QUINCY, Illinois, June 28 -- John Wood Community College issued the following news: JWCC Launches Reimagined Hospitality and Culinary Management Program Courses Set to Begin this Fall Led by Industry Expert and Working Chef On June 27, 2024, John Wood Community College (JWCC) held a kickoff event for its new Hospitality and Culinary Management program. The event featured a light breakfast prepared by Chef Vanessa Hall, a faculty member at JWCC, and included comments from regional restaurant and  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 28 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland advised J.P. Morgan Private Capital on the final closing of its inaugural biotechnology venture capital fund, 270 Life Sciences Private Capital Fund I. The fund closed above its $500 million target, attracting strong support from investors, including institutional allocators, strategic corporate partners, family offices and high net worth individuals across North America, Europe, the Middl  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 28 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis advised KLAR Partners Ltd on its final close of KLAR Partners II (Fund II), which has secured total capital commitments of Euros870 million. KLAR Partners will continue to make control investments of Euros75-200 million+ in mid-market mission-critical services and industrial technology businesses, primarily across the Nordic, DACH and Benelux regions. Read KLAR Partners' press rel  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 28 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis is advising Palex Medical, an Apax Partners and Fremman Capital portfolio company, on the implementation of a new Euros790 million term loan financing for its acquisition of Duomed. The combined group enhances Palex's position as a truly pan-European platform, providing medical technology equipment and solutions across Northern, Western and Southern Europe. The transaction is subje  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 28 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis advised SM Energy Company (NYSE: SM) on an agreement to acquire the Uinta Basin oil and gas assets owned by certain entities affiliated with XCL Resources, LLC, a private company backed by EnCap Investments L.P. and Rice Investment Group, for an unadjusted purchase price of $2.55 billion. Concurrently, Kirkland advised Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. (NYSE: NOG) on its acquisition of an  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 28 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release on June 27, 2024: Kirkland & Ellis advised Los Angeles-based WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. (NASDAQ: WBTN) on its initial public offering, which priced on June 26, 2024. WEBTOON is an entertainment company and home to some of the world's largest storytelling platforms where a vibrant community of creators and users discover, create and share content. The offering consists of 15 million shares of common   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 28 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis advised Madison Dearborn Partners on the sale of Kaufman, Hall & Associates, LLC, a strategic advisor to the healthcare industry, to Vizient, Inc., the nation's largest provider-driven healthcare performance improvement company. The planned acquisition brings together two of the industry's most trusted advisors to help healthcare organizations deliver high-quality patient care to t  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, June 26 -- Lincoln Land Community College issued the following news: Bill Harmon of Morrisonville, professor of agronomy at Lincoln Land Community College, recently received the Golden Owl award for postsecondary instructors at the Illinois Association of Vocational Agriculture Instructors Conference in Carbondale June 19-21. The award recognizes ag educators who devote countless hours to positively impact the lives of their students. This was the first year the award i  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, June 28 -- Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism issued the following news: Five new faculty members will join the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications for the 2024-25 academic year. "These new faculty will expand Medill's research footprint and deepen our level of scholarship," said Dean Charles Whitaker. "Their knowledge and diverse perspectives will prepare our students to become leaders in journalism and marketing." Ne  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, June 27 -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: Northwestern University today released the full report by law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, which has spent the past 11 months conducting an independent review of the processes and accountability mechanisms in place at the University to detect, report and respond to potential misconduct in its athletics programs, including hazing, bullying and discrimination of any kind. In July 2023,  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, June 27 -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: The field of synthetic biology, the science of manipulating biology, has a lot of "cooks in the kitchen," which has both helped it flourish and made it unusually difficult to create a cohesive, consistent curriculum for students at every level of study. Each discipline involved -- from chemical engineering to ethics -- has a unique approach to teaching and literature, which creates inconsistencies between  more

BOURBONNAIS, Illinois, June 28 -- Olivet Nazarene University issued the following news: Olivet Nazarene University celebrates Spark HD, its student-operated radio station, winning the Christian Music Broadcasters University (CMBU) "Station of the Year" for innovation, creativity and intentional ministry both on-air and within the community. "Spark is well on their way to being the next generation of communicators...I am most impressed by the way [they] are developing partnerships," says Mark M  more

BOURBONNAIS, Illinois, June 27 -- Olivet Nazarene University issued the following news: By Hannah Priest Olivet Nazarene University has recently been selected by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to receive $450,000 in grant aid to improve security across different campus facilities. This specific grant is a part of FEMA's Nonprofit Security Grant program which has been made annually available to 501(c)(3) organizations across the country since 2004. "The awarded funds will resul  more

CARBONDALE, Illinois, June 27 (TNSres) -- Southern Illinois University issued the following news release: Chronic high stress, long and difficult shifts and elevated anxiety - these constant components of correctional officers' jobs result in higher rates of PTSD than military veterans', suicide rates twice as high as all other professions combined and increased risk of substance use among a population that dies young, researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale have discovered. "Ve  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 27 -- The University of Chicago issued the following news: By Louise Lerner Editor's note: This story is part of Dispatches from Abroad, a series highlighting UChicago community members who are researching, studying and working around the world. Aboard the ship JOIDES Resolution are 30 scientists, 85 crew members, 460 pounds of coffee, hundreds of pieces of million-year-old rock, and one very big drill. The mission: Catalogue the history written into the layers of roc  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 27 -- Grubhub, an online food delivery marketplace, issued the following Q&A on June 26, 2024, with Vice President for Care Michael Wireko: * * * To showcase different perspectives and give an inside look into Grubhub, we're spotlighting leaders across the organization. For this edition, we caught up with Michael Wireko, Vice President, Care. Michael's team is responsible for Grubhub's Care function, which provides customer service to our diners, drivers, restaurants,   more

MACOMB, Illinois, June 27 -- Western Illinois University issued the following news release: The Western Illinois University College of Education and Human Services (COEHS) is announcing program and structural changes, effective July 1. This reorganization is part of an effort to become more efficient, create new program synergies and provide the region with well-educated and highly-qualified service-oriented graduates. "The College of Education and Human Services family undertook a year-long r  more

MACOMB, Illinois, June 28 -- Western Illinois University issued the following news release: Two Communication professors from Western Illinois University-Quad Cities, Ted Avtgis and Chris Carpenter, and one from WIU-Macomb, Pete Jorgensen, recently facilitated key conversations on sustainability and its future impact on the industry at the second annual AEMP Sustainability Summit, hosted by John Deere Construction & Forestry. The summit, at Deere & Company World Headquarters in Moline, is an i  more

MACOMB, Illinois, June 27 (TNSres) -- Western Illinois University issued the following news release: Western Illinois University Religious Studies professor, Amy Carr, received national attention this spring for her look at theological ways of interpreting and responding to the political polarization of Christianity. A book she co-authored with Christine Helmer, professor of humanities at Northwestern University, was honored as a finalist in Theology and Religious Studies at the 2024 Associati  more