CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–July 12, 2016. Prairie State College (PSC) is hosting the 2nd Annual “Get EMPOWERED!” event from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Thursday, July 28, 2016, in the Conference Center of the PSC main campus, located at 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights. The theme this year is “Your[Read More…]
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William H. McNeill, World Historian and Distinguished Scholar, 1917-2016
Courtesy of Special Collections Research Center CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 12, 2016 By William Harms and Mark Peters Prof. William H. McNeill, a pioneer in the field of world history and author of the seminal work The Rise of the West, died July 8. He was 98. McNeill, AB’38, AM’39, was a teacher[Read More…]
UChicago Leads Simons Foundation Collaboration to Study the Physics of Glass
$10 million grant supports international team’s efforts Prof. Sidney Nagel leads an international collaboration with the Simons Foundation to better understand the qualities of glassy states. Copyright Getty Images CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 12, 2016 By Carla Reiter Sometimes in science, the most mundane phenomena embody the deepest mysteries. For example, glass is[Read More…]
Village of Park Forest to Host ‘Growing Green Recycle Fest’ on Saturday, July 30
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—July 12, 2016. The Village of Park Forest will host a ‘Growing Green Recycle Fest’ on Saturday, July 30 from 8 a.m. to noon in DownTown Park Forest at the intersection of Main Street and Cunningham Lane (adjacent to the Park Forest Farmers’ Market). Electronic items accepted for[Read More…]
The League of Women Voters, Park Forest Area to Host Summer Breakfast Meeting on July 27
Park Forest, Il—(ENEWSPF)—July 12, 2016. Please join The League of Women Voters, Park Forest Area for the Summer Breakfast Meeting on Wednesday, July 27th at 9:00am at the home of Mary Lubertozzi, 3434 Attica Road in Olympia Fields. Weather permitting, we are meeting in the garden so please bring a[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel and CPS Announce New Initiatives To Help Seniors Transition To and Through College
With more students graduating college-bound than ever before, CPS is implementing new programming to prepare them for the next phase of their education CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2016. With more CPS students graduating high school and attending college than ever before, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Chief Education Officer[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports, July 9, 2016
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other local media. An arrest does not mean that[Read More…]
Police: Man Found Dead In Driveway Of Park Forest Home
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- According to a statement from the Park Forest Police Department, a man was found unresponsive in the driveway of a residence in the 200 block of Miami Street. On Thursday, July 7, 2016 at approximately 5:50 a.m., Park Forest Police officers and paramedics responded to the 200[Read More…]
UChicago to Support NIH Million-person Precision Medicine Study
Consortium to enroll 150,000 Illinois participants Photo by: Tom Rossiter CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 8, 2016 By John Easton The University of Chicago is one of three Illinois academic institutions that will work together to help launch President Obama’s Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI) Cohort Program to enroll 1 million or more participants in[Read More…]
Anne Walters Robertson Named Interim Dean of Humanities at the University of Chicago
Prof. Anne Robertson CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 8, 2016. Anne Walters Robertson, chair of the Department of Music and the Claire Dux Swift Distinguished Service Professor of Music and the Humanities in the College, has been named to serve as the interim dean of the Division of the Humanities until the next dean is[Read More…]
