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| 10/16/2007 |
Perlman announces Osborne will be interim athletics directorIn a new development in leadership changes in the athletic department at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Chancellor Harvey Perlman announced today that Tom Osborne has agreed to serve as director of intercollegiate athletics on an interim basis. … |
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| 10/17/2007 |
$2.74 million grant, program aim to improve children's literacyLanguage and reading skills for rural, low-income children age 3 to 5 is the focus for a new project through the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools. With the support of a $2.74-million, three… |
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| 10/18/2007 |
New UNL Alert multiple messaging system implementedStudents, faculty and staff at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln now will receive emergency messages wherever they want to get them. The new UNL Alert system was launched today, and the university community is signing up for the message delivery pro… |
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| 10/19/2007 |
UNL Opera wins 6 awards at Waterford Festival in IrelandThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Music Opera production of Frank Loesser's "The Most Happy Fella" won top marks at the Waterford International Festival of Light Opera Sept. 21-30 in Waterford, Ireland. Co-directed by Ariel Bybee, associat… |
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| 10/22/2007 |
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute offers study series on Mari SandozThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute will offer a six-week study series titled "Mari Sandoz: Story Catcher of the High Plains," Nov. 2 through Dec. 14 at Nebraska Educational Telecommunications, 1800 N. 33rd St. The … |
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| 10/24/2007 |
Statistics expert McCutcheon to oversee '08 election exit polling for networksAllan McCutcheon, a survey research expert at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will have a leading role to play in the 2008 elections, courtesy of the agency that oversees the news media's exit polling. Edison Media Research has asked McCutcheon t… |
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| 10/25/2007 |
'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' panel scheduled Nov. 8 at Great Plains Art Museum"The 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Policy in the Post-9/11 World," will be the topic of discussion for a diverse panel of retired military officers, former service members and scholars Nov. 8 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. As public opinion and the… |
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| 10/29/2007 |
DeWitt's Jake Carnes in Antarctica with ANDRILL Program"I think I might have shrieked," said senior geology major Jake Carnes. "I know I couldn't think or speak clearly for two or three minutes." Carnes' astonishment came from a phone call from University of Nebraska-Lincoln geosciences professor David H… |
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| 10/30/2007 |
Study challenges belief on growth-reproduction tradeoffA long-held assumption among biologists is that plants face a tradeoff between growth and reproduction. If they grow a lot, they have few resources left for reproduction, and vice versa. But new research based on a 13-year study indicates that's not … |
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| 10/30/2007 |
Xiao Cheng Zeng elected AAAS fellowXiao Cheng Zeng, university professor of chemistry at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Election as a fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers… |
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| 10/31/2007 |
ANDRILL project to be featured on NBC Nightly News, 'Today'The Antarctic Geological Drilling (ANDRILL) Program will be in the national spotlight next week when the "Today" show and NBC News report on a visit by reporter Anne Curry and her camera crew to McMurdo Station and ANDRILL'S Southern McMurdo Sound Pr… |
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| 11/1/2007 |
New scholarship opportunity created for Beatrice, Holdrege studentsTwo Nebraska natives who want to help students from the Beatrice and Holdrege areas reach their academic goals have established an endowed scholarship for students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Larry and Constance "Connie" Schuster, who atte… |
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| 11/2/2007 |
Dawn Braithwaite is 2nd VP of National Communication AssociationDawn O. Braithwaite of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has been elected second vice president of the National Communication Association. Braithwaite is a Willa Cather professor and professor of communication studies UNL. She also is the graduate c… |
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| 11/2/2007 |
Linda Major honored by national alcohol, drug issues groupThe Network Addressing Collegiate Alcohol and Other Drug Issues presented Linda Major, director of student involvement at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, with the Outstanding Contribution to the Field Award last month at the 21st annual U.S. Depa… |
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| 11/2/2007 |
Brian Wilcox honored by American Psychological AssociationThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Brian Wilcox received the 2007 Nicholas Hobbs Award from the American Psychological Association at its annual convention in San Francisco this summer. Wilcox is director of the Center on Children, Families and the… |
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