A Scholarly Affair With a Side of Activism
The New York Times, Nov. 23, 2012
And a second nay, John J. O’Keefe, of Creighton University in Nebraska, worried that the resolution could imperil the alliance between the two scholarly organizations.
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Florida red tide toxin may help brain repair itself
Omaha World-Herald, Nov. 26, 2012
Creighton University's pharmacology chairman hopes that he and others have found a natural compound produced by a specific ocean algae that might improve the brain's ability to reorganize its circuitry.
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Women’s health now a woman’s world
Omaha World-Herald, Nov. 26, 2012
At the Creighton University School of Medicine, female med students who go into ob-gyn residencies have outnumbered males every year since 1999.
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CU prof joins task force on medical compassion
Omaha World-Herald, Nov. 25, 2012
Creighton University professor Michael Kavan has been named to a national task force to help foster compassion in health care under the Affordable Care act.
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Creighton falls in step with online degree trend
Omaha World-Herald, Nov. 26, 2012
The program, which offers a bachelor’s degree in integrated leadership studies, is Creighton’s first fully online undergraduate degree program.
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How many businesses will go over the cliff?
Cedar Valley Business Monthly, Nov. 25, 2012
Battle lines are being drawn between President Barack Obama and the Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives in a political war that should have been settled long ago. Both sides are wrong, according to Creighton University economist Ernie Goss.
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Harrah’s Council Bluffs move reflects decline of riverboat casinos
Omaha World-Herald, Nov. 25, 2012
Customers tend not to care whether their favorite slot machine is over water. Sometimes, they aren't even aware when they leave the part of the casino that's on land and step onto the riverboat. “No one goes to Ameristar because it is a riverboat casino,” said Ernie Goss, a Creighton University economist who has studied casinos.
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McDermott’s 20 Powers Creighton to Las Vegas Invitational Championship
The Huffington Post, Nov. 25, 2012
On the wings of 10 of 19 shooting from player-of-the-year candidate Doug McDermott, the Creighton University Bluejays held off the Arizona State Sun Devils Saturday night to win the 12th Annual Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational.
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Creighton volleyball clinches MVC title
Nebraska Radio Network, Nov. 17, 2012
The 23rd-ranked Creighton Volleyball team rallied from an 0-2 deficit, then survived a match point in the fifth set, to clinch its first MVC outright title on Friday night before 2,725 fans at Wichita State.
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Creighton and Indiana score upsets to secure spots in NCAA Elite Eight
Soccer by Ives, Nov. 26, 2012
Creighton survived an onslaught from Akron’s high-powered offense, with freshman goalkeeper Jeff Gal making a plethora of outstanding saves to keep Creighton in the game.
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