State Tipoffs Involving Nebraska Newsletter for Sunday March 28, 2021 ( 16 items ) |
Chadron State College: International Student Earns Full Fellowship to University of Nebraska Medical Center Doctoral Program
CHADRON, Nebraska, March 26 (TNSawa) -- Chadron State College issued the following news release:
Chadron State College senior Lelisse "Lily" Umeta of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, has earned a full fellowship to the Cancer Research doctoral program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). She said she is grateful for the opportunity especially in a competitive environment where graduate schools receive hundreds of applicants for a handful offers for fellowships.
Umeta said she feels well
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Creighton Collaborates on New Report About Nebraska's Pandemic Evictions
OMAHA, Nebraska, March 26 (TNSRep) -- Creighton University issued the following news release:
Creighton University's Social Science Data Lab, in collaboration with Omaha nonprofit Together, has released a report that outlines eviction trends in Nebraska throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Among the report's key findings:
* In 2020, there were 3,482 evictions in Nebraska, compared to an annual average of 6,286 between 2016-2019, a decrease of 44.6%. The decrease was largely due to state and fede
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Creighton University: Walker to Take Over as Interim Vice Provost for Institutional Diversity and Inclusion
OMAHA, Nebraska, March 24 (TNSPer) -- Creighton University issued the following news release:
Sarah Walker, PhD, associate professor in Creighton University's Heider College of Business, is now serving as interim vice provost for Institutional Diversity and Inclusion. She began her new role March 22.
"One of the things that I would really like to do in this role is try to align all of the diversity and inclusion efforts that we have across the University," Walker says. "There are things going
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Hastings College: Bronco Football Announces Return of the Gridiron Club
HASTINGS, Nebraska, March 23 -- Hastings College issued the following news release:
Hastings College is relaunching the Bronco Gridiron Club to connect current and past Bronco Football players, fans and team supporters. The club is a way to keep members informed on Bronco Football happenings while raising additional funds to support the program.
The club is led by ambassadors who are former Bronco Football players tasked to help connect other alumni to bring them back to the program. Ambassado
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Neb. A.G. Peterson Alerts That Stimulus Checks May Be Exempt for Attachment, Garnishment or Execution for Certain Consumers
LINCOLN, Nebraska, March 23 -- Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson issued the following news release on March 22, 2021:
Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson today alerted creditors, debt collectors, and financial institutions that Nebraska law may exempt American Rescue Plan Act stimulus checks from attachment, garnishment or, execution for certain low-income consumers.
The American Rescue Plan Act was signed into law on March 11 and provides emergency assistance for individuals and fa
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Neb. A.G. Peterson Announces $188.6 Million Multistate Settlement With Medical Device Manufacturer Boston Scientific Corp.
LINCOLN, Nebraska, March 24 -- Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson issued the following news release on March 23, 2021:
Attorney General Peterson today announced a multistate settlement with Boston Scientific Corporation (Boston) to resolve allegations of deceptive marketing of its surgical mesh products for women. The settlement requires Boston to pay $188.6 million to 47 states and the District of Columbia to resolve allegations that it deceptively marketed transvaginal surgical mesh devi
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Neb. A.G. Peterson Reaches Settlement With Omaha Companies for Deceptive and Misleading Statements Regarding COVID-19 Antibody Tests
LINCOLN, Nebraska, March 26 -- Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson issued the following news release on March 25, 2021:
Attorney General Doug Peterson announced today that his office has reached a settlement with Pivot Concierge Health, LLC and Banyan Medical Systems, LLC (collectively, "the companies"), to resolve allegations that the companies violated the Nebraska Consumer Protection Act and the Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act. The settlement relates to the companies' coordinated a
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Neb. Gov. Ricketts Announces Appointments to Boards and Commissions
LINCOLN, Nebraska, March 26 -- Gov. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release:
Governor Pete Ricketts announced recent appointments he has made to fill Nebraska's boards and commissions.
