LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 12 (TNSPer) -- Gov. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Governor Pete Ricketts appointed Morgan Farquhar of Cambridge as District Court Judge in the Tenth Judicial District. The Tenth District consists of Adams, Clay, Franklin, Harlan, Kearney, Nuckolls, Phelps, and Webster counties. Farquhar, 35, has served as County Attorney for Furnas County since May 2018, representing the county and state in the prosecution of criminal matters. He has also  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 12 (TNSPer) -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news release on Feb. 11, 2022: Regent Bob Phares of North Platte, representing District 7 on the University of Nebraska Board of Regents, today assumed the role of chairman of the Board after serving as vice chairman in 2021. Regent Tim Clare of Lincoln, representing District 1, was elected vice chairman of the Board. Clare will become chair in 2023 in accordance with Board policy. Phares was appointed to t  more

AMES, Iowa, Feb. 10 (TNSAwa) -- Iowa State University's Computer Science Department issued the following news: Pavan Aduri, Professor in the Department of Computer Science, received the 2022 ACM SIGMOD Research Highlight Award. The awarded paper, "Model Counting meets F0 Estimation," was co-authored with Prof. Vinodchandran of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and professors Arnab Bhattacharyya and Kuldeep S. Meel of the National University of Singapore. The SIGMOD Research Highlight Award   more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Feb. 12 (TNSPar) -- Creighton University issued the following news: Creighton Law, along with the Nebraska State Bar Association, UNL Law and 16 law firms and businesses have joined together to create the Nebraska Legal Diversity Council (NLDC). The Council will work to lessen disparities in the state of Nebraska to create a more diverse and inclusive legal community. The NLDC will accomplish its mission to create a culturally diverse and inclusive community by: * Enhancing t  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Feb. 8 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nebraska's Omaha Campus issued the following news release: * * * Joseph Wiese's years of poor dietary choices led him down an unhealthy path, but a Type 2 diabetes diagnosis led him to change his life for the better. * * * Joseph Wiese's years of poor dietary choices led him down an unhealthy path, but a Type 2 diabetes diagnosis led him to change his life for the better. Wiese attended UNO right out of high school and had a scholarship   more

HASTINGS, Nebraska, Feb. 11 (TNSOps) -- Hastings College issued the following news release: Hastings College will recognize 24 outstanding young writers from across Nebraska as an affiliate of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards during a virtual awards ceremony on Wednesday, February 23 at 7:00 p.m. The Scholastic Writing Awards program is one of the country's longest-running and most prestigious scholarship and recognition programs for creative students in grades 7-12. This is the third year   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 12 -- Gov. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Governor Pete Ricketts released the 33rd episode of "The Nebraska Way," featuring Kristen Waggoner, General Counsel of Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF). During the episode, Waggoner discusses her passion to protect First Amendment freedoms, her legal work to uphold religious freedom, and pivotal cases pending in the U.S. Supreme Court. In her role as ADF's General Counsel, Waggoner oversees over 10  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 8 -- 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) announced plans for a trade mission to the United Kingdom and Ireland this August 20-28. "The United Kingdom and Ireland are key trading partners for Nebraska," said Gov. Ricketts. "Strengthening ties with both countries will raise the profile of our state in Europe and enc  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 9 (TNSPro) -- Southeast Community College issued the following news: Students at Southeast Community College who are interested in Global Studies had the opportunity to take a new class this semester called "African Civic Engagement." The class, co-taught by SCC instructors Cara Benedict and Danvas Mabeya, interacts with African students via Zoom as the students learn about different cultures. "I love how diverse it is and how helpful the professors are," said Hanan Smo  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 12 (TNSRep) -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news release on Feb. 11, 2022: The teaching, research and outreach activities of the University of Nebraska grow the state's economy by $5.8 billion every year, according to an independent new analysis of the NU System's significant and far-reaching impact on Nebraska's prosperity and quality of life. The analysis, unveiled today to the Board of Regents, was conducted by Tripp Umbach, a national consultant w  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 12 (TNSPro) -- Southeast Community College issued the following news: Southeast Community College's Milford Campus is one of three Nebraska colleges to receive a generous grant to enhance its Auto Collision Repair Technology program. The Nebraska Rod & Custom Association donated a one-time grant of $7,500 to SCC for the purpose of improving facilities or investing in equipment. "NRCA has been a longtime supporter of automotive training in Nebraska," said Kevin Uhler, SC  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 8 -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following report by the College of Business Bureau of Business on Nebraska's economic indicators for December 2021. The report was written by Eric Thompson. * * * Summary: The LEI-N rose by 0.73% during December 2021. The increase in the leading indicator, which is designed to predict economic activity six months in the future, signals moderate economic growth in Nebraska through June 2022. There were positive b  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 8 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: The renewal of a National Institutes of Health grant will enable a University of Nebraska-Lincoln researcher to continue developing a tool that illuminates the complex, multi-scale interplay of the immune system's many components. Tomas Helikar, Susan J. Rosowski Associate Professor of biochemistry, will use the five-year, $1.8 million grant from the NIH's Maximizing Investigators  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 12 (TNSOps) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: The 2022 Center for Great Plains Studies conference has shifted to a yearlong series of events to give ample time to an important topic and provide flexibility during the pandemic. The series, "A Year of Reckoning and Reconciliation: Conversation, Learning and Connecting," invites participants to recognize the Great Plains' complex history and then imagine and build new relations  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Feb. 10 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nebraska's Omaha Campus issued the following news release: * * * Dario Ghersi, MD, Ph.D., of UNO's College of Information Science & Technology, is leading the computational portion of a study in collaboration with UMass Chan Medical School. * * * A new study on immune system response could have major implications for disease prevention, early detection, and efficient treatment. Dario Ghersi, MD, Ph.D., associate professor within the Uni  more

VERMILLION, South Dakota, Feb. 9 (TNSRes) -- The University of South Dakota issued the following news: Two University of South Dakota faculty members are partnering with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Sioux Falls agency Call to Freedom to better understand what sex trafficking survivors think about the services they receive -- and to learn what services they find most helpful. Bridget Diamond-Welch, associate professor of family medicine, and Shana Cerny, associate professor of occupat  more