OMAHA, Nebraska, June 17 (TNSper) -- Creighton University issued the following news: Creighton President the Rev. Daniel S. Hendrickson, SJ, PhD, announced four new members of the Creighton University Board of Trustees, who were elected at a recent Board meeting. He said he was grateful "for their willingness to serve and for the diverse perspectives and expertise they bring to help fulfill our University's mission." The new trustees are Steve Kaniewski, president and CEO of Valmont Industries  more

HASTINGS, Nebraska, June 14 (TNSper) -- Hastings College issued the following news release: An endowed professorship in music funded by an anonymous donor more than a decade ago has been named in honor of Dr. Byron Jensen, professor of music who retired in May, said Dr. Robin Koozer, associate vice president of advancement and chair emeritus of music. The Dr. Byron Jensen Distinguished Professorship in Music recognizes Jensen's 19 years of teaching at Hastings College and his continued leaders  more

LANSING, Michigan, June 15 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a bipartisan coalition of 31 attorneys general, led by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson and Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, in urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reject marketing authorization for all non-tobacco nicotine products, which are c  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 15 -- Gov. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on June 14, 2022: Governor Pete Ricketts, together with the Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT), held a press conference to announce the formation of the new State Operations Center (SOC), based in Omaha. This spring, NDOT's State Operations Center and the District 2 Operations Center merged to create one centralized command center to monitor and operate the state highway network. The mergi  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 16 -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news release on June 15, 2022: At a time when families are paying more for gas, groceries and living expenses, the University of Nebraska System will again freeze tuition for all students under a proposed 2022-23 operating budget released today by President Ted Carter. The proposed budget, which will go before the Board of Regents at its June 23 meeting, completes a three-year, system-wide plan to manage the fiscal c  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, June 16 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Medical Center issued the following news release: The Diabetes Care Foundation of Nebraska has pledged $7 million to the University of Nebraska Foundation to support the launch of a statewide diabetes care and education program led by the University of Nebraska Medical Center and its primary clinical partner, Nebraska Medicine. Called On Track: Transforming Rural Diabetes Care and Education, the program aims to lower the state's r  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, June 14 (TNSjou) -- The University of Nebraska Medical Center issued the following news release: For more than two years, scientists have been working around the clock to find ways to prevent severe illness and deaths from COVID-19. A recent international study co-led by University of Nebraska Medical Center Physician/Scientist Andre Kalil, MD, MPH, compared the effectiveness of two different drugs being used to treat COVID. Results of the study were recently published in the   more

OMAHA, Nebraska, June 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Medical Center issued the following news release: A 2022 health care workforce report issued by the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) shows that the number of nurse practitioners in Nebraska increased significantly, and the number of practicing pharmacists increased modestly since 2020. Despite these positive developments, rural areas of the state still lack needed health care professionals, and the aging of the health c  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 17 (TNSawa) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: In 2007, Nebraska humorist and writer Roger Welsch did something that was then unprecedented -- he gave his land to the Pawnee Nation. Welsch's homestead was comprised of 60 acres along the Loup River near Dannebrog. It had belonged to the Pawnee people before the U.S. government forcibly removed and relocated them to Oklahoma in 1875. The story of Welsch's reconciliation and th  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 14 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: By the end of "Gone with the Wind," Rhett Butler didn't give a damn about Scarlett O'Hara, but millions of American women did -- and gave rapt attention to her multiple costumes. The mid-19th century fashion depicted in the film, with its corsets and hoop skirts, wasn't particularly practical for 1939, when the film debuted. But details from Scarlett's many dresses and other cost  more