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| 12/15/2004 |
Historian John Wunder named docent at Finland's Renvall InstituteJohn Wunder, professor of history at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has been honored with a permanent appointment as a docent of the Renvall Institute at the University of Helsinki in Finland. As the first American invited to be a docent in the … |
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| 12/15/2004 |
Civil engineering's Maher Tadros honored as 'Titan'Maher Tadros is a Titan -- at least according to the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute. The national organization honored Tadros as one of 50 Titans, and one of just three from the academic world, at its 50th anniversary convention in October. "… |
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| 12/15/2004 |
Sarroub book examines life of Yemeni American girlsLoukia Sarroub, assistant professor of teaching, learning and teaching education at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has published a book based on more than two years of fieldwork among girls in a Yemeni community in southeastern Michigan. In "All… |
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| 12/15/2004 |
Bonnstetter receives Catalyst Award from state science teachersRonald Bonnstetter, professor of teaching, learning and teacher education in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Education and Human Sciences, received the 2004 Catalyst Award from the Nebraska Association of Teachers of Science. Bonnstette… |
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| 12/15/2004 |
Summer Institute for Online Teaching honored for excellenceThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln Summer Institute for Online Teaching has received one of five awards for Excellence in Online Teaching and Learning from the Sloan Consortium, an association of more than 900 institutions and organizations of higher… |
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| 12/15/2004 |
Sociology Department honored by Sociologists for Women in SocietyThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Sociology has been honored with three awards in a report to the organization Sociologists for Women in Society. In "Report Card on Gender- and Women-Friendly Sociology Departments," the UNL Sociology D… |
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| 12/16/2004 |
UNL chapter of Phi Beta Kappa initiates 18 new membersThe Alpha of Nebraska chapter of Phi Beta Kappa initiated 18 new members Dec. 9 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Phi Beta Kappa is one of the nation's oldest academic honorary societies. New members must have fulfilled or be in the process of c… |
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| 12/20/2004 |
3rd 'Report Card' highlights UNL progress toward '2020 Vision' goalsIn its third annual "report card," the University of Nebraska-Lincoln met and exceeded several self-imposed goals on student diversity and quality and increased research funding. The report card is the third "Indicators of Institutional Quality Annua… |
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| 12/17/2004 |
1,450 to get degrees at Dec. 18 UNL commencementTed Kooser, poet laureate of the United States and professor of English in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Arts and Sciences, will give the address and receive an honorary doctor of letters degree at UNL commencement exercises Dec. 18 a… |
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| 12/21/2004 |
Dec. 18 graduate Patrick Smith is 1st Edward Trayes ScholarPatrick Smith of Brunswick, Md., who received a bachelor of journalism degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on Dec. 18, has been named the first Edward Trayes Scholar through the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund's news copy-editing internship progr… |
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| 12/21/2004 |
Six earn Management Development CertificatesSix managers from Lincoln and Omaha firms recently earned Management Development Certificates from the Department of Management in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Business Administration. Three earned Executive Management Development Ce… |
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| 12/22/2004 |
Schneider receives national scholarship for transfer studentsUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln student Ashley Robison Schneider has been awarded a $500 scholarship in the first national scholarship competition of Tau Sigma, the national honor society for transfer students. Schneider is an animal science major wit… |
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| 12/22/2004 |
Study to examine transition of farmland to urban and suburban useMany local and state governments are concerned about loss of productive farmland to housing and other forms of urban development. A study sponsored by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Center for Great Plains Studies will look at the conditions th… |
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| 12/22/2004 |
Discovery of new type of dust leads to new quasar ideasIn a paper published in the Astrophysical Journal, a team of astronomers led by Martin Gaskell of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln announced that they have detected evidence of a previously unlooked-for type of microscopic interstellar dust. Gaskel… |
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| 01/14/2005 |
Graduate Studies honors students with fellowshipsThe Office of Graduate Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has honored 122 UNL graduate students who have received the Presidential, Othmer and Fling fellowships, the university's most prestigious graduate awards. Each student received a co… |
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