PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, July 19 (TNSper) -- Carnegie Mellon University issued the following news: Following a comprehensive national search, Moises Padilla has been selected as the inaugural executive director of the CMU Rales Fellows Program. This follows the announcement of the generous commitment of the Norman and Ruth Rales Foundation to launch a fellows program with the mission to address the systemic shortfall of students pursuing advanced degrees in STEM fields, particularly among unde  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 21 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: Nebraskans care for their neighbors. They both cherish personal privacy but also understand the need for efficient, effective law enforcement. Our office invites responses and inquiries of the work we do. Unfortunately, the current understanding of the Attorney General signing a recent Mississippi-led letter is being shaped by misleading rhetoric. HIPAA protects the privacy of your medical i  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 21 (TNSper) -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: Today, Governor Jim Pillen announced two interim leadership appointments at the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Beginning immediately, Tony Green will serve as the interim director for the Division of Children and Family Services. Previously, Director Green has served as a deputy director as well as interim director for that division. He currently ove  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 18 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following statement on July 16, 2023: * * * Governor Jim Pillen issued a statement following news that final state General Fund tax receipts for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 exceeded projections by $3 million, which will be transferred into the Cash Reserve Fund. "This is great news, as we continue the work of providing transformative tax relief to Nebraskans," said Gov. Pillen. "We continue to work with state agencies to constrai  more

ADELPHI, Maryland, July 21 (TNSpar) -- The University of Maryland Global Campus issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) and eastern Nebraska's Metropolitan Community College (MCC) have announced a new transfer agreement that enables more than 40,000 students--including non-degree students--to take advantage of one of UMGC's more than 125 online academic programs at a more affordable rate. "We are extremely proud to join with Metropolitan   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 21 (TNSjou) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: The fastest way to heat food and drink might also rank as the fastest route to ingesting massive quantities of minuscule plastic particles, says new research from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Experiments have shown that microwaving plastic baby food containers available on the shelves of U.S. stores can release huge numbers of plastic particles -- in some cases, more than   more

OMAHA, Nebraska, July 21 (TNSjou) -- The University of Nebraska Medical Center issued the following news release: Seth Winfree, PhD, assistant professor of pathology and microbiology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, is one of the lead authors on a paper recently published in the journal Nature. The paper - "An Atlas of Healthy and Injured Cell States and Niches in the Human Kidney" - is the result of efforts by National Institutes of Health funded consortia of researchers, includi  more

NEW YORK, July 20 (TNSpro) -- Yeshiva University issued the following news release: Yeshiva University (YU), the flagship Jewish university, launched a partnership with the Philos Project, a nonprofit organization that promotes positive Christian engagement with Judaism, to develop a special program for Christian students within YU's existing Master's in Jewish Studies. The program has attracted students from across the country with the hybrid model allowing students to participate in person at  more