Day: December 24, 2016

‘O Holy Night’—A Gift to Us From a Christian, a Jew and an Abolitionist (Video)

OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–December 24, 2016 By Denise Oliver Velez Detail from Bartolomé Esteban Murillo’s “Adoration of the Magi” Source: Google Art Project Every Christmas Eve, as our family gathered together around the tree we would sing carols. My mom’s contribution was to sing “O Holy Night” in French, which she had learned at[Read More…]

FDA Approves First Drug for Spinal Muscular Atrophy

New therapy addresses unmet medical need for rare disease Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 24, 2016. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Spinraza (nusinersen), the first drug approved to treat children and adults with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare and often fatal genetic disease affecting muscle strength and movement.[Read More…]

Governors State University Professor is Chicagoan of the Year in Film

Filmmaker, Daniel Nearing- Source: govst.edu University Park, IL—(ENEWSPF)–December 24, 2016. Daniel Nearing, filmmaker and founder of the Independent Film and Digital Imaging MFA program at Governors State University, has been named Chicagoan of the Year in Film by the Chicago Tribune. Announced December 22  and calling his work “supple, hypnotic”[Read More…]

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