BOURBONNAIS, Illinois, Sept. 26 -- Olivet Nazarene University issued the following news: * * * Reverence and Transformation: John Bevere's Call to Awe at Centennial Chapel * * * "When my assistant told me that you wanted me to come and speak, I said, 'I'm going wherever there are hungry college students for Jesus.'" John Bevere's passion was clear as he addressed the packed Centennial Chapel. Despite a packed schedule, the best-selling author and international speaker came to Olivet to deliv  more

ATHENS, West Virginia, Sept. 26 -- Concord University issued the following news release: Concord Esports brought home a win at the HUE Invitational 2024 hosted by Harrisburg University on September 20-22. The event is a three-day tournament with 12 collegiate teams. The first two days are broken up into pool play where each team must play each other once. From there the top four teams with the best record will move to Championship Sunday. The four teams that qualified for Sunday were Maryvill  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 26 (TNSres) -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2024: * * * Raoul Encourages Voters to Visit Website for 2024 Voter Misinformation Guide; Offers Tips to Detect and Report Fake AI Election Content * * * Attorney General Kwame Raoul today released a 2024 Voter Misinformation Guide (https://illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/Page-Attachments/ElectionMisinformationGuide.pdf) to help Illinois voters identify and report election  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Sept. 26 (TNSres) -- The Illinois House Democrats issued the following news: State Rep. Kam Buckner, D-Chicago, was named a 2024 Fall Pritzker Fellow by the University of Chicago Institute of Politics, and will be giving a series of seminars titled "An Insider's Look at the New Springfield: America's Laboratory for Democracy" to cover Illinois' status as an emerging national policy leader. "Recent years have seen Illinois usher in an unprecedented slate of new policies l  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 26 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis advised investment firm Altaris, LLC on the pending acquisition of Minaris Regenerative Medicine from Resonac Corporation, a subsidiary of Resonac Holdings Corporation (TYO: 4004). Minaris is a cell therapy contract development and manufacturing organization that provides autologous and allogeneic manufacturing services for pharmaceutical and biotech customers globally. The transa  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 26 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis is advising Everise, a portfolio company of Brookfield and Warburg Pincus, on its definitive agreement to acquire the healthcare and utility business verticals of Continuum Global Solutions, a customer services management company, from Skyview Capital. The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2024. Read the tr  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 26 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis counseled Vyopta, an Austin-based provider of collaboration management solutions backed by Elsewhere Partners and AVX Partners, offering analytics and monitoring for large video networks, on its acquisition by HP Inc. Vyopta brings extensive expertise and infrastructure to turbocharge the development of HP's Workforce Experience Platform and provide customers with more insights an  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 26 -- The Loyola University Chicago issued the following news release: Loyola University Chicago continues to solidify its reputation as one of the nation's top universities, earning high marks in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings. Loyola is ranked in the top third of the best universities nationwide at #132 and is in the top 100 best value universities at #81. National standouts in specialized programs Loyola earned a spot within the top 90 best universit  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 26 -- McDermott Will and Emery, a law firm, issued the following news release: McDermott Will & Emery advised Abenex on the contemplated sale of EDL, a European player in software for medical imaging and diagnostic services, to Dentressangle Capital. The McDermott team comprised: * Gregoire Andrieux, Partner, Maxime Fradet, Counsel, and Auriane Tournay, Associate * * * Original text here: https://www.mwe.com/media/mcdermott-advises-abenex-on-the-sale-project-of-edl-  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 26 -- McDermott Will and Emery, a law firm, issued the following news release: McDermott Will & Emery has advised AgenT-biotech, a pioneering developer of a blood-based diagnostic test for the silent phase of Alzheimer's disease, on its collaboration with INOVIE Group, the world leader in clinical laboratory networks, to revolutionize the detection of Alzheimer's disease. The McDermott team on this operation was composed of Anne-France Moreau and Emmanuelle Trombe, par  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 26 -- McDermott Will and Emery, a law firm, issued the following news release: International law firm McDermott Will & Emery represented H.I.G. Capital, LLC (H.I.G.), a leading global alternative investment firm with $65 billion of capital under management, in the sale of its portfolio company, BIOVECTRA Inc. (BIOVECTRA) to Agilent Technologies, Inc. BIOVECTRA is a Canada-based contract development and manufacturing organization for key ingredients used in branded drug  more

ROCK ISLAND, Illinois, Sept. 26 -- Augustana College issued the following news: Augustana Possible, the college's new financial aid program, is doing exactly what its name suggests. The program enables Augustana to meet 100% of students' demonstrated financial need. Since being launched two years ago, it has made Augustana accessible to 339 high-achieving students from families with high financial need. "Augustana Possible is making a difference in the lives of students and making a difference  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 26 -- The University of Chicago issued the following news: * * * New program provides foundation in environmental data science * * * Expertise in environmental science is increasingly valuable to understand and address critical issues like a rapidly changing climate, biodiversity loss, and human health, empowering individuals and industries to make informed decisions and contribute to a more sustainable way of life. A new master's program in environmental science at  more

MACOMB, Illinois, Sept. 26 -- Western Illinois University issued the following news release: Students utilizing the Gwendolyn Brooks Cultural Center (GBCC) lounge in Western Illinois University's Multicultural Center (MCC) have new seating options this fall, thanks to the generosity of one WIU alumnus. In the fall of 2023, Robert Haley `85, MS `87 made a $1 million commitment to establish the Robert H. Haley Education Excellence Scholarship Fund. When fully endowed, this scholarship fund will   more