University of Nebraska Public Policy Center


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News and Events

2012 LOSS Conference to be held in Nebraska

The 2012 LOSS (Local Outreach to Suicide Survivors) Conference will be held May 31 - June 1, 2012 in Lincoln, Nebraska.  Dr. Frank Campbell, a leading expert in Suicidology along with other experts, will share the lessons learned in years of helping survivors of suicide, how sudden traumatic loss impacts survivors and grief through the different developmental stages.

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Republican River Basin Water Sustainability Task Force Facilitation

The PPC will be facilitating meetings of the 26 member Republican River Basin Sustainability Task Force, preparing the first drafts of the required reports on behalf of the task force, and otherwise generally assist the task force as needed. The purposes of the task force as established by LB 1057 (2010), are to define water sustainability, develop and recommend a plan to reach water sustainability in the basin, and develop and recommend a plan to help avoid a water shortage in the basin. The task force is to produce a preliminary report to the Governor and Legislature on or before May 15, 2011 and a final report on or before May 15, 2012.

Key Partners
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, College of Law
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, National Drought Mitigation Center

Funding
Nebraska Department of Natural Resources

In The News
Public Policy Center to facilitate Republican River task force. (2010-09-14). Offce of University Communications.

Lead Contact:
Name: Alan Tomkins
E-mail: atomkins@nebraska.edu
Phone: (402) 472-5688


Staff Researchers:

Name: Tarik Abdel-Monem
E-mail: tabdelmonem@nebraska.edu
Phone: (402) 472-3147

Name: Anthony Schutz
E-mail: aschutz2@unl.edu
Phone: 402 472-1248

Name: Nicole Wall
E-mail: nwall2@unl.edu
Phone: 402 472-6776