SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)—May 7, 2018 Contact: Anna Helwig, STEM Dean South Suburban College’s Office of Continuing Education and STEM Department are partnering to offer courses to help fill the summer days with activities that will inspire and challenge kids and young adults. Explore various areas of STEM (science, technology,[Read More…]
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UChicago Big Brains Podcast Examines Truths and Myths About U.S. Health Care System
Health economist Katherine Baicker discusses her groundbreaking research on Medicaid CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—April 23, 2018 By: Andrew Bauld Editor’s note: Big Brains is a new University of Chicago podcast in which some of the pioneering minds from across UChicago discuss their groundbreaking ideas and the stories behind them. In 2008, when Oregon[Read More…]
Two UChicago Undergraduates Recognized for Academic Excellence in STEM Fields
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—April 20, 2018 By: Danika Kmetz Adel Rahman and Naomi Sweeting, third-years in the College, have been awarded Barry Goldwater Scholarships, awarded annually based on academic merit in natural sciences, mathematics, computer science and engineering. The two students were nominated by the College and are among 211 scholars selected from[Read More…]
FDA Authorizes First Fully Interoperable Continuous Glucose Monitoring System
Streamlines review pathway for similar devices Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—March 29, 2018 Contact: Tara Rabin The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today permitted marketing of the Dexcom G6 integrated continuous glucose monitoring (iCGM) system for determining blood glucose (sugar) levels in children aged two and older and adults with diabetes. This[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Joins 32 Members Of Congress In Introducing Bill To Stem Student Debt Relief
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)—March 22, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) and 31 other members of Congress in introducing the Debt-Free College Act. This legislation is intended to reverse the growing student debt crisis in the United States. The bill restores a path to affordable[Read More…]
Brennan Center for Justice: Almost No Progress in Key Areas of Election System Security in Last Two Years
New York, N.Y. –(ENEWSPF)—March 9, 2018 Contact: Rebecca Autrey By a number of key metrics, the country has failed to make significant progress securing voting machines, despite increasing warnings about system vulnerabilities from election officials and national security experts. An analysis released today by the Brennan Center for Justice[Read More…]
Election Security Report Finds Most States Remain Vulnerable to Hacking or Systemic Failure
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—February 12, 2018 By: Danielle Root, Liz Kennedy, Michael Sozan, and Jerry Parshall Less than nine months before midterm elections, a new study shows that most state election systems remain vulnerable to hacking and other interference by foreign governments bent on disrupting the election process. The Center for[Read More…]
Stage Adaptation of Richard Wright’s ‘Native Son’ Explores Systemic Racism in 1930s South Side Chicago
Show opens Feb. 9 and runs through Feb. 18 at DePaul University’s Theatre School with other events set to foster dialogue CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—February 9, 2018 By: Anna Ables The Theatre School at DePaul University presents the stage adaptation of Richard Wright’s 1940 novel “Native Son,” adapted by Theatre School alumna Nambi[Read More…]
Trump’s Attack on Immigrants Undermines America’s Child Care System and Represents Another Broken Campaign Promise
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—February 5, 2018 By: Leila Schochet President Donald Trump promised to promote access to child care; however, threatening the security of immigrants and their families directly undermines America’s child care system. A new column from the Center for American Progress examines the outsized role that immigrants play in filling the need for[Read More…]
Stem Cell Transplant for Severe Scleroderma Improves Survival, Quality of Life
NIH-funded study finds transplantation superior to treatment with immune-suppressing drug. Bethesda, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—January 5, 2018 By: Hillary Hoffman New clinical trial findings show that a therapeutic regimen involving transplantation of a person’s own blood-forming stem cells can improve survival and quality of life for people with severe scleroderma, a life-threatening autoimmune[Read More…]
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