CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 16 -- The Art Institute of Chicago issued the following news release: The Art Institute of Chicago is pleased to announce Dan Friedman: Stay Radical, on view from September 2, 2023 through February 4, 2024. This exhibition is the first museum retrospective focused on the extraordinary and underrecognized career of American designer Dan Friedman. The exhibit will feature more than 50 works that showcase Friedman's unbounded creativity through posters, books, large-scale a  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- City Colleges of Chicago issued the following news: This summer, three students and alumni from Wright College's Engineering program gained real-world skills and valuable experience in one of the country's most cutting-edge industries: quantum. Shlesha Patel, Selvin Tobar, and Perla Bran recently completed undergraduate fellowships with the Open Quantum Initiative, a program supported by Chicago Quantum Exchange (CQE) member and partner institutions. On J  more

FOREST, Illinois, Aug. 16 -- Concordia University Chicago issued the following news: * * * Below is just an excerpt--for the full story, including more on the Preuss family's deep history in Lutheran education, read the Summer 2023 edition of the Forester. As Elvira Preuss BA '44 celebrated her 100th birthday on January 23 at the Lutheran Community Home in Seymour, IN, the vivacious centenarian with a sharp sense of humor looked back with gratitude on a long and fruitful life. Elvira attended  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 16 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2023: Attorney General Kwame Raoul today joined a bipartisan coalition of 29 attorneys general providing comments to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) intended to improve collaboration between the FTC and state attorneys general. The comment letter is a response to a request from the FTC as part of the FTC Collaboration Act of 2021. The law directs the FTC to solicit comments and   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 16 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2023: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, along with seven attorneys general, is urging a federal court to strengthen a private, consumer class-action settlement with Hyundai and Kia by requiring the companies to recall or buy back the theft-prone vehicles and equip them with engine-immobilizer technology. In a letter to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Rao  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Aug. 17 -- The Illinois Auditor General issued the following financial audit on Aug. 16, 2023, involving Intermediate Service Center No. 2 covering West Cook county. Here are excerpts: * * * FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS DELAY OF AUDIT The Intermediate Service Center #2 (ISC) did not provide completed financial statements in an auditable form by the August 31, 2019 deadline. The completed financial statements were provided on December 15, 2022. The ISC i  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Aug. 17 -- The Illinois Auditor General issued the following financial audit on Aug. 16, 2023, involving Regional Office of Education No. 30 covering Alexander, Jackson, Perry, Pulaski and Union counties. Here are excerpts: * * * FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL STATEMENT PREPARATION The Regional Office of Education #30 (ROE) did not have sufficient internal controls over the financial reporting process. The ROE did not adequately det  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Aug. 17 -- The Illinois Auditor General issued the following financial audit on Aug. 16, 2023, involving Regional Office of Education No. 41 covering Madison County. Here are excerpts: * * * FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS DELAY OF AUDIT The Regional Office of Education #41 (ROE) did not provide completed financial statements in an auditable form by the August 31, 2022 deadline. The financial statements were provided on October 11, 2022. The ROE is subject  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Aug. 16 -- The Illinois Auditor General issued the following financial audit on Aug. 15, 2023, involving Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Here are excerpts: * * * FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS INADEQUATE GENERAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) CONTROLS OVER IES The Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the Department of Human Services (collectively, the "Departments") had weaknesses in the general information technology (IT) controls o  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Aug. 16 -- The Illinois Auditor General issued the following financial audit on Aug. 15, 2023, involving Department of Human Services. Here are excerpts: * * * FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS INADEQUATE INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER ACCOUNTING FOR FEDERAL AWARDS The Department of Human Services (Department) does not have sufficient internal control over accounting for grant transactions resulting in material misstatements to the draft financial statements. For fi  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Aug. 16 -- The Illinois Auditor General issued the following compliance examination on Aug. 15, 2023, involving Illinois State Toll Highway Authority. Here are excerpts: * * * INTRODUCTION This digest covers the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority's (Tollway) Compliance Examination for the two years ended December 31, 2022. A separate digest covering the Tollway's financial audit for the year ended December 31, 2022 was previously released on July 27, 2023. In total,  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Aug. 16 -- The Illinois Auditor General issued the following special funding situation allocation report on Aug. 15, 2023, involving State Universities Retirement System -- Special Funding Situation Allocation Report. Here are excerpts: * * * INTRODUCTION This digest covers the Special Funding Situation Allocation Schedules as of and for the year ended June 30, 2022. The State of Illinois is considered a non-employer contributing entity to the community colleges, State  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Aug. 15 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2023: Today Governor JB Pritzker signed HB3814 into law, allowing students attending work-based learning events like 4-H and FFA programs to count program participation towards school attendance. The bill advances the administration's work to encourage Illinois students to pursue workforce and career development learning while in school. "Agriculture is our number one industry, and it'  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Aug. 17 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2023: Today, Governor JB Pritzker vetoed the following legislation: House Bill 3445 - Amendatory Veto House Bill 3445 is an omnibus energy bill that makes changes to the Adjustable Block Grant program to make it more available to public schools, requires IPA to conduct a study evaluating several policy proposals, amends existing law regarding siting for renewable energy projects, requ  more

