BRYN MAWR, Pennsylvania, Jan. 20 (TNSawa) -- Bryn Mawr College issued the following news: Priscilla Grew '62 was recently awarded the 2022 President's Medal by the Geological Society of America. Grew is a professor emerita and NAGPRA (Native American Graves and Repatriation Act) advisor at the University of Nebraska Lincoln. In the citation for the award, Grew was lauded for being "a woman of many firsts" and for paving the way for future generations of female geologists and Earth scientist  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Jan. 18 (TNSbook) -- Creighton University issued the following news: During his 15 years teaching conflict resolution at Creighton University, Noam Ebner, LLM, reached an important conclusion: Darth Vader should have sweetened his offer to Luke Skywalker. It could have saved a lot of trouble, even as it rendered the post-Death Star story of galactic struggle between darkness and light less tenable. There are, as Obi-Wan Kenobi assures Han Solo in the original Star Wars movie,   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Jan. 19 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Governor Jim Pillen, accompanied by several state senators including members of the Revenue Committee, announced six priority bills for the Legislative session aimed at transforming Nebraska's tax code, making our state's tax system more competitive with other states, improving workforce development, and providing parents and their children additional choices for education. "Our current tax system fa  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Jan. 20 (TNSper) -- Southeast Community College issued the following news: Three newly elected members of Southeast Community College's Board of Governors and one incumbent were sworn in during the Board's regular monthly meeting Jan. 17 in Milford. Sandi Hoffman, the fourth newly elected member, was unable to attend the meeting and will be sworn in at a later date. She will represent District 1. New members sworn in are Brandon Gunther of Hickman (District 2), Joann Herring  more