University of Nebraska Omaha News

SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CHUCK HAGEL: Good afternoon. I very much appreciate the opportunity this afternoon to welcome back my friend, Minister Onodera, welcome him back to the Pentagon.

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel presents Japan's Minister of Defense Itsunori Onodera a tennis outfit of the University of Nebraska at Omaha during a joint news conference after their meeting at the Pentagon on Friday.

In April, the US National Academy of Sciences elected 105 new members to its ranks.

O n July 12, Meadowdale High School senior Nathan Battern will be holding a collection day at the high school for students in the MHS guitar class who do not own or can't afford guitars.

The Czech made his NHL debut with the club during the lockout-shortened 2013 campaign, appearing in two games, after playing three years at the University of Nebraska-Omaha.

Past research has associated high levels of cortisol - known as the "stress hormone" - with increased risk of heart attack and memory loss.

The 24th annual Bank of the West Celebrates America free summer concert and fireworks show is scheduled for Friday in Memorial Park.

Nicole Dollison, who worked at Bergan Mercy Medical Center as vice president of operations and was executive director of project management for the closure and consolidation of Creighton University Medical Center, has been named COO for Manatee Memorial.

There are external barriers such as transportation and voter identification that influence how individuals vote in primary elections, but a new study found an internal barrier that may be just as influential.

Researchers from the University of Nebraska at Omaha , the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Rice University have released a study that shows hormone levels can affect voter turnout.

The school said in a news release Thursday that no data was accessed in the incident, which was discovered in early May during a routine security scan.

The building for the National Academy of Sciences was completed in 1924 as a "home of science in America".

NASA has awarded $500,000 and payload flight opportunities for research and technology development onboard the International Space Station to academic institutions across the U.S. The awards are through NASA's Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research .

Submitted photo - The Children's Chorus of Sussex County, under the direction of founder and artistic director Deborah Mello, recently participated in the East Coast premiere of "To be Certain of the Dawn" at Carnegie Hall.

Kans for Kids Fighting Cancer Foundation has announced its 2014 scholarship recipients.