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02/8/2010
'Czech Memories' photo exhibit opens March 5 at Great Plains Art Museum
The Great Plains Art Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will present an exhibition of black and white photographs by Jean Lewis titled "Czech Memories: Ethnicity and History Preserved in the Built Environment." The exhibit runs March 5 th…
03/5/2010
02/5/2010
Students explain the stock market in innovative writing competition
Students from Papillion, Arlington and Norris were the statewide winners is the fall competition of InvestWrite, an innovative writing competition for students in Grades 4 through 12. Sponsored in Nebraska by the Nebraska Council on Economic Educat…
02/5/2010
UNL advertising students sweep Ad Federation Lincoln scholarship awards
Three University of Nebraska-Lincoln advertising students received $1,000 American Advertising Federation of Lincoln scholarships for 2009. Senior Andrew Ciaccio of Omaha received the Warren Joyce Ayres Scholarship, junior Sara Leimbach of LaVista r…
02/5/2010
UNL advertising students in AAF Most Promising Minority Student Program
The American Advertising Federation has selected University of Nebraska-Lincoln advertising students Elise Hernandez of Grand Island and Joan Wortman of Lincoln for its Most Promising Minority Student Program. Hernandez was selected for the 2010 clas…
02/5/2010
2010 Nebraska Young Artist Award winners announced
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts has announced the winners of the 13th annual Nebraska Young Artist awards. Seventy-eight students from nearly 45 high schools across the state have been selected to…
03/29/2010
02/4/2010
Book prize symposium bringing 4 authors Feb. 15-16 to discuss writing
The Department of English, the Creative Writing Program, Prairie Schooner and the University of Nebraska Press will host the 2010 Prairie Schooner Book Prize Symposium, Feb. 15 and 16 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Recent Prairie Schooner bo…
02/15/2010
02/3/2010
Nebraska students to pitch their new business ideas at competition
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 3, 2010 -- The Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship in partnership with Southeast Community College Entrepreneurship Center and the Entrepreneurship Focus Program High School will host the first "Make it Happen -- Student Quick Pi…
02/25/2010
02/2/2010
PNAS paper cites discovery of small RNA 'quality-control' mechanism
When a person is exposed to a cold virus, whether he or she actually becomes ill may come down to how well short snippets of RNA in the person's defense response system interact with the RNA-based cold virus. If the small RNA (ribonucleic acid) mat…
02/2/2010
Feb. 17 Olson Seminar to focus on climate, environment data for Great Plains
One of the most notable features of the Great Plains region is its natural extreme variability in weather and climate, making it difficult to pick out the effects of climate change. University of Nebraska-Lincoln climatologist Kenneth Dewey will add…
02/17/2010
02/1/2010
'Shrew'd' survey of American women artists opens Feb. 12 at Sheldon
Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln presents "Shrew'd: The Smart & Sassy Survey of American Women Artists," its biennial invitational exhibition, beginning Feb. 12. It features work by a diverse group of American women artists…
02/12/2010
01/29/2010
'Designer Showcase Nebraska' at Hillestad Gallery through Feb. 19
The "Designer Showcase Nebraska" exhibition at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery through Feb. 19 features three talented artist/designers who live and work in Nebraska and have chosen fiber as their medium of expr…
01/29/2010
Public night at UNL's Behlen Observatory near Mead is Feb. 12
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Behlen Observatory near Mead will be open for public viewing 7:30-10 p.m. Feb. 12. If the sky is clear, visitors will be able to view a variety of objects through the observatory's 30-inch telescope, including Ma…
02/12/2009
01/29/2010
UNL's UPC presents 'Debate on Pornography: Pro vs. Con'
The University Program Council at University of Nebraska-Lincoln will sponsor the event, "Debate On Pornography: Pro vs. Con" with Ron Jeremy and Susan G. Cole at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 2 in the Centennial Room of the Nebraska Union, 1400 R St. [map]. Jere…
02/2/2010
01/28/2010
UNL physicist Centurion earns DOE early career research grant
It's well known that sunlight fuels plants. But exactly how plants convert photons of light into energy is a mystery. The first molecular step in conversion takes less than one-trillionth of a second, far too fast for scientists to see the process. …
01/28/2010
NU State Museum offers free Thursday night admission in February
The University of Nebraska State Museum will offer free admission to Morrill Hall Thursday nights in February. The museum will be open free of charge to visitors from 4:30 to 8 p.m. Feb. 4, 11, 18 and 25. Regular admission to Mueller Planetarium full…
02/4/2010

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