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Regents to consider more than $550 million increase to Project Health in Omaha
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents will consider a more than $500 million increase to the cost of Project Health in Omaha due to an increase in inpatient capacity and construction costs, according to the agenda. Project Health is an initiative to construct a new teaching…
UNO study challenges predictive power of criminal charges
Researchers at the University of Nebraska at Omaha have built a new model of using a criminal charge to predict a future criminal offense. In a new study published in the journal “Criminology,” they found the risk for a reoffense drops exponentially each year after someone is…
Nebraska’s Catholic schools launch pilot program for career and technical education
Six Catholic schools in the Omaha Archdiocese will launch a multi-year pilot program next school year focused on offering students education and technical training for alternative career paths. Archbishop of Omaha Michael McGovern said Friday that the pilot program represents a…