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A still image from Salt Lake City Police Department body camera footage from September 2020. The person in the image, a 13-year-old boy with autism who police believed might have been armed, would be shot moments later. The boy was unarmed.
This is the first story in the Mountain West News Bureau series Elevated Risk, a project powered by America Amplified, a public radio initiative.
Last summer, parks and streets across the country filled with the sound of violins. They were played by people protesting the death of 23-year-old violinist Elijah McClain. The young black man was walking home from a convenience store in Aurora, Colo. when he was stopped by the police after someone called saying he looked sketchy.
Cathy Lang, J.D., is assistant dean of the UNO College of Business Administration (CBA) and state director of the Nebraska Business Development Center (NBDC) housed at UNO.
About the #NUforNE Series: This article is part of the University of Nebraska s #NUforNE series. #NUforNE features students, faculty, staff and alumni from across the University who are making an impact on Nebraska.
Helping Small Businesses Grow: Cathy Lang, J.D.
Have you had your hair cut lately? Taken your dog to the vet? Gotten your car repaired? Whether we’re conscious of it or not, we interact almost daily with small businesses.
The 2021 Academic Advisor of the Year online nomination form is now open.
This is a wonderful opportunity to recognize advising leaders on our campus. The winner will be recognized at the SAC banquet in Spring 2021.
About the Award
The award recognizes professional academic advisors for their exceptional service to students, their colleagues and/or the university. Candidates will be evaluated on their contribution and service, advocacy and collaboration, and initiative and attitude. Nominees must be employed as professional/managerial staff at UNO for at least one year with primary responsibility dedicated to academic advising of undergraduate students.
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By Millicent Borges Accardi
Raised in Los Banos, California, Portuguese-American writer Sam Pereira has published six books, most recently,
True North and Untrue You (Nine Mile 2020), a poetry collection which David St John (author of
The Last Troubadour: New and Selected Poems) states is “uniquely American. . . as if Lenny Bruce had written songs with Tom Waits.” Diniz Borges, director of the Portuguese Beyond Borders Institute at California State University, Fresno adds that Pereira’s latest book “engages, surprises and liberates.”
Besides the six collections of poetry, Pereira’s work has also appeared in several anthologies of contemporary American poetry, among them: