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Cannabis sales and use are high in Michigan – but federal law means research lags behind

Cannabis sales and use are high in Michigan – but federal law means research lags behind

(EAST LANSING, MICH.) Have you been to a licensed cannabis dispensary lately? My team and I often visit them in the Greater Lansing area to invite cannabis users to participate in our studies. As soon as we walk in, we are met with a dazzling array of products: high-potency

Panicking scientists, canceled experiments – federal funding cuts turned my work as a research dean into crisis management

(EAST LANSING, MICH.) Fielding frantic faculty emails and panicked texts was not how I had hoped my 2025 would begin. Little did I imagine that my role as a research dean at a medical school would be taken over by navigating chaotic grant terminations and delays of federal research funding,

Universities survived Trump’s 2025 funding freeze, but the money still isn’t flowing to researchers

Universities survived Trump’s 2025 funding freeze, but the money still isn’t flowing to researchers

(EAST LANSING, MICH.) Several prominent universities, including Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania, made headlines in 2025 in a dizzying back-and-forth with the federal government. The Trump administration cut large amounts of research funding to universities. Some pushed back, and others hatched settlements to get the money

Kansas revoked transgender people’s IDs overnight – researchers anticipate cascading health and social consequences

Kansas revoked transgender people’s IDs overnight – researchers anticipate cascading health and social consequences

The number of bills directly targeting and undermining the existing legal rights of transgender and nonbinary people in the U.S. has been escalating, with sharp increases since 2021 and with each consecutive year. Kansas dealt the most radical blow yet on Feb. 26, 2026, as a law that immediately