LINCOLN, Nebraska, Oct. 3 -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news: * * * The winner of the 2024 Raz-Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry is Gbenga Adesina for "Death Does Not End at the Sea." * * * The winning title was chosen by guest judges Joseph Millar and Hilda Raz with Kwame Dawes, Glenna Luschei Editor-in-Chief of Prairie Schooner. Adesina will receive a $3,000 award and publication by the University of Nebraska Press. "This extraordinary collection, permeat  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Oct. 4 -- Baird Holm, a law firm, issued the following news: We are proud to announce that Baird Holm has achieved Mansfield Certification Plus for 2023-2024! Mansfield is a year-long, structured certification process that helps ensure all talent at our firm has a fair and equal opportunity to advance into leadership. Since joining Mansfield in 2022, Baird Holm has been working hard to increase the transparency and accessibility of the firm's advancement process, and to furthe  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Oct. 2 (TNSres) -- Creighton University issued the following news: Creighton is known for its academic excellence, cutting-edge research and Jesuit values. But if you conducted a purely unscientific survey, "family" and "community" are two words that would also surface. Repeatedly. So, when the National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded Peter Steyger, PhD, professor of biomedical sciences and director of the Dr. Richard J. Bellucci Translational Hearing Center, a $1 million r  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2024: The Farm Bill is expiring today after Don Bacon left Washington for the next month to prioritize his campaign. Bacon should have passed a new five year Farm Bill a year ago - instead, he let it expire for nearly 50 days last year and has failed to pass a new one yet again. Over the last two years, Bacon has done nothing to pass a new five year Farm Bill, putting 44,000 far  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on Oct. 1, 2024: Two years ago, Don Bacon sided with his party to vote against the Inflation Reduction Act and the expansion of the ACA subsidies that kept health care costs down. If Bacon and his party had their way, they would let these subsidies expire and raise health care costs on an estimated 34,000 people in Nebraska's Second Congressional District. Without the ACA subsidies, enrolle  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- House Majority PAC, an organization that says it focuses on electing Democrats to the House of Representatives, issued the following news release: House Majority PAC is placing nearly $14.5 million in additional television, radio, and digital reservations to run in the finals weeks of the 2024 election cycle. This comes after an initial $186 million in April, $24 million in reservations in July, and $4.5 million in reservations in September. The additional digital reserva  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Oct. 3 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release on Oct. 2, 2024: Hall County Attorney Marty Klein and Attorney General Mike Hilgers announced the filing of new criminal charges today in Hall County, part of an effort to protect the integrity of Nebraska's ballot initiative process. Those charges are a product of the ongoing investigation into fraudulent signatures found on petition pages submitted in support of the Nebraska Medical Cannabis   more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Oct. 2 -- Baird Holm, a law firm, issued the following news: Baird Holm is pleased to announce that Partner Jennifer Tricker has been selected to serve on the 2024-25 USLAW NETWORK Board of Directors as Vice Chair. Previously, she held the role of Secretary/Treasurer for the 2023-24 term. Jennifer's experience and commitment to advancing legal excellence will be invaluable in her new role as she collaborates with fellow board members to support USLAW's core beliefs that center  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Oct. 2 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news: After examining local, state and national databases, University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers have concluded that expanding and enhancing supports for Nebraska's families is vital to ensure the "good life" for all the state's residents. The team's analysis found Nebraska families becoming more diverse and complex, due largely to changes in the demographic makeup of the state's population in recent dec  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Oct. 4 -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news: By Leslie Reed, University Communication and Marketing Aided by a $2.4 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency, a team of University of Nebraska-Lincoln engineers and scientists is leading a multi-state effort to assess the potential threat to human health from antimicrobial-resistant pathogens spread via wastewater and agricultural runoff. "Traditionally and for good reason, public health expe  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Oct. 4 -- The University of Nebraska Medical Center issued the following news release: SCOTTSBLUFF, Nebraska - During a recent visit to Scottsbluff, UNMC Interim Chancellor Dele Davies, MD, signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) that will provide eligible students with guaranteed admission to the UNMC College of Nursing - West Nebraska Division. In two signing ceremonies on Oct. 2, Dr. Davies and UNMC College of Nursing Dean Lepaine Sharp-McHenry, DNP, met with President G  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Oct. 3 -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news: * * * Growing up in Lincoln surrounded by a family of Huskers, attending the University of Nebraska-Lincoln seemed like the natural choice for Carrie Wehrman, a senior child, youth and family studies major. * * * While being a Husker fits her like a glove, it turns out, so does being an entrepreneur. Wehrman gained attention for her unique creation -- corn gloves -- and recently launched a website to sell th  more