CHADRON, Nebraska, Oct. 25 -- Chadron State College issued the following news release: The Graves Lecture Series at Chadron State College will conclude for the semester Tuesday with Danielle Covolo. All presentations are free and open to the public in the Sandoz Center's Chicoine Atrium at 7 p.m. Covolo's presentation is titled Sacred Knowledge. She is an Instructor teaching Topics in Corrections (Principles of Victim Services), Topics in Law Enforcement (Domestic Violence and Crime), Serial K  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- Creighton University issued the following news: By Eugene Curtin Creighton University will conduct seven "mini medical schools" designed to help members of underrepresented and underserved communities in Omaha and Phoenix understand that a medical or health sciences education for their children is possible. "Medical schools historically have been remiss in admitting diverse students," says Ronn Johnson, PhD, senior associate dean for diversity and inclusio  more

HASTINGS, Nebraska, Oct. 24 -- Hastings College issued the following news release: Four individuals have joined the Hastings College Board of Trustees over the last year, board chair Ann Martin '77 announced last week following the board's October meeting. New members include Danette Andley '01, senior vice president and chief marketing officer for the Health Care Business Group at 3M; Jeremy Arensdorf '03, chief growth officer and executive vice president at Jefferson Consulting Group; Gary F  more

MANHATTAN, Kansas, Oct. 27 -- Kansas State University issued the following news release: Kansas State University's Center for Intercultural and Multilingual Advocacy in the College of Education has received a $3.9 million federal grant to increase the number of highly effective teachers to serve culturally and linguistically diverse students and families in six school districts in Kansas and Nebraska. The three-year grant is funded through the Supporting Effective Educator Development, or SEED  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Oct. 26 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2023: Today, Attorney General Mike Hilgers launches a major statewide action against retailers selling mislabeled and deceptive THC-containing products that present a danger to Nebraskans. "The sale of these deceptive, mislabeled, dangerous products poses a real threat of harm to Nebraskans, especially children. Today's action is a message to retailers across the state that sellin  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Oct. 25 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: Today, Attorney General Mike Hilgers joined 41 other state attorneys general in suing Meta in federal and state courts around the country. The complaints allege that the company knowingly designed and deployed harmful features on Instagram and its other social media platforms that purposefully addict children and teens. At the same time, Meta falsely assured the public that these features are  more

NORFOLK, Nebraska, Oct. 27 -- Northeast Community College issued the following news release: The Lower Elkhorn Natural Resources District has provided funds to the Northeast Community College Urban Farm, which eventually should help to provide fruit for hungry students or others in need in the community. Northeast applied for a grant that enabled it to be awarded $4,298 for reimbursement for some of the trees that were planted in the college's Urban Farm. Anthony Wisnieski, LENRD treasurer, s  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Oct. 27 -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: The University of Nebraska's Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute has received a $19 million federal grant to coordinate a global network of partner organizations to achieve sustainable irrigation and agricultural mechanization by small farmers in developing countries -- a goal crucial to meeting the world's growing food demand. The world's population is heading toward a projected 10  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: * * * Norfolk, known for its forward thinking on waste management and energy issues, has an important opportunity to achieve significant cost savings and reduced landfill use by integrating its solid waste and energy systems, Husker students conclude in a new report. * * * Through a process known as pyrolysis, Norfolk could convert solid waste into syngas to be used to generate  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Oct. 26 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: * * * Norfolk, known for its forward thinking on waste management and energy issues, has an important opportunity to achieve significant cost savings and reduced landfill use by integrating its solid waste and energy systems, Husker students conclude in a new report. * * * Through a process known as pyrolysis, Norfolk could convert solid waste into syngas to be used to generate  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Oct. 24 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: * * * Study rules out ties to Incan rituals, indicates mice ascended on own They were the summits of 20,000-foot volcanoes. Amid the driest desert on Earth. Where temperatures never breached freezing, where less than half of sea-level oxygen quenched lungs, where gale-force winds scoured the hardscrabble rocks littering the peaks. * * * So when archaeologists first reported st  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Oct. 24 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: * * * Why would someone decide to give their money to help a stranger bring a creative project to life? * * * Research published by Andre Maciel in the Journal of Consumer Research found that backers of crowdfunding projects participate in part because of a sense of indirect success and the feeling they contributed to something bigger. Crowdfunding, a way of raising money for   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: * * * Why would someone decide to give their money to help a stranger bring a creative project to life? * * * Research published by Andre Maciel in the Journal of Consumer Research found that backers of crowdfunding projects participate in part because of a sense of indirect success and the feeling they contributed to something bigger. Crowdfunding, a way of raising money for   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Oct. 24 -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo will present the annual Claire M. Hubbard First Peoples of the Plains Lecture at 5 p.m. Nov. 9 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts' Johnny Carson Theater. The event is presented by the University of Nebraska State Museum and the Lied Center. Harjo will read an excerpt of her poetry and then participate in a question-and-answer session with the audience. The  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Oct. 25 -- The University of Nebraska Medical Center issued the following news release: Faculty from the UNMC Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, iEXCEL staff and technology from the Davis Global Center are contributing to the development of breakthroughs using Artificial Intelligence (AI), computational Simulations (S) and Extended Reality (ER). The novel use of these technologies in concert creates not just an acronym, but the first demonstration of a new concept, AISER. AI  more