OMAHA, Nebraska, Jan. 25 (TNSOps) -- Creighton University issued the following news: Creighton University's Presidential Lecture Series for 2022 will keep faith with the University's commitment to becoming an anti-racist institution by focusing on racism and its manifestation in personal and professional life. "We are excited to welcome speakers and authors of such great prominence," said the Rev. Daniel S. Hendrickson, SJ, PhD, president of Creighton University. "Their presentations will help  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Jan. 25 (TNSRes) -- Creighton University issued the following news: COVID-19, heart disease and cancer are the three leading causes of death that attributed to 2020 being the deadliest year in U.S. history to date, with approximately 3 million deaths overall, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The record-high mortality rate is increasing demand for medical care and continually evolving how clinicians approach end-of-life care. In the Creighton U  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Jan. 27 (TNSOps) -- Creighton University issued the following news: THR 467 Theatre for Social Justice students took on the important but daunting issue of climate change this past fall semester as part of the international event Climate Change Theatre Action 2021: A Green New Deal. Through academic service-learning, students partnered with The Arctic Circle, a climate activist group, as a Nebraska representative. Students explored many different aspects surrounding the climat  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Jan. 26 (TNSJou) -- Creighton University issued the following news: * * * In this second installment of our mentorship series commemorating National Mentorship Month, we explore the influence a mentor has on the trajectory of a mentee's career path. * * * Yingfeng (Valentina) Ge, BSBA'20, MAC'21, moved from her home in Shaoxing, Zhejiang in China when she was just 16 years old to attend private high school in Kansas. Welcomed by what she describes as Midwestern warmth and ki  more

HASTINGS, Nebraska, Jan. 28 (TNSOps) -- Hastings College issued the following news release: A new scholarship program at Hastings College supported by the Jennifer and Scott DeBoer Endowed Scholarship Fund will provide financial support for underrepresented students majoring in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. An initial gift of $15,000 will fund three scholarships for the 2022-23 academic year and be split between three students -- two current students and one incoming  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Jan. 28 -- Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson issued the following news release on Jan. 28, 2022: Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson announced today that his office has settled a civil lawsuit with an Omaha-area mental health provider Jennifer Sharp and her business, Sharp's Counseling and Consulting Agency. The settlement alleges that Sharp and her business filed false claims with Nebraska Medicaid and its managed care contractors. Between September 1, 2013, and N  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Jan. 26 -- Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson issued the following news release: The Douglas County District Court issued an order declining to stop Douglas County Health Director Lindsay Huse's mask mandate while the lawsuit challenging it proceeds a final ruling. On January 11, 2022, Dr. Huse issued her mandate, backed with threats of criminal penalties, including months of imprisonment, for people who violate it. The following day, January 12, the Attorney General f  more

KEARNEY, Nebraska, Jan. 27 -- Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson issued the following news release: In response to the increasing amount of methamphetamine seen threatening Nebraskans, federal, state and local law enforcement agencies in Nebraska have formed a coalition to help combat the number one drug threat in both rural and urban communities across the state. Nebraska Attorney General, Doug Peterson; Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska, Jan Sharp; Drug Enforcement Admi  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Jan. 28 -- Gov. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: The Office of Governor Pete Ricketts announced an executive order declaring January 27th of each year as Holocaust Remembrance Day in Nebraska. Gov. Ricketts also issued a proclamation specifically designating January 27, 2022 as Holocaust Remembrance Day. When the Nazi regime came to power in 1933, it coordinated a widespread persecution of Jewish people, which intensified into an all-out genocide  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Jan. 27 -- Gov. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following statement: * * * Governor Pete Ricketts issued a statement following news that Nebraska's unemployment rate has dropped to 1.7% for December 2021. That's a decrease from the state's rate of 1.8% for November 2021. Nebraska's current unemployment rate is the lowest ever recorded in the United States. "Our strong growth is creating great-paying job opportunities all across the state," said Gov. Ricketts. "The w  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Jan. 29 -- Gov. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Acting Governor Mike Foley--with the full support of Governor Pete Ricketts--issued a proclamation officially recognizing a Pro-Life flag for Nebraska. The proclamation acknowledges the state's strong support of unborn life: "Nebraskans consistently and courageously take action to protect preborn life by volunteering at pregnancy centers, aiding expectant mothers, giving generously to young familie  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Jan. 25 (TNSPol) -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2022: University of Nebraska System President Ted Carter today issued the following statement on the passing of Regent Emeritus Robert "Bob" Whitehouse, who died Saturday at age 77. Whitehouse, of Papillion, represented District 4 on the Board of Regents from 2006 to 2018, twice serving as chairman. "My heart is heavy at the news of Regent Emeritus Bob Whitehouse's passing. Bob was a  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Jan. 26 (TNSRep) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release on Jan. 25, 2022: Rural Prosperity Nebraska's Rural Fellowship program recently finished its eighth year. Since 2013, students from around the globe have spent their summers living, working and serving in rural Nebraska communities. During their immersive internships, Student Fellows have strengthened towns' websites, created hike-and-bike trails and initiated small-business develo  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Jan. 27 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: * * * Team's novel 3D scanning project maps tunnels, damage at 1,400-year-old site * * * Husker researchers Heather Richards-Rissetto, Richard L. Wood and Christine E. Wittich spent much of June deep underground, up to 30 meters below, taking lidar scans of Temple 16 at Copan, a UNESCO World Heritage site that was once a Mayan metropolis located in western Honduras. At the Un  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Jan. 27 (TNSOps) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2022: Two University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty members have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society. Fellows are selected by their peers for scientifically or socially distinguished achievements that advance science or its application. Nebraska's new AAAS fellows are: Jul  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Jan. 29 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers are leading a study of how a targeted restoration of perennial grasses amid cropland could bring about a variety of benefits, ranging from reduction in water and fertilizer use to expansion of wildlife habitat to encouragement of new bioenergy industry. The four-year, $4 million project will be conducted on University of Nebraska researc  more