University of Nebraska Omaha News

If history is any guide, the University of Nebraska system will be looking at eliminating more than 300 jobs to handle budget cuts being proposed by Gov.

A lawyer who worked on the case against the tobacco industry as portrayed in the movie "The Insider" will speak in Omaha following a screening of the movie.

Payne, Clooney are talking, but no deal yet Alexander Payne and George Clooney: a cinematic match made in heaven? Well, maybe.

Officials with the University of Nebraska at Omaha are looking for submissions of items to include in the school's centennial time capsule.

A researcher with the Environmental Protection Agency will talk about education during a lecture at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

The University of Nebraska at Omaha will be collecting items from now through Jan.

Get on the health overhaul bandwagon, or don't count on our help in your re-election. That's the hardball message liberal groups are hurling at moderate Democratic senators in a battle that is dividing their party.

In his newly appointed position as director of student programs, R. Darrell Peterson said he is looking to lead his department in creating more student leadership positions on campus and in being an advocate for students against policies that may hinder their programming and events.

The University of Nebraska at Omaha has been awarded a $194,000 federal grant to increase student and faculty exchanges between its College of Information Science and Technology and schools in Wisconsin, Austria and Germany.

The great 18th-century Austrian composer Franz Joseph Haydn composed 104 symphonies during his long career.

A Ho-Chunk Inc. manager will speak as part of the University of Nebraska at Omaha's alumni lecture series.

The play nobody knew turned out to be a midwinter night's dream of a comedy. That's the word from Omaha Community Playhouse guest director Amy Lane, guest lighting designer Jane Spencer and most of the show's six cast members.

It's a concern to all of us --- parents aging as well as the baby boomers reaching retirement age.

The University of Nebraska at Omaha will be the site of a forum next Wednesday to discuss the legalization of marijuana.

An expert on the Middle East is scheduled to speak in Grand Island about U.S. policy regarding the Muslim world.

New figures suggest that people in an increasing number of states want to move to Nebraska.

Tom Warren sees no mere coincidence between a 5 percent drop in violent crime so far this year and these factors: the growth of outreach events; improved community-police collaboration; and the summer employment of more than 500 youths, most from northeast Omaha.

Rebuilding Together Omaha is now accepting applications from low-income people older than 62 and low-income permanently disabled homeowners of any age living east of 52nd Street who need repairs to their homes.

Instead of sleeping in over fall break, more than 100 University of Nebraska-Omaha students stepped up and helped the community.

Two Nebraska schools are listed among the top 25 colleges that make good neighbors.