CHICAGO, Illinois, April 27 -- Chicago Public Schools issued the following news release: Farragut Career Academy IB World School Friday honored a beloved coach and teacher with a ceremony to name its gym the "William "Wolf" Nelson Gymnasium." Nelson, a Farragut alumnus, has taught math for 33 years and was the varsity and junior varsity boys' basketball coach for 40 years, respectively. He retired following the 2022-23 school year. District officials, elected officials, school alumni, former p  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 27 -- Northern Trust, an international financial services company, issued the following news release on April 25, 2024: Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) announced today the successful upgrade of its SAP Financial Asset Management application to SAP S/4HANA, which further enhances its Insurance Investment Accounting and Analytics Services solution, developed to support the full spectrum of investment accounting and regulatory reporting needs for U.S. insurance companies and  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 27 -- The Northwestern University's Pritzker School of Law issued the following school news: Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is pleased to share the latest news from the judicial clerkship program, which continues to enjoy tremendous success. The current 2023-24 term is the Law School's best year to date, with an impressive 83 graduates clerking in 25 states and D.C. This exceeds last year--the Law School's next best term--by more than 20%. The map below conveys the  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 27 (TNSres) -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: * * * * SCN2A related-disorders, although rare in the general population, are one of the more common single-gene neurodevelopmental conditions characterized by infantile seizures, autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disabilities * Severity of these disorders varies widely from person to person * Findings should help better identify patients who are most appropriate for clinical trials of   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 27 -- Roosevelt University issued the following news: Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson will be the keynote speaker at Roosevelt University's 2024 Commencement ceremony. Held in the Auditorium Theatre, the event will honor all bachelor's, master's and doctoral graduates from the past academic year and congratulate them on their accomplishments. Johnson will discuss the importance of diverse viewpoints in higher education and how his administration's emphasis on educational   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 27 -- The University of Chicago issued the following news: Six members of the University of Chicago faculty have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious honorary societies. They include Profs. Diane Brentari, Bonnie T. Fleming, Chuan He, Erik Hurst, Deborah L. Nelson and Amir Sufi. These scholars have made breakthroughs in fields ranging from linguistics to particle physics to fundamental biology. They   more