Prof. Luc Anselin leads collaborations across fields focusing on space, location The above image shows an example of how cloud mapping platform GeoDa-Web can be used to explore spatial patterns in traffic accidents in Manhattan, N.Y. GeoDa-Web is currently under development at the Center for Spatial Data Science. Courtesy of:[Read More…]
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Prairie State College Trustee Candidacy Petitions Available
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–October 28, 2016. Candidacy petitions for three, six-year, non-compensated terms and one, two-year unexpired, non-compensated term on the Prairie State College (PSC) Board of Trustees are now available. The petition packages can be picked up from the President’s Office, located in room 2270 on PSC’s main campus at 202[Read More…]
Senator Durbin: New Borrower Defense Regulations Empower Students To Hold For-Profit Colleges Accountable
Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) Final “Borrower Defense” Regulations Expand Protections for Defrauded Students, Ban Mandatory Arbitration for Direct Loan Holders CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–October 28, 2016. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced its final “borrower defense” rules to protect students and[Read More…]
3rd Annual Information Literacy Month Closing Event Held at South Suburban College
Guest speakers Paul Holmes, Angela McGhee and Congresswoman Robin Kelly at SSC’s 3rd Annual Information Literacy closing event. SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)–October 28, 2016. This week South Suburban College’s Library ended the month-long celebration of their 3rd Annual Information Literacy Month (ILM) with a visit from the Honorable Congresswoman Dr.[Read More…]
Richard V. Green Recognized with Griffith Award from Prairie State College
PSC President Dr. Terri L. Winfree (left) and Helen Manley, PSC’s coordinator of student life (right) congratulate Richard V. Green on receiving the 2016 Dr. James H. Griffith Community Service Award at PSC. CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2016. Prairie State College (PSC) honored Richard V. Green of Matteson with the 2016[Read More…]
Winter Preparedness Snow and Ice Conference Coming to South Suburban College Oak Forest Center on Nov. 7-9
South Suburban College Oak Forest Center SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2016. South Suburban College is presenting a Winter Preparedness Snow and Ice Conference designed for Public Works directors, supervisors and operators on November 7 and 8, with a session for facilities and large parking lots on November 9. The[Read More…]
Secretary of State John Kerry Discusses U.S. Role in Increasingly Complex World at University of Chicago (Video)
Secretary of State John Kerry talks to UChicago students about U.S. foreign policy during an Oct. 26 event at Mandel Hall. Photo by: Zane Maxwell John Kerry speaks to students during Institute of Politics event CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2016 By: Mark Peters Author Walter Isaacson ended his public conversation at the[Read More…]
Educators Stand With Hillary Clinton in Declaring That We Must Be “Better than Bullying”
Eskelsen García: “Clinton understands that kindness, collaboration and cooperation are important in school and in life” WASHINGTON -(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2016 -NEA President Lily Eskelsen García provided the following response today to Hillary Clinton’s release of Better than Bullying, a plan to provide $500 million in new funding to states to[Read More…]
Roosevelt University Jazz Alumna to be Guest Drummer on NBC TV’s Late Night with Seth Meyers
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2016. Hannah Welton, an alumna of the jazz studies program at Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts (CCPA) and a former drummer with Prince, will be the guest drummer from Oct. 31 through Nov. 3 on NBC TV’s Late Night with Seth Meyers. Welton, who was known[Read More…]
More Than 100 Researchers and Policy Organizations Call on the U.S. Department of Education to Release Better Federal Student Aid Data
Graduates wait in line after commencement ceremonies in Princeton, New Jersey, on June 5, 2012. Source: AP/Mel Evans Letter to U.S. Department of Education urges release of privacy-protected and secure data to better understand financial aid programs. Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2016. Today, the Center for American Progress led a[Read More…]
