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PITTSBURGH, Oct. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Duquesne University President Ken Gormley has announced that Jim and Celeste Nasuti have made a transformational gift to Duquesne for its College of Osteopathic Medicine. The medical school will now be named the Nasuti College of Osteopathic Medicine, in recognition of the Nasuti family providing Duquesne one of the two largest philanthropic commitments in its history.

Gormley announced the gift during the University’s Homecoming celebrations. The gift from the Nasuti family is the second largest gift commitment in Duquesne’s nearly 150-year history. The University is honoring the family’s request to keep the precise amount of the gift confidential, instead celebrating its impact on future medical students and on Duquesne’s ability to become a leader in health care education, which is the family’s principal focus.

“To have a couple with such meaningful connections to Duquesne and Pittsburgh emerge and provide such transformational philanthropic support for our medical school is truly inspirational,” said Gormley. “A significant portion of the funding will be used for scholarships, so that students who want to attend this mission-focused medical school will have that opportunity. This will enable our highly trained graduates of the Nasuti College of Osteopathic Medicine to go on and serve others in myriad ways.”

Jim Nasuti, a 1970 Duquesne graduate, and Celeste Bahl Nasuti, a Pittsburgh native, are co-founders of Summerwood, a Conshohocken, Pa.-based company that operates more than 200 Taco Bell and KFC franchises across six states. Their gift will support scholarships and faculty development, helping to ensure access to medical education for aspiring physicians committed to service.

“We are just honored to be associated with such an excellent project,” said Jim Nasuti. “The world needs doctors. Plus, Duquesne adds that important consideration of service and helping people, going back to its founding purpose to help immigrants to Pittsburgh.”

Celeste Nasuti added, “This is a family decision and a family commitment. Our children are involved in our business and in this gift. We believe in Duquesne’s mission and its people.”

The connection of the Nasuti family to Duquesne runs deep. Jim attended Duquesne after graduating from Holy Ghost Preparatory School, a sister Spiritan institution in the suburbs of Philadelphia. Celeste’s family has longstanding ties to Duquesne, including her late parents. Both her father and mother were Duquesne students in the 1930s, and her father also graduated from Duquesne Prep.

“The Nasutis’ care for people aligns with our Spiritan commitment to developing authentic relationships,” said the Rev. John Fogarty, C.S.Sp., U.S. Provincial of the Spiritans. “It’s wonderful to have people that have modeled that work serve as benefactors for the school, and to see a connection all the way from Holy Ghost Prep to Duquesne to now!”

Diane Hupp, Chair of Duquesne’s Board of Directors and CEO of UPMC Children’s Hospital, emphasized the societal impact of the gift: “We need highly qualified doctors, especially primary care doctors, and their gift is serving a crucial good for our society. We are honored to be the home of the Nasuti College of Osteopathic Medicine at this special university.”

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CHICAGO, Oct. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — After one week of pre-trial motions, on October 7, 2025, Cook County Law Division Judge Preston Jones, Jr., approved a settlement of $8,600,000.00 for the benefit of a 9-year-old boy who Plaintiffs alleged suffered a brain injury secondary to hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) during birth at an undisclosed Chicago area hospital. Plaintiffs alleged the birth injury occurred when the mother’s OB/GYN and hospital nurses failed to properly monitor the labor and delivery and failed to perform a timely delivery by C-section and failed to have a clean operating room available when the C-section was indicated resulting in the procedure being further delayed.

On April 4, 2016, the child’s mother presented to the hospital experiencing severe back pain and was scheduled for induction later that day.  The mother labored without complication for approximately 13 hours, and then fetal heart tracings deteriorated over the next 2.5 hours when the mother was instructed to push. The need for urgent delivery with forceps was discussed, but unavailable because of the lack of fetal descent.  Thereafter, the physician determined that C-section delivery would proceed in 20 minutes if no change and Plaintiffs alleged that hospital policy dictated that an emergency cesarian section be performed. Despite instruction and hospital policy, C-section was not performed for another 90 minutes. Plaintiffs alleged that the C-section was delayed because of a lack of clean operating rooms and an apparent unavailability of operating room staff. 

When the baby was born, the umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck three times. He was limp, not breathing, had low Apgar scores, and cord blood gases revealed severe metabolic acidosis. The diagnosis of HIE was ultimately given and by the age of two, significant neurodevelopmental delays were identified.

Counsel for the undisclosed hospital maintained that the child did not suffer a brain injury secondary to HIE caused by the nuchal cord, that there was no need for a delivery by emergency cesarean section and that the lack of clean operating rooms and under staffing did not delay the delivery by cesarean section being performed. 

Attorneys for the estate of the child, Donald J. Nolan, Timothy I McArdle and Thomas P. Routh of Nolan Law Group alleged that the OB/GYN and nurses’ failure to properly monitor the delivery and the hospital’s failure to have an operating room available to perform an emergent delivery by C-section resulted in a brain injury. Summary judgment was previously entered in the case finding that the mother’s obstetrician was an agent of the Hospital.

Nolan Law Group is a Chicago based personal injury law firm concentrating in cases involving aviation accidents, brain injury, medical malpractice, product liability, and construction negligence. 

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TORONTO, ON, Oct. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Lucid Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: LCID), maker of the world’s most advanced electric vehicles, today announced that deliveries of the Lucid Gravity have begun in Canada.

“There has been great anticipation for the Lucid Gravity in Canada,” said Erwin Raphael, Vice President of Revenue at Lucid Group. “It offers space for up to seven adults and their luggage. It can handle even the most challenging conditions, making it ideal for extended road trips.”

The Lucid Gravity Grand Touring is equipped with dual electric motors delivering 828 horsepower and can accelerate from 0-100km in 3.6 seconds, while delivering over 720km³ of projected range on a single charge. As with its award-winning Air sedan, Lucid leveraged its innovative Space Concept philosophy to deliver an expansive interior that comfortably seats up to seven adults with space remaining for their luggage. It can also offer up to nearly 3,400 litres of cargo space.

Lucid Gravity offers wide access, with no adapter necessary to the Tesla Supercharger network. Groundbreaking technology will allow the 926V Lucid Gravity Grand Touring to charge seamlessly at up to 400kW on 1000V charging equipment and at sustained speeds of up to 225kW on 500V architecture fast chargers, including Tesla V3 Superchargers. At peak charging rates, the Lucid Gravity sustains a robust charging curve, adding more than 320 kms in less than 11 minutes. 

Customers in Canada can create their own Lucid Gravity Grand Touring on the “Design Yours” configurator on the Lucid website, links to which can be found here for English and here for French. Conceived from the ground up without compromise, Lucid Gravity is enabled by Lucid’s revolutionary technology to provide the interior space and practicality of a full-size SUV within the exterior footprint of a mid-size SUV. As a result, it provides a sophisticated space for up to seven adults, game-changing versatility, and an unparalleled driving experience.

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