Day: May 2, 2017

DePaul Law School Graduation

DePaul University College of Law to Graduate 240 Students on May 14

Labor and employment attorney Paulette Brown to address graduating class Paulette Brown, immediate past president of the American Bar Association, will address the graduating class of DePaul University College of Law on May 14, 2017. (Image courtesy of American Bar Association) CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2017.  DePaul University College of Law will[Read More…]

Skyway STEM Competition

Prairie State College Students Recognized With Top Honors at Skyway STEM Competition

Prairie State College students (from left) Asija Watson, Andrew Severs and Gary Rathbone received top honors during the 2017 Skyway Stem Poster Competition, hosted at Elgin Community College. CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2017. Three Prairie State College students brought home top honors from the 2017 Skyway STEM Poster Competition. This year’s[Read More…]

Jan Schakowsky

Rep. Jan Schakowsky Statement on the Equality Act

Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL09) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2017. Today, Rep. Jan Schakowsky joined Rep. David Cicilline and 192 of their House colleagues in reintroducing the Equality Act, which would provide explicit, permanent protections against discrimination for LGBTQ people in matters of employment, housing, access to public places, federal funding, credit,[Read More…]

for-profit colleges

Durbin, Madigan: In First 100 Days Trump, DeVos get “F” on Protecting Students

CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2017.  U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan today discussed how, since President Trump took office, the U.S. Department of Education has delayed or ignored several Obama-era rules to increase consumer protections in student loan servicing and protect students from unscrupulous for-profit colleges. In[Read More…]

astronomy for the blind

University of Chicago Students, Teachers Craft Software to Make Astronomy Accessible to the Blind

UChicago’s Yerkes Observatory and partners are engaging with blind and visually impaired students to remove barriers to STEM studies. CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2017 By: Greg Borzo Today’s astronomers don’t really look at stars or galaxies so much as images produced from data generated by light. If that same data were used[Read More…]

2017 Best Student Essays

Roosevelt University Announces Best Student Essays for 2017

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2017. A new online journal project highlighting best essays by Roosevelt University undergraduates for 2017 features the work of two sociology students and a music major. Jazzy Celindro, a junior sociology major from Hoffman Estates, Illinois, writes about coming to understand the importance of personal activism during a[Read More…]

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