OMAHA, Nebraska, Aug. 11 -- The College of Saint Mary issued the following news: Dr. Maryanne Stevens, RSM, will present the 14th annual Archbishop Elden Curtiss Lecture on Catholicism and the World at noon, Tuesday, Sept. 19, in Gross Auditorium at College of Saint Mary. The lecture will focus on "Love Yourself and Love Your Neighbor: Making Good Decisions in a Messy World." Dr. Stevens served as CSM's president from 1996 to 2023. She now holds the title of president emerita. She joined the S  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Aug. 10 (TNSres) -- Creighton University issued the following news: When a professor of microbiology seeking funding for important infectious disease research in the United Arab Emirates needed an American expert to serve as principal co-investigator in her grant application, she found him at Creighton University. The appointment of Richard Goering, PhD, professor of medical microbiology and immunology in the Creighton University School of Medicine, was testimony both to Goer  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Aug. 10 -- Creighton University issued the following news: Mary Kunes-Connell, PhD, (above left) and Helen Hurst, DNP, (above right) have been named co-interim deans of the Creighton University College of Nursing, effective immediately, while the search for a permanent dean continues. "Dr. Kunes-Connell and Dr. Hurst bring extensive academic administrative experience to this role, having overseen the development of our outstanding nursing programs at our campuses in Omaha, Pho  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Aug. 10 -- The College of Saint Mary issued the following news: A College of Saint Mary adjunct professor was recently featured on a History Channel program. Dr. Scott Stempson was interviewed for the show "The Mega-Brands that Built America," which aired Aug. 6. Stempson teaches American History and the History of American Foreign Policy at CSM. The episode focused on the history of the sporting goods industry, particularly Spalding, Wilson and Rawlings. "I agreed to do it b  more

HASTINGS, Nebraska, Aug. 12 (TNSres) -- Hastings College issued the following news release: Dr. Eleanor Reeds, assistant professor of English, recently published an article in Neo-Victorian Studies, a peer-reviewed journal that explores how the nineteenth century continues to be reimagined today. Her article, "Chase Berggrun's R E D and Transfeminist Erasure: Uncovering a 'Queer Tongue' in Dracula," appeared in the recently released 2022 general issue and the project was presented as her Invite  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 8 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following statement on Aug. 7, 2023: * * * Gov. Kim Reynolds released the following statement today in response to Iowa and Nebraska bringing a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its failure to issue final rules on E15, which would pave the way for year-round E15 access. Final rules were required to have been issued by July 2022. "The EPA's ongoing failure to act following our E15 notification more tha  more

HASTINGS, Nebraska, Aug. 9 -- Hastings College issued the following news release: The Hastings College Alumni Association has named two Outstanding Alumni Coach award recipients this year: James Lowry '91/MAT '94, a social studies teacher and tennis coach at Grand Island Central Catholic High School, and Tim Brotzki '92, president and general manager at the Omaha Sports Academy and head boys' basketball coach at Platteview High School. The two will be presented awards in conjunction with the A  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Aug. 8 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2023: Today, Nebraska Attorney General Hilgers joined Iowa in suing the Biden Administration's Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") for failing to timely fulfill the request by Iowa and Nebraska Governors to allow the sale of year-round E15 gasoline. On April 28, 2022, a bipartisan coalition of eight governors asked the EPA to allow the sale of E15 gasoline through the summer. De  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Aug. 12 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Governor Jim Pillen has announced the hiring of Jacy Schafer as his deputy communications director. Schafer was previously vice president of government affairs with Nebraska Cattlemen. She has held prior communications and legislative roles in North Dakota, including with the Soybean Growers Association and U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer. Schafer has a bachelor's degree in agriculture communications from   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Aug. 12 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on Aug.11, 2023: Today, Governor Jim Pillen announced his appointment of Jim Kamm as the new Tax Commissioner. Kamm, who currently serves as the assistant vice chancellor for the Business and Finance Division at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO), will begin leading the Department of Revenue on Sept. 5. "Jim has decades of experience in banking and financial services," said Gov. Pillen. "That, c  more

CURTIS, Nebraska, Aug. 8 -- The Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture issued the following news release: The NCTA Heifer Link initiative was launched at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in January 2015 as an integral part of the Ownership Advantage Program. With Heifer Link's introduction, students are given a unique chance to receive a bred heifer during their fourth semester. This year, Hadley Sayer of Wallace took advantage of this opportunity to support his goal of expandi  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Aug. 5 -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: * * * America's honey bee population faces enormous stress. During 2022, nearly half the nation's managed colonies were lost. A central threat is the Varroa mite, a parasite whose spread of viruses regularly triggers catastrophic colony loss. * * * However, new research findings by a group of scientists, including Husker entomologist Troy Anderson, could provide a breakthrough in combati  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Aug. 8 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The University of Wyoming is part of a coalition of esteemed Northern Plains research institutions that has been awarded a grant of nearly $100,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to bring together research support professionals across the region. The group -- spearheaded by South Dakota State University (SDSU) and including other research institutions from South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana an  more