Coalition Led by Electronic Frontier Foundation Crowdsources Demand Letters San Francisco–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and a coalition of organizations and law schools yesterday launched the newest tool in the fight against patent trolls: Trolling Effects (trollingeffects.org). The online resource aims to unite and empower would-be victims[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Huge Global Coalition Stands Against Unchecked Surveillance
100+ Organizations Sign Thirteen Principles to Protect Human Rights San Francisco–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. More than 100 organizations from across the globe – including Privacy International, Access, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) – are taking a stand against unchecked communications surveillance, calling for the governments around the world to follow[Read More…]
Senator Merkley: Tax Reform Should Put Middle Class First
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. Yesterday, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley sent a letter to the Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee outlining his priorities in a potential reform of the tax code. In the letter, Senator Merkley made clear that our tax code should help rebuild and strengthen[Read More…]
Senators Wyden, Thune Seek to Make Permanent Protections Against Unfair Internet Taxes
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and John Thune (R-S.D) today introduced legislation, the Internet Tax Freedom Forever Act, to make permanent the existing ban on Internet access taxes and on multiple and discriminatory taxes on e-commerce. The Internet Tax Freedom Act (ITFA), originally enacted in 1998[Read More…]
Senators Blumenthal, Wyden, Udall Unveil Major Legislation To Reform U. S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Courts
Legislation Would Strengthen Privacy Protection In The FISA Court System, And Change The Way Its Judges Are Appointed Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. Today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) – joined by Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Tom Udall (D-N.M.) – unveiled two bills that would ensure FISA courts properly balance[Read More…]
Roosevelt Students Take Pharmacy Practice Into Global Health Arena with Research and Field Experience in Haiti
(PharmD students Gordana Milosevic, left, and Bill Hunyh, right, are pictured above in Haiti). CHICAGo–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. A professor and two students at Roosevelt University’s College of Pharmacy are helping the poor in Haiti to not only obtain medications but also to understand directions that need to be followed when taking prescriptions. The[Read More…]
Gov. Quinn Announces That DePaul is One of the Chicago Area Universities to Receive Capital Grant Funding
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, left, listens to the Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M., president of DePaul University; describe the new classroom building on the Lincoln Park Campus that houses the departments of English and history of art and architecture. The building was funded in part by a grant from the[Read More…]
Reps. Schneider, Duckworth, Foster Support Student Loan Deal
Compromise Reverses Doubling of Student Loan Rates WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. U.S. Representatives Brad Schneider (IL-10), Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) and Bill Foster (IL-11) voted in favor of the Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act (HR 1911), a bipartisan compromise that reverses the July 1 doubling of student loan rates from 3.4 percent[Read More…]
New Art Exhibition ‘Rinnio Della Vita’ Coming to South Suburban College’s Thiel Gallery
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. The Art & Design Department of South Suburban College (SSC) is pleased to present an exhibition entitled Rinnio Della Vita from Monday, August 19th through Thursday, September 12th in the Dorothea Thiel Gallery. There will also be an Artist Reception for artists Anne Farley[Read More…]
Stray Prenatal Gene Network Suspected in Schizophrenia
May disrupt birth of new neurons in prefrontal cortex Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. Researchers have reverse-engineered the outlines of a disrupted prenatal gene network in schizophrenia, by tracing spontaneous mutations to where and when they likely cause damage in the brain. Some people with the brain disorder may suffer from[Read More…]