BLOOMINGTON, Illinois, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- Illinois Wesleyan University issued the following news release: Harrison Ford's iconic character Indiana Jones may have a fear of snakes, but a newly discovered species of snake has been dedicated to the actor by an Illinois Wesleyan University biologist. Robert Harrington Professor of Biology Edgar Lehr and a team of Peruvian biologists including Juan C. Cusi, Maura Fernandez and Ricardo Vera discovered the new snake species during an expedition to P  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 16 -- McDermott Will and Emery, a law firm, issued the following news release: International law firm McDermott Will & Emery represented BayoTech, Inc., an innovator in hydrogen production, transportation and storage solutions, on its strategic supply agreement with Nikola Corporation, a global leader in zero-emissions transportation and energy supply and infrastructure solutions. McDermott's hydrogen team and e-mobility team combined to advise on negotiating and execut  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, Aug. 16 -- Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism issued the following news: Be among the first to apply to Medill's Master of Science in Journalism for the class of 2025. Applications are now open to begin the program in Fall 2024 with two important updates. First, Medill will no longer require GRE/GMAT scores for graduate journalism programs. Submitting these test results will be optional. Second, starting in Fall 2024, all students, regardless of speciali  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, Aug. 16 -- Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism issued the following news on Aug. 15, 2023: Today the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications opened its applications for the Class of 2025 for its Integrated Marketing Communications Full-Time program. Admitted students will begin in Fall 2024 at Northwestern University. "Our world-renowned IMC program attracts students from across the globe," said Associate Dean Vijay Viswanat  more

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 16 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a bipartisan coalition of 30 state attorneys general in providing comments to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) highlighting the benefits of collaboration between the FTC and state attorneys general. The comments were jointly authored by Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, New Hampshire Attorney Gen  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Aug. 16 -- New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella issued the following news release: Attorney General John M. Formella is co-leading a coalition of State Attorneys General in providing comments to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as part of a bipartisan effort to improve collaboration between the FTC and State Attorneys General. The comments were jointly authored by Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, New Hampshire At  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: The viral ALS Ice Bucket Challenge a few years ago raised major funding that resulted in the discovery of new genes connected to the disease. One of those genes is NEK1, in which mutations have been linked to as much as 2% of all ALS cases, making it one of the top-known causes of the disease. But it wasn't known how the mutated gene disrupts the function of the motor neuron and causes it to degen  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: * * * * Approximately 190,000 Americans are diagnosed with ARDS every year * Mortality rate for ARDS remains high -- about 40% * Therapeutic reversed impaired resolution of lung injury in aged mice, increased overall survival * * * A new Northwestern Medicine study has discovered a novel therapeutic target and therapeutic agents for older patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS  more

CARBONDALE, Illinois, Aug. 16 -- Southern Illinois University issued the following news release: Southern Illinois University Carbondale strengthened its commitment to students in central Illinois on Aug. 14 with an agreement to bring the expertise of a doctoral research university to qualified community college students by providing the option to earn their bachelor's degrees remotely and at a lower cost in 12 academic programs. SIU Chancellor Austin A. Lane and Heartland Community College Pr  more

DAVIS, California, Aug. 16 -- The University of California's Davis School of Law issued the following news on Aug. 15, 2023: The esteemed scholar/teachers Vikram Amar, Nila Bala and Chimene Keitner joined the UC Davis Law faculty this fall. As previously announced, Amar returned to King Hall as a distinguished professor after serving for eight years as dean and Iwan Foundation Professor of Law at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign College of Law. Before that, he was a professor and th  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Chicago issued the following news: * * * Prof. Yu-Ying He receives $9.84 million grant to study how environmental exposures contribute to disease * * * When she arrived in Beijing as a new university student, Prof. Yu-Ying He was struck by the contrast to the rural area where she grew up, and especially the amount of pollution in the air, a major issue during that time. "It constantly made me think about how different environments can  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Chicago issued the following news: * * * UChicago researchers' design makes stable, suture-free medical monitoring in body possible * * * Sticking an implantable sensor to the surface of a beating heart usually requires suturing around the periphery of the sensor or copious amounts of adhesive layered between the sensor and the heart. In both cases, such a sensor rarely has tight, uninterrupted contact with heart tissue, limiting the d  more