Yearly Archives: 2016
Northwestern Mutual’s Inspiring Leaders Tour for Women Encourages Confidence, Planning and Empowerment
Northwestern Mutual announced the first leg of its 2016 Inspiring Leaders: The Power of You tour, a multi-city summer and fall tour focused on instilling confidence and encouraging women to… Read more
HUD Awards Illinois Over $800,000 in Housing Counseling Grants
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded more than $42 million in housing counseling grants to hundreds of national, regional and local organizations to help families and… Read more
Oak Park is the Latest to get Ultra-Fast AT&T GigaPower Internet
AT&T is expanding the 100 percent fiber AT&T GigaPower internet network to suburban Oak Park. Residents and small businesses can enjoy increased internet speeds. The service continues to rapidly reach… Read more
NBC Telemundo Enterprises Kicks Off ‘El Poder En Ti’ Initiative
NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises announced the launch of “El Poder En Ti,” the company’s robust community initiative aimed at empowering viewers to take action for a better life in areas of… Read more
Loyola University Chicago Celebrates 2016 Founders’ Dinner
Loyola University Chicago celebrated its annual Founders’ Dinner on Saturday, June 18, at the University’s Lake Shore Campus, 1032 W. Sheridan Road. The event celebrates alumni and members of the… Read more
ComEd Awards Local School in Earth Month Challenge
ComEd Caption 1 Powering Learning: Immaculate Conception School, located at 8739 S. Exchange, is the winner of ComEd’s $10,000 Earth Month Challenge, a 30-day contest where students earned points for… Read more
City Colleges of Chicago Announces Partnership with Arizona State University
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) Chancellor Cheryl Hyman announced a new transfer partnership with Arizona State University (ASU) that will provide students another viable opportunity to… Read more
University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry
Hispanic Student Dental Association Chapter Named National Chapter of Year The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Dentistry’s Hispanic Student Dental Association (HSDA) Chapter was named the Hispanic… Read more
The Profiling Fallacy
by Daniel Nardini Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has repeated that the U.S. government should profile American Muslims. He has called for surveillance of Muslim places of worship and gatherings;… Read more
Cuba Trying to Avoid That “Special Period”
by Daniel Nardini As Cuba’s ally Venezuela is falling apart, it has become only too apparent that socialism does not work, and that for Cuba to avoid Venezuela’s fate must… Read more »