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Advocate South Suburban Hospital Hosts Name the Robot Contest
Hazel Crest, Illinois – Kindergarten through 12th grade students living and attending school in the south suburbs are invited to help Advocate South Suburban Hospital name its brand-new surgical robot used to assist physicians in performing minimally-invasive procedures.
PUBLIC INPUT SOUGHT FOR SOUTH SHORE CORRIDOR STUDY
South Shore residents have until Wednesday, March 18, to submit public comment on the South Shore Corridor Study. The study, which includes East 75th and East 79th streets between Stony Island and the lakefront, is focused on housing, retail and transportation in the area.
Manhood Further Developed for Young Fathers By Dovetail Project
As a husband and father. Sheldon Smith said he has made it his mission in life to help young fathers become better men by providing them with parenting, financial literacy, educational, and life skills through his nonprofit organization.
Aramark Good Cause Coffee to Benefit Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Each year, Aramark provides over one billion cups of coffee and 400 million cold drinks to workplaces around the country. This year, Aramark is donating a portion of sales from javia®, its private label coffee, and Reserve by javia, its new, premium line, to Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
WHAT’S IN YOUR WATER?
Mixing drinking water with chlorine, the United States’ most common method of disinfecting drinking water, creates previously unidentified toxic byproducts, says Carsten Prasse from Johns Hopkins University and his collaborators from the University of California, Berkeley and Switzerland.
UIC names rising data scientist to TransUnion endowed professorship
“Big data” is getting a big boost in the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Liberal Arts and Sciences through a new professorship endowed by TransUnion, a leading global information and insights company.
Half of U.S. Adults Have Been Targeted by Impostor Scams, Says AARP Survey
Impostor scams continue to target large numbers of Americans, and as the federal government launches the 2020 Census, a majority may be susceptible to phony Census correspondence or telephone calls, according to results of a survey released recently by the AARP Fraud Watch Network.
MAYOR ANNOUNCES EXPANSION OF CHOOSE TO CHANGE
Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot, along with Interim Chicago Police Department Superintendent Charlie Beck, Chicago Public School CEO Dr. Janice Jackson, Dr. Sybil Madison, deputy mayor for education and human services, announced an expansion to the Choose to Change program at Wendell Phillips Academy High School, 244 E. Pershing Road
Illinois State Police Forensic Laboratories Post Case Assignments And Completion Rates Online
Springfield, Ill. – As a new measure of transparency and accountability, the Illinois State Police Forensic Services Command unveiled to the public a forensics dashboard showing the number of case assignments and average completion times.
SAUK VILLAGE SCHOOL RECEIVES NATIONAL RECOGNITION
Wagoner Elementary School in Sauk Village is the National Teach Kindness Challenge Champion. The students learned about the honor at an assembly on Monday, Feb. 24. The school was chosen out of 650 schools throughout the United States.
Project Hope continues to make impact in community
A program that began more than 30 years ago is still changing the lives of pregnant and parenting teenage girls and young women. Project Hope began with Maureen Hallagan and her mother, Kay, who had been doing some volunteer work at Marillac. They wanted to do a teen care program. And, what began as a three-year pilot program, became Project Hope.
VIRTUAL REALITY DR. KING EXHIBIT ON DISPLAY AT DUSABLE MUSEUM
The much-anticipated Dr. Martin L. King Jr. exhibit, The March, opened to the public last Thursday and will run until November at the DuSable Museum of African American History.
OSFM Encourages Illinoisans to Purchase Approved Smoke Alarms
The Illinois Office of the State Fire Marshall is reminding Illinoisans of the importance of having approved smoke alarms. Illinois law requires that smoke alarms in dwelling units are listed by an approved third-party testing organization. The Smoke Detector Act (425 ILCS 60) outlines requirements for smoke alarms in dwelling units (one- and two-family homes).
Congressman Rush hosts ‘Coffee and Conversation’
Congressman Bobby Rush hosted a “Coffee and Conversation” event on Friday, Feb. 21, at Pearl’s Place, 3901 S. Michigan Ave. During the event, Rush talked about economic development, workforce development, campaign challengers and his support of former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.