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State Tipoffs Involving Illinois Newsletter for Thursday September 12, 2024 ( 14 items )  

$75 Million Gift to Support Future Growth on the Art Institute of Chicago Museum Campus
CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 11 -- The Art Institute of Chicago issued the following news release: The Art Institute of Chicago is honored to announce a $75 million gift from Aaron I. Fleischman and Lin Lougheed that will support the museum's future campus vision. This generous gift--the single largest naming gift in the Art Institute's history--will allow the museum to realize building plans to expand access to the museum's singular collection, maximize the Art Institute's iconic location, and del  more

Cara Crotty Speaks on DEI Initiatives at 2024 Women, Influence & Power in Law Conference
ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 11 (TNSres) -- Constangy, Brooks, Smith and Prophete, a law firm, issued the following news release: Constangy partner Cara Crotty will present at the 2024 Women, Influence, and Power in Law (WiPL) Conference. This event will be held from September 23rd to 25th in Chicago, Illinois. Constangy is a proud sponsor of this event. WiPL is an annual conference focused on igniting conversations and creating networking and mentorship opportunities for female in-house and outsid  more

Five City Colleges Recognized for Excellence in Student Voter Registration and Turnout During the 2022 Midterm Elections
CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 11 -- City Colleges of Chicago issued the following news on Sept. 10, 2024: * * * ALL IN Awards Day honored Harold Washington College, Harry S Truman College, Kennedy-King College, Olive-Harvey College, and Richard J. Daley College for excellence in nonpartisan student voter engagement and campus turnout in the 2022 Midterm Elections * * * Washington, DC: Today, the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN) recognized Harold Washington College, Harry S Truman Colleg  more

ILL. A.G. RAOUL CALLS ON CONGRESS TO REQUIRE SURGEON GENERAL WARNING ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS
CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 12 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a bipartisan coalition of 42 attorneys general, is calling on lawmakers to pass legislation requiring a U.S. surgeon general warning on all algorithm-driven social media platforms. Raoul and the coalition issued a letter to Congress amid growing scrutiny of social media companies for their role in generational harm to young people's mental health. "Ou  more

Kirkland Advises Inflexion on Fund Inflexion Enterprise Fund VI
CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 11 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis advised Inflexion on the formation of Inflexion Enterprise Fund VI, which recently held its final closing at its pound sterling975 million hard cap. The fund was raised in less than five months and follows its successful pound sterling400 million predecessor fund. Focused on the lower mid-market, the fund follows the same successful strategy employed by Inflexion for over 25 years  more

Kirkland Advises Oakley Capital on Acquisition of Buddyfit
CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 11 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis advises Oakley Capital on the acquisition of Buddyfit through its portfolio company 7NXT. Headquartered in Genoa, Italy, Buddyfit offers online fitness classes, workout programs and nutrition plans to its subscriber base of c. 100,000. The market-leading online fitness platform in Italy and Spain has grown significantly since its inception in 2019. A Kirkland team had previously   more

Loyola University Chicago Announces $5M Gift to Establish the Pritzker Traubert Scholars
CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 12 -- The Loyola University Chicago issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2024: * * * The scholarship fund will create education pathways for first-generation graduates of Loyola's Arrupe College. * * * Loyola University Chicago today announced a $5 million gift from the Pritzker Traubert Foundation to establish the Pritzker Traubert Scholars, a scholarship for first-generation college students. The gift will create a permanent scholarship fund for first-g  more

Marcus & Millichap Arranges Sale of Prime Mixed-Use Property in Western Springs, Illinois
ENCINO, California, Sept. 11 -- Marcus and Millichap issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2024: WESTERN SPRINGS, Ill., Sept. 10, 2024 - Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI), a leading commercial real estate brokerage firm specializing in investment sales, financing, research and advisory services, announced today the sale of 800 Hillgrove Avenue, a 21,215-square-foot mixed-use retail center located in downtown Western Springs, Illinois. "This sale highlights the appeal of well-located, hi  more

MAYER BROWN ADVISES EXCELERATE ENERGY ON CO-DEVELOPMENT OF LNG IMPORT TERMINAL IN VIETNAM
CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 11 -- Mayer Brown, a law firm, issued the following news: Mayer Brown is advising long-term client Excelerate Energy in connection with the co-development of a greenfield LNG import terminal in Haiphong, Vietnam, with Vietnamese private development company ITECO Joint Stock Company (ITECO). The Northern Vietnam LNG Terminal (NVLT) is projected to have a total import capacity of 1.2 million tons per annum (MTPA) and will be constructed in two phases, with the first phas  more

McDermott Will & Emery Advises VR Equitypartner on the Sale of DILAX Intelcom to Init Group
CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 11 -- McDermott Will and Emery, a law firm, issued the following news release: Frankfurt, September 10, 2024 - McDermott Will & Emery has advised VR Equitypartner GmbH on the sale of all shares in its portfolio company DILAX Intelcom GmbH to init innovation in traffic systems SE, a leading provider of integrated IT solutions for the public transport. Founded in 1988, DILAX is an international data management specialist with headquarters in Berlin and locations in Switz  more

Northwestern names new trustees
EVANSTON, Illinois, Sept. 11 -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: Meet the newest board members. David A. Helfand '86 David Helfand is the chair, CEO and president of Equity Commonwealth, a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns and operates commercial office properties throughout the United States. Helfand serves as an advisor to Equity Group Investments (EGI), a private investment firm, where he previously served as co-president, overseeing E  more

Northwestern School of Medicine: First-of-Its Kind Program Makes Organ Transplants More Accessible to Disadvantaged Black Americans
CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 11 (TNSres) -- Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * More than 50 patients have received kidney and liver transplants through the program * * * Black people in the United States are almost four times more likely to develop kidney failure and experience heart failure compared to white Americans, but they are much less likely to receive lifesaving transplants. In 2019, Northwestern Medicine created a novel and pr  more

U.S. South Asians need targeted programs to improve heart health
EVANSTON, Illinois, Sept. 11 -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: Journal: JAMA Cardiology CHICAGO - U.S. South Asians a predominately immigrant population with heritage from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and/or Sri Lanka have a higher risk for developing and dying from heart problems than East Asians or non-Hispanic white people. Pinpointing underlying causes has proved elusive, prompting Northwestern Medicine scientists to launch the largest ca  more

University of Chicago: Fermilab Short-Baseline Detector Detects Its First Neutrinos
CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 11 (TNSres) -- The University of Chicago issued the following news: * * * Experiment turns on to search for answers to mysteries and evidence of new physics * * * Scientists working on the Short-Baseline Near Detector (SBND) at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have identified the detector's first neutrino interactions. The detector has been been planned, prototyped and constructed over nearly a decade, by an international collaboration of 250 physicists and eng  more