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UNL News Releases: Announcements

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10/12/2015
NSF Noyce grant to fund UNL scholarships for future science teachers
A three-year, $799,890 National Science Foundation grant awarded to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will be used to help meet the growing need for high school and middle school science teachers. The Phase II Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship grant…
10/7/2015
Nebraska Innovation Campus welcomes Spreetail as latest partner
Spreetail, a Lincoln-based e-commerce firm formerly known as VMInnovations, will move into space at Nebraska Innovation Campus by spring 2016. Spreetail announced the name change and move to NIC at an all-company gathering. NIC, Tetrad Property Grou…
10/6/2015
Media advisory: Innovation Campus private tour, ribbon cutting Oct. 8
Media are invited to a private Oct. 8 tour of Nebraska Innovation Campus, 2021 Transformation Drive, and to join officials and dignitaries at a special ribbon-cutting ceremony one day before the new campus' public grand opening. NIC is a research ca…
10/8/2015
10/2/2015
September survey: Nebraska businesses less optimistic about sales
Nebraska businesses grew less optimistic about the outlook for sales, according to the latest monthly survey conducted by the Bureau of Business Research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The September survey showed that 24 percent of responden…
09/26/2015
Olson, Schneider crowned Homecoming king, queen
Seniors Tommy Olson of Julesburg, Colorado, and Maggie Schneider of Aurora were crowned king and queen at UNL's Homecoming celebration. Olson and Schneider, who were elected in a vote of the UNL student body on Sept. 24, were crowned on the field at …
09/25/2015
UNL management class seeks proposals for charitable grants
Local nonprofit organizations have until Oct. 16 to submit proposed projects for funding through a University of Nebraska-Lincoln management class that teaches philanthropy. Using a $10,000 grant from the Learning by Giving Foundation, students in t…
09/24/2015
UNL announces 'stepping up' of commitment to early childhood
Responding to changing demographics and a growing population of young at-risk children, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln today announced a strategic initiative to strengthen support for early childhood development in Nebraska. Chancellor Harvey Pe…
09/21/2015
Media advisory: Announcement at Nebraska Innovation Campus
Media are invited to attend an announcement at Nebraska Innovation Campus at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23, to celebrate an advancement in Nebraska's biotech ecosystem. The ceremony will be in NIC's Conference Center Banquet Hall. Gov. Pete Rickett…
09/23/2015
09/21/2015
Media advisory: Leaders to discuss strategy to assist children
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is stepping up its commitment to early childhood in a big way. At 10 a.m. Sept. 24 at the Van Brunt Visitors Center, 13th and Q streets in Lincoln, UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman, University of Nebraska President Ha…
09/24/2015
09/16/2015
UNL wins $3.5 million NSF grant for regional nanoscience center
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has earned a nearly $3.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to establish a regional center of excellence in nanoscience and nanotechnology. The Nebraska Nanoscale Facility builds on UNL's highly r…
09/16/2015
UNL museums join Smithsonian magazine's Museum Day Live!
The International Quilt Study Center and Museum, Sheldon Museum of Art and University of Nebraska State Museum will open their doors free of charge on Sept. 26, as part of Smithsonian magazine's 11th annual Museum Day Live! On that day, participating…
09/26/2015
09/15/2015
UNL author on short list for top international literary award
Chigozie Obioma, a Nigerian writer and member of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln creative writing faculty, is one of six authors vying for one of the most prestigious writing awards in the world. His debut novel, "The Fishermen," was announced Tu…
09/10/2015
Planetarium features sea monsters, planet exploration, constellations
Mueller Planetarium at the University of Nebraska State Museum in Morrill Hall, south of 14th and Vine streets on the UNL City Campus, announces its fall schedule. Through Nov. 29, the schedule will feature shows exploring prehistoric sea monsters, …
09/10/2015
09/8/2015
UNL among nation's best in latest U.S. News and World Report ranks
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln remains among the nation's top public universities, according to U.S. News and World Report's 2016 best-colleges rankings. UNL checked in at No. 47 among public national universities in the latest rankings, which we…
09/8/2015
UNL enrollment climbs to all-time high of 25,260
This fall's student body at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is the largest in the history of the university. UNL announced today that fall 2015 enrollment is 25,260 students, surpassing the previous high enrollment of 25,075 in 1982. It is the th…

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