CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2013. A long-lost portrait of Chicago’s first archbishop, Patrick Feehan, now hangs at DePaul University. Although he was the second-longest-serving leader of the Chicago archdiocese, presided over explosive growth in Chicago’s Catholic community and laid the groundwork for many of Chicago’s most important Catholic institutions, Archbishop Patrick Feehan[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Law is Powerful Lever: Richard M. Daley to DePaul University Law Graduates
College of Law holds commencement May 19 Onstage at DePaul University’s College of Law commencement May 19. From left: Patricia O’Donoghue, interim provost; Richard M. Daley, former mayor of Chicago and commencement speaker; and the Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M., DePaul president. (Photo by Thomas Vangel) CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 19, 2013. In[Read More…]
Space Drives E-mobility
Simulation for safety EU–(ENEWSPF)–20 May 2013. An ESA business incubation start-up company is helping major car manufacturers to develop electric vehicle concepts and improve safety systems by turning ideas quickly into virtual prototypes. Foreseeing products by modelling and simulations can provide big jump-starts for companies,” explains Johannes Gerl, founder and[Read More…]
Durbin, Gutierrez Optimistic on Prospects for Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2013. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) yesterday provided an update on the Senate’s negotiations over the comprehensive immigration reform bill he helped draft and said he is optimistic about the proposal’s chances for passage. Durbin was a member of the bipartisan Gang of Eight that introduced the bill[Read More…]
Bipartisan Coalition to Introduce Sugar Reform Amendment to Senate Farm Bill
Kirk, Shaheen, Toomey Effort Would Save Consumers Money, Lower Price Support Levels WASHINGTON D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2013. U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-IL), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) today are announcing plans to implement commonsense reforms to the U.S. sugar program by amending the Senate Farm Bill with a bipartisan[Read More…]
New NOAA Report Examines National Oil Pollution Threat From Shipwrecks
Report presented to U.S. Coast Guard for use in contingency plans Disabled T/B DBL 152 vessel discharges oil into the Gulf of Mexico in 2005. Download here (Credit:ENTRIX, Inc.) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2013. NOAA presented to the U.S. Coast Guard today a new report that finds that 36 sunken vessels[Read More…]
NOAA’s Latest Mobile App Provides Free Nautical Charts for Recreational Boating
Public is invited to try beta version of MyNOAACharts MyNOAACharts, a mobile app beta test for Android tablets, can easily integrate the user’s location, the nautical chart, and all the navigational information from the U.S. Coast Pilot. Download here (Credit: NOAA) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2013. As recreational boaters gear up[Read More…]
Global Warming Continues; Most Extreme Projections ‘Less Likely’
UK–(ENEWSPF)–20 May 2013. A new study led by Oxford University concludes that the latest observations of the climate system’s response to rising greenhouse gas levels are consistent with conventional estimates of the long-term ‘climate sensitivity’, despite a “warming pause” over the past decade. However, the most extreme rates of warming[Read More…]
Newtown Parents Join Governor Quinn to Press Illinois Lawmakers on Gun Control
New Legislation Introduced Friday Bans the Sale of High-Capacity Ammunition Magazines in Illinois CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 19, 2013. Parents who suffered unfathomable loss during the tragedy in Newtown, Conn., today joined Governor Pat Quinn, Senate President John Cullerton and Senator Dan Kotowski to urge lawmakers to ban the sale of high-capacity ammunition[Read More…]
Florida Woman Indicted on Conspiracy for Role in Bringing 143 Haitian Nationals to the United States on Fraudulently Obtained Guest Worker Visas
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2013. On Friday, a federal judge unsealed a three-count indictment returned by a grand jury in the Southern District of Florida charging Jetta McPhee, 59, of Tamarac, Fla., for her role in bringing 143 Haitian nationals to the United States on fraudulently obtained guest worker visas that[Read More…]
