By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – The University of Nebraska at Kearney is hosting a new conference dedicated to LGBTQ issues. The LGBTQ Research and Community Symposium, scheduled for April 18 in the Nebraskan Student Union Ponderosa Room, will bring national experts, UNK faculty, staff and students and community members together to discuss a variety of topics impacting LGBTQ individuals, with an emphasis on mental health and public … [Read more...] about UNK symposium brings national experts dedicated to LGBTQ mental health, public policy issues
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‘Nebraska-Centric’ Economics: Passion for home state brings Dority back to Kearney
By KIM HACHIYA Bree Dority was a college sophomore when she realized a class was speaking to her way of thinking. That class, introductory economics, often is dreaded by business majors. Marketing, accounting or finance seem more “real world.” Economics has a reputation as being the “dismal science,” dreary and boring. But Dority clearly remembers her epiphany during principles of microeconomics that “this is exactly how I think about making choices. This makes so much … [Read more...] about ‘Nebraska-Centric’ Economics: Passion for home state brings Dority back to Kearney