ROCK ISLAND, Illinois, Nov. 27 -- Augustana College issued the following news: Augustana College once again moved up the ranks in the federal 2024 Open Doors Report among baccalaureate colleges for the number of international students it enrolls. The 2023-24 ranking is a tie with Denison University, Granville, Ohio, for sixth in the nation. Augustana's student body currently includes 20% international students, up from 11.9% in 2020. This fall the college enrolled 165 international first-yea more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 27 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis is excited to announce that leading fund finance lawyer Andrew Husdan will join the Firm as a partner. "Andrew is recognized as a leader in his field with extensive experience advising financial sponsors on their complex fund finance transactions," said Jon A. Ballis, Chairman of Kirkland's Executive Committee. "He is a great addition to our integrated, market-leading fund finance  more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 27 -- G.E. HealthCare issued the following news release on Nov. 26, 2024: * * * - Amid technologist shortage, new mammography innovation was designed through intensive collaboration with technologists will help to streamline workflow and humanize care * * * Today GE HealthCare announced the new Pristina Via/*mammography system designed to enhance the screening experience for both technologists and patients. Debuting at the Radiological Society of North America's 2024  more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 27 -- Houston Christian University issued the following news release: Houston Christian University (HCU) and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign joined forces to accelerate advanced computing in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data Science to empower and shape the next generation of world changers through joint strategic projects in teaching, research and service. The collaboration allows the universities to e more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 26 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Nov. 26, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced a $250,000 settlement with Direct Food Service Inc. (DFS), a finished meal producer based in Wood Dale, Illinois that provides meals to airlines, trains, schools and health care facilities. If approved by a judge, the settlement resolves allegations that DFS deprived employees of overtime wages by paying workers at their regular rat more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Nov. 27 -- The Illinois Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: Hydrilla, a highly invasive aquatic plant, has been discovered in DuPage County, marking the first known occurrence in that county and only the second known report in Illinois. Hydrilla is considered one of the world's worst aquatic weeds. It can grow up to an inch per day and form dense mats of vegetation with negative impacts on boating, fishing, swimming, native aquatic wildlife more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 27 -- Jones Lang LaSalle, a real estate and investment management company, issued the following news release: * * * JLL Capital Markets arranged the sale of Jedburg Logistics Park - Building 2 * * * CAROLINAS, Nov. 26, 2024 - JLL Capital Markets announced today the sale of Jedburg Logistics Park - Building 2, a 158,340-square-foot Class A last-mile distribution facility in Summerville, South Carolina. The JLL Investment Sales and Advisory team worked on behalf of the more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 27 (TNSres) -- Kearney, a management consulting firm, issued the following news release: * * * * Although 80 percent of consumers today prefer offline purchases and retailers acknowledge the importance of in-store experience for shopping, actual investments in the digitization of physical sales points are still lagging behind those undertaken for e-commerce development in the past few years./1 * Whereas 77 percent of retailers claim that they expect store operations to more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 27 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis advised Vista on a $460 million continuation fund transaction involving the restructuring and sale of Vista Credit Opportunities Fund II, L.P., a 2016 vintage, which holds a portfolio of credit assets, to a newly formed continuation fund backed by Pantheon, a global private markets investor. The portfolio primarily consists of first-lien loans for companies in the technology space. more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 27 -- Kirkland and Ellis, a law firm, issued the following news release: Kirkland & Ellis advised Clearlake Capital Group on the sale of its portfolio company, TEAM Technologies, Inc., a provider of end-to-end manufacturing solutions for the medical device and oral care industries, to an affiliate of Arlington Capital Partners. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Read Clearlake's press release. The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Luke Guerra, Ais more PR

LOMBARD, Illinois, Nov. 27 (TNSres) -- National University of Health Sciences issued the following news on Nov. 25, 2024: The increase of knowledge in acupuncture is generating advances in health care and sparking economic success. While the field of acupuncture is 3,000 years old, its use is on the rise today thanks in part to research further identifying new and relevant uses, thereby encouraging more patients to seek treatments, igniting industry growth, and offering rewarding opportunities  more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 27 -- Roosevelt University issued the following news: The Roosevelt University Investment Club was delighted to host Erica Marquez Avitia to share insights and highlights from her career in the financial sector. This event was hosted by the Investment Club, a student-led organization open to all Roosevelt Lakers " looking to participate in the hectic, unpredictable and thrilling rollercoaster of a ride that is the 'market.'" Avitia was invited by Professor Michael Andr more PR