mich. (AP) — A hotel was among several businesses damaged when a fire swept through part of downtown in a northern Oakland County village. Dozens of firefighters from area …

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UM PhD Student Creates Sound Interaction With Legendary Flower Garden The new WE Upjohn Peony Garden celebrates 100 years of peonies and is nearing the end of their season at the University of Michigan’s Nichols Arboretum. But now, thanks to Alexis Lamb, a UM Doctor of Musical Arts candidate in Composition, a visit to the …

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By SARAH RANKIN, Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia community college board of trustees is reinvigorating its search for a new chancellor because the Michigan official hired in March to lead the system no longer holds the position. Russell Kavalhuna has instead opted to negotiate a deal aimed at his continued service as …

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By DAVE KOLPACK and MIKE BALSAMO, Associated Press A gunman suspected of fatally shooting a retired county judge at a Wisconsin home had a list that included Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers , Whitmer’s office and a law enforcement source said Saturday. Douglas K. Uhde, 56, …

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By PAT EATON-ROBB, Associated Press KILLINGWORTH, Conn. (AP) — As the financially-struggling Boy Scouts sells off a number of campgrounds, conservationists, government officials and others scramble to find ways to preserve them as spaces open. A proposed $2.6 billion bankruptcy settlement designed to pay thousands of child sex abuse victims has added pressure on an …

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The captains played a top-ranked and forgotten one-day match on June 1 at Classic Park. In what ended in an 8-0 loss to the Western Michigan Whitecaps, the captains’ pitchers walked 10 while their batting counterparts hit three double plays. “When you’re not firing on all cylinders, it’s hard to get over all those walks …

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By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The chant in Arabic blared from rooftop speakers, drowning out both the rumble of nearby freeway traffic and the chatter and glasses clinking on the terrace of the dive bar that shares a wall with the oldest Somali mosque in Minneapolis. Dozens of men dressed in fashionable …

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BIG RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A mother and her three young children were shot and the suspected shooter — her husband — was hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the head, a central Michigan sheriff said Saturday. Mecosta County Sheriff Brian Miller said deputies responding to reports of gunfire found the injured mother, children and …

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By Kat Stafford, Associated Press Black Men Heal co-founder Zakia Williams was deeply moved watching a young black man get emotional while talking about the mental toll the past few years have taken on him. “He said ‘I just want to play basketball without fear of getting shot, I just want to live. I just …

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KENTWOOD, Mich. (AP) — Authorities said Friday that detectives arrested two 18-year-olds in the murder of two people outside a high school graduation ceremony near Grand Rapids this week. The Kent County Sheriff’s Office said its detectives, with the assistance of Michigan State Police and Livonia Police, conducted a traffic stop in the Detroit suburb …

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By JIM SALTER, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Inamullah Niazai sits on the porch step of his red brick home in St. Louis and smiles at the bustle of activity around him — his mother and father chatting in the front yard, his two young girls chewing a chocolate ice cream bars. “Anything is …

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By DAVID EGGERT, Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Democratic presidential candidate in Michigan won a special election for a heavily Republican seat against a GOP opponent who made controversial comments about rape, Russia’s war in Ukraine and others questions, reducing the majority of Republicans in the State House. Carol Glanville beat Robert “RJ” …

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By DAVID EGGERT, Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a spending bill that would fund a new college scholarship program for high school graduates and increase funding for college operations by 11 percent. State. The legislation, one of 14 budget bills to clean up the chamber, passed 31-4 …

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By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Add another contestant group to the blank races for Congress and governor that will dominate this year’s midterm elections: secretaries of state. Former President Donald Trump’s attempts to reverse the 2020 election results and his subsequent endorsements of candidates for state electoral offices who are sympathetic …

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POLICE SHOOTING TRAINING Person injured during Michigan police training exercise TAYLOR, Mich. (AP) — Police say a person attending a suburban Detroit police training program suffered gunshot wounds and was hospitalized. Michigan State Police said the shooting happened Sunday afternoon during training at a Taylor city park for the city’s volunteer auxiliary police program. The …

