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Regents pass resolution regarding Fair petition
Scott Stewart
Issue date: 6/17/08 Section: News
LINCOLN - The University of Nebraska took a public stand against a petition effort to repeal Legislative Bill 1116, which allows for the Nebraska State Fair to move from the Nebraska State Fairgrounds in Lancaster County.
LB 1116 is anticipated to move the State Fair to Grand Island, allowing the current Nebraska State Fairgrounds to be purchased by the university. UNL intends to build "Innovation Campus," a public-private research and development campus that encourages private businesses to work with university research faculty on the site.
On Friday, the Board of Regents unanimously passed a resolution calling on Nebraskans to not sign a petition being circulated by FairVoteNebraska.com, which is trying to gather about 600,000 signatures by July 16 to put the referendum on the ballot this November. There was no discussion of the resolution at the meeting.
The full text of the resolution is available on the Gateway's Web site, unogateway.com.
In other business, the Board of Regents:
- Established a new charter for the Peter Kiewit Institute on UNO's Pacific Street campus, updating the institute's mission and establishing a new position of chief director and chief science officer, who report directly to Milliken;
- Approved the fiscal year 2008-09 operating budget and fiscal years 2009-10 and 2010-11 biennial operating budget request;
- OK'd the naming of the new College of Administration Building on UNO's Pacific Street campus, scheduled to open in fall 2010, as "Mammel Hall," in commemoration of Carl and Joyce Mammel's support of UNO;
- Met in closed session to discuss mediation in University of Nebraska v. BASF Corp., a lawsuit focused on a 1993 agreement between the university and BASF Corp. regarding intellectual property rights with respect to research on crops resistant to a herbicide, according to legal documents obtained by a LexisNexis search. The university sued BASF Corp. claiming ownership of the know-how, inventions and patents stemming from the research performed by university personnel under the agreement.
LB 1116 is anticipated to move the State Fair to Grand Island, allowing the current Nebraska State Fairgrounds to be purchased by the university. UNL intends to build "Innovation Campus," a public-private research and development campus that encourages private businesses to work with university research faculty on the site.
On Friday, the Board of Regents unanimously passed a resolution calling on Nebraskans to not sign a petition being circulated by FairVoteNebraska.com, which is trying to gather about 600,000 signatures by July 16 to put the referendum on the ballot this November. There was no discussion of the resolution at the meeting.
The full text of the resolution is available on the Gateway's Web site, unogateway.com.
In other business, the Board of Regents:
- Established a new charter for the Peter Kiewit Institute on UNO's Pacific Street campus, updating the institute's mission and establishing a new position of chief director and chief science officer, who report directly to Milliken;
- Approved the fiscal year 2008-09 operating budget and fiscal years 2009-10 and 2010-11 biennial operating budget request;
- OK'd the naming of the new College of Administration Building on UNO's Pacific Street campus, scheduled to open in fall 2010, as "Mammel Hall," in commemoration of Carl and Joyce Mammel's support of UNO;
- Met in closed session to discuss mediation in University of Nebraska v. BASF Corp., a lawsuit focused on a 1993 agreement between the university and BASF Corp. regarding intellectual property rights with respect to research on crops resistant to a herbicide, according to legal documents obtained by a LexisNexis search. The university sued BASF Corp. claiming ownership of the know-how, inventions and patents stemming from the research performed by university personnel under the agreement.
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