CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 10, 2016. Golfers of all skill levels are invited to show what they can do on the links at Roosevelt University’s 23rd Annual Scholarship Golf Outing being held Aug. 1 at the Schaumburg Golf Club & Academy, 401 N. Roselle Road in Schaumburg. “Our yearly golf outing is a[Read More…]
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Creativity in Music Defines Roosevelt University Jazz Studies Professor and Students
Pictured above from left to right are: Larry Gray, David Cain and Roosevelt’s Paul Wertico. CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 10, 2016. A new and innovative CD featuring 40 short improvisations by the Chicago-area trio Wertico Cain & Gray reflects the kind of philosophy that Roosevelt University professor Paul Wertico embraces in his teaching[Read More…]
UChicago Physicists First to See Behavior of Quantum Materials in Curved Space
Interplay of light, matter is of potential technological interest These false-color images represent the quantum Hall state that UChicago physicists created by shining infrared laser light at specially configured mirrors. Achieving this state with light instead of matter was an important step in developing computing and other applications from quantum[Read More…]
Senator Elizabeth Warren Releases Report Raising Serious Concerns About College Accreditor and Federal Advisory Committee’s Troubled Oversight
Urges Education Department to hold accreditor ACICS accountable for long record of failure Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–June 10, 2016. A report released today by Senator Elizabeth Warren describes lax federal oversight of the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS), a college accreditor that has a long track record of[Read More…]
White House Launches the Fair Chance Higher Education Pledge
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 10, 2016. at the White House, Domestic Policy Council Director Cecilia Muñoz and Education Secretary John King will host 15 higher education public and private institutions from across the country who are standing with the Obama Administration as founding partners in launching the Fair Chance Higher Education Pledge.[Read More…]
University of Chicago Renaissance Society Receives Largest Gift in Museum’s History
Kevin Beasley’s Your face is/is not enough (2016), a work that the Renaissance Society commissioned for its current exhibition, Between the Ticks of the Watch. Courtesy of The artist and Casey Kaplan, New York CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2016. The Renaissance Society has received three leading gifts to its Next Century Fund,[Read More…]
South Suburban College Offering Free Highway Construction Careers Training Program
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2016. South Suburban College will be offering a Free Highway Construction Careers Training Program this summer at their Oak Forest Campus. Orientation and Assessment Testing will be June 28-30 at the Oak Forest Center, with the program set to begin on July 25, 2016.[Read More…]
Senators Warren and Lee Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Help Graduate Students Build Retirement Savings
Washington, DC —(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2016. United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) introduced the Graduate Student Savings Act of 2016, which would allow funds from a graduate student’s stipend or fellowship to be deposited into an Individual Retirement Account (IRA). While fellowship or stipend funding currently[Read More…]
New University of Chicago Research Center Becomes First to Focus on Wisdom
Howard Nusbaum to direct Center for Practical Wisdom CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2016. While people search for wisdom throughout their lives, it long has been overlooked as a topic for rigorous scholarship and scientific investigation. That’s changing at UChicago, which recently launched the Center for Practical Wisdom. The first-of-its-kind center is being[Read More…]
Student Success at Prairie State College Illustrates College’s Commitment to Students
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2016 By: Dr. Terri L. Winfree, President, Prairie State College Students begin their college careers at community colleges for a variety reasons. Some see the economic benefit of completing their first few years in college at a fraction of what it would cost to get the same[Read More…]
