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May162012 | Inside Higher Ed: College football playoff could mean philosophical, practical shift from BCSHarvey Perlman, a member of the Presidential Oversight Committee and chancellor of Big Ten-newcomer UNL, acknowledged that his conference's and the Pac-12's ties to the Rose Bowl are a "very important element" in considering a playoff. But Perlman, who has opposed a playoff from the beginning and continues to do so, played down the significance of a potential revenue increase from the creation of a playoff. |
May152012 | ABC News: Nebraska Republicans face off in contested Senate primary battle"It's been a difficult race to kind of analyze because the policy positions are really so similar," said John Hibbing, professor of political science at UNL. "They're really kind of cut from the same cloth, especially in a state like Nebraska, which leans conservative." |
May152012 | The Associated Press: Plant 'remembers,' adapts to surviveNo one's talking about giving intelligence tests, but researchers say they've shown that plants have smarts -- the sort needed to help them survive dry times. Years from now the findings could lead to crops that are better able to withstand drought conditions. Already, studies on two crops have shown they too have short-term memory for surviving dry times, UNL researcher Michael Fromm said. |
May142012 | NPR: Republicans zero in on Nebraska's U.S. Senate seatThere are few substantive differences between the candidates seeking the Republican nomination. All are conservatives in a deeply red state, says UNL political science professor Michael Wagner. |
May102012 | The Associated Press: Kerrey voices support for same-sex marriageBob Kerrey's announcement only solidifies what his supporters and adversaries already believed, said UNL political scientist Mike Wagner. |
May92012 | CBS News: McQueary's whistleblower case vs. PSU could be trickyAccording to Richard Moberly, the Associate Dean of Faculty at the University of Nebraska College of Law and an expert in whistleblower protection, the plaintiff in a whistleblower case must prove that they were retaliated against because of some lawful, legally-protected conduct. |
May72012 | Youngstown Vindicator: Study finds CEOs' looks can reflect on their successHow reliable are external perceptions across different cultures? Two Youngstown State University professors, along with lead author Peter D. Harms of UNL, penned a study that appeared in February in the Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies. |
May42012 | Arizona Republic: Settle in for a summer of 'reboots'A reboot is when a franchise has collapsed completely, usually winding up as a parody of itself, the most-recent example being Joel Schumacher's 'Batman and Robin,' which was so over the top and campy that it destroyed the credibility of the original Tim Burton series, which already had a slightly cartoonish flavor, said Wheeler Winston Dixon, the coordinator of the film studies program at UNL. |
May32012 | Bloomberg News: Asteroid mining in space -- is it legal?Frans von der Dunk, professor of Space Law at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's College of Law, talks with Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia about the legal implications of a new company's plans to mine near Earth asteroids for precious metals and water. |
May12012 | Psychology Today: Don't be fooled by a narcissistResearch on job interview performance of people high in narcissism shows how easy it is to be fooled by these tendencies of narcissists to exaggerate their attributes. The findings are soon to be published in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology by UNL psychologist Peter Harms. |
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