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MICHIGAN LEGISLATIVE ATTACK Michigan lawmaker’s forceful speech refutes ‘grooming’ attack LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan lawmaker, mother, and LGBTQ rights supporter who was accused by a fellow Republican of wanting to “groom” school kids says her impassioned response resonated because people are tired of such attacks . Democratic State Senator Mallory McMorrow’s remarks went …

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Jmeeter, Wikimedia Creative Commons Gall on a sugar maple leaf. Researchers at Wayne State University are developing an alternative method of monitoring groundwater for toxins. The process is usually laborious and expensive; this requires the installation of wells, which can cost local public health departments millions. Or with phytoscreening, researchers can test plant tissues for …

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By JOHN FLESHER, AP Environmental Editor LUDINGTON, Mich. (AP) — Stretched out like a gigantic pool atop a cliff overlooking Lake Michigan, lies a pond of asphalt and clay containing enough water to generate electricity for 1.6 million of hearths. It is part of the Ludington Pumped Storage Plant, which uses a simple technology: water …

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POLICE SHOOTING-MICHIGAN-RESISTING ARREST Police arrests of black people often filled with fear, anxiety Video shows Patrick Lyoya disobeying an officer during a traffic stop on April 4, attempted to run, then struggled with the officer over his Taser before the officer shot him in Grand Rapids, Michigan. For a number of black men and women, …

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UROP Mentor Samer Ali (right) and Elizabeth Tower Image credit: Sean Carter Curiosity and passion to understand the use of literary expressions as nonviolent resistance brought together Professor Samer Ali of the University of Michigan and student Elizabeth Tower. After Tower, an international studies student, took Ali’s course on peace and non-violence in Islamic cultures, …

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By ED WHITE, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Michigan’s Supreme Court was urged Wednesday to strike down a law that requires those convicted of crimes to pay millions of dollars in daily operating costs for local courts. The challenge comes at a key time: the law expires in October and a Supreme Court ruling would …

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By RUSS BYNUM and COREY WILLIAMS, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — In the long debate over whether black Americans should receive reparations for the atrocities and injustices of slavery and racism, California took a big step this week to become the first state American to make some form of restitution a reality. The state reparations …

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DETROIT (AP) — A building that featured a former movie theater on the outskirts of downtown Detroit will be redeveloped into affordable housing. The $75 million project at the United Artists Building was announced Thursday by Mayor Mike Duggan and other city leaders. The nearly 100-year-old building will have 148 apartments and retail and dining …

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EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT DATE: April 5-7, 2022 EVENT: University of Michigan Latinx Research Week DETAILS: What do moon landing missions, Ecuadorian artisanal fishing and a group of Puerto Rican artists from the 90s have in common? These, and many more, are some of the research topics conducted by Latino students and faculty at UM. Their work …

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Equal parts science gathering and participatory event, “Size Up: Changing Paradigms in Social Impact Design” aims to spark hybrid, flexible, and engaging conversations through a series of workshops led by Detroit-based artists and activists. The event, from 3-9 p.m. on Thursday, March 31, at the Art & Architecture Building, will feature faculty from the University …

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Click to enlarge De’Andrea Taylor Breonna Taylor, second from left, is pictured with three of her sisters and a cousin. Everette Taylor is a family man. Except he’s in jail and can’t see his family. The 6-foot-1, 45-year-old slender man is being held at Macomb Correctional Facility in Michigan. For the past 23 years, he …

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Click to enlarge Nina Ignaczak Pontiac resident Christina Cowart takes the bus home from work at Great Lakes Crossing on Monday. Hours later, the Auburn Hills City Council voted to pull out of SMART. For the past two years, Christina Cowart has relied on the bus to get to her job retailing baby clothes at …

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EAST LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – A letter from East Lansing Public Schools was sent out Wednesday morning, saying elementary schools would no longer celebrate Valentine’s Day or Halloween. The Elementary Core Team cited families who did not celebrate Halloween and the children’s enthusiasm for the spooky holidays, making learning difficult. Former child star killed herself …

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