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UNL News Releases

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04/30/2012
Cara Morgenson will use her Fulbright teaching in Poland
Post-graduate Cara Morgenson works for Lincoln Public Schools as a mentor for highly gifted students, and at the McPhee Community Learning Center as an after-school club teacher. Next year she will be facing a different type of teaching job. Morgens…
05/7/2012
Lied Center announces 2012-13 lineup, advance tickets on sale now
The Lied Center for Performing Arts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln announces its 23nd season of world-class performing artists. The 2012-13 season includes 52 performances of 36 shows from a wide range of categories including Broadway, popular…
05/9/2012
Herzog wins Fulbright to study education, teach in Romania
Stephanie Herzog, a master's degree candidate at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will travel to Romania for a year to teach English and do educational advising at a Romanian university, thanks to her new Fulbright Scholarship. …
05/9/2012
NEA grant to support Lied Center's statewide education outreach program
The Lied Center for Performing Arts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has been awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for support of its annual statewide education outreach program, Arts Across Nebraska. …
05/10/2012
48 UNL students inducted into Phi Beta Kappa
Lincoln, Neb., May 10, 2012 -- Forty-eight University of Nebraska-Lincoln students were initiated into membership in Phi Beta Kappa this month. Phi Beta Kappa is the nation’s oldest academic honor society,…
05/10/2012
NSF award supports UNL physicist's nanoscale research
The key to making computers and other electronics smaller, faster and less expensive lies in overcoming the limitations of existing materials. University of Nebraska-Lincoln physicist Xia Hong said she believes her research on …
05/10/2012
Rural Futures Institute aims to move beyond 'road kill' of past good ideas
As the University of Nebraska’s new Rural Futures Institute begins to take shape, one of its chief advocates acknowledges that past higher-education efforts to save rural America have become “road kill.”This time it’s different, though, said …
05/11/2012
UNL students win American Advertising Federation district competition
For the fourth year in a row, students from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications took home first place in the District 9 American Advertising Federation's National Student Advertising Com…
05/11/2012
UNL recognizes 8th-graders as Big Red Stars
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln recognized Nebraska eighth graders for their academic excellence, leadership and perseverance May 10 at the 2012 Big Red Stars Recognition Ceremony. Big Red Stars is a program d…
05/14/2012
'Northern Cheyenne Exodus in History and Memory' wins book prize
"The Northern Cheyenne Exodus in History and Memory" by James N. Leiker and Ramon Powers is this year's winner of the Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize from the Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Linc…
05/17/2012
UNL research discovers metabolic adaptation to high altitudes
When mammals are cold, they can employ physical changes to stay warm -- such as intense shivering. Like any form of aerobic exercise, though, "shivering thermogenesis" is especially challenging at high altitudes because there is le…
05/18/2012
Nebraska economic indicator increases in April
The Leading Economic Indicator for Nebraska increased by 0.44 percent in April, reversing a decline during March. Taken together, changes in the indicator for April and March suggest the Nebraska economy will grow slowly during the…
05/18/2012
Partial solar eclipse and transit of Venus for Lincoln, Nebraska
Of two significant astronomical events occurring in the next few weeks, only one will be visible from Lincoln, according to Jack Dunn, coordinator of Mueller Planetarium at the University of Nebraska State Museum. …
05/18/2012
College of Arts and Sciences names 11 to Dean's Scholars Society
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Arts and Sciences has named 11 new members to its Dean's Scholars Society. Dean David Manderscheid established the group in 2010 with the help of the University …
05/24/2012
UNL study on Nebraska Latino youth is first of its kind
A research team based at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln wants to understand what factors predict Latino youth adjustment by launching a large-scale study of Latino youth in Nebraska. The goal is to under…

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