Day: June 6, 2017

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle

President Preckwinkle and County Board Honor Military Veterans

Part of Silver Star Service Banner Program Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and County Commissioners today recognized 40 military veterans for their sacrifice and service to nation under the annual Silver Star Service Banner program. President Preckwinkle created the County’s first-ever Department of Veterans Affairs in 2013.[Read More…]

Jared Diamond UofC lecture

In University of Chicago’s Stevanovich Institute Lecture, Jared Diamond Examines Evolution of Religion

Pulitzer Prize-winning author discusses research, ‘curious beliefs’ of humans Prof. Jared Diamond delivers the inaugural lecture for the Stevanovich Institute on the Formation of Knowledge, held April 20 at Kent Hall. Photo by: Jean Lachat CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2017 By Sarah Manhardt In delivering the inaugural lecture of the Stevanovich Institute[Read More…]

Alex Heinz

Roosevelt University Pharmacy Student Receives National Award for Community Service and Opioid Research

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2017. A Roosevelt University pharmacy student from Streamwood, Illinois, has received a 2017 U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Excellence in Public Pharmacy Award. Alex Heinz, 24, who is now in his final year as a doctoral student in Roosevelt’s three-year College of Pharmacy program, was selected for the[Read More…]

Operation Inherent Resolve: Military Strikes Continue Against ISIS Terrorists in Syria and Iraq, June 6, 2017

SOUTHWEST ASIA–(ENEWSPF)—June 6, 2017. On June 5, Coalition military forces conducted 40 strikes consisting of 60 engagements against ISIS terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, Coalition military forces conducted 35 strikes consisting of 45 engagements against ISIS targets. Near Abu Kamal, two strikes destroyed four ISIS front-end loaders, four[Read More…]

failed war on drugs

New York Times Investigation Finds Drug Overdose Deaths Reached All-Time High in 2016

Drug Policy Alliance Opioid Action Plan: Increase Access to Effective Treatment, Expand Harm Reduction Interventions, Prevent Opioid Misuse, and Minimize the Criminalization of People Who Use Drugs; Trump Administration Wants to Cut Treatment and Escalate Failed Drug War NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—June 6, 2017. The New York Times published on Monday an[Read More…]

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