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| 06/30/2008 |
Sheldon comic art exhibit will be on view at Illinois, Michigan venues"Comics, Heroes and American Visual Culture," an exhibition organized by Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will be on view at the Freeport Arts Center in Freeport, Ill., Aug. 8 through Nov. 1 and the Flint Institute of Art … |
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| 07/1/2008 |
64 students to attend Nebraska at Oxford Program, July 20-Aug. 16Sixty-four University of Nebraska-Lincoln students are scheduled to participate in the 20th annual Nebraska at Oxford Program July 20 through Aug. 16 at England's University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world. Sponsored by… |
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| 07/11/2008 |
Nebraska Innovation Campus ideas, approaches soughtDevelopers and planners with ideas and approaches to University of Nebraska-Lincoln's proposed Innovation Campus are being asked to respond to a Request for Information that will inform the university and outline ideas on development approaches to th… |
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| 07/18/2008 |
Strategic Discussions for Nebraska reports on immigration as first topicImmigration issues in Nebraska are varied and complex, but many Nebraskans are receiving incorrect information on the topic from myths disseminated through talk shows and the Internet, according to information published in Strategic Discussions for … |
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| 07/21/2008 |
UNL students conduct math, biology research in BorneoFour undergraduate students from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln recently returned from a six-week study abroad trip to Borneo. The goal of this program is to integrate undergraduate education and research at the interface between mathematics and … |
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| 07/22/2008 |
UNL physicist receives award for research on magnetic materialsKirill Belashchenko sees more to magnets and spin than just MP3s and iPods. His work on a new theory may lead to spin-based devices that will be faster than ever at reading and analyzing data. The assistant professor of physics at the University of N… |
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| 07/23/2008 |
Grand Island's Kistler elected Phi Beta Lambda national presidentRecent University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate Mike Kistler of Grand Island was elected the 2008-09 national president of Phi Beta Lambda, the world's largest business career student organization, at the group's national conference last month in Atla… |
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| 07/24/2008 |
Nebraska Engineering gains NSF funding to augment scholarshipsNearly $600,000 in grant funds from the National Science Foundation's Undergraduate Education Division will create 89 additional scholarships for underrepresented students during the next four years at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of En… |
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| 07/25/2008 |
K-12 parents stepping up communication, awareness on school safetyParents and children need not be fearful about being safe in their school, because despite recent headline-grabbing events, schools remain one of the safest places for a child to be. Nevertheless, back-to-school time is always a good time to give par… |
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| 07/25/2008 |
Higher prices for retail goods, gasoline influencing back-to-school spendingTo save money on back-to-school items, parents need to find out the difference between their children's needs and wants, said Kathy Prochaska-Cue, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension family economist. "Going back to school is a good opportunity … |
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| 07/25/2008 |
College campus safety tips help ease parents', students' transitionWhen young adults go off to college, often it's their first time to be on their own. Some test their new responsibility by pushing their freedom in ways that can potentially be dangerous. Most first-year college students already know their parents' v… |
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| 07/25/2008 |
Never too early, or late, to introduce children to other languagesFor the first two years of his daughter's life, Russ Ganim spoke to her only in French. She began to reject his efforts at bilingualization when she reached 2 1/2. Now, at age 7 and soon to accompany her parents to France, Ganim's daughter is eager t… |
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| 07/25/2008 |
Veteran professor offers students hints to 'outwit' teachersStudents, unplug your iPods. Unhand your cell phones. Log off of Facebook and spend some time visiting with your instructors. These are small but mighty acts suggested in "Outwitting College Professors: A Practical Guide to the Secrets of the System,… |
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| 07/30/2008 |
Students show that it's chic to outfit an environmentally friendly roomUsed textbooks? Check. Garage sale lamp? Check. Reusable water bottle? Check. Compact fluorescent light bulbs? Double-check. Students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are showing that it's chic to demonstrate their environmental awareness by dec… |
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| 07/31/2008 |
UNL joins Carnegie-Knight initiative on transforming journalism educationThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications will receive a $250,000 grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to launch a series of new courses. UNL was invited… |
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