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June 18, 2013NU | UNL | UNMC | UNO | UNK | IANR 

News and Events

PPC Graduate Student Appointed to Fellowship Program

Joseph Hamm, a Public Policy Center Graduate research assistant and doctoral student in psychology and law, was one of eight UNL students to be appointed to the Center for Great Plains Studies 2013 Graduate Fellows Program.

According to the press release the program "provides a place for select graduate students to work, meet, obtain support, learn from fellow students, engage with Center faculty and staff, benefit from the center's resources and progress in their studies."

Water and Community Development Project

The purpose of this project was to assist rural communities in complying with changes in permissible levels of arsenic in public drinking water supplies and to explore joint community opportunities in doing so. The Public Policy Center helped to coordinate efforts between stakeholders, allowing experts in many areas to discuss related issues and advise rural communities.

Key Partners
Great Plains RC & D; Groundwater Foundation; Midwest Assistance Program; Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality; Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services; NET-Radio; Upper Big Blue Natural Resources District; USDA Rural Development; University of Nebraska-Lincoln Water Research Initiative; University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension; University of Nebraska Rural Initiative; University of Nebraska at Kearney Department of Political Science; University of Nebraska-Lincoln Arsenic Information System; University of Nebraska Civil Engineering Department; University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Sociology

Funding
W.K. Kellogg Foundation as part of the NN21 grant to University of Nebraska-Lincoln

In The News
Public Policy Center Works With Communities For Development and Safe Drinking Water. (2006-01-01). Water Current Vol 38 No 1, University of Nebraska Water Center.
Development Projects Spawn New Effort Involving Osceola. (2005-05-19). Polk County News.
Hartington Woman Is Voice for Ag. (2005-03-31). Norfolk Daily News.
Cities Speak Out on Water. (2005-03-28). Omaha World Herald.
Peter Gleick Headlines Water Conference in April. (2005-03-03). Scarlet.
Shelby and Stromsburg Water Task Force Group Meets for Second Round of Meetings. (2005-01-20). The Polk County News.
Shelby, Strombsburg Resisdents Participate in Community Input Meeting. (2005-01-20). The Polk County News.
Arsenic and Old Wells. Nebraska Towns Looking at Estimated Cost of $120 Million to Make Drinking Water Safe. (2004-01-01). Lincoln Journal Star.

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


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