The following article was published by The State Journal-Register on March 4, 2024.

A Chatham local is serving an even larger community with a new executive promotion; giving people around the U.S. options and assistance with the nation’s leading end-of-life care provider.

Joel Wherley of Chatham was promoted to president and chief operating officer, or COO, of VITAS Healthcare on Feb. 26. The promotion followed several other recent strategic promotions by the hospice company...

In today's rapidly evolving workplace, the synergy between artificial intelligence (AI) and human creativity marks a new era of innovation and efficiency. Inspired by the insights of experts like Heather E. McGowan, who advocate for the augmentation of human potential through technology, we delve into how AI can complement and extend our capabilities rather than replace them.

Recently, my colleague, Professor Liang Kong, gave a very interesting talk at the Conference on Security and Information Technologies with AI, Internet Computing and Big-data Applications (SITAIBA 2023

Antonio Cardenas of Chicago has been admitted to the University of Illinois Springfield for Fall Semester 2024 and awarded an $8,000 Star Scholar Award for tuition over four years.

The scholarship is awarded based on high school GPA and can be renewed for a total of four years if the student maintains college GPA requirements.

Cardenas will major in criminology and criminal justice. In high school, he was involved in football and swimming.

“I chose UIS because of the campus lifestyle.,” he said.

Ashlee Brown of Waverly, Illinois, a senior at Waverly High School, has been admitted to the University of Illinois Springfield for Fall Semester 2024 and awarded a $28,000 Capital Scholars Honors Program Scholarship for tuition over four years. At UIS, she plans to major in exercise science.

The scholarship is awarded based on high school GPA and can be renewed for a total of four years if the student maintains college GPA requirements.