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02/21/2012
Tribes and small towns featured in Great Plains Quarterly
In the winter issue of Great Plains Quarterly, an academic journal published by the Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, researchers wrote about late 19th-century Indian Catholicism on the Rosebud …
02/21/2012
Fall semester Deans' List/Honor Roll named at UNL
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has annouonced its Deans' List/Honor Roll for the fall semester of the 2011-12 academic year. Qualification for the Dean's List varies among the eight undergraduate college…
02/23/2012
Molecular biologist Larkins returning to UNL to lead life sciences
Brian Larkins is coming back to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and will head efforts to strengthen UNL's life sciences research. The internationally recognized leader in the development of pl…
02/23/2012
Evolution of earliest horses driven by climate change
When Sifrhippus, the earliest known horse, first appeared in the forests of North America more than 50 million years ago, it would not have been mistaken for a Clydesdale. It weighed in at around 12 pounds -- and it was desti…
02/27/2012
UNL's Swearer to help launch Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation
This week, Lady Gaga and her mother, Cynthia Germanotta, will officially launch the Born This Way Foundation to promote tolerance and empowerment among youth. Susan Swearer, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor of school psyc…
02/27/2012
O'Neill's Bryan Corkle to receive 2012 Christa McAuliffe Prize from UNL
Bryan Corkle, a science teacher in the O'Neill Public Schools, has been named the winner of the 2012 Christa McAuliffe Prize, awarded by the College of Education and Human Sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. …
03/1/2012
Study: Increasingly, children's books are where the wild things aren't
Was your favorite childhood book crawling with wild animals and set in places like jungles or deep forests? Or did it take place inside a house or in a city, with few if any untamed creatures in sight? A new…
03/1/2012
State Farm gives $40K for UNL business ethics, college access programs
State Farm Insurance has given $40,000 to the University of Nebraska Foundation to support the business ethics program and a college access program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. A gift of $25,000 su…
03/2/2012
History professor and award-winning author earns competitive fellowship
Margaret Jacobs, Chancellor's Professor of History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has been awarded a highly competitive fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies. The fellowship will support her latest book …
03/5/2012
Second City brings 'Laugh Out Loud Tour' to Lied Center March 10
On March 10, Chicago's legendary sketch comedy theater, The Second City, will present its "Laugh Out Loud Tour" at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Lied Center for Performing Arts. The 7:30 p.m. show will feature some of the be…
03/12/2012
Great Plains Studies announces Distinguished Book Prize finalists
The Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has announced the finalists for this year's Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize. The six books selected by a panel of judges are: …
03/15/2012
Prairie Schooner writing prizes announced: $8,500 in prizes awarded
Prairie Schooner, the quarterly literary magazine published at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for 85 years, has awarded 18 writing prizes for work published in its 2011 volume. The total prize money awarded was $8,500, with the…
03/15/2012
UNL curling team wins silver medal in regional tourney
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln curling team won a silver medal in the Regional College Curling Championships March 10-11 at Kettle Moraine Curling Club in Hartland, Wis. Twenty-four universities and colleges competed in the eve…
03/16/2012
Nebraska economic indicators rise in February
The Leading Economic Indicator for Nebraska increased by 0.93 percent in February, indicating that the Nebraska economy will grow at a moderate rate in mid-2012. This marks the third consecutive monthly increase in the Leading …
03/20/2012
Great Plains Art Museum presents new exhibit on U.S.-Sioux conflict
The Great Plains Art Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has opened "Confrontations and Conciliatory Acts: Art and Artifacts of U.S. and Sioux Nation Conflict," a new permanent collection exhibition in the museum's Lentz G…

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