Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 25, 2013. President Barack Obama welcomed President Truong Tan Sang of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the White House on July 25, 2013. During their meeting, the two Presidents affirmed their commitment to opening a new phase of bilateral relations between Vietnam and the United States based[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Statement by President Obama on Yesterday’s Trail Derailment in Spain
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 25, 2013. Michelle and I were shocked and saddened by the news of yesterday’s tragic train derailment in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. On behalf of the American people, we offer our deepest sympathies and condolences to the families and loved ones of the more than 80 people who[Read More…]
White House Press Gaggle by Josh Earnest Aboard Air Force One, July 25, 2013
En Route Jacksonville, Florida–(ENEWSPF)–July 25, 2013 – 12:50 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Welcome aboard Air Force One as we make our way to Jacksonville, Florida, where the President will tour the local port and deliver some remarks lifting up the themes that he laid out in his address in Galesburg,[Read More…]
Silky Brain Implants May Help Stop Spread of Epilepsy
NIH-funded study suggests role for adenosine in molecular processes involved in epilepsy Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 25, 2013. Silk has walked straight off the runway and into the lab. According to a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, silk implants placed in the brain of laboratory animals and designed[Read More…]
Chicago High School Grad Wins Robert G. Porter Scholarship
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 25, 2013. Julia Cuscaden, a 2013 graduate of Trinity High School in River Forest, Ill., is one of four highly accomplished high school graduates to receive a Robert G. Porter scholarship at the American Federation of Teachers national TEACH Conference. Each year, the AFT presents an $8,000 scholarship to[Read More…]
Teacher Turnover Harms Student Learning
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–July 25, 2013. Teacher turnover negatively affects student learning in math and English, a researcher from the University of Michigan School of Education and colleagues found. The impact is particularly strong in low-performing schools and among black students, they say. Matthew Ronfeldt, U-M assistant professor of educational studies, and[Read More…]
Catamaran Corporation and Mayor Emanuel Announce Catamaran Innovation Center to Be Located in Chicago
New Center will draw top healthcare and business thinkers from across the country to Chicago CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 25, 2013. Catamaran Corporation and Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced yesterday that the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) will locate its national Innovation Center in Chicago, drawing top healthcare and business innovators to the city from[Read More…]
Tar Sands Oil Well Blowout: ‘Nobody Really Understands How to Stop It’
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 25, 2013 – A tar sands oil well blowout enters its 10th week out of control in Canada’s Boreal forest, as an in-depth study finds the industry has had more than 9,000 environmental mishaps in 16 years and Alberta’s oversight is lax and failing. Danielle Droitsch, director of the[Read More…]
Toxic Trade Deal: Friends of the Earth Decries Industry Efforts to Weaken Regulation of Chemicals Associated with Breast Cancer, Autism, Infertility
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 25, 2013. Yesterday, the U.S. House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held a hearing on the launch of negotiations for a U.S.-Europe trade deal, the so-called Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. As suggested by the hearing title, “The U.S.-E.U. Free Trade Agreement: Tipping Over the Regulatory Barriers,”[Read More…]
4 Steps to Defuse Congo Crisis, Prevent Regional Conflict: Enough Project
GOMA, DR CONGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 25, 2013. In advance of the U.N. Security Council’s special session on Africa’s Great Lakes region, which U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will chair on July 25, the Enough Project has released a new policy paper, “Four Steps for the U.S. and U.N. to Defuse Congo’s[Read More…]
