BLOOMINGTON, Illinois, April 5 -- GROWMARK Inc., an agricultural cooperative serving cooperatives, retailers, businesses and customers, issued the following statement on April 4, 2025: * * * GROWMARK Statement Regarding Tariff Impacts on North American Agriculture The tariffs announced on April 2 could impact many areas of the North American economy. The impacts on our cooperative's areas of business and the supply chains we depend on are under review by our leaders and business partners. Man  more

LAKE FOREST, Illinois, April 5 -- Lake Forest College issued the following news: * * * Schwalbe research students earn top honors at conferences Spring 2025 has been a landmark semester for Assistant Professor of Biology Margot Schwalbe and students in her research lab. The excitement started in January, when Schwalbe and three students traveled to Atlanta, Georgia to present two research posters at the annual meeting for the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, which brings toget  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, April 5 -- Gov. Mike Kehoe, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on April 4, 2025: * * * Governor Kehoe Announces Appointment to 21st Judicial Circuit Jefferson City -- Today, Governor Kehoe announced a judicial appointment to the 21st Judicial Circuit. Jeffery McPherson, of Webster Groves, was appointed as Circuit Judge in the 21st Judicial Circuit. Mr. McPherson is a partner at Armstrong Teasdale LLP. He earned his Juris Doctor from St. Louis University   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 5 -- Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Food Insecurity Now, Heart Disease Later Study is first to show food insecurity in young adulthood raises risk of heart disease in midlife Struggling to afford food today could mean heart problems tomorrow. Young adults experiencing food insecurity have a 41 percent greater risk of developing heart disease in midlife, even after accounting for demographic and socioeconom  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, April 4 -- Northwestern University posted the following news release: * * * Research suggests attacks on higher ed part of a 'political playbook' since the Civil Rights Movement EVANSTON, Ill. --- History has repeatedly shown that moments of major social and political progress are often followed by backlash. For example, following the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, the Reconstruction Era saw unchecked violence against Black Americans, and after the women  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 5 -- The University of Chicago issued the following news: * * * What is measles and how dangerous is it? UChicago experts explain UChicago Medicine doctor explains outbreaks, treatments, vaccines Measles is a very contagious and dangerous disease--but it's also preventable. Thanks to a coordinated and highly effective effort to deliver the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, it was declared eliminated from the U.S. in 2000. But increasing numbers of measles in  more

URBANA, Illinois, April 5 -- The University of Illinois System issued the following news: * * * IIN's Sustaining Illinois program awards seed grants to six new research projects The Illinois Innovation Network awarded nearly $240,000 in seed grants to six research teams this week in its ninth round of funding, with projects including AI-driven plastic recycling, studying mosquitos to mitigate the spread of antimicrobial resistant pathogens, using algae to clean up microplastic pollution, dete  more