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UNL News Releases

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07/21/2005
UNL, World-Herald exchange program will share skills, ideas
The Omaha World-Herald has established a new Professional in Residence program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications. Under the program, the World-Herald has committed funding to hire a working journalist…
07/22/2005
New Nebraskan, Nebraska Legacy, transfer scholarships awarded
More than 900 students have been awarded New Nebraskan, Nebraska Legacy or Midwest Student Exchange Program scholarships to attend the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The scholarship winners are from 46 states and Puerto Rico. Scholarships for New Ne…
07/26/2005
UNL receives $5 million from Johnny Carson estate
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has received a $5 million gift from the estate of Johnny Carson for endowed support of programs in theatre, film and broadcasting. This gift brings to more than $11 million the total philanthropic support given to h…
07/29/2005
Sheldon to name gallery in honor of Rohman family
The Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will name its first permanent collection gallery space on July 30 in honor of alumnus Carl "Ky" H. Rohman and his family. The Rohmans are among the museum's m…
07/29/2005
Anderson named senior economist with President's Council of Economic Advisers
University 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…
08/2/2005
Student discovers Sandhills species' life cycles affect parasite relationship
A hypothesis by a University of Nebraska-Lincoln doctoral student that western Nebraska amphibians' host-parasite cycle is shortened because of lack of biodiversity in the Sandhills environment led to an award-winning research paper. Matthew Bolek, a…
08/2/2005
University Housing's Sandy Watmore wins national award
Sandy Watmore, of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, received the Olive T. Ritchie Educational Office Professional of the Year award from the National Association of Educational Office Professionals. Watmore, a residence life services supervisor for…
08/2/2005
Mayeux wins Bliss Award for distinguished broadcast journalism education
Topping 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…
08/8/2005
UNL research funding increases to $98.3 million in 2005
External funding for University of Nebraska-Lincoln research has doubled since 2000, according to the UNL Office of Research and Graduate Studies. UNL's total external research funding, which includes all funds awarded for university research project…
08/9/2005
$12.9 million ANDRILL grant to fund U.S. Antarctic research efforts
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $12.9 million Antarctic research grant to a consortium of five U.S. universities headed by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. The grant supports an ambitious in…
08/9/2005
Drivers should be aware of UNL student move-in starting Aug. 16
Back-to-campus time at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will again see thousands of students moving back in to their residence halls in the space of a few days. Visitors and Lincoln residents should be aware of minor traffic delays in the City Camp…
08/9/2005
Chancellor Perlman to visit North Platte Aug. 10-11
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman will travel to North Platte Aug. 10-11 for a community visit. The visit is part of an ongoing effort to meet with community members to discuss university issues and hear the views of area citiz…
08/10/2005
UNL residence hall improvements, additions ready for 2005-06
University of Nebraska-Lincoln students will find more major enhancements to on-campus living when they move in next week. UNL's second apartment-style residence hall for upperclass students will be home to 526 students, while both new and returning …
08/16/2005
NSF awards $2 million to UNL for international physics experiment
University of Nebraska-Lincoln scientists and facilities are playing a key role in one of the world's largest physics experiments and have received a five-year, $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to support those efforts. The exper…
08/17/2005
Wyoming's Charles Francis to direct Nebraska Unions
Charles W. Francis, director of the Wyoming Union at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, will be the new director of the Nebraska Unions at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Francis will take over for longtime unions director Daryl Swanson, who r…

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