OMAHA, Nebraska, June 21 (TNSgov) -- Creighton University issued the following news: Christiana Figueres, the United Nations official who brokered the Paris Agreement, the 2015 international treaty on climate change, delivered the keynote address at the June 14 opening of the "Laudato Si and the U.S. Catholic Church" virtual conference co-hosted by Creighton and the Catholic Climate Covenant. Creighton has co-hosted the biennial conference with the Catholic Climate Covenant since 2019. More th  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, June 22 (TNSper) -- The University of Nebraska Medical Center issued the following news release: Gerard "Gerry" Kugel, DMD, PhD, has been selected as the next dean of the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry. Pending University of Nebraska Board of Regents approval of his appointment, Dr. Kugel will begin at UNMC on Sept. 18. "Amid all of the highly qualified candidates, Dr. Kugel stood out for his vision and passion," said Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, chancellor  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 23 (TNSper) -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news release on June 22, 2023: The University of Nebraska Board of Regents today unanimously approved the appointment of Rodney D. Bennett, Ed.D., as the 21st chancellor of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Bennett, named last month as the priority candidate for chancellor by NU System President Ted Carter, will assume his new role July 1. He succeeds current Chancellor Ronnie Green, who is retiring. Benne  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 22 (TNSsel) -- Southeast Community College issued the following news: On Tuesday, June 20, Southeast Community College's Board of Governors approved the 2023-2024 preliminary total budget of $358,565,630 compared to the 2022-2023 total budget of $348,168,302, which represents a 3% increase. The 2023-2024 budget is based on the new funding model for the state's community colleges. LB 243, signed into law by Gov. Jim Pillen on May 31, allows the colleges to maintain their  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 23 (TNSper) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release on June 22, 2023: * * * The University of Nebraska Board of Regents on June 22 unanimously approved the appointment of Rodney D. Bennett as the 21st chancellor of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. * * * Bennett, named in May as the priority candidate for chancellor by Ted Carter, president of the NU system, will assume his new role July 1. He succeeds current Chancellor Ronnie  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 21 (TNSfund) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: * * * Most are watching the gradual shift from gas-powered to electric vehicles through the mirrors of the environment, climate or automotive industry. * * * That shift has introduced a different issue, and a new challenge, for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Cody Stolle and his colleagues at the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility. But the researchers are focusing on more t  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 22 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: * * * Nebraska's leading economic indicator increased in May, according to the most recent report from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The indicator, designed to predict economic activity six months into the future, rose 0.56%. * * * "The increase in the leading indicator suggests the economy will grow through the end of 2023," said economist Eric Thompson, director of the   more