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Rohlfs seeks Ward 3 council position Lincoln Courier Wanda Lee Rohlfs, of Lincoln, has announced that she is running for a four-year seat in Ward 3 for Lincoln City Council. Rohlfs, a Republican who previously served the council, is being supported by the Citizens for Rohlfs group who released a statement Friday. “She has represented and diligently communicated to the citizens of Lincoln through her letters to the editor, her dialogue in Wanda Lee’s Talking points, and speaking at City Coun...

Vatican wants pandemic fight to be people-centered The Vatican commission on Covid-19 advocates easy availability of vaccines as a matter of justice Cardinal Peter Turkson. (Photo: Vatican News) Vatican Cardinal Peter Turkson has said that people must be at the center of efforts to counter the coronavirus pandemic. “The dignity of the human person is the one thing that you cannot compromise on,” Cardinal Turkson told the World Economic Forum’s virtual panel on poverty alleviation on J...

Researchers in New Zealand found children with self-control—the ability to contain thoughts, feelings, and behaviors—have a foundation for success in life.

UNDPs Achim Steiner: If we cannot decouple economic growth from emissions, we are doomed We need to address the cost of economic development to the environment, societies and our health when measuring human progress, says Achim Steiner of the UN Development Program. Oil spills: Good for growth, terrible for the environment DW:  Is development inherently connected with economic growth? Achim Steiner: That certainly has been the paradigm of the 20th century. Economic growth, gross domestic pro...

ARTICLE DATEARTICLE AUTHOR AUTHOR EMAIL February 01, 2021 Just over one month into 2021, political polarization and tensions in America have reached a new high. In this environment, is it possible to have constructive conversations with family, friends and neighbors on the “other side”? What is the point of even trying to have these conversations? Rachel Wahl, an associate professor at the University of Virginia’s School of Education and Human Development, studies dialogue betwe...

 E-Mail BOSTON -- More than 80% of U.S. physicians reported that people with significant disabilities have worse quality of life than nondisabled people, an attitude that may contribute to health care disparities among people with disability, according to recent research published in the February issue of Health Affairs. The first-of-its-kind study surveyed 714 practicing physicians from multiple specialties and locations across the country about their attitudes toward patients with disabilit...

February 1, 2021 KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Professor. World traveler. Journalist. Inventor. This 20th century renaissance woman may not have made it to the moon, but Dr. Merze Tates resolve to boldly blaze her own path puts her among Western Michigan Universitys brightest stars. Fueled by a thirst for knowledge and boundless ambition, she became the first Black student to receive a bachelors degree from Western State Teachers College—which would later become WMU—in 1927. But the road to get there...

Feb. 22, at 4:30 p.m., via Zoom (register) — "Being Black in Bridgerton: An Examination of Race, Colorism, and Stereotyping," hosted by the Gender Equity Center. The hit Netflix series "Bridgerton" has been praised for its casting of Black characters in the roles of English royals, nobles, aristocrats and tradespeople. However, when we examine the characters and their storylines, is such casting as progressive as it seems on the surface? Join us for clips of the series and a discussion of ra...

HIN Five new research networks totaling $3.13 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health will allow investigators to refine and test key concepts that advance the study of emotional well-being. Emotional well-being has been defined as an overall positive state of one’s emotions, life satisfaction, sense of meaning and purpose, and ability to pursue self-defined goals. The opportunity to research emotional well-being and its core components – a sense of balance in emotion, tho...

Here are virtual events happening across campus over the month. Through Feb. 28 Selma March incentive — Students can “run, walk, bike, row, elliptical or swim” 54 miles to honor the distance of the Selma marches that took place in March 1965. The event is hosted through Campus Recreation.  “Move for Your Health” — Fitness classes will be available to teach students “the importance of movement to a student’s health” as well as educating students on...