OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The next Omaha Science Café will focus on what happens to a person’s body once his or her life has ended.

The event is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St.

Geoffrey Talmon is an associate professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and he will discuss embalming methods and how some chemicals used to treat illness can turn skin green after death.

Science Cafés involve face-to-face conversations with experts about current science topics. They are open to everyone 21 and older. Go online at www.unmc.edu/sciencecafe for more information about Science Cafes.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities in Lancaster County say a Nebraska Wesleyan University student has died after he was struck by a car while walking along Interstate 80.

The Lancaster County Sheriff’s office says 22-year-old Maury Lorence, of Doniphan, Nebraska, was walking west of Lincoln shortly after midnight Sunday morning when a vehicle struck him.

Authorities haven’t said why Lorence may have been walking on the interstate at the time. They’d like to talk with anyone who may have seen him.

A sheriff’s office statement says investigators are looking for a vehicle with possible front-end damage and leaking fluid.

Lorence graduated from Doniphan-Trumbull High School. He was a senior at Wesleyan this year majoring in elementary education and a member of the football team.

LINCOLN – The body of a female mountain lion that may have been killed by a vehicle was discovered along a road near Ericson on Oct. 9.

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is investigating. While there are signs the cat may have been struck by a vehicle, officials are awaiting the completion of forensic analysis.

Anyone with information regarding the incident may call the Nebraska Wildlife Crimestoppers at 1-800-742-7627. Callers may remain anonymous and may be eligible for a cash reward.

The illegal take or possession of mountain lions or any parts thereof is prohibited without a proper permit.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The chancellor of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is hoping to see the institution join others in adding a chief diversity officer to its administrative cabinet.

Chancellor Harvey Perlman’s call follows several racially-charged incidents on the university’s campus last year. That included a student using racial slurs a student senate meeting, another slur scrawled on a campus sidewalk and an ethnically insensitive homecoming skit in which students wore sombreros.

One study says more than 30 colleges and universities in the past five years have created an administrative position dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion on campus.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Family members and doctors treating an 11-year-old boy critically injured earlier this month when a truck hit his bike, then sped off, say the boy is getting better.

Dominic “Dom” Walker was riding his bike to Culler Middle School on Oct. 1 when he was hit by a pickup that police say ran a red light.

The sixth-grader wasn’t wearing a helmet at the time and suffered life-threatening brain injuries.

Doctors say the swelling of the boy’s brain has slowed, and his bruised lungs have strengthened. Doctors hope to remove a ventilator tube in the coming days.

Prosecutors have charged 24-year-old Jared St. Louis, of Lincoln, with felony drunk driving and leaving the scene of the accident.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing has been awarded a $300,000 federal grant to provide financial support to graduate nurse practitioner students from underserved or rural Nebraska areas.

Nursing professor Karen Grigsby says the grant — an Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship — is projected to help 14 or more qualified students across Nebraska in the next year.

The grant comes from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration. The goal is to increase the number of primary health care providers who can deliver care to those living in areas lacking primary care physicians.

The university says about half of the resident students who’ve graduated from the UNMC College of Nursing master’s degree in nurse practitioner specialties live in rural or underserved areas.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Police in Wichita have arrested a suspect in the rape of a 100-year-old woman during a break-in at her home.

The 35-year-old man was being held Friday in the Sedgwick County Jail on suspicion of rape and aggravated burglary. He’s expected to be charged next week.

Police have not released the Wichita man’s name, but say he’s a known gang member with an extensive burglary record.

Police Capt. Troy Livingston says he was in custody for burglary when the sex crimes unit was alerted that he was a known burglar in the area. Livingston says forensic evidence linked him to the rape.

The woman, who lives alone, told police she was awakened the night of Sept. 29 by intruders.

Livingston described the victim as a strong and brave woman.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska hospital treating an American video journalist with Ebola says he’s shown modest improvement.

Dr. Phil Smith, director of the Nebraska Medical Center’s 10-bed isolation unit, said Friday that 33-year-old Ashoka Mukpo’s condition “is slightly improved.”

Mukpo, of Providence, Rhode Island, is the second Ebola patient treated at the Omaha hospital.

Mukpo is receiving an experimental Ebola drug called brincidofovir and IV fluids. That’s similar to the treatment the hospital’s first Ebola patient, Rick Sacra, received during his three weeks there.

Mukpo became infected while working as a freelance cameraman for Vice News, NBC News and other media outlets. He returned to Liberia in early September to help highlight the toll of the Ebola outbreak.