CHICAGO, Illinois, March 20 -- The University of Chicago issued the following news: By Andy Brown Renowned actor Anna Chlumsky, AB'02, has been announced as the 2024 Class Day speaker for the University of Chicago's Class Day ceremony on May 31. "It's an absolute honor," Chlumsky said of speaking at Class Day. "How could it be anything else? My time at UChicago was everything to me, so I'm surprised and grateful to be considered qualified in any way to speak to our graduates." Chlumsky's car more PR

VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia, March 20 -- The Virginia National Guard issued the following news: By A.J. Coyne, Virginia National Guard Public Affairs The Virginia Army National Guard Funeral Honors Program hosted 11 Army National Guard Soldiers from nine states and territories for a level 2 funeral honors training course Feb. 26 to March 8, 2024, at the State Military Reservation in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Soldiers from Virginia, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Puerto Rico, Rhode Islan more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 20 -- Brunswick Group, an advisory firm, issued the following news release on March 19, 2024: Brunswick Group, the world's leading critical issues advisory firm, today announced that Fabiola Williams will join the firm as a Partner and Group Head of Talent and HR, based in London, on May 10, 2024. Fabiola is a highly experienced HR leader, who has a track record of delivering human-centric Talent and HR strategies with global impact. She joins Brunswick from McArthurGl more PR

BLOOMINGTON, Illinois, March 20 -- First Mid Bancshares issued the following news release: According to the USDA Agricultural Economic Research Service and the USDA 2015 Census of Agriculture, Illinois boasts 27 million acres of farmland, with 15.88 million acres, or almost 60%, owned by absentee landowners (owners who don't operate or live on the farmland). As the largest manager of absentee-owned farmland in the state, First Mid Ag Services, a division of First Mid Wealth Management, is offer more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Illinois, March 20 -- Governors State University issued the following news release: A newly established college at Governors State University (GovState) is now known as the Dr. Curtis J. and Mrs. Gina Crawford Honors College (CHC), named for GovState's distinguished alumnus Dr. Curtis J. Crawford. The CHC holds the distinction as the most rigorous program for honors students among Illinois' public universities. Additionally, it is the first named college at GovState, which make more PR

ELMHURST, Illinois, March 20 -- Elmhurst University issued the following news: In having the courage to share their testimony, Holocaust survivors provide a human dimension to understanding the past and present, enabling us to learn, reflect and never forget. On April 14, Holocaust survivor Eric Blaustein will present "Growing Up in Germany: A Survivor Remembers" as part of this year's Holocaust Service of Remembrance and Lecture at Elmhurst University. Born in Germany, Blaustein started scho more PR

MOLINE, Illinois, March 20 -- Deere and Co., a manufacturer of agricultural, construction, forestry machinery and diesel engines, issued the following news release on March 19, 2024: MOLINE, IL, Ames, IA, and Williamsburg, IA -- John Deere (NYSE: DE), Kinze Manufacturing, and Ag Leader Technology today announced a collaboration agreement that will make it easier for farmers to integrate each company's equipment and technology solutions into their farming operation. The collaboration enables fa more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 20 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis advised Trinity Hunt Partners, a growth-oriented private equity firm focused on services businesses, on its majority investment in Coker Group, a leading healthcare advisory firm serving hospitals, private and health system-affiliated physician groups, private equity-backed platforms and ancillary healthcare entities. Coker represents the foundational investment of Trinity Hunt's  more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 20 -- Motorola Solutions issued the following news release on March 19, 2024: Motorola Solutions today announced that it has again been named to Fast Company's annual list of the World's Most Innovative Companies. Motorola Solutions was selected for its safety and security ecosystem focused on solving for safer communities, safer schools and safer businesses. Fast Company recognized Motorola Solutions for its safer schools innovations. To respond to school emergencies  more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 20 -- The Northwestern University's Pritzker School of Law issued the following school news: A team from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law's Bartlit Center on Trial Advocacy has won the regional Student Trial Advocacy Competition, an annual event sponsored by the American Association of Justice. The team will go on to compete for the national championship, which will be held in Chicago, April 4-7, 2024. The team of Ariana Addo-Yobo (JD '24), Raika Kim (JD '25), Gunhe more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 20 (TNSres) -- The University of Chicago's Energy Policy Institute issued the following news: * * * Quantitative models can improve society's understanding of the economic impacts of climate change and provide insight into the most effective adaptation and mitigation policies globally and in specific communities, study shows. * * * The latest climate science makes clear that climate change will have vastly different impacts depending on where you live. Areas around t more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 20 (TNSres) -- The University of Illinois Chicago campus issued the following news release: Nearly all farm workers who participated in a recent study in Florida were dehydrated at the end of their shifts, and more than half were still dehydrated the following morning. The study, a partnership between the University of Illinois Chicago and the Farmworker Association of Florida, used urine samples collected first thing in the morning, at lunch and at the end of a shift  more PR

LAKE FOREST, Illinois, March 20 -- Lake Forest College issued the following news: The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) ranked Lake Forest College the best liberal-arts college in the Midwest in its most recent ranking released on December 18, 2023. Lake Forest College is the highest-ranked liberal-arts school in the Midwest in the WSJ/College Pulse 2024 Best Colleges in the U.S. ranking, followed by Albion College in Michigan and DePauw University in Indiana. In addition, Lake Forest is ranked #27 i more PR