OMAHA, Nebraska, July 15 (TNSper) -- Creighton University issued the following news: Amy Friedman Wilson, PharmD, has been named the new dean of the Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, effective immediately, the University announced on July 14. Wilson has been serving as interim dean since Jan. 1, 2022. "I am so pleased to announce Dr. Wilson's appointment as dean," said University Provost Mardell Wilson, EdD. The appointment followed a national search. "Amy is a wo  more

CINCINNATI, Ohio, July 13 (TNSper) -- The E.W. Scripps, a broadcasting company, issued the following news release: The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) has appointed Lisa Volenec to the role of vice president and general manager for KMTV, the Scripps CBS affiliate in Omaha, Nebraska, effective Monday, Aug. 22. Volenec currently serves as a regional business development director for Scripps' Local Media division. She was previously the local sales manager and an interactive account executive   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 13 (TNSper) -- Southeast Community College issued the following news: Kurt Mueller has been named the new Administrative Director of College Advising for Southeast Community College. Mueller comes to the College from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he most recently served as the Assistant Director of Graduate Recruitment. "In my new position, I hope to continue the successes the advising team has had and leverage the expertise of our advisors to improve student  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 13 (TNSres) -- Southeast Community College issued the following news on July 12, 2022: Southeast Community Collegewas awarded a $40,000 grant from the American Association of Community Colleges, Dell Technologies and Intel, as part of the Artificial Intelligence Incubator Network Initiative. The funds will go toward building a hybridized AI incubator in both virtual and on-campus scenarios for greater access to AI computing power, tools and resources, aiming to foster th  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 14 (TNSfund) -- Southeast Community College issued the following news: Southeast Community College will soon receive a $1.4 million U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Apprenticeship Building America grant. This grant program was designed to strengthen, modernize, expand and diversify its Registered Apprenticeship Program to enable more workers to earn while they learn and find reliable pathways to the middle class. The funds from "Project ELEVATE" will be used to create a m  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, July 13 (TNSres) -- Tenaska, an independent power producer, issued the following news release: An economic analysis of the proposed Swallowtail Solar Farm found that the 200-MW solar project would create 340 jobs during construction and add $38 million to Bartholomew County's economy. The analysis was performed by Gnarly Tree Sustainability Institute, which is led by Dr. Kenneth Richards, a professor at Indiana University's O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs. Th  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 12 (TNSfund) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: Weather and climate can contribute to civil unrest, especially in countries with little to no social safety nets, where people depend on subsistence farming to feed themselves and their families. The question is, can civil unrest be predicted along with the weather? To begin answering that question, researchers at the National Drought Mitigation Center, based in the University o  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 13 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: AD Banse examined the scrawled words on his screen and realized that after a few days of examining century-old documents, he was becoming more adept at deciphering the often faded, often perplexing handwriting and vernacular of the era. "I think there's both a challenge, as well as a riveting aspect, to it," Banse said. "The most challenging aspect has been understanding sometime  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, July 12 (TNSper) -- The University of Nebraska's Omaha Campus issued the following news release: Jane Meza, Ph.D., associate vice chancellor for Global Engagement and International Programs at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) and the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), and former interim executive director of the UNO Office of Health Security, has been named the associate vice chancellor for strategic planning at UNMC. Her final day as UNO associate vice chan  more