Community celebrates opening of nearly 30,000 square foot facility with two gymnasiums CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—September 19, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Governor Pat Quinn, Secretary of State Jesse White, Alderman Walter Burnett and community members today cut the ribbon on the new community center and field house on the city’s near north side.[Read More…]
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Senator Durbin Announces Nearly $300,000 in DOJ Funding For Northwestern University To Prevent Sexual Assault On Campus
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 19, 2014. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has awarded a $299,997 grant to Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois to help prevent sexual assaults on campus. Today’s funding was made available through DOJ’s Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence,[Read More…]
Representative Jan Schakowsky Sends Letter in Support of Funding for The Emergency Food Assistance Program
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 19, 2014. Rep. Jan Schakowsky sent a letter to Shaun Donovan, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget on Thursday, urging him to use his authority to increase funding for The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP). The 2014 Farm Bill authorized a funding increase for TEFAP,[Read More…]
St. Vincent De Paul’s 17th Century Handwritten Letters Go Digital
DePaul University Librarian Andrew Rea cares for the 400-year-old handwritten letters from St. Vincent de Paul that are now part of an online digital collection. Scholars, teachers and anyone who’s interested can now view the manuscripts online, opening up new research possibilities for Vincentian historians worldwide. (Photo by Jamie Moncrief)[Read More…]
University of Massachusetts to Receive NORML Archives; Building Largest Marijuana Law Reform Collection
Amherst, MA–(ENEWSPF)–September 19, 2014. The W.E.B. Du Bois Center, at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, officially receives NORML’s archives dating from 1970, along with the personal archives of pioneering physician and author Lester Grinspoon, MD (formerly with Harvard Medical School), this weekend during a two-day event focusing on the[Read More…]
Alliance for Retired Americans Friday Alert, Sept. 19, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 19, 2014. Rally at U.S. Capitol Fires up Seniors On Thursday, the Alliance for Retired Americans, Americans United for Change and allies held a rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC to say, “Hands off Social Security and Medicare!” Additional event co-sponsors included AFSCME, the AFL-CIO, the[Read More…]
FTC Action Halts Online High School Diploma Mill That Made $11 Million Selling Worthless Diplomas to Students
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 19, 2014. At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a U.S. district court in Florida has temporarily halted a diploma mill that allegedly grossed more than $11 million from marketing and selling fake high school diplomas online to consumers nationwide. The court imposed a temporary restraining order to halt[Read More…]
Roosevelt University Pharmacy Professor Receives Shining Star Award
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 18, 2014. Abby Kahaleh, a founding faculty member in Roosevelt University’s College of Pharmacy (COP) has received the 2014 Shining Star Award from the Illinois Council of Health-Systems Pharmacists (ICHP). An associate professor of administrative sciences, Kahaleh started a local ICHP chapter at COP with the help of Roosevelt[Read More…]
Roosevelt University Jazz Professor to Perform on WGN-TV and at Jazz Showcase
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 18, 2014. Paul Wertico, associate professor of jazz studies at Roosevelt University, will celebrate the release of a new CD with the Bob Mamet Trio in performances during the midday news on Friday, Sept. 19 on WGN-TV, Channel 9 and on Tuesday, Sept. 23 at the Jazz Showcase, 806[Read More…]
Over 90 Percent of Chicago Trees Inoculated in 2011 and 2012 Still Viable
Dedicated Workforce Continues Inoculation of All Viable Parkway Ash Trees, Including Ash Tree Retreatment CHICAGO—(ENEWSPSF)—September 18, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Department of Streets and Sanitation (DSS) announced today a 93 percent survival rate for Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) retreatment for Ash trees treated in 2011 and 2012. DSS[Read More…]
