🌱 Patch AM: How will LCC’s new neurodivergent-friendly changes affect local students?

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In today's newsletter:

• How will LCC's new neurodivergent-friendly changes affect local students?
• How MSU's new $13 million project could change women's prescriptions.

Also on today's calendar: Michigan BluesFest and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is the difference between black eyed peas and chick peas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Clouds and sun with a shower, with a high of 69 and low of 62 degrees.
• Thursday: A couple of morning showers, temps: high: 70, low: 55.
• Friday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 74 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Lansing Community College rethinks campus through a neurodivergent lens (wilx.com) — Lansing Community College is overhauling classrooms and teaching methods to better support neurodivergent and autistic students, following a decade-long study. Leaders say the changes will extend beyond coursework to help students transition into employment, aiming to make LCC a more inclusive and practical option for Lansing-area families considering college.
   

• MSU researchers target major gap in women's healthcare (wilx.com) — Michigan State University researchers in East Lansing are using a multimillion-dollar NIH grant to build AI-powered tools that better predict how medications affect women, addressing long-standing gaps in drug testing. The project, based at MSU and involving national partners, could eventually help Lansing-area providers tailor prescriptions more safely for female patients.
   

📸 Around Lansing

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lansing

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday September 16
• Open Mic Night with Jen Sygit →
  Moriarty's Pub, 802 E Michigan Ave, Lansing
  9:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday September 16
• Michigan BluesFest →
  UrbanBeat, 1213 Turner Rd, Lansing
  5:30 pm
Thursday September 17
• 517 Hispanic Heritage Festival →
  Lansing MI
• Reimagining Prenatal Care in Michigan: The Centering Model →
  Lansing Center, 333 East Michigan Avenue, Lansing
• 2026 Champions for Kids Luncheon →
  Lansing Center, 333 East Michigan Avenue, Lansing
• Forest to MI Faucet: Urban Forests, Clean Water, and Community w/Mid-Michigan Land Conservancy →
  Lansing MI
• Walk with Ease →
  Delta Township District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing
  11:00 am
Friday September 18
• Celebrate National Cheeseburger Day With Savvy Sliders! →
  Savvy Sliders, 3464 Okemos Rd, Okemos
  10:00 am
Sunday September 20
• Unfortunately Cakeless →
  UrbanBeat, 1213 Turner Rd, Lansing
  4:00 pm
Tuesday September 22
• Finding the Friction: Identifying and Solving Process Issues that Limit Performance →
  11:00 am
Friday September 25
• LAFCU Heritage Fest →
  106 N Marketplace Blvd, Lansing
  11:00 am
Sunday September 27
• Golden Harvest Half Marathon & 5k/10k - Lansing →
  Potter Park Zoo, 1301 S Pennsylvania Ave, Lansing
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• How is everyone doing this evening?
  Does anyone else feel like the summer flew by? (Nextdoor Colonial Village)
• My friends daughter has this kitten (6-12months old) hanging around her house.
  She's posted and no one's responded. She lives near I 27 looking for a good home. None of the shelters will take it. No one's responded to her post… (Nextdoor Clifford Park)

• All Star Healthcare Solutions posted a job opening for Interventional Radiologist Locums in Michigan in Lansing. Apply here.
• AMN Healthcare posted a job opening for Neonatology Physician in Lansing. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lansing here.

🗞 Nearby News

East Lansing

• Demolition Begins on Former MSU Student Book Store in East Lansing (news-usa.today)
• Oil prices are up at Costco. Why you spend more, and buy less (lansingstatejournal.com)
• NIH awards multi-university team over $4 million to improve women's health (eurekalert.org)

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• Michigan high school football schedule Week 4: Every Greater Lansing game (freep.com)

Ok Lansing! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Black eyed peas can sing us a song but chick peas can only hummus one. (Thank you Bev H. for sending it in!)
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