LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 1 (TNSPer) -- Southeast Community College issued the following news: Lincoln attorney Robert Sanford is the new Administrative Director of Title IX and Institutional Compliance at Southeast Community College. In this position, Sanford will provide advice and technical assistance, as well as training and investigative activities to develop and implement the College's compliance with laws/rules/regulations/policies related to access, equity and diversity. Sanford was prev  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Feb. 5 (TNSOps) -- Creighton University issued the following news: By Cindy Workman Tom Freeman, JD, MS, MBA, a professor of business law in Creighton University's Heider College of Business, will be presenting on algorithmic bias at this year's SXSW EDU conference in Austin, Texas, March 7-10. Freeman serves as a senior researcher and policy advisor for the Institute for Digital Humanity (IDH), a bipartisan civil rights think tank that advocates for civil rights issues relat  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 5 -- The Nebraska Democratic Party issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2022: Rep. Don Bacon voted against the America COMPETES Act, which would help ensure America can outcompete countries like China. Bacon voted against economy-boosting legislation that would. * Create jobs and strengthen the supply chain by authorizing $45 billion to fix critical components of our supply chain and ensure more goods are made in the US * Reduce rising costs caused by outsourci  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 3 -- Gov. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Governor Pete Ricketts has announced the launch of the Nebraska Homeowner Assistance Fund (NHAF). Nebraska received $50 million from the federal government to create the program. The funds were allocated to Nebraska as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Subject to eligibility requirements, assistance is available to Nebraska homeowners who've experienced pandemic-related financial hardship  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 5 -- Gov. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Governor Pete Ricketts announced that the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has revised its Directed Health Measure (DHM) for Nebraska Medical Center (NMC) issued on January 13, 2022. The DHM suspended Class C, D, and E inpatient and outpatient surgeries (pre-scheduled, non-emergency medical surgeries) at NMC in Omaha after NMC began operating under a crisis standard of care.   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 1 (TNSOps) -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news release: The University of Nebraska System has released the newest episode of its "Leading Nebraska" podcast series, featuring the University of Nebraska at Omaha's work in biomechanics. Biomechanics - the science of movement - has emerged as a key area of leadership and economic growth for UNO. The campus is home to the first standalone building in the world dedicated exclusively to researching human mo  more

BUFFALO, New York, Feb. 3 (TNSOps) -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: The University at Buffalo's Department of Surgery continues its "Beyond the Knife" series focused on surgery's role in fighting systemic racism with its second annual Anti-Racism and Health Equity event on Feb. 10. Deirdre Cooper Owens, PhD, The Charles & Linda Wilson Professor in the History of Medicine and director of the Humanities in Medicine Pro  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 1 (TNSOps) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: Beth Dotan has worked in the Holocaust education field for many years, including at the Ghetto Fighters House Museum in Israel and as the founding director of the Institute for Holocaust Education in Omaha. In pursuing her doctorate at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, she saw an opportunity to continue that work and focus specifically on Nebraska's survivors and liberators. Dot  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 2 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: Nebraska's leading economic indicator rose in December, according to the most recent report from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The leading indicator, which is designed to predict economic activity six months into the future, increased by 0.73%. "The indicator has improved steadily for three consecutive months, suggesting moderate economic growth in Nebraska during the second  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 4 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: In trying to solve a mysterious problem of physics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln engineer Jae Sung Park expects to encounter more than a fair share of turbulence along the way. Having earned a five-year, $508,780 Faculty Early Career Development Program award from the National Science Foundation, Park is aiming to solve one of the great problems in science -- discovering pattern  more