OMAHA, Nebraska, July 22 (TNSRes) -- Creighton University issued the following news release: The training and education of "care partners," the formal term used to describe the unpaid friends and family members who care for heart failure patients, will be the focus of a feasibility study this summer at Creighton University. College of Nursing faculty member Lori Rusch, PhD, RN, serves as the primary investigator with co-investigators and nursing faculty colleagues Amy Cosimano, EdD, RN, NBC-HW  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, July 20 (TNSRes) -- Creighton University issued the following news release: Creighton University researchers this summer are studying the possibility of repurposing FDA-approved drugs for fast-track treatment of the alleviation and prevention of hearing loss. "Hearing loss inflicted by noise exposure, chemotherapy and aging is a major unmet medical need in our society, affecting over 600 million people worldwide," says Tal Teitz, PhD, assistant professor of pharmacology and ne  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 22 -- Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson issued the following news release on July 21, 2021: Attorney General Doug Peterson today announced a historic $26 billion multistate agreement that will help bring desperately needed relief to people across the country who are struggling with opioid addiction. The agreement includes Cardinal, McKesson, and AmerisourceBergen - the nation's three major pharmaceutical distributors - and Johnson & Johnson, which manufactured and   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 23 -- Gov. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Governor Pete Ricketts announced Behlen Manufacturing Company and Great Plains Health as the recipients of the Developing Youth Talent Initiative (DYTI) grants for 2021. Launched by the Governor in 2015, DYTI introduces middle school students to careers in industries such as manufacturing, information technology, engineering, and healthcare. DYTI is administered by the Nebraska Department of Economi  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 23 -- Gov. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Governor Pete Ricketts, the Nebraska Department of Economic Development (DED), and the Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA) are encouraging Nebraskans to register for the Governor's Ag and Economic Development Summit on August 4, 2021, at the Younes Conference Center in Kearney. Registration for the event is now open at negovsummit.com. Former U.S. Ambassador to China, Terry Branstad, will give  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 21 (TNSEve) -- Southeast Community College issued the following news: Registration is now open for the first Nebraska Advanced Nuclear Forum which will be held Thursday, Oct. 21 at Southeast Community College's Jack J. Huck Continuing Education Center, 301 S. 68th St. Place, Lincoln. The Nebraska Advanced Nuclear Forum is a one-day event that will provide an opportunity for members of the public, businesses, and the electric industry to learn more about the advancements  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, July 22 -- Tenaska, an independent power producer, issued the following news release on July 21, 2021: Global investment firm Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG) today announced the formation of a new portfolio company Copia Power ("Copia"), a wholly-owned platform focused on developing utility scale sustainable infrastructure in the United States. Copia's strategy is to partner with established industry leaders with highly specialized skillsets to develop, own and operate sustainable infras  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 21 (TNGra) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: The National Science Foundation has awarded the University of Nebraska-Lincoln a grant totaling $4.3 million to recruit and develop secondary science teachers as leaders with a strong focus on aspects of equity and inclusive teaching and learning in Nebraska schools. The project, "Meeting the Needs of Diverse Students through a Next Generation of Science Teacher Leadership in Nebr  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 21 (TNSMon) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: The Richard P. Kimmel and Laurine Kimmel Charitable Foundation has made a $1 million leadership gift to support a new state-of-the-art Nebraska Equine Sports Complex at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources and its Department of Animal Science estimate that 180,000 horses in Nebraska are used for leisure, competition and ag  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 21 (TNSPer) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: A friendship sparked by a scholarship has led to Nebraska's Angela Pannier being named the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's inaugural Swarts Family Chair in Biological Systems Engineering. Celebrated July 13, the named chair is an honor decades in the making, taking root in 1997 when a scholarship gift sparked a friendship between Pannier (then an engineering student) and Dr. Car  more