OMAHA, Nebraska, Aug. 1 (TNSres) -- Creighton University issued the following news: Joseph M Maurice, MD, MS, professor and chair in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Creighton University School of Medicine and trailblazer in medical education, is spearheading a revolutionary project at Creighton, employing virtual reality (VR) technology to increase racial sensitivity among medical students. In collaboration with Charee Thompson, PhD, an Associate Professor of Communications at th  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, July 31 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: * * * SB 3646 Modernizes the State's Child Labor Law and Provides New Tools To Protect Minors * * * CHICAGO -- Governor JB Pritzker today signed into law Senate Bill 3646, the Child Labor Law of 2024, which updates child labor regulations to the 21st century by repealing the existing statute and replacing it with a modern framework. "While neighboring states weaken their child  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 31 -- The University of Chicago's Energy Policy Institute issued the following news: * * * Hyuk-soo Kwon has joined the policy school as an assistant professor. * * * The Harris School of Public Policy and EPIC welcome Hyuk-soo Kwon, an expert in environmental and energy policy, to the faculty. Kwon began his new position as an assistant professor at the Harris School of Public Policy on July 1. He joins the Harris School after a year as a postdoctoral researcher at t  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 31 (TNSres) -- Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Investigators will study neutrophils' role in lung disease * * * A new $12 million National Institutes of Health grant led by Northwestern Medicine scientists in collaboration with other institutions will fund studies to identify mechanisms that determine how lung neutrophils drive tissue injury, inflammation and repair in patients with severe pneumonia, lung   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 1 -- Sidley Austin, a law firm, issued the following news release: Sidley is pleased to announce the firm is pursuing Mansfield Certification, with a commitment to achieving certification in 2025. Developed by the Diversity Lab, Mansfield Certification is focused on broadening the talent pool for recruiting and facilitating transparent pathways to leadership for those historically underrepresented in the legal profession and in C-level positions. Sidley has long been a l  more