OMAHA, Nebraska, Feb. 25 (TNSres) -- Creighton University issued the following news: Creighton students compete on and off the court. While the men's basketball team plays in the BIG EAST tournament in New York City, five undergraduate students from Creighton will take part in another kind of competition--the second annual BIG EAST Research Poster Symposium. Before the conference championship game on March 11, students from the 11 BIG EAST universities will go head-to-head. Five teams from eac  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 24 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2023: Governor Jim Pillen testified in support of LB 706, a bill that clears the way for the Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) to exercise bonding authority to accelerate completion of highway capital improvement projects, identified in the Build Nebraska Act (BNA). "I believe deeply that this is an important piece of legislation that will allow us to compete and grow Nebraska in  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 22 (TNSjou) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: * * * Scientists continue to refine techniques for understanding present-day changes in Earth's environmental systems, but the planet's distant past also offers crucial information to deepen that understanding. A geological study by University of Nebraska-Lincoln scientist Matt Joeckel and colleagues provides such information. * * * Scientific research in recent decades has con  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 23 -- The Nebraska Democratic Party issued the following agency statement on Feb. 22, 2023: * * * The Nebraska Democratic Party respects the nonpartisan foundation of the Unicameral. We largely do not get involved in bills because we believe it is our job to build the party infrastructure, organize year round and elect Democrats. It is the job of elected officials to govern. There are moments when the Nebraska Democratic Party must take a stand on bills that will do ha  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 21 (TNSpp) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: * * * University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty members Laura Thompson and Laila Puntel will present talks in collaboration with NASA at the national Commodity Classic event in Orlando, Florida, in March, explaining the growing importance of ag technology and data-driven practices for modern agriculture. * * * Thousands of top U.S. ag producers attend the annual Commodity Classic,   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 21 (TNSper) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: * * * The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Wei Qiao has been elected a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors. * * * The academy's senior member program honors early-stage innovators and inventors whose success in patents, licensing and commercialization has the potential to positively impact society. Senior members are rising leaders in their fields whose work has   more