Day: May 12, 2016

Secretary of State Services at GSU Tuesday, May 17

University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Secretary of State’s Mobile Service Unit will be at Governors State University on Tuesday, May 17, from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., in the Hall of Governors. Services available at the mobile service unit include driver’s license and State ID renewal, replacement, and corrections; vehicle sticker sales;[Read More…]

Tracy Natyshok and Bruce Ziegle

Park Forest Fire Department, Recreation and Parks, Have Their Budget Hearing

Analysis, Commentary, Report By Gary Kopycinski Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The penultimate night of budget hearings featured reports by the Park Forest Fire Department and Recreation and Parks. The meeting was this past Tuesday, May 10. Arriving after the 6:00 p.m. start time, the discussion between the PFFD and mayor was[Read More…]

Scientists Find ‘Birthmarks’ from Earth’s Infancy

College Park, MD-(ENEWSPF)- University of Maryland Professor of Geology Richard Walker and fellow scientists in a multi-institution research team have found two ‘birthmarks’ within  Earth’s mantle (the rocky middle layer between Earth’s metallic core and outer crust), consisting of silicate material formed when our planet was less than 50 million years[Read More…]

Marian Honors 82 Students For Academic Perfection

Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Marian Catholic High School honored 82 sophomores, juniors and seniors at the annual Academic Breakfast on April 21. Students honored have earned a grade-point average of 4.0 or higher in all semesters at Marian. Seniors include Josephine An, Megan Chio, Kyle Elam, George Funk, Arielle Hernandez-Lyons, Myles Howard,[Read More…]

GSU School Counseling Professor Named Educator of the Year

University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Dr. Katie Wix, Assistant Professor of Counseling, has only been an educator at Governors State University since last August, but she has already earned recognition for her work as an educator of school counselors. Dr. Wix was recently awarded the 2016 Illinois School Counselor Educator of the Year[Read More…]

Xylitol and Your Dog: Danger, Paws Off

Silver Spring, MD-(ENEWSPF)- Your six-month-old puppy, Hoover, will eat anything that isn’t tied down. Like many dog owners, you know chocolate can be dangerous to your pooch. But you may not know that if Hoover sticks his nose in your handbag and eats a pack of sugarless chewing gum, the consequences[Read More…]

Did Star Formation Regulation Change as the Universe Evolved?

Subaru Telescope, Japan-(ENEWSPF)- An international team led by scientists at the Subaru Telescope and Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich in Switzerland used the W. M. Keck Observatory (Note 1) to study the role of star formation rates in metal contents of distant galaxies. What they discovered is that the amount of[Read More…]

Amateurs Prepare Big-Picture Perspective To Support Juno Mission

EuroPlanet-(ENEWSPF)- Some of the world’s leading amateur and professional astronomers are meeting on 12-13 May to prepare for a campaign of ground-based global observations in support of NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter. Juno arrives on 4th July this year and will investigate Jupiter through a series of long elliptical orbits with[Read More…]

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