Donor Disbursements In 2012 Totaled US $7.86 Billion Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2013. As world leaders prepare to meet to review progress towards the Millennium Development Goals, a report from the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) evaluates international efforts to finance the response to[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Food and Water Watch on Outsourcing Our Meat to China
Statement from Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director of Food & Water Watch Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2013. “The recent USDA decision to allow processed chicken imports from China, coupled with news of the Smithfield-Shuanghui merger approval by shareholders and a federal review commission, shows that U.S. regulators are paving the way for[Read More…]
‘Phantasmagoria’ Art Exhibit Begins at Prairie State College September 30
CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—September 24, 2013. Prairie State College (PSC) is hosting “Phantasmagoria: The Imaginations of Kathy Weaver, Sharon Bladholm and John A. Kurtz,” from Sept. 30 through Oct. 31, in the Christopher Art Gallery. An artists’ reception is scheduled from 4:30 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 10, in the gallery.[Read More…]
Prairie State College Graduate Wins Community Service Award
CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—September 24, 2013. May 2013 Prairie State College (PSC) graduate Katie Hughes recently was named the 2013 winner of the Dr. James H. Griffith Community Service Award at PSC. She received the award during the August meeting of the PSC Board of Trustees. The award is named after the[Read More…]
Prairie State College Recognizes Bloom High School National Honor Society for Community Service
CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—September 24, 2013. Prairie State College (PSC) recently recognized the 2012-2013 Bloom High School National Honor Society student members with the 2013 Michael R. Monteleone Community Service Award. The award was presented at the August meeting of the PSC Board of Trustees. The award is given annually to a[Read More…]
Roosevelt University to Host Open Houses on October 12 and 19
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—September 24, 2013. Roosevelt University will hold open houses on Saturday, Oct. 12 at the Chicago Campus and on Saturday, Oct. 19 at the Schaumburg Campus. Prospective undergraduate and graduate students and their parents are invited. The open houses will be held from 9:30 a.m. until noon at the Chicago[Read More…]
Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Selects Pelli Firm to Design McCormick Place Event Center
Architectural firm Pelli Clarke Pelli was selected to design the McCormick Place Event Center, which will include a home for DePaul men’s and women’s basketball. The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority released today preliminary architectural renderings of the 10,000-seat center. More images at http://on.fb.me/18Qy4oR. (Architectural renderings by Pelli Clarke Pelli,[Read More…]
Harvard School of Public Health Honors Elton John for AIDS Work
Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2013. Harvard School of Public Health announced today that Sir Elton John will receive the Harvard School of Public Health AIDS Initiative Leadership Award on October 15. The award is presented to individuals who have exhibited extraordinary vision, leadership, and courage in the worldwide struggle against[Read More…]
Time to Rethink Misguided Policies That Promote Biofuels to Protect Climate
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2013. Policymakers need to rethink the idea of promoting biofuels to protect the climate because the methods used to justify such policies are inherently flawed, according to a University of Michigan energy researcher. In a new paper published online in the journal Climatic Change, John DeCicco takes[Read More…]
Earthjustice Statement on SB-4, California’s Controversial Fracking Bill
State has abdicated responsibility, should expect an uptick in local bans Sacramento, CA–(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2013. On Friday, California Governor Edmund G. Brown signed SB-4, a controversial bill that fails to protect the public from hydraulic fracturing (or “fracking”) and other extreme methods of oil and gas development. The following is[Read More…]
