CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2014. Seventeen people, including nine Roosevelt University students, shaved their heads on March 20 in Schaumburg during a fundraising event led by two pharmacy students that has netted approximately $10,000 for the benefit of pediatric cancer research. “We’re all in the practice of health care here at the[Read More…]
Day: April 15, 2014
Three Roosevelt University Students Awarded for Social Justice Work
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2014. A Roosevelt University graduate elementary education student and two undergraduate students are being recognized by the prestigious Matthew Freeman Social Justice awards program, which annually highlights exemplary work by students who further the University’s social justice mission on campus and in the community. Jenine Wehbeh, 25, of[Read More…]
South Africa’s Ambassador to U.S. is May 2 Commencement Speaker at Roosevelt University
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2014. Roosevelt University announced today that Ebrahim Rasool, South Africa’s Ambassador to the United States, will deliver the Commencement address and receive an honorary doctoral degree at the University’s 2 p.m. Commencement ceremony on May 2. The ceremony is for graduates of Roosevelt’s Walter E. Heller College of[Read More…]
Nation’s First African American Neurosurgeon is Commencement Speaker at Roosevelt University
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2014. Roosevelt University announced today that Alexa Canady, the first African American woman in the United States to become a neurosurgeon, will deliver the Commencement address and receive an honorary doctoral degree at the University’s 10 a.m. Commencement ceremony on May 2. The ceremony is for graduates of[Read More…]
Study: Frequent Cannabis Consumers Less Likely To Engage In Problematic Alcohol Use
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 15, 2014. By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director Those who report consuming cannabis two or three times per week are less likely to engage in at risk drinking behavior, according to data published online in The American Journal of Addictions. Investigators from Sweden’s Lund University, Department of Clinical[Read More…]
Kirk, Durbin, Simon Join Secretary of the Air Force at Scott Air Force Base
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2014. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Lieutenant Governor Sheila Simon today joined newly confirmed Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James in a visit to Scott Air Force Base. Sen. Kirk is the ranking member of the Senate[Read More…]
The Past 3 Decades of Women’s Rising Hours of Work Added $1.7 Trillion to GDP in 2012
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2014. A new report released today by the Center for American Progress and the Center for Economic and Policy Research puts a dollar value on the economic importance of women’s rising work hours since 1979. According to the report, gross domestic product, or GDP, was roughly 11 percent[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Jen Psaki, April 15, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing UKRAINE Measured Approach by Government of Ukraine / Law and Order in Eastern Ukraine / Russian Link to Armed Militants Upcoming Meeting on Thursday / Opening for Diplomacy Economic and Political Support to Ukrainian Government Next Round of Sanctions / Coordination with[Read More…]
Conspirators in Two Android Mobile Device App Piracy Groups Plead Guilty
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 15, 2014. Members of two different piracy groups engaged in the illegal distribution of copies of copyrighted Android mobile device applications have pleaded guilty for their roles in separate schemes, each designed to distribute more than one million copies of copyrighted apps. Acting Assistant Attorney General David A.[Read More…]
Tennessee Husband and Wife Sentenced to 36 Months for Tax Fraud
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 15, 2014. James E. Beavers and Beverly S. Beavers of Knoxville, Tenn., were each sentenced to serve 36 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. James and Beverly Beavers were also each ordered to pay[Read More…]
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