ROCK ISLAND, Illinois, Sept. 9 -- Augustana College issued the following news on Sept. 8, 2023: Augustana College will host Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Dr. Corey D.B. Walker on Monday, Oct. 2. His presentation will begin at 7 p.m. in Wallenberg Hall, located inside Denkmann Memorial Building, 3520 7th Ave., Rock Island. The lecture is free and open to the public. Dr. Walker is the Wake Forest Professor of the Humanities. He is affiliated with the Department of English and the Interdiscipl  more

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, Sept. 8 -- Florida State College issued the following news release: Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ) Athletics recently hired three new coaches to lead men's basketball, women's softball and women's volleyball. The three new coaches include John Putyrski for men's basketball, Sabrina Hartsell for women's softball and Chelsea Hinck for women's volleyball. Each coach brings a wealth of experience to FSCJ's programs. Coach Putyrski, a native of Chicago, Illinoi  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 8 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced his office has reached a settlement with a Delaware corporation over alleged environmental violations at its Chicago bakery. A Cook County Circuit Court judge entered the consent order that requires Newly Weds Foods, Inc. to pay a $755,000 civil penalty and take steps to prevent future air pollution. Attorney General Raoul's office filed a complaint on A  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 9 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Sept. 8, 2023: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, today announced a bipartisan national settlement in principle with Kroger that, once final, will require the grocery chain to pay $1.37 billion to participating state and local governments for its role in the opioid crisis. In addition to the financial terms, a final settlement remains contingent on agreement on critical business practice changes.  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Sept. 8 -- The Illinois Auditor General issued the following system and organization control report on Sept. 7, 2023, involving the Department of Innovation and Technology - Enterprise Resource Planning System. Here are excerpts: * * * INTRODUCTION This digest covers the System and Organization Control Report and the Report Required under Governmental Auditing Standards of the Department of Innovation and Technology (Department) for the period of July 1, 2022 to June 3  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Sept. 8 -- The Illinois Auditor General issued the following system and organization control report on Sept. 7, 2023, involving Department of Innovation and Technology - Information Technology Hosting Services. Here are excerpts: * * * INTRODUCTION This digest covers the System and Organization Control Report and the Report Required under Governmental Auditing Standards of the Department of Innovation and Technology (Department) for the period of July 1, 2022 to June 3  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Sept. 8 -- The Illinois Auditor General issued the following system and organization control report on Sept. 7, 2023, involving the Department of Innovation and Technology - Information Technology Shared Services. Here are excerpts: * * * INTRODUCTION This digest covers our System and Organization Control Report and Report Required under Government Auditing Standards of the Department of Innovation and Technology Information Technology Shared Services for the period fr  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Sept. 9 -- The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The Illinois EPA has granted in part a provisional variance to Prairie Path Water Company (Northern Hills) from the five-day Carbonaceous Biochemical Oxygen Demand (CBOD5) and Total Suspended Solids (TSS) effluent limits in the facility's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit (NPDES Permit). The provisional variance will allow various repairs to components, includin  more

MANTENO, Illinois, Sept. 9 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Sept. 8, 2023: Governor JB Pritzker and Gotion today joined local Illinois leaders and officials to announce the company's decision to locate its new state-of-the-art $2 billion electric vehicle (EV) lithium battery manufacturing plant in Manteno. Bolstered by a REV Illinois (Reimagining Energy and Vehicles) incentive package and the new Invest in Illinois fund, Gotion's decision to locate its new g  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 9 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Sept. 8, 2023: Today, Governor JB Pritzker announced the upcoming departure of Deputy Governor Sol Flores, who has served as Deputy Governor for Health and Human Services since the beginning of the Governor's first term in January of 2019. The Deputy Governor position will be filled by Grace Hou, current Secretary of the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS). Prior to serving as Deputy Govern  more

MANTENO, Illinois, Sept. 9 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Sept. 8, 2023: Governor Pritzker joined statewide and Kankakee County officials, Gotion executives, and local stakeholders today to announce a new $2 billion Gotion lithium battery plant in Manteno. This announcement came after years of work by Governor Pritzker's administration to grow Illinois's global reputation in the EV field, create incentives focused on the new clean energy industry, and pres  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Sept. 9 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Building on a strong team of diverse experts in their fields, Governor JB Pritzker announced the following appointments in his administration Energy Workforce Advisory Council John Freitag will serve as a Member of the Energy Workforce Advisory Council./* Freitag is a founding member and the Executive Director of the Geothermal Alliance of Illinois (GAIO). He is a 32-year veteran of the electric  more

