Day: March 21, 2017

Lester Holt to Receive Distinguished Journalist Award from DePaul University

Anchor and reporter Lester Holt of NBC News will receive an award from DePaul University this spring for his journalistic ‘insight, dignity and authority.’ (Mary Ellen Matthews/NBC) Center for Journalism Integrity and Excellence also honors alumnus Ben Welsh CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2017.  Lester Holt, anchor of “NBC Nightly News” and[Read More…]

Unitarian Universalist Community Church to Screen Documentary Film ‘Children of Syria’ on Friday, March 24

Helen, left, and Sara, right — two of the “Children of Syria” Source: pbs.org Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 21, 2017. The Unitarian Universalist Community Church (UUCC), 70 Sycamore Drive in Park Forest will screen the documentary film ‘Children of Syria – How Four Child Refugees Said Goodbye to Syria’ on Friday,[Read More…]

Members of Congress Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Make Hearing Aids Available Over the Counter

Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2017.  U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), and Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), today reintroduced legislation to make hearing aids for those with mild to moderate hearing loss available over the counter (OTC). A companion bill led by Representatives Joe Kennedy III (D-Mass.)[Read More…]

Despite Progress, World’s Most Marginalized Still Left Behind – UN Development Report

Millions of people are not benefiting from progress, with the gap set to widen unless deep-rooted development barriers, including discrimination and unequal political participation, are tackled. Photo: UNDP Peru/Mónica Suárez STOCKHOLM–(ENEWSPF)–21 March 2017 – A flagship United Nations report launched today finds that although the average human development improved significantly[Read More…]

Papers of Nobel Laureate Saul Bellow Open for Research at University of Chicago Library

A carbon copy of a typescript fragment of The Adventures of Augie March, ca. 1952-53, titled The Life of Augie March Among the Machiavellians. The manuscript is part of a new archive at the University of Chicago’s Special Collections Research Center documenting the Nobel-winning author’s creative process. Courtesy of: University[Read More…]

FDA Approves Drug to Treat Parkinson’s Disease

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2017. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Xadago (safinamide) tablets as an add-on treatment for patients with Parkinson’s disease who are currently taking levodopa/carbidopa and experiencing “off” episodes. An “off” episode is a time when a patient’s medications are not working well, causing an[Read More…]

Governors State University to Present Shakespeare’s The Tempest to be Staged in Unlikely Setting

University Park, IL—(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2017 – Theatre and Performance Studies students at Governors State University present Shakespeare’s The Tempest on a stage of epic proportions. Instead of a remote island, patrons will witness a tale of magic, love, and revenge in the renowned Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park on the campus of[Read More…]

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