University of Nebraska Omaha News

Grace University , a 70-year-old Christian college in South Omaha, is adding more academic and sports programs in an effort to attract more students.

Mayor Jim Suttle, with City Planning Director Rick Cunningham, says he leaves behind two legacies from his term: fiscal stability from making tough - and unpopular - tax decisions, and protection from the flood of 2011.

Writing mentor Todd Robinson, center, meets with Dr. Amol Patil, left, a pulmonologist, and Andrew Jameton, an ethicist and philosopher, during one of their sessions in the Seven Doctors Project at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

On Tuesday, the first day of final exams, faculty and staff will bring their pets to campus for some informal pet therapy.

A few decades ago, Rebecca Barrientos-Patlan was a lot like school board member Sarah Brumfield is today: starting her family and seeking ways to get more involved in her community and her children's education.

The University of Nebraska at Omaha announced the addition of 10 men's soccer players for next season, including three from Nebraska.

Researchers recently tested e-cigarette aerosols and found traces of silver, iron, aluminum, tin, chromium and nickel, many of which can contribute to respiratory disease.

Taylor Korensky is shown in the IT Innovation lab at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

School officials announced the decision early Saturday, just hours before the event at Memorial Stadium was set to begin.

Investor Warren Buffett waves to the audience before an interview at University of Nebraska-Omaha's College of Business Administration.

The Omaha Jaycees and Village Pointe shopping center have announced the 2013 Ten Outstanding Young Omaha Teens.

Before the crowds pack into the Century Link Center Saturday, thousands hoping to glean a piece of financial knowledge will stop off at Borsheims.

Six years after Omaha absorbed Elkhorn, the annexation looms over a race between two City Council candidates with a debate over improving basic city services in the community.

Billionaire Warren Buffett says a key part of why he is optimistic about the nation's economic future is that America has begun to unleash the potential of women.

According to a recent Gallup poll, 56 percent of Americans say they want to lose weight, including 18 percent who want to lose "a lot" of weight.

Elizabeth Mulkerrin, Ed.D., Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium's director of education, was honored with the Promising Professional Award at the University of Nebraska at Omaha College of Education's 25th annual Hollie Bethel Distinguished Alumni Luncheon.

While one college campus in Iowa is limiting the sale of bottled water, University of Nebraska campuses and Creighton University say they aren't ready to go down that road yet.

Iowa State University architecture professor Thomas Leslie, winner of a 2013 Rome Prize, will spend six months in the Italian city studying the postwar architecture of Pier Luigi Nervi.

The $7.5 million renovation will enable the institute to move its research to new levels, particularly with national security-related projects and sustainable construction methods.

Federal investigators are trying to determine why a small plane crashed in northeast Nebraska this weekend, killing both people aboard.