ROCK ISLAND, Illinois, Oct. 4 -- Augustana College issued the following news: Augustana College is a 2024 INSIGHT Into Diversity Higher Education Excellence in Diversity award winner. This marks the college's fifth time earning this national recognition, highlighting Augustana's continued commitment to creating a thriving diverse campus community. INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine's Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) award recognizes colleges and universities that demonstrate an out  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 4 -- The University of Chicago issued the following news: * * * Beginning Oct. 10, discussions will engage global scholars and the UChicago community * * * What might peace in the Middle East look like? That is the question that the University of Chicago Forum on Free Inquiry and Expression will examine when it hosts a series of three events for the UChicago community this month featuring leading scholars from the University and around the world. The conversations, w  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 4 -- City Colleges of Chicago issued the following news: Building off a successful track record of preparing Chicagoans for further engineering education and careers, City Colleges of Chicago announces it will create the nation's premier community college pathway to an engineering degree. To advance this goal, City Colleges officials unveiled an expanded Engineering Access Alliance partnership with top-ranked University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's Grainger College of   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 4 -- G.E. HealthCare issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: * * * * The addition of Monte Carlo dosimetry solidifies GE HealthCare and MIM Software's position as a leading provider of comprehensive, vendor-neutral dosimetry tools for Theranostics * With this clearance, fast Monte Carlo dosimetry via the Dose Planning Method will be available for use with MIM SurePlan MRT on existing hospital hardware * * * GE HealthCare's MIM Software (Nasdaq: GEHC) today  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 4 -- Hyatt Hotels Corp., a hospitality company, issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: * * * Hyatt's Newest California Hotel Brings Culinary Excellence, Curated Art Programming and Locally Inspired Touches to the Bustling Downtown Region * * * Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) announced today the opening of the highly anticipated Thompson Palm Springs, spanning two-and-a-half city blocks along the iconic Palm Canyon Drive downtown. Acting as a hub for sop  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 4 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 18 attorneys general, defended a federal effort to expand health insurance access to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. Established in 2012, DACA enables certain young people, commonly referred to as Dreamers, who came to the United States as children and have lived in America continuously since 2007, to avoid immed  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul led a coalition of 15 attorneys general in support of a Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) rule requiring that freight and passenger trains generally be staffed with at least two crew members. Raoul and the coalition explain in their brief (https://ilag-dev.dotcms.cloud/dA/bc73637d-4d8a-4058-99e5-ef260d2bda26/fileAsset/Filed%20Brief%2010.24.pdf) that re  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 4 -- Jones Lang LaSalle, a real estate and investment management company, issued the following news release: * * * JLL Capital Markets arranged the financing for the 210K SF Aventura Small Bay Portfolio * * * MIAMI, Oct. 3, 2024 - JLL Capital Markets announced today it secured the $32.2 million financing for Aventura Small Bay Portfolio, a 210,219-square-foot shallow bay industrial portfolio in Miami, Florida. JLL worked on behalf of the East Capital Partners to secu  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 4 -- Jones Lang LaSalle, a real estate and investment management company, issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: * * * JLL Capital Markets facilitates sale of prime student housing asset in Honolulu amidst high demand and limited supply * * * JLL Capital Markets announced today that it has arranged the sale of Hale Mahana, a rare fee-simple student housing property serving the flagship University of Hawaii at Manoa in Honolulu, Hawaii. JLL worked on behal  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- Circana, a company that says it is a leading advisor on the complexity of consumer behavior, issued the following news release: * * * According to Circana's Complete Food & Beverage research, health-focused consumers drive $638 billion in total food and beverage spending power * * * Wellness is at the forefront of U.S. consumer choices, and food and beverage plays a prominent role in well-being, with one-third of food and beverage spending focused on hea  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 4 -- Roosevelt University issued the following news: Robustly attended by members of the Humboldt Park and Roosevelt communities, "Collaborative Pathways: Bridging Barriers to Education" was the successful first entry in a planned series of outreach events between the University and various Chicago community partners. Hosted at the La Casa Norte community center, the event featured a panel discussion on educational access for marginalized Hispanic and immigrant communiti  more