Day: September 14, 2016

Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array (HERA)

HERA, the ‘Cosmic Dawn’ Telescope, Receives Major NSF Support

Charlottesville, VA-(ENEWSPF)- The National Science Foundation (NSF) has approved $9.5 million in funding to expand the Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array (HERA) – a multinational experiment to study how primordial galaxies forever changed the very early universe. This investment will increase the number of HERA antennas from 19 to 240 by[Read More…]

NASA Expedition 49 ISS crew

NASA Television to Air Launch of Next International Space Station Crew

NASA-(ENEWSPF)- Three crew members headed to the International Space Station are scheduled to launch on Friday, Sept. 23. Live launch coverage will begin at 1:15 p.m. EDT on NASA Television and the agency’s website. NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, along with cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, will[Read More…]

Cook County Health and Hospital Systems, cchhs

Cook County Health to Increase Access to Care for Uninsured Residents

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Cook County Health & Hospitals System (CCHHS), with support from Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Commissioners Bridget Gainer, Jesús “Chuy” Garcia and Robert Steele and the county wide Healthy Communities Cook County (HC3) Coalition, intends to launch a coordinated health program for uninsured individuals who live[Read More…]

mental health conference psc

Third Annual Mental Health Conference at Prairie State College Sept. 29

Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)-Prairie State College (PSC) is hosting the Third Annual Mental Health Conference from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday Sept. 29, in the Conference Center of the PSC main campus, located at 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights. Illinois Senator Michael E. Hastings of the 19th Legislative District[Read More…]

Detailed Age Map Shows How Milky Way Came Together

Notre Dame, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Using colors to identify the approximate ages of more than 130,000 stars in the Milky Way’s halo, University of Notre Dame astronomers have produced the clearest picture yet of how the galaxy formed more than 13.5 billion years ago. Astrophysicist Daniela Carollo, research assistant professor in the Department[Read More…]

Free Paper Shredding Event Hosted By Rep. DeLuca Saturday

Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Rep. Anthony DeLuca (D-80th) will host a free paper shredding event this Saturday, September 17. This will take place between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. at Bloom Plaza, 1020 Dixie Highway, Chicago Heights. The event is free, but there is a limit of two boxes per car.[Read More…]

Elaine Maimon of Governors State University GSU

Governors State University Announces Increases in Male and Minority Enrollment

University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Strategic initiatives at Governors State University designed to increase and enhance degree completion rates for minority males are paying off. Official fall enrollment numbers at GSU show an increase of 5.8%, or 804, minority males enrolled at Governor State University this fall.  Overall, the total number of males[Read More…]

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