AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoEducation & Tech Workforce: UNL’s Raikes School of Computer Science and Management graduated 37 seniors, including Central City’s Bennett Anderson, with the program’s design-studio capstone and engineering track. University Leadership: UNK selected Megan Adkins as dean of Graduate Studies and Academic Innovation, expanding graduate, online, and AI-related initiatives. Healthcare Careers Pipeline: CAREfair Nebraska 2026 is connecting job seekers to healthcare roles across the state via NHA JobLink and multiple Nebraska locations. Cyber & Critical Infrastructure: A telecom security piece highlights how states are adding their own rules on top of federal frameworks as cyber threats to communications networks grow. Research & Facilities: UNO is pushing ahead with a $17.1M Biomechanics Research Building addition to support cardiovascular research and new materials/devices. Agriculture Tech & Water: UNL Panhandle crop water-use estimates for June 23–30 aim to guide irrigation scheduling amid drought-driven heat risk. Public Health: WHO declared the hantavirus cruise-ship outbreak over after the final exposed contact completed quarantine. Local Justice: A Grand Island man, Garrett Tadlock, received stacked 18–32 year sentences in a police enticement and child pornography case.
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