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State Tipoffs Involving Illinois Newsletter for Sunday November 17, 2024 ( 4 items )  

ComEd Joins City Colleges of Chicago to Announce Accreditation of Power Up Academy and Celebrate Graduates Who Will All Matriculate to Dawson Tech
CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 16 -- City Colleges of Chicago issued the following news on Nov. 15, 2024: ComEd today joined workforce partners and members of the community in celebrating its newest graduating class from Power Up Academy, a career training program launched last year to remove barriers to entry for local residents pursuing engineering related careers. During the event, City Colleges of Chicago and ComEd announced plans to expand their partnership through the accreditation of the progra  more

Ill. Gov. Pritzker Announces $5.5 Million Expansion of Wiegel's Wood Dale Headquarters
WOOD DALE, Illinois, Nov. 16 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2024: * * * Investments in Groundbreaking Technology to Grow Production for EV and Renewable Energy Markets Bolstered by REV Incentives * * * Governor JB Pritzker, Wiegel Tool Works, Inc. and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) today announced a Reimagining Energy and Vehicles in Illinois (REV Illinois) agreement for Wiegel's $5.5 million investment to i  more

Northwestern School of Medicine: Study Finds Sustained Remission of Obesity-Related Conditions a Decade After Adolescent Weight Loss Surgery
CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 16 (TNSres) -- Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Outcomes of the largest, longest follow-up study of bariatric surgery in teens * * * Ten years after undergoing bariatric surgery as teens, over half of study participants demonstrated not only sustained weight loss, but also resolution of obesity-related conditions, such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, according to the report pub  more

UChicago Celebrates Opening of John W. Boyer Center in Paris
CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 16 -- The University of Chicago issued the following news: * * * Facility will serve more students through study abroad, convene scholars from across the world * * * The University of Chicago on Nov. 15 celebrated the official opening of the John W. Boyer Center in Paris, a new facility that will serve as an important regional hub for UChicago's ambitious education, research and collaboration across Europe, the Middle East and Africa for years to come. The Center wil  more