The following appointees are unpaid and are not subject to Legislative confirmation:
Abstracters Board of Examiners
Heidi Proskocil, Ord
State Athletic Commissioner
Aaron Hendry, Lincoln
Nebraska Aquaculture Board
William Murray, Broadwater
Nebraska Brand Committee
Tanya Storer, Whit
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Neb. Gov. Ricketts: Neb. Will Stand Up for Gun Rights
LINCOLN, Nebraska, March 26 -- Gov. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following statement on March 25, 2021:
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Governor Pete Ricketts issued a statement following news that President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. and congressional Democrats were renewing calls to expand background checks on gun purchases and to ban certain types of weapons.
"In the wake of recent tragedies in Atlanta and Boulder, President Biden is attempting to build momentum for new gun control measures," said Governor Ricke
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Nebraska Democratic Party Chair Kleeb and Ponca Chairman Larry Wright Meet With Emhoff
LINCOLN, Nebraska, March 24 -- The Nebraska Democratic Party issued the following news release on March 23, 2021:
NDP Chair Jane Kleeb and Ponca Chairman Larry Wright met with Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff on Tuesday during his Omaha-area visit as part of the "Help Is Here Tour" to tout the American Rescue Plan, the $1.9 trillion economic stimulus package recently signed by President Joe Biden.
Kleeb, Wright and Emhoff discussed boosting rural broadband, agriculture and clean energy and growing
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University of Nebraska Lincoln: Dawes Wins PEN Award for Prairie Schooner Work
LINCOLN, Nebraska, March 24 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release:
Kwame Dawes, an internationally acclaimed poet and professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has been awarded the biennial PEN/Nora Magid Award for his editorship of the Prairie Schooner.
The award was announced March 23. Dawes and the other four honorees will be recognized during the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony, online at 6 p.m. CDT April 8.
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University of Nebraska Lincoln: Husker Research Shows Palm Oil Production Can Grow While Protecting Ecosystems
LINCOLN, Nebraska, March 25 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release:
Palm oil, the most important source of vegetable oil in the world, is derived from the fruit of perennial palm trees, which are farmed year-round in mostly tropical areas. The palm fruit is harvested manually every 10 days to two weeks, then transported to a mill for processing, and ultimately exported and made into a dizzying array of products from food to toiletries to biodiese
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University of Nebraska Lincoln: Nebraska Team Aims to Improve Irrigated Ag in Sub-Saharan Africa
LINCOLN, Nebraska, March 24 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release:
Successful irrigated agriculture depends on more than farmers and technology. It needs a robust business ecosystem surrounding it, too. University of Nebraska researchers are aiming to build on an already established toehold in Rwanda to study and support those ecosystems elsewhere in sub-Saharan Africa.
Earlier this year, researchers affiliated with the Daugherty Water for Food
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University of Nebraska Lincoln: PRSSA Hosting 'Ask Me Anything' Event With IBM's Adashek
LINCOLN, Nebraska, March 25 -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release:
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Public Relations Student Society of America chapter will host an "Ask Me Anything" event with IBM Chief Communications Officer Jonathan H. Adashek from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. April 8.
During the event, Husker students will have the opportunity to hear directly from him and ask any questions they so choose.
Adashek has been at IBM since January 2020 and ha
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University of Nebraska Lincoln: Thomas Earns Lynton Prize for 'A Question of Freedom'
LINCOLN, Nebraska, March 26 (TNSbook) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release:
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"A Question of Freedom: The Families Who Challenged Slavery from the Nation's Founding to the Civil War"
By William G. Thomas III
Yale University Press (November, 2020)
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William G. Thomas III has earned the Mark Lynton History Prize for his new book, "A Question of Freedom: The Families Who Challenged Slavery from the Nation's Founding to the Civil War," publishe
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University of Nebraska Names System's Top Teaching, Research and Engagement Award Winners
LINCOLN, Nebraska, March 25 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news release on March 24, 2021:
University of Nebraska President Ted Carter today announced the 2021 recipients of the university system's most prestigious faculty awards for teaching, research and engagement.
The university-wide President's Excellence Awards recognize faculty whose work has had a significant impact on students, the university and the state.
"Faculty are at the heart of any great universit
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