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| 12/9/2005 |
UNL Phi Beta Kappa chapter initiates 24 new membersTwenty-four students from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Arts and Sciences were initiated into membership in Phi Beta Kappa on Dec. 6. Phi Beta Kappa is the nation's oldest academic honor society, recognizing and encouraging a commitme… |
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| 12/13/2005 |
UNL AFROTC unit rated best in nation, Palatas is nation's top cadetThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Air Force ROTC program, Detachment 465, has been awarded the Right of Line award for 2005, recognizing it as the best ROTC unit in the nation, while Cadet Janelle (Jenniges) Palatas of Ellsworth, Minn., won the U.… |
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| 12/16/2005 |
Business forecast council optimistic about Nebraska economy through 2008The Nebraska Business Forecast Council is "optimistic" about the outlook for Nebraska's economy through 2008 according to a report in the December issue of Business in Nebraska. The council, composed of eight Nebraska economists in government, the p… |
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| 12/16/2005 |
Lori McClurg appointed associate director of J.D. Edwards ProgramThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln's J.D. Edwards Honors Program in Computer Science and Management has named Lori McClurg as associate director for operations. McClurg has served as the director of administrative services for the state of Nebraska s… |
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| 12/16/2005 |
1,350 to Receive Degrees at Dec. 17 Commencement ExercisesApproximately 1,350 students are scheduled to receive degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in commencement exercises beginning at 9:30 a.m. Dec. 17 at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Chancellor Harvey Perlman will preside at the ceremonies.… |
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| 12/19/2005 |
Museum to return world-class battling mammoths fossil to PanhandleMore than 10,000 years ago, a pair of "testosterone-crazed" bull mammoths crossed paths on the ice age high plains in what would one day be western Nebraska. Nearly equal in size and around 40 years old each, the two Columbian mammoths -- one with a … |
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| 12/20/2005 |
UNL dedicates new Cather CollectionsTwo new collections on Willa Cather have been dedicated at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, bringing the total number of Cather collections in the UNL Libraries to 11. According to UNL Libraries officials, that makes UNL the world's cent… |
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| 12/21/2005 |
UNL awards transfer Regents scholarshipsThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln awarded Cory Scott of Cedar Rapids and Bridget Schulz of Seward transfer Regents scholarships. The transfer Regents scholarship is awarded based on superior academics and demonstrated leadership and involvement at … |
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| 12/22/2005 |
5 to interview for vice chancellor of student affairs positionFive candidates have been selected to interview on campus for the position of vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. All five will visit UNL next month. The successful candidate will succeed James Griesen, who has… |
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| 01/3/2006 |
Bloom using CAREER grant to bring physics to rural Nebraska schoolsKenneth Bloom grew up near New York City and has spent most of his life near metropolitan areas. The presence of schools in Nebraska's wide-open, rural spaces, far-removed from the facilities and expertise of the state's metropolitan universities, sp… |
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| 01/3/2006 |
Xiao Cheng Zeng named fellow in elite physics organizationXiao Cheng Zeng named fellow in elite physics organization Xiao Cheng Zeng, Willa Cather professor and professor of chemistry at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has been named a fellow of the American Physical Society. Election to the fellowship … |
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| 01/3/2006 |
Mills earns 2005 UCEA Great Plains Continuing Education Student AwardRecent University of Nebraska-Lincoln doctoral graduate Shirley Mills was the recipient of the 2005 University Continuing Education Association's Great Plains Continuing Education Student Award. Mills, who received her Ph.D. in educational administra… |
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| 01/5/2006 |
Mueller Planetarium explores universe through Hubble Space TelescopeSince its launch in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has provided images in unprecedented detail to astronomers, and made an astonishing array of discoveries from nearby objects in the solar system to the most distant galaxies at limits of the observ… |
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| 01/19/2006 |
UNL's Judy Walker earns national mathematics teaching honorJudy Walker, associate professor of mathematics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has become accustomed to seeing two comments paired consistently on her students' evaluations: this is the hardest class I have ever taken; I loved it more than an… |
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| 01/19/2006 |
Dominguez working to give Hispanic youth a brighter futureAaron Dominguez works with the most fundamental laws of nature while also helping give Latino youth the fundamentals needed to succeed in higher education and in life. Dominguez, assistant professor of physics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, … |
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