Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Quality Classic Health & Fitness Center, “the DownTown gym,” will celebrate its 8th anniversary Saturday. As is typical for this establishment, as much a gym as a community gathering place, expect quite a spread of food and a rush of members to assist owners Earl and Alia[Read More…]
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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…]
Downtown Homewood Art and Garden Street Fair June 10 & 11
Homewood, IL—(ENEWSPF)—June 9, 2016. The Village of Homewood proudly presents the annual Downtown Homewood Art and Garden Street Fair on Friday, June 10 and Saturday June 11 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. each day. This two-day festival features over 45 unique artisans and vendors, activities for all ages, gardening workshops,[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…]
Attorney General Madigan Sues Jimmy John’s for Imposing Unlawful Non-compete Agreements on Sandwich Makers and Delivery Drivers
Attorney General Files Suit Against Jimmy John’s Corporate Entities for Unfair Labor Practice Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–June 8, 2016. Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a lawsuit today against Jimmy John’s two corporate entities – Jimmy John’s Enterprises LLC and Jimmy John’s Franchise LLC – for imposing highly restrictive non-compete agreements on[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…]
‘Aspects of Realism’ Exhibit at Prairie State College’s Christopher Art Gallery Through July 14
Card image design by Winifred Godfrey CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—June 7, 2016. Prairie State College’s (PSC) Christopher Art Gallery, 202 South Halsted Street in Chicago Heights, is currently exhibiting ‘Aspects of Realism’ through July 14. The exhibit features works by Jacqueline Moses, Winifred Godfrey, Roland Kulla, Armin Mersmann, and Victoria Fuller. Through the Iris[Read More…]