LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 24 (TNSPer) -- The Nebraska Democratic Party issued the following news release: Veteran political operative Precious McKesson has been named executive director of the Nebraska Democratic Party. Jim Rogers, who served the party in various roles over the last decade, is leaving the post and transitioning to the private sector. "Jim has served our party for over eight years as executive director and over 10 in other roles under five different chairs -- myself, Chair Powers  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 23 (TNSPer) -- Southeast Community College issued the following news: Kevin Uhler, who has worked on Southeast Community College's Milford Campus for the past 20 years in a variety of positions, is the newest associate dean effective March 7. Uhler replaces Todd Roth, who left SCC in December. "I want to continue to promote unity and teamwork between all facets of our college," Uhler said. "I am excited about helping our recently hired instructors, who are often fresh o  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 24 -- Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson issued the following joint letter with 48 colleagues: To: Lina M. Khan, Chair, Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite CC-5610 (Annex B), Washington, DC 20580 Re: Impersonation ANPR; FTC File No. R207000 - Trade Regulation Rule on Impersonation of Government and Businesses Dear Ms. Khan: The undersigned attorneys general, led by the attorneys general of Florida, Iowa, Mississipp  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 24 (TNSPer) -- Gov. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Governor Pete Ricketts announced the appointment of Michael "Mike" Jacobson of North Platte to fill the vacancy in Legislative District 42. "Mike is a Nebraska native who exemplifies our state's entrepreneurialism and hard work," said Gov. Ricketts. "He will be a champion for efficient and effective government, responsible stewardship of taxpayer dollars, and our state's strong family valu  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Feb. 25 (TNSRes) -- Creighton University issued the following news: The exciting increase in the number of research/scholarship doctorate degrees conferred at Creighton University during the past four years has been recognized by the prestigious Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. The more than twelvefold increase from seven research/scholarship doctorates conferred in 2016-17 to 87 in 2019-2020, was one factor that led the Carnegie Commission on Highe  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Feb. 22 (TNSOps) -- Creighton University issued the following news: Creighton University chemistry researcher and assistant professor Joel Destino, PhD, has been awarded a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) for his project "CAREER: Investigation of Sol-gel-derived Hybrid Colloids for New Silica-Germania Glasses." The five-year, $565,000 NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award will support his research investigating nanoscale germania and   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 24 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news release: In the newest episode of the University of Nebraska System's "Leading Nebraska" podcast series, President Ted Carter is joined by NU colleagues and partners in discussing the significant impact the campuses have on the state's economic growth and quality of life. An independent new analysis of the NU System's impact has found that the teaching, research and outreach activities of the University  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 26 -- Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson issued the following news release on Feb. 25, 2022: Attorney General Doug Peterson announced today the final approval of the $26 billion opioid agreement with the nation's three major pharmaceutical distributors - Cardinal, McKesson, and AmerisourceBergen - and Johnson & Johnson. Money is anticipated to start flowing to state and local governments in July 2022. "The Nebraska Coalition to End Opioid Misuse has been working a  more

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, Feb. 25 (TNSBook) -- South Dakota State University issued the following news: Steven Wingate, associate professor of English, celebrated a one-year milestone since his most recent book, "The Leave-Takers," was published by the University of Nebraska Press in March 2021. The novel was published as part of the Flyover Fiction Series, founded in 2005. The series aims to highlight the fiction of the Great Plains, an underrepresented region in literature. Wingate came to S  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 22 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: A University of Nebraska-Lincoln researcher is using a National Science Foundation grant to study how two institutions of higher education are implementing federal guidelines that address sexual violence on campus. Husker researcher Kathryn Holland is using a $500,000 grant from the NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program to explore how a particular facet of these guidelines  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 26 (TNSOps) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release on Feb. 25, 2022: Members of the Husker Venture Fund, a student-led venture capital fund, awarded their debut investment of $25,000 to startup Sentinel Fertigation and its founder Jackson Stansell, a doctoral student in biological systems engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. A partnership between the College of Business and Invest Nebraska, the HVF seeks to bridge the  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Feb. 25 (TNSOps) -- The University of Nebraska's Omaha Campus issued the following news release on Feb. 24, 2022: It was more than 50 years ago when, on Nov. 10, 1969, a group of 54 Black UNO students arrived at the offices of then-president Kirk Naylor, demanding equal treatment as well as campus investment in education around what we know today as Black History. In this singular act of non-violent protest, the group who would go on to be known as the "Omaha 54" began to tip   more