LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 15 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news: By Leslie Reed, University Communication and Marketing Adam Houston, professor of Earth and atmospheric sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, like many moviegoers and weather buffs, is eagerly awaiting the July 19 premiere of "Twisters," the tornado-chasing blockbuster movie. Houston, who studies tornadoes and supercell thunderstorms, has made a career as a real-life storm cha  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 24 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news: The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has awarded stipends to 114 Husker undergraduates to participate in research with a faculty mentor this summer. Nebraska's Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experiences Program supports undergraduates to work with faculty mentors in research or creative activities. Students receive stipends of $2,640 to engage in intensive research or creat  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 26 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: Attorney General Hilgers announces the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri issued a preliminary injunction in Arkansas v. U.S. Department of Education halting the implementation of the Biden Administration's new rule interpreting Title IX. "We are grateful for this ruling. It is a win for girls and women in preserving Title IX's tradition of protecting their pri  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, July 27 -- Creighton University issued the following news: Positively impacting patients is at the heart of health informatics. The multidisciplinary field uses health data analytics to drive innovation, improve communication and develop insights to improve human health and the delivery of healthcare services. Understanding healthcare information--and how to effectively and ethically use it--are becoming increasingly important across many occupations: A clinician who wants to  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on July 24, 2024: As congressional lawmakers try to push a vote this week on a bipartisan bill that guarantees the right to IVF, here's a reminder that Don Bacon has refused to sign on to this legislation and repeatedly threatened IVF access for Nebraska families. He co-sponsored the Life at Conception Act three times - a total national abortion ban with no exceptions for rape, incest, or t  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 26 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following statement on July 25, 2024: * * * Gov. Kim Reynolds today issued the following statement after a federal judge has blocked changes to Title IX rules issued by the Biden-Harris administration to change the definition of "sex" to "gender identity" which would allow access to bathrooms and locker rooms based on gender identification. Iowa joined the states of Missouri, Arkansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota i  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 24 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release on July 22, 2024: Ahead of this week's special session aimed at addressing Nebraska's escalating property tax crisis, Governor Jim Pillen is issuing a 'statement of principles' as to how he will approach the debate on reforming Nebraska's imbalanced sales tax exemptions. "This legislative process depends on everyone bringing their good faith ideas for the purpose of producing property tax reform for al  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 26 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Governor Jim Pillen has announced an interim appointment for director of the Nebraska State Historical Society. Cindy Drake will oversee the agency starting on July 25. She has served as a librarian with the Historical Society for 45 years. "Cindy is the right person to fill this role as someone who has vast expertise and objectivity in preserving Nebraska's history," said Gov. Pillen. "She is a publi  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 24 -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news: By Kelcey Buck, Education and Human Sciences Louise Schindler, a teacher who spent 48 years leading the special education program for the Educational Service Unit 8 Learning Center in Clearwater, Nebraska, has been selected as the recipient of the 2024 Christa McAuliffe Prize for Courage and Excellence in Education. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's College of Education and Human Sciences pre  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 24 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news: By Geitner Simmons, IANR Media Just as hungry hordes of grasshoppers threatened fields during Nebraska's pioneer era, certain mites and aphids these days pose a significant threat by transmitting viruses to cereal crops. Many gaps remain in the scientific understanding of that transmission, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in recent years has taken major steps to pioneer research o  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 23 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release on July 22, 2024: On Monday, Attorney General Mike Hilgers led a coalition of eleven States in submitting a public comment letter opposing the Biden Administration's proposal to reschedule marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III on the federal Controlled Substances Act. The comment letter was submitted in response to the Department of Justice's Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) regardi  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 24 -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news: By Troy Fedderson, University Communication and Marketing The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is leading a project to create a statewide network to support youth experiencing or threatened by homelessness. Funded by a $1.3 million Youth Homelessness System improvement grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the project will link partner organizations statewide, create sys  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news: By Deann Gayman, University Communication and Marketing When trying to understand the present, it's helpful to look to history. New research from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln examined the fossil record going back 66 million years and tracked changes to mammalian ecosystems and species diversity on the North American continent. The study, led by Alex Shupinski, who earned her doct  more