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| 10/24/2005 |
Live, gold-dusted bacteria used in bioelectronic deviceRavi Saraf has gilded living creatures, but that's as far as his resemblance goes with Auric Goldfinger, the fictional villain in the 1964 James Bond movie. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln chemical engineer used bacteria, not another human, and hi… |
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| 10/27/2005 |
Nebraska businesses rated health care as top cost of doing businessNebraska businesses overwhelmingly listed health-care benefit costs as their leading priority for cost reduction in the latest Cost of Doing Business in Nebraska Survey by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Bureau of Business Research. Conducted in… |
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| 11/10/2005 |
UNL center announces Great Plains Distinguished Book PrizeThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Center for Great Plains Studies has announced a new book prize. The Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize will be presented each spring to the most significant book devoted to a broad consideration of the Great Pl… |
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| 11/10/2005 |
UNL Drought Research Gets $7.4 Million from USDAMore than $7 million in new federal funding will finance further refinement of University of Nebraska-Lincoln-based Web tools to help agricultural producers and others nationwide to monitor drought impacts and manage its risks. One partnership agree… |
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| 11/14/2005 |
NU Directions declared 'Model Program' by U.S. Department of EducationThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln's NU Directions Campus-Community Coalition is a national "model" program that can be replicated at other colleges and universities, according to the U. S. Department of Education. To help with the process, the depar… |
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| 11/15/2005 |
UNL recognizes World-Herald, Distinguished scholars of 2005The University of Nebraska-Lincoln recognized top Nebraska high school seniors for their academic excellence Nov. 3 at the 2005 Omaha World-Herald Recognition Dinner. These distinguished scholars have demonstrated a high level of ability and a strong… |
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| 11/15/2005 |
Lincoln East, Alex Churchill take top honors at Math DayLincoln East's Alex Churchill won top individual honors and led his team to the Class A Math Bowl championship at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's 16th-annual Math Day Nov. 10. Churchill's win in a field of 1,212 students from 88 Nebraska high s… |
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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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| 11/28/2005 |
UNL students win regional programming contestA team of three University of Nebraska-Lincoln computer science and engineering majors took first place in the North Central North America Regional competition Nov. 5 in the IBM-sponsored Association for Computing Machinery International Collegiate P… |
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| 11/29/2005 |
Engineering college changes nameTo reflect its changing educational mission, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's engineering college has shortened its name to the College of Engineering. Previously, the college was known as the College of Engineering & Technology. David Allen, dea… |
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| 11/29/2005 |
UNL 'vodcasts' recruitment videosThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln is using new technology to provide more access to information about the university with its first "vodcast" release of its popular "Real Nebraska" video episodes. Vodcast (or video podcast) is an emerging term used… |
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| 11/30/2005 |
UNL study looks at small hands, smaller piano keyboardBrenda Wristen said she never gave much thought to the ergonomics of piano keyboards until she woke up one morning years ago and couldn't move her arms. She was in graduate school at Texas Tech University, and "needless to say, that got my attention… |
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| 12/1/2005 |
UNL report indicates quality improving, progress toward 2020In its fourth annual "report card," the University of Nebraska-Lincoln met and exceeded several of its goals on student diversity and quality while increasing research funding. The report card is the fourth "Indicators of Institutional Quality Annual… |
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| 12/5/2005 |
Independent Study High School awarded NCA accreditationLincoln, Neb., Dec. 5, 2005 -- The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Independent Study High School has been granted continuing accreditation for the 2005-2006 school year from the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improv… |
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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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