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ACLU of Nebraska issued a report card Wednesday evaluating the dress codes of Nebraska’s 15 largest school districts — and the grades weren’t good.

Tradehome Shoes delivered 50 pair of brand new Under Armour shoes to Central Elementary for students in need on Wednesday.

The Grace Koepp Foundation has granted the playground project with the grant money.

FAFSA opens Saturday, October 1

The new UNK Online Faculty Research Fellowship program brings colleagues from across campus together to address challenges and opportunities in higher education, with a specific focus on digital and online instruction.

In his resignation letter, Blomstedt said he came to the decision after several weeks of contemplation and is taking a new professional opportunity that will begin next year.

Funded through the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, the nation’s leader in the prevention and treatment of heart, lung, blood and sleep disorders, the NIH award will support the research project through August 2025.

Students in the Rural Pathway Program will complete their first two years in UNK’s pre-nursing undergraduate program, with UNMC offering guaranteed early admission for qualified applicants.

Twenty-eight middle and high school marching bands will join the University of Nebraska at Kearney for its 63rd annual Band Day Parade.

Evan Boyd started at UNK on Aug. 1, replacing longtime Dean of the Library Janet Wilke, who retired June 30 after 15 years in that position and 34 years total at Calvin T. Ryan Library.

All applicants for admission for the 2023-24 academic year are eligible for the waiver.

In its 2023 Best College rankings, the U.S. News & World Report ranked Hastings College 14th out of nearly 90 Midwest colleges.

For the 15th consecutive year, UNK was recognized as one of the best public regional universities in the Midwest.

Grand Island Public Schools Friday said social media traffic about the futures of the Gates and Seedling Mile elementary schools was false and that the rumors were causing “collateral damage and confusion.”

The most significant drop was seen at the University of Nebraska - Kearney, which saw a 3.7 percent dip. UNL saw a 2.6 percent decrease.

Nebraska’s $25 million award will establish a Heartland Robotics Cluster. Some of the money will be used to build out robotics-related research and teaching spaces in Kiewit Hall, Scott Engineering Center and Splinter Labs.

The University of Nebraska said it is taking a lead role in a $25 million federal award that will expand robotics development and serve as an economic driver for the Cornhusker State.

Future Broncos from the Hastings area are invited to get an early start in the Hastings College community with a new Bronco Stampede program.

Local farmer Jeremy Schulte recently directed a $5,000 Bayer Fund - America’s Farmers Grow Communities donation to Kearney’s Emerson Elementary school.

Dallas Brass, one of America’s foremost musical ensembles, is coming to Hastings Sept. 12 and Sept. 13 to serve as artist in residence at Hastings Public Schools.

EducationQuest awards $138,000 in Reaching Your Potential Scholarship funds to 24 Nebraskans.

The Nebraska chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Monday asked Grand Island Northwest to restore its journalism program and school newspaper

Administrators at a Nebraska school shuttered the school’s award-winning student newspaper just days after its last edition that included articles and editorials on LGBTQ issues, leading press freedom advocates to call the move an act of censorship.

A local radio station group has dropped its public records lawsuit against Grand Island Public Schools.

In response to comments made Monday on an Omaha radio station by former U.S. Senate Candidate Matt Innis, Kearney Public Schools Tuesday issued a statement regarding controversial books about gender identity.

Nebraska delegation in Washington D.C. have responded critically to President Biden's plan to cancel $10,000 in student load debt for millions of Americans.

The district makes the move after they took notice of an attendance issue after reviewing data from the past couple of academic years.

In response to comments made Monday on an Omaha radio station by former U.S. Senate Candidate Matt Innis, Kearney Public Schools Tuesday issued a statement regarding controversial books about gender identity.

CCC Board of Governors member Diane Keller has been named as the recipient of 2022 Western Region Trustee Leadership Award by the Association of Community Colleges Trustees (ACCT).

Due to a change in guidelines, Nebraskans that qualify for SNAP now also qualify for Head Start and Early Head Start.