EDWARDSVILLE, Illinois, Sept. 9 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Sept. 8, 2023: Governor JB Pritzker today joined local and state officials along with Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) leadership to announce the beginning of construction on a new health science building on campus. Situated at the intersection of South University Drive and University Park Drive, the $105 million building will provide groundbreaking educational opportunities in   more

MANTENO, Illinois, Sept. 9 -- The Illinois Senate Democrats issued the following news on Sept. 8, 2023: Senate Democrats joined company leaders and local and state officials Friday to announce Gotion's historic decision to locate its new $2 billion electric vehicle lithium battery manufacturing plant in Manteno, representing a significant step forward in strengthening the EV supply chain and creating more than 2,600 new, good-paying jobs in Kankakee County. "The legislature and governor have w  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Sept. 8 -- The Illinois State Treasurer issued the following news release on Sept. 7, 2023: State Treasurer Michael Frerichs announced today that almost $800,000 in unclaimed property -- more than $515,000 in cash payments and $273,000 in stock value -- are on the way to the rightful owners because of his office's outreach efforts at the Illinois and DuQuoin State Fairs. "This level of success reflects the hard work we do in my office," Frerichs said. "A key part of my j  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Sept. 9 -- The Illinois Supreme Court issued the following news release: Justice Lisa Holder White of the Supreme Court of Illinois has announced the formation of a judicial screening committee for the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit. The screening committee was formed for the purpose of assessing the qualifications of those who have applied for appointment to the office of Resident Judge of the Circuit Court for the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit - Mercer County. The retiremen  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 9 -- Mayer Brown, a law firm, issued the following news: Mayer Brown advised Igneo Infrastructure Partners, a global infrastructure investment manager, on the acquisition of a majority equity interest in Soltage, LLC, a renewable power producer operating in 18 US states. The transaction is expected to close later this year. The multi-office, multi-practice team was led by Corporate & Securities partners Jason Wagenmaker (Chicago) and Mark Williams (Washington DC), Ban  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 9 -- McDermott Will and Emery, a law firm, issued the following news release: International law firm McDermott Will & Emery represented the European Depositary Bank S.A. on its financing of a revolving credit facility provided to econnext AG,"), a ClimateTech Holding Company with a focus on decarbonisation and circular economy. Founded in 2016, econnext holds majority positions in a group of subsidiaries that are dedicated to creating a long-term, profitable and scalab  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, Sept. 8 -- Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism issued the following news: Seven faculty members will join the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications for the 2023-24 academic year. "These new faculty members will push us into new areas of research and scholarship," said Dean Charles Whitaker. "Their perspectives and experiences will guide our students as we prepare them to become the leaders in the journalism and marketing   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 9 (TNSres) -- Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * First direct measure of SARS-CoV-2 viral copies exhaled over course of infection * * * The first longitudinal, direct measure of the number of SARS-CoV-2 viral copies exhaled per minute over the course of the infection -- from the first sign of symptoms until 20 days after -- shows COVID patients exhale high numbers of virus during the first eight days after s  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 9 (TNSres) -- Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine issued the following news release on Sept. 8, 2023: * * * Wireless technology senses warning signs up to three weeks earlier than current methods * * * Northwestern University scientists have developed the first electronic device for continuously monitoring the health of transplanted organs in real time, as detailed in a study published today in the journal Science. Sitting directly on a transplante  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, Sept. 9 (TNSres) -- Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism issued the following news: An oft-cited factor in the continued struggles of traditional news outlets has been the sense that young people are disengaged from the news. But the News Socialization Study, a new survey commissioned by the Medill School at Northwestern University, reveals that teenagers may be keeping up with current events more than previously thought. "The survey found more engagement w  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 9 (TNSres) -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: * * * * Virus copies drop to two per minute by day eight of infection * Scientists invent a portable, non-invasive, inexpensive device to collect breath samples from COVID-19 infected people * First time measuring how much virus are you exhaling and when * Findings could be used to calculate time it takes for a person to exhale an infectious dose of SARS-CoV-2 * * * The first longitudinal, di  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, Sept. 8 (TNSres) -- Northwestern University issued the following news release on Sept. 7, 2023: * * * * A body can reject a transplanted organ at any time -- even decades later * Signs of rejection must be caught early to intervene, preserve the organ * Current monitoring methods are intermittent, imperfect and sometimes invasive * New implant offers continuous monitoring by tracking the organ's temperature * When temperatures change, an alert is sent to a smartphone or  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, Sept. 8 (TNSres) -- Northwestern University issued the following story: * * * Northwestern hits historic milestone on strength of continued growth, ecosystem excellence * * * Northwestern University continued its multiyear ascent as a research powerhouse, once again demonstrating exceptional growth in fiscal year 2023. For the first time, the University joins a highly exclusive group of peers whose annual research funding is $1 billion or more. This achievement extends a  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 8 -- Grubhub, an online food delivery marketplace, issued the following news release: Back in May, we introduced three updates within the Grubhub for Restaurants (GFR) portal to drive more value to our restaurant partners that help them grow their business: Customer Insights, Self-Serve Refund Requests and Self-Serve Photoshoot access. Building on the Customer Insights tool where restaurants can filter their sales and order metrics by new or returning diners and Grubhub  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Sept. 9 -- Southern Illinois University's School of Medicine issued the following news release on Sept. 8, 2023: New physicians, research scientists and instructors at SIU School of Medicine received their diplomas on May 20, at the school's 49th annual commencement. The ceremony at the Performing Arts Center at the University of Illinois Springfield celebrated the achievements of the graduates and featured speeches from faculty members, alumni and administrators. Greg P  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Sept. 9 -- Southern Illinois University's School of Medicine issued the following news release: Community health worker Kaye Barnes sports a purple SIU Medicine T-shirt to complement her green thumb as she works in Springfield's community gardens. A native of the city's north side, she feels at home both tilling the soil or working in the trenches for her clients in the school of medicine's Office of Community Care (OCC). Barnes is a diabetes lifestyle educator, a nation  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 8 -- The University of Chicago Booth School of Business issued the following news: * * * Booth's newest joint degree program and MBA concentration provide students with the foundation needed to make a positive impact on the healthcare industry. * * * Chicago Booth is pleased to announced two new offerings for ambitious students who want to transform the healthcare system: a joint MBA/MS Biomedical Sciences program and an MBA concentration in healthcare. Both offering  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 9 -- The University of Chicago issued the following news on Sept. 8, 2023: Today, the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) and the University of Chicago announced a new science and technology partnership, which will promote cooperation in fields such as quantum information science, climate and energy, advanced microelectronics, artificial intelligence and data science. IIT Bombay also has joined the Chicago Quantum Exchange (CQE), headquartered at the Univ  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 8 (TNSres) -- The University of Chicago issued the following news: * * * Data to reveal flows of matter and energy close to black holes, elemental makeup of the universe * * * On Sept. 6, a new satellite left Earth to tell us about the motions of hot plasma flows in the universe. Launched from Tanegashima Space Center in Japan, the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) satellite will detect X-ray wavelengths with unprecedented precision to peer into the hea  more

CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, Sept. 8 (TNSres) -- The University of Illinois System Urbana-Champaign campus issued the following news release: Researchers investigated the relationship between historical traumatic events experienced by Alaska Native communities and epigenetic markers on genes that previous studies have linked to trauma. The new study found a similar pattern among Alaska Native participants, with specific epigenetic differences observed in those who reported experiencing the most intense  more

JOLIET, Illinois, Sept. 8 -- The University of St. Francis issued the following news: With the start of the fall 2023 semester underway, the University of St. Francis (USF) welcomes three new leaders for its performing arts areas of choral, band and orchestral activities. "The College of Arts and Sciences' mission includes educating the whole person and integrating the liberal arts with cutting-edge career skills. I'm really excited we have three new music ensemble directors whose experience a  more

FOREST, Illinois, Sept. 8 -- Concordia University Chicago issued the following news: Concordia University Chicago and Resilience Healthcare announced an exciting partnership that will bring new education opportunities for current and future nurses and help address nursing shortages in Chicago's West and North Sides. Kicking off shortly, the partnership will work with the University's newly launched nursing program to provide training at Resilience Healthcare's West Suburban Medical Center and   more

NEW YORK, Sept. 9 -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised PWM Property Management LLC and 181 West Madison Property LLC on the sale of the commercial office tower located at 181 West Madison Street in Chicago, Illinois. The transaction transferred 100 percent of the membership interests in 181 West Madison Property LLC to SinOceanic I Limited, which assumed the existing US$240 million mortgage loan previously incurred by 18  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 9 (TNSres) -- William Blair and Co., an investment bank and financial services company, issued the following news: With all of the concerns about a looming recession over the last year, a curious feature of the financial markets has been the fact that high-yield credit spreads have remained exceptionally tight. These spreads are always a good barometer of the macroeconomic environment, and so far they have been the dog that hasn't barked. That this is likely to remain  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 9 (TNSres) -- William Blair and Co., an investment bank and financial services company, issued the following news: William Blair initiated research coverage of The Procter & Gamble Company (PG $153.59), a global leader in the consumer packaged goods industry. Analyst Jon Andersen estimated that the company would generate revenue of $84.9 billion in fiscal 2024 and $87.4 billion in fiscal 2025 (its fiscal year ends in June), with earnings per share growing around 8% eac  more