CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2015. Bayo Ojikutu, award-winning author of the novels 47th Street Black and Free Burning will kick off the Roosevelt University MFA Program’s Spring Reading Series with a reading and discussion at 5 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 2 in Roosevelt’s Gage Gallery, 18 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. Ojikutu’s first[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Roosevelt University’s Green Initiatives Earn Gold-level Recognition from State of Illinois
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2015. Roosevelt University has received gold-level recognition from the Illinois Governor’s Higher Education Campus Sustainability Compact and the Illinois Green Governments Coordinating Council for its many green initiatives. Strategic planning that has engaged Roosevelt’s administration, faculty and students and implementation of a variety of innovative programs and practices[Read More…]
NIH Launches Tool to Advance Down Syndrome Research
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2015. The National Institutes of Health has launched a subsite of DS-Connect: The Down Syndrome Registry for researchers, clinicians, and other professionals with a scientific interest in Down syndrome to access de-identified data from the registry. This Web portal will help approved professionals to plan clinical studies,[Read More…]
Department of Defense Press Briefing by Rear Adm. Kirby, Jan. 27, 2015
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 27, 2015. REAR ADMIRAL JOHN KIRBY: Good afternoon, everybody. Just a reminder at the top that tomorrow at 4 p.m. Secretary Hagel will attend the armed forces farewell tribute being held in his honor just down the road at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall. The president, the vice president,[Read More…]
To Avoid Worst Consequences of Climate Change, Solutions Must Include Land Use Sector
Report Shows Land Use Sector Can Close Half of Emissions Gap WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2015 – A report from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) finds that reducing emissions from the land sector must be part of a global climate solution in order to close the “emissions gap,” the difference[Read More…]
Northeast Blizzard: Nature + Climate Change = Worse
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2015—The massive winter storm predicted to engulf the entire Northeast is the result of a “bombogenesis,” which occurs when a storm takes on an explosive nature. Below is a statement by Robert Mera, a Union of Concerned Scientists Kendall fellow and meteorologist. “It’s a natural phenomenon—a dramatic and[Read More…]
National Nurses Announce Donation to Ebola Health Work in West Africa
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2015. National Nurses United today announced a donation of $40,000 to the disaster relief organization International Medical Corps, which is on the front lines of the Ebola response, for its continued efforts to eradicate the deadly virus in West Africa. “International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Teams[Read More…]
Texas Court Denies Death Penalty Appeal of Intellectually Disabled Man
Court Standards for Determining Intellectual Disability Drawn From Novella ‘Of Mice and Men’ NEW YORK –(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2015. Robert Ladd, an intellectually disabled person with an IQ of 67, was denied a stay of execution today by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Although in any other state he would[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Jen Psaki, Jan. 27, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2015. Index for Today’s Briefing SAUDI ARABIA HOLOCAUST RUSSIA LIBYA SAUDI ARABIA JAPAN/JORDAN HOSTAGES SYRIA IRAN SYRIA ISRAEL SYRIA MIDDLE EAST PEACE CUBA RUSSIA ARGENTINA YEMEN BAHRAIN CHINA INDIA PALESTINIANS TRANSCRIPT: 1:14 p.m. EST MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Many people here despite the snow. It’s not too[Read More…]
Peruvian Man Sentenced for Defrauding and Extorting Spanish-Speaking U.S. Residents through Fraudulent Call Centers
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 27, 2015. A Peruvian man charged with running an operation that threatened and defrauded Spanish-speaking U.S. residents was sentenced today to more than 17 years in prison in federal district court in Miami, the Department of Justice and U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) announced. Juan Alejandro Rodriguez Cuya,[Read More…]
