November 23, 2007

U. of Nebraska Hires Expert for New Space-Law Program; Ombudswoman at U. of North Texas Will Serve More Employees; Professor Is Elected President of Slovenia

By PAULA WASLEY and AUDREY WILLIAMS JUNE

TORTS IN SPACE: The University of Nebraska at Lincoln's College of Law will soon offer a degree program that's out of this world.

The university recently hired Frans G. von der Dunk, a space-law expert at Leiden University, in the Netherlands, to teach the space component of its newly launched program in space and telecommunications law.

The new master's-degree program, created to capitalize on the university's proximity to U.S. Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base, will