OMAHA, Nebraska, April 30 -- Creighton University issued the following news: Nicholas Kristof, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, columnist and humanitarian, has been announced as Creighton University's undergraduate commencement speaker for the Class of 2024 by Creighton President the Rev. Daniel S. Hendrickson, SJ, PhD. "A New York Times bestselling author with nearly 40 years of journalistic experience, Kristof has brought attention to injustice and has walked alongside those who live at   more

HASTINGS, Nebraska, April 30 -- Hastings College issued the following news: Several Hastings College students have been inducted into honoraries this academic year. Groups and students who were inducted are included below. Alpha Chi, a national collegiate all-discipline academic honor society intended to promote academic excellence and exemplary character among college and university students, inducted five students. The organization accepts only students who place in the top 10 percent of the  more

HASTINGS, Nebraska, April 30 -- Hastings College issued the following news: The third thesis gallery show of the year is open now through May 11. It features the work of Kylie Ketelsen of Omaha, Nebraska; Evelyn Holmstedt of Omaha; Mary Baum of McCook Nebraska; Sloan Harper-Marcel of Omaha; Jake Torres of Cozad, Nebraska; Allison Peyton of Fremont, Nebraska; and Emily McDowell of Papillion, Nebraska. A lecture for the exhibition is Sunday, May 5, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the Wilson Center Aud  more

SYRACUSE, New York, May 3 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: Heather Stauffer Heather E. Stauffer recently joined Syracuse University Press (SU Press) as the new editor-in-chief. Prior to that, Stauffer was a legal writer at Brown Immigration Law and spent a dozen years at University of Nebraska Press, progressing in her career from intern to acquisitions editor. Stauffer received two master's degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in both English and History, as well a  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 1 -- Nationwide Mutual Insurance issued the following news: By Bethany Eippert The City of Lincoln, Nebraska, announced that Nationwide Retirement Solutions will now provide recordkeeping and education services for its 457(b) and 414(h) deferred retirement contribution plans. The plans have more than $380 million in assets under management and approximately 1,955 plan participants. For the past 20 years, Nationwide has worked closely with the City of Lincoln to provide 457  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 3 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: Attorney General Mike Hilgers joined a coalition of 21 states in a lawsuit opposing an ATF rule that would prevent law-abiding Americans from privately selling firearms. The rule seeks to require a federal firearms dealer license for every individual who sells a firearm for anything the ATF sees as a profit, including currency, exchange of another firearm, or a service. It could make a felon   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 4 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on May 3, 2024: At the request of Governor Jim Pillen, President Joe Biden granted a major disaster declaration for the state, triggering the release of federal funds to help Nebraska residents and communities recover from severe storms, straight line winds and tornadoes that occurred April 25-27. The action comes just one day following Gov. Pillen's request for federal assistance to help those who were i  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, May 1 -- The University of Nebraska Medical Center issued the following news release: The University of Nebraska Medical Center will honor three individuals with special awards at its May 4 Omaha commencement at 9 a.m. at Baxter Arena. Barry Gold, PhD, emeritus professor and former chair of pharmaceutical sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, will receive an Honorary Doctorate of Science for achievement in the advancement of science and service in the health sciences field  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, April 30 (TNSres) -- Union Pacific issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: Union Pacific Railroad today released its annual Building America Report, highlighting progress on key goals, including safety and sustainability, as well as the development and testing of a new cutting-edge hybrid battery-electric locomotive. "The Building America Report is a comprehensive reflection on our daily drive toward operational excellence, our ongoing commitment to providing the   more

OMAHA, Nebraska, May 4 -- Union Pacific issued the following news release on May 3, 2024: Union Pacific Railroad announced today that it is offering a new domestic intermodal service that will cut transit time down to three days for customers transporting goods from Southern California to the Chicago area. The new service, which began April 28, will run daily from Union Pacific's intermodal terminal at the City of Industry in California to Global 2 in Northlake, Illinois, located near the hear  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 30 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: Access to naloxone -- a life-saving medication known by its brand name Narcan -- continues to grow across Nebraska through the Stop Overdose Nebraska program, but many of the state's residents still do not know how to acquire or use it. Naloxone can quickly reverse an opioid drug overdose by blocking opiate receptors in the brain, and wide access to the medication has saved coun  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 30 -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: After several years in storage for safekeeping, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Eloise Kruger Collection of Miniature Furnishings and Decorative Arts is going back on view in a new gallery. The new gallery is on the eighth floor of Oldfather Hall. Regular hours will be announced and the gallery can be viewed by appointment by contacting Linda Kohlstaedt, Kruger Collection manager, a  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 30 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: Groundwater levels in much of Nebraska continue to decline after several years of prolonged drought, according to the most recent statewide groundwater level report from the Conservation and Survey Division in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's School of Natural Resources. Of the 4,822 wells measured statewide, 85% exhibited declines from spring 2022 to spring 2023. Groundwat  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 2 -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Center for Entrepreneurship hosted the 37th annual New Venture Competition, a business plan pitch event with $65,000 in funding in prizes, on April 16 and 18. With 48 teams representing nine colleges and 44 majors at the university competing in a bracket format, Eduardo Sicilia Ayala with 2%Football took first place and a $15,000 cash prize. Sicilia Ayal  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 2 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: Plant life first emerged on land about 550 million years ago, and an international research team co-led by University of Nebraska -Lincoln computational biologist Yanbin Yin has cracked the genomic code of its humble beginnings, which made possible all other terrestrial life on Earth, including humans. The team -- about 50 scientists in eight countries - has generated the first gen  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 2 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: Five years of initial research has given the Rural Drug Addiction Research Center a strong foundation, and its next phase will focus on building partnerships with communities across Nebraska. The center, founded at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2019, received an $11,597,682 Phase 2 renewal grant from the National Institutes of Health's Centers of Biomedical Research Excelle  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 2 -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: The United States has one of the most acute civil justice gaps among western countries. Many more people need assistance with civil legal problems -- which include housing, health care, education and employment issues -- than those who receive it. One unexplained factor driving this gap is the seeming choice to not seek legal services: Recent estimates indicate that although 74% of low-inco  more

WAYNE, Nebraska, May 2 -- Wayne State College issued the following news release: * * * A new residence hall will be named after Sheila Stearns, college president from 1999 to 2003, and the Morey Hall lobby after Roberta "Mom" Welte, hall director at Morey for more than 20 years. * * * Wayne State will honor two women from its past with the naming of the College's new residence hall, due to house students for the first time in January 2025, and with the naming of the lobby of Morey Residence   more

WAYNE, Nebraska, May 1 (TNSres) -- Wayne State College issued the following news release: Wayne State College students Braxton Dalton of Raymond and J.R. Schaaf of Broken Bow have qualified to compete at the Future Business Leaders of America's (FBLA) National Leadership Conference June 24-27 in Orlando, Fla. At the FBLA State Leadership Conference in Kearney, Dalton qualified to compete in the Impromptu Speaking competition and the Foundations of Marketing event. Shaaf qualified for the Job I  more