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A white paper authored by Noam Ebner, Assistant Professor at Creighton University

Increasingly, negotiation interactions are taking place through channels other than face-to-face meetings. Negotiators find themselves engaging through e-communication channels – primarily e-mail. The communication channel through which the negotiation is conducted affects the dynamics of the interaction, the degree of inter-party trust and cooperation, the information shared and the outcome. Read More.

Omaha, NE – May 1, 2012 – In an uncertain era of health care reform, and with a nation facing a rapidly growing population of underserved, marginalized and vulnerable citizens, Creighton University is launching an innovative online masters in public health (MPH) degree program to empower a new generation of public health leaders, advocates and change agents to identify and address the obstacles to health and well-being in communities around the world.

The new all-online degree is one of the few master of public health programs available that does not require a residency. Designed for individuals in public health and related fields across the country, the online MPH program from Creighton University is a convenient option for students to earn the skills and credentials to expand the scope of their service and embrace the many opportunities for career advancement in this critically important field. Read More.

Interim Director of the Werner Institute will Teach in Spain

OMAHA, NE (February 28, 2012): Jacqueline Font-Guzmán, Ph.D., interim director and associate professor at the Creighton University School of Law’s Werner Institute, has been honored with a fellowship from the United States Government’s Fulbright Program. Designed to promote mutual understanding between the American people and those in other countries, the Fulbright is the government’s flagship international educational exchange program.

For her fellowship, Font-Guzmán will travel to Madrid, Spain, to serve as Fulbright Senior Lecturer at the Carlos III University Law School from March 1 through May 31 of this year. She will teach basic negotiation theory and practice, the mediation process, and dialogue and conflict engagement to students in the university’s law programs. In addition, she will prepare two presentations for Carlos III University faculty members on issues inherent to establishing and teaching online programs, drawing on her experiences teaching in Creighton’s online Master’s and Certificate in Negotiation and Dispute Resolution programs. READ MORE.

February event continues online series covering hot topics in health care ethics

OMAHA, NE (January 24, 2012): As part of its ongoing series of webinars on hot topics in the bioethics field, Creighton University will host a complimentary webinar titled “No Place for Dying: Hospitals and the Ideology of Rescue.” The webinar will be presented by Helen Stanton Chapple, PhD, RN, MA, CT, a Creighton faculty member who teaches in the online Master of Science in Health Care Ethics program. Chapple is also a past president of the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC) and current chair of the ADEC Credentialing Council. READ MORE.