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University of Nebraska regents remove diversity references from policies, bylaws

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University of Nebraska regents remove diversity references from policies, bylaws

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• Apr 11, 2025
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OMAHA — The University of Nebraska Board of Regents on Friday removed references to race and diversity in its policies and bylaws in an effort to comply with a directive issued by the Trump administration earlier this year.

A University of Nebraska Board of Regents meeting at University of Nebraska-Omaha's campus in Omaha on Friday.

MEGAN NIELSEN, OMAHA WORLD-HERALD

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Regent Elizabeth O'Connor during a University of Nebraska Board of Regents meeting at University of Nebraska-Omaha's campus in Omaha on Friday.

MEGAN NIELSEN, OMAHA WORLD-HERALD

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Student Regent Elizabeth Herbin during a University of Nebraska Board of Regents meeting at University of Nebraska-Omaha's campus in Omaha on Friday.

MEGAN NIELSEN, OMAHA WORLD-HERALD

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Regent Jim Scheer during a University of Nebraska Board of Regents meeting at University of Nebraska-Omaha's campus in Omaha on Friday.

MEGAN NIELSEN, OMAHA WORLD-HERALD

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Regent Paul Kenney greets Bri Hoffman after her son Jack Hoffman was recognized during a University of Nebraska Board of Regents meeting at University of Nebraska-Omaha's campus in Omaha on Friday. Jack Hoffman, the namesake of the Team Jack Foundation and a pre-law student at the University of Nebraska-Kearney, died in January after a 14-year battle with brain cancer.

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The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Architectural Hall, seen here in July 1987 following a $4.38 million renovation, is the university's oldest building. It originally housed UNL's library and art gallery and served as headquarters for the Nebraska State Historical Society.

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Louise Pound Hall previously housed the College of Business Administration. It opened in 1919 and was renovated in 2018.

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The Temple Building, at 12th and R streets, is home to the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film. It was completed in 1908 and renovated in the 1970s.

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Morrill Hall is home to the State Museum of Natural History on the UNL City Campus. 

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Pound (left) and Cather dormitories were known as the Twin Towers when they opened in 1963. Closed in recent years, the dorms were imploded in 2017.

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When the new Teachers’ College Building was constructed at the very eastern edge of the University of Nebraska it also contained the old Temple High School, whose name was then changed to Teachers’ High School. Today the building is extant and connected to the Administration Building to its south across the street west from the Student Union.

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The extant physics building on the University of Nebraska campus opened in 1906 and was dedicated to Professor DeWitt Brace though he died the year before it opened.

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The original cast-iron “Physical Laboratory” sign at Brace Hall was uncovered by construction crews and incorporated into the renovation design by architects Leo A Daly.

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The the old University of Nebraska astronomical observatory is shown about 1910 when it was located just west of today’s physics building on the UNL campus; it was allowed $500 for construction by the Board of Regents. A few years later, a new observatory was built south of Brace Laboratory, first proposed to cost $12,500 and later estimated to be double that, still far from a vast amount.

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Construction on Architecture Hall, originally built as a library for $110,000, started in 1892. It was renovated for $4.3 million in the mid-1980s.

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Construction underway in January 1986 renovating and linking UNL's former law building (left) and Architectural Hall.

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UNL demolish the Cather and Pound residence halls in 2017.

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Banners tream down through the atrium gathering place which unites UNL's Architecture Hall and Architecture Hall West, the former law college building, in this November 1987 photo.

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Reach the writer at 402-473-7120 or cdunker@journalstar.com.

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A University of Nebraska Board of Regents meeting at University of Nebraska-Omaha's campus in Omaha on Friday.

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Regent Paul Kenney greets Bri Hoffman after her son Jack Hoffman was recognized during a University of Nebraska Board of Regents meeting at University of Nebraska-Omaha's campus in Omaha on Friday. Jack Hoffman, the namesake of the Team Jack Foundation and a pre-law student at the University of Nebraska-Kearney, died in January after a 14-year battle with brain cancer.

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