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United Family Organization
- Project Contact: Tony Her
- College/MAU: College of Osteopathic Medicine
This is a yearly event aim to encourage Hmong students to pursue high education.
Community value of golf courses
- Project Contact: Brian Horgan
- College/MAU: College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
goal is to present golf courses as community assets and are a value to communities irrespective if they engage in the sport of golf. Values are described as ecosystem services and include stormwater management, flood risk mitigation, carbon sequestra...
CDC Midwest Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Disease
- Project Contact: Edward Walker
- College/MAU: College of Natural Science
This project addresses the problem of endemic and emerging vector borne (mosquito and tick borne) diseases in the upper midwest. Research addresses the dynamics of emergence and spread of such diseases (West Nile viral encephalitis, eastern equine en...
Emerging infectious diseases carried by mosquitoes and ticks
- Project Contact: Edward Walker
- College/MAU: College of Natural Science
This activity broadly encompasses the problem of the appearance, emergence, expansion, and spread of mosquito and tick borne diseases regionally and within the state of Michigan; how to survey for these processes meaningfully; how to engage local pub...
National Child Welfare Workforce Institute
- Project Contact: Cheryl Williams-Hecksel
- College/MAU: College of Social Science
Our purpose is to develop and support a child welfare workforce that can equitably meet the needs of the most vulnerable children and families. NCWWI promotes organizational interventions focused on developing and retaining a diverse and effective wo...
Great Lakes Mallard Ecology Project
- Project Contact: Scott Winterstein
- College/MAU: College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Michigan is the lead state in a multistate project addressing issues related to mallard ecology in the Great Lakes. The expected increase in mallard numbers, in conjunction with high water levels in the Great Lakes, did not occur. The primary goal of...
Poultry Health Management School ‒ Purdue University
- Project Contact: Richard Fulton
- College/MAU: College of Veterinary Medicine
A collaboration with faculty from Purdue University, University of Minnesota, Western States Veterinary College, and Iowa State University to educate poultry company owners, farmers, complex managers, and barn workers about poultry production and dis...
Woodshed Maps for Great Lakes States
- Project Contact: Raju Pokharel
- College/MAU: College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Developing an interactive online tool to explore woodshed (wood basket) maps for sawlogs (hardwood and softwood), pulp and pulpwood, and biomass for industry, landowners, and forestry professionals. The tool would help understand the market extent an...
Improving Fish Health in the North Central Region
- Project Contact: Myron Kebus
- College/MAU: College of Veterinary Medicine
Provided direct consultations to fish farmers who are losing fish in the North Central Region of the U.S. in an effort to improve the health of their fish through alternative disease prevention methods. Have provided information on improving fish hea...
Emerald Ash Borer Ecology, Impacts and Management Options
- Project Contact: Deborah McCullough
- College/MAU: College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Shared results from current and previous research with private landowners, resource managers, and regulatory personnel (federal, multiple states, provinces, two European countries), arborists, municipal foresters, media representatives (print, radio)...
Tele-Geriatric Research Fellowship
- Project Contact: Nadir Abdelrahman
- College/MAU: College of Human Medicine
Empowering medical graduates to achieve their goal of becoming future doctors who can provide care to all, especially older adults.
Using Modeling to Connect Ideas in STEM
- Project Contact: Steven Bennett
- College/MAU: College of Natural Science
Workshop for grade 7-12 science teachers to encourage the use of research-based science practices that promote inclusivity and engagement in science learning.