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Zempleni’s research shows payoff of Legislature’s tobacco settlement investment
Initial investment from tobacco settlement funding: $1.26 million Research portfolio: $30 million Return on investment: 24 to 1 Janos Zempleni has spent more than two decades studying how nutrition changes the [...]
2026 Legislative Priorities
It feels a bit like déjà vu as we are once again fighting to save biomedical research funding in the Nebraska Legislature. This time, the governor has proposed cutting all $15 million in biomedical research dollars [...]
From First Words to Brighter Futures
Initial investment from tobacco settlement funding: $250,000 Current portfolio: $3 million (two multi-year NIH awards) Return on investment: 11 to 1 Every parent looks forward to their baby’s first word. Before long, [...]
Woman in STEM: Dr. Tala Awada
Nebraska Women in STEM talked to UNL’s Dr. Tala Awada about mentoring in academic leadership. Dr. Tala Awada has been teaching at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for 26 years and currently serves in the Associate [...]
Meet Dr. Surinder Batra & His Work Detecting Cancer
Investment from tobacco settlement funding: $3.7 million (since 2002)Total portfolio through FY24: $41.1 millionReturn on investment: 10 to 1 For more than three decades, Surinder Batra, PhD, has built a research program at [...]
Proposed Cuts to Biomedical Research Threaten Nebraska’s Health and Economic Future
Statement from Nebraska Cures on Governor Pillen's proposed budget adjustments: Today, the governor proposed budget adjustments that include eliminating the state’s $15 million investment in biomedical research. At a time when our state faces real [...]
Leaders celebrate 25th anniversary of Health Care Cash Fund
Creation of support fund has changed health care in Nebraska State, University of Nebraska, UNMC and community leaders gathered in the Nebraska Capitol in Lincoln on Jan. 9 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of [...]
Woman in STEM: Jonell Tempero
Nebraska Women in STEM talked to Jonell Tempero about career exploration and individual growth as a medical technology entrepreneur. Jonell Tempero started her career as a Physician Assistant in pediatrics. Now, she is the Managing [...]
Creighton awarded $2.3M to expand rural surgical cancer care
Creighton University School of Medicine has received a $2,388,300 award through Nebraska’s LB595 program to launch a groundbreaking six-year initiative aimed at improving access to surgical cancer care in rural communities. The program, titled Developing a Research [...]
NSRI launches study of emergent technologies to help protect warfighters from gamma radiation
The National Strategic Research Institute (NSRI) at the University of Nebraska has launched a study for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of War for Nuclear Deterrence, Chemical, and Biological Defense Policy and [...]