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| 06/27/2005 |
Ruth Nisse is National Humanities Center fellow in 2005-06The National Humanities Center has announced the appointment of 39 fellows for the academic year 2005-06, including Ruth Nisse, associate professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Representing history, literature, philosophy and hum… |
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| 07/29/2005 |
Anderson named senior economist with President's Council of Economic AdvisersUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln economist John Anderson has been appointed as a senior economist with the President's Council of Economic Advisers in Washington, D.C. He will serve as an adviser with the council, with particular duties related to publ… |
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| 08/2/2005 |
Mayeux wins Bliss Award for distinguished broadcast journalism educationTopping off his 36-year career at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Peter Mayeux was named winner of the 2005 Edward L. Bliss Award for distinguished broadcast journalism education. The award is conferred annually by the Radio-Television Journalism… |
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| 09/6/2005 |
Tomkins to serve as Clinton School distinguished fellowAlan Tomkins, director of the University of Nebraska Public Policy Center, will serve as one of two William Jefferson Clinton distinguished fellows at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service during the 2005-06 school year. "The Cl… |
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| 09/6/2005 |
Deegan, Hill again win top American Sociology Association honorsUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln sociologist Mary Jo Deegan and Michael R. Hill, also of Lincoln, again walked away with top honors in their research specialty at the centennial meeting of the American Sociological Association in Philadelphia last mon… |
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| 09/6/2005 |
Plains Humanities Alliance director receives Fulbright awardTimothy Mahoney, director of the Plains Humanities Alliance at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has been awarded a Fulbright Program Senior Lectureship in American Studies at Adam Mickiewics University in Poland for the academic year 2005-2006. Si… |
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| 09/26/2005 |
Marshall Olds to be honored by French governmentMarshall Olds, Willa Cather professor and professor of French at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will be honored Sept. 29 when he is decorated as a Chevalier in the Ordre des Palmes Academiques by the Republic of France. The Palmes Academiques we… |
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| 11/22/2005 |
UNL expert on Yoruba people, proverbs shares culture in bookAfter Oyekan Owomoyela came to the United States in 1964, he soon longed for his homeland of Nigeria, and found comfort in remembering metaphors and proverbs from his culture. A member of the Yoruba people -- a distinct culture of more than 25 millio… |
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| 12/6/2005 |
Doug Abbott receives Fulbright Scholar grant to study in IsraelA University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty member has received a 2005-06 Fulbright Scholar grant from the Council for International Exchange of Scholars. Douglas A. Abbott, professor of family and consumer science, will be at Haifa University in Israel… |
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| 01/3/2006 |
Bloom using CAREER grant to bring physics to rural Nebraska schoolsKenneth Bloom grew up near New York City and has spent most of his life near metropolitan areas. The presence of schools in Nebraska's wide-open, rural spaces, far-removed from the facilities and expertise of the state's metropolitan universities, sp… |
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| 01/3/2006 |
Xiao Cheng Zeng named fellow in elite physics organizationXiao Cheng Zeng named fellow in elite physics organization Xiao Cheng Zeng, Willa Cather professor and professor of chemistry at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has been named a fellow of the American Physical Society. Election to the fellowship … |
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| 01/19/2006 |
Dominguez working to give Hispanic youth a brighter futureAaron Dominguez works with the most fundamental laws of nature while also helping give Latino youth the fundamentals needed to succeed in higher education and in life. Dominguez, assistant professor of physics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, … |
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| 01/19/2006 |
UNL's Judy Walker earns national mathematics teaching honorJudy Walker, associate professor of mathematics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has become accustomed to seeing two comments paired consistently on her students' evaluations: this is the hardest class I have ever taken; I loved it more than an… |
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| 01/23/2006 |
Tyler White honored by ASCAP for 'Mystic Trumpeter'Tyler White, associate professor of conducting and composition and director of orchestral activities at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Music, received honorable mention in the 26th Annual American Society of Composers, Authors and Publi… |
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| 01/25/2006 |
Jamar Banks named director of UNL OASISJamar Banks has been named director of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Office of Academic Support and Intercultural Services. Banks' appointment was effective Jan. 1, after he had served as interim director of OASIS since February. OASIS supp… |
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