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| release date | headline | event date |
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| 08/12/2015 |
Ag engineers to showcase tractors at Sunday with a Scientist eventThe University of Nebraska State Museum’s August Sunday with a Scientist program for children and families will showcase quarter-scale tractors and the science behind them. The program will take place from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Aug. 16 at Morrill Ha… |
08/16/2015 |
| 04/20/2015 |
UNL wins $9.6 million NSF grant for nanotech research centerMedia availability: Reporters are invited to cover a celebration of this major NSF grant. Speakers include Evgeny Tsymbal, UNL physics professor and center director; Chancellor Harvey Perlman; and Prem Paul, vice chancellor for Research and Economic … |
04/20/2015 |
| 05/20/2014 |
Gathering at UNL will examine Middle East water securityThe future of peace in the Middle East and the world depends on access to water and water management. While water security is a complex issue, there are numerous examples of teamwork and work toward fair solutions. A May 28-29 gathering at the Unive… |
05/28/2014 |
| 02/25/2011 |
UNL receives major grants for humanities research, educationThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln has received nearly $1.5 million from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to enhance digital humanities research and education and to expand the University of Nebraska Press… |
02/25/2011 |
| 09/15/2010 |
Nebraska Highway Paleontology Program celebrates 50-year partnershipThe University of Nebraska State Museum and the Nebraska Department of Roads are celebrating 50 years of life in the past lane. A special exhibit will open Sept. 29 at Morrill Hall highlighting spectacular fossil finds salvaged over the last five de… |
09/29/2010 |
| 09/29/2010 |
UNL earns $4M in grants to improve Nebraska math, science educationThe National Science Foundation has awarded the University of Nebraska-Lincoln two grants totaling more than $4 million to support improved mathematics and science education in Nebraska schools that need it most. The grants are through NSF's Robert … |
09/29/2010 |
| 03/25/2010 |
Dead Sea Scrolls subject of spring Nebraska Lecture April 15 at UNLExcitement, intensive research, rumor and controversy have surrounded the Dead Sea Scrolls since their discovery more than 60 years ago. The scrolls will be the focus of the spring Nebraska Lecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Sidnie White … |
04/15/2010 |
| 04/28/2009 |
International experts will explore 'Future of Water for Food' May 4Leading water experts from around the world will discuss the global challenge of growing more food with less water at The Future of Water for Food conference May 4, hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the University of Nebraska. Jeff… |
05/4/2009 |
| 09/30/2008 |
UNL earns $8.1 million NSF grant for nanotechnology research centerThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln has received an $8.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to support the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center and its nanotechnology research through 2014. UNL's center focuses on quantum… |
09/30/2008 |
| 09/8/2008 |
UNL grants foster digital research on Whitman, Omaha and Ponca languagesTwo grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities will support digital humanities research projects at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Kenneth Price, University Professor and Hillegass Chair of 19th-Century American Literature, and Mark A… |
09/9/2008 |
| 08/27/2007 |
UNL Redox Biology Center receives $10.8 million from NIHThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln has received a $10.8 million competitive renewal grant from the National Institutes of Health to support the Redox Biology Center through 2012. An interdisciplinary partnership between UNL and University of Nebraska… |
08/27/2007 |
| 04/23/2007 |
Nebraska reps head to international bioscience convention May 6-9In Nebraska, research on nanoparticle sensors with sensitivity rivaling human fingers could give robots a delicate sense of touch. A computer-aided orthopedic surgical system could enable surgeons to do faster, less invasive, more precise bone cuttin… |
05/6/2007 |
| 02/12/2007 |
UNL researchers featured at upcoming AAAS annual meetingThree University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers will give presentations Feb. 16-18 at the largest science research conference in the United States: the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Christopher Fielding, … |
02/16/2007 |
| 10/5/2006 |
Morrison, researchers break ground for new virology research buildingThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln celebrates today the ground breaking of a new virology research building, the Ken Morrison Life Sciences Research Center. The $18.6 million, 70,000-square-foot building will house laboratories and offices for the Ne… |
10/5/2006 |
| 08/30/2006 |
ANDRILL pre-drilling workshop is Sept. 4-6 at UNLScientists and educators from the United States and partner nations will be in Lincoln Sept. 4-6 to prepare for the first Antarctic drilling season in the ANDRILL (ANtarctic geological DRILLing) program. The ANDRILL McMurdo Ice Shelf Project Pre-dril… |
08/4/2006 |
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