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| 06/23/2004 |
Spring Semester Deans' List/Honor Roll Named at UNLFollowing is a list of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln students named to the Deans' List/Honor Roll for the spring semester of the 2003-04 academic year. Qualification for the Deans' List/Honor Holl vary among the eight undergraduate colleges and … |
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| 06/25/2004 |
Parents, Schools Beware: Kids Online Subject to High-Tech BullyingFor today's tech-savvy kids, there's more opportunity to pick on, harass and bully one another: In cyberspace. For parents who are unfamiliar with online social networks, their student may be the target of "cyber bullying," and they don't even know i… |
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| 06/25/2004 |
Parents Can Help Students With Important Class-Choice DecisionsMiddle school students and their parents face important decisions -- courses they choose to study in high school can have an impact on post-graduation plans. But how does a 13-year-old know what she might want to do with her career? Parents can help… |
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| 06/25/2004 |
Age Range One Issue Facing Kindergarten Teachers, UNL Educators SayA bill passed by the Nebraska Legislature last winter to narrow the age range of children entering kindergarten addresses one of several issues faced by today's kindergarten teachers, say two University of Nebraska-Lincoln professors of early childho… |
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| 06/25/2004 |
Flexibility Is Key for New Teachers in Uneven Job MarketEric Schurman, a junior at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, wants to teach high school English. When the time comes, Schurman said he's willing to go where the jobs are. "I'm expecting to move after graduation. My advisors tell me I'll have a bett… |
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| 06/25/2004 |
Learning Languages an Important Part of EducationDespite a growing interest in world languages in the United States, most students are not introduced to a non-English language until the age of 14, according to Education Update Online. Fortunately, Nebraska is a leader in the number of K-12 student… |
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| 06/28/2004 |
NIH Funds UNL Researchers for Groundbreaking Work in DNA ReplicationImagine being able to diagnose a viral strain at the site of an outbreak or identifying a deadly pathogen on the battlefield. University of Nebraska-Lincoln professors Hendrik Viljoen (chemical engineering) and George Gogos (mechanical engineering) h… |
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| 06/28/2004 |
Alumni Board Elects New Officers and DirectorsThe Nebraska Alumni Association board of directors welcomes a new set of officers and six new members to its ranks July 1. Jan Connolly, '73, of Lincoln succeeds Bill Dana, '79, of Omaha as president of the board. Connolly is senior vice president of… |
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| 06/28/2004 |
New Director, Members Named for Scarlet & Cream SingersFormer Scarlet and Cream Singer Jon Ranard has returned to direct the Nebraska Alumni Association musical group. A member of the Scarlet and Cream Singers from 1983-87, Ranard most recently served as minister of music for Trinity United Methodist chu… |
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| 07/2/2004 |
Role of Rangers and Mounties Examined in Great Plains QuarterlyIn the 1870s, North American Indians fiercely defended the dwindling bison herds that still roamed in Texas and western Canada. In the spring issue of Great Plains Quarterly, Andrew R. Graybill, assistant professor of history at the University of Neb… |
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| 07/6/2004 |
$9M EPSCoR Grant Funds Research in Nutritional Genomics, Cell Biology, Nanomaterials and Mobile ComputingFour research projects at four Nebraska universities will share $9 million in National Science Foundation funding secured through the Nebraska EPSCoR program. The funded projects include research in nutritional genomics, cell biology, nanomaterials a… |
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| 07/16/2004 |
Libraries' Web Site Offers Historical Articles on Nebraska BirdsMore than 1,000 newspaper articles on Nebraska birds are available to bird lovers everywhere with a few keystrokes and mouse clicks, thanks to a new link at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries' Web site. "Birds of Nebraska: Newspaper Account… |
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| 07/16/2004 |
Nebraska Art Association Receives Federal Grant for Sculpture ConservationThe Nebraska Art Association, the dedicated support group for the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services to support a significant … |
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| 07/19/2004 |
DuBois Scholarship Fund Helps Tomorrow's Teachers at UNLKenneth and Eileen DuBois fostered lifelong commitments to learning and teaching. Their family is now honoring that passion by establishing a memorial scholarship to help University of Nebraska-Lincoln students with the same calling. The Kenneth and … |
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| 07/20/2004 |
Oldham Awarded Jack Kent Cooke Grad ScholarshipThomas Oldham, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln 2004 Honors Program graduate from Hastings, has been awarded a 2004 Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholarship. This nationally competitive scholarship is awarded to exceptional students who would like to att… |
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