OMAHA, Nebraska, June 7 (TNSres) -- Creighton University issued the following news: Whether artificial intelligence and related technologies such as natural language processing (NLP) can improve post-surgical outcomes is an emerging question confronting the medical profession, and the Creighton University School of Medicine hopes to provide an answer. Waddah Al-Refaie, MD, FACS, chair of the Department of Surgery at both Creighton University and CHI Health Clinic, is partnering with his former  more

HASTINGS, Nebraska, June 9 (TNSres) -- Hastings College issued the following news release: Four Hastings College students attended the spring Midwest Political Science Association conference in Chicago, Illinois, earlier this year. Three students presented a poster titled "Authoritarian Personalities: The personality variation in left- and right-wing authoritarians" during the conference. Students who presented the poster included Riley Lanning of Glendale, Arizona; Betsy Miller of Arlington,   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 10 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release on June 9, 2023: The Nebraska Attorney General's Office announced today the final approval of $17.3 billion in opioid agreements with drug makers Teva and Allergan and pharmacies CVS and Walgreens. Following successful state sign-on and subdivision sign-on periods, the defendants have committed to the deal and will start releasing funds to a national administrator later this summer. Money is e  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 7 (TNSper) -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Governor Jim Pillen has appointed K.C. Belitz to be the next director of the Nebraska Department of Economic Development (DED). Belitz, who is currently the chief operating officer for the Nebraska Community Foundation, will assume his new role on July 5. "K.C. brings the right experience and enthusiasm to lead DED and market Nebraska," said Governor Pillen. "He understands firsthand the needs  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 10 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on June 9, 2023: Today, Governor Jim Pillen announced his appointment of former Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) Supervisor and Nebraska Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Director Bryan Tuma as the next executive director of the Nebraska Crime Commission. He replaces current director Don Arp, who submitted his resignation to Gov. Pllen this week, to pursue career interests outside of state government. "Bry  more

MARYVILLE, Missouri, June 7 (TNSres) -- Northwest Missouri State University issued the following news: A paper recently published by Northwest Missouri State University Assistant Professor of Geography Dr. Brett Chloupek explores definitions of landscape to investigate Nebraska's Bohemian Alps. Chloupek authored the paper, in part, through his affiliation with the Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He has been an affiliate fellow with the center for nine yea  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 9 (TNSjou) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: * * * A successful long-term experiment with live hogs indicates Nebraska scientists may be another step closer to achieving a safe, long-lasting and potentially universal vaccine against swine flu. * * * The results are not only important to the pork industry, they hold significant implications for human health. That's because pigs act as "mixing vessels," where various swine a  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 6 (TNSpar) -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news release: A new agreement between the University of Nebraska System and the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency will expand collaborative efforts to identify U.S. service members missing or unaccounted for from the country's past conflicts. NU President Ted Carter and DPAA Director Kelly McKeague signed a Memorandum of Understanding during a recent ceremony attended by Maj. Gen. Daryl Bohac, Adjutant Genera  more