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UNL News Releases

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07/17/2012
New career counselor will serve UNL alumni
Larry Routh has joined the Nebraska Alumni Association staff as alumni career specialist. He will provide career coaching and resources to University of Nebraska-Lincoln alumni and friends. "Whenever we ask …
07/12/2012
UNL research to power handheld traumatic brain injury diagnostic device
A handheld tool is under development to diagnose traumatic brain injuries on the spot using technology developed by a University of Nebraska-Lincoln chemist. Such a device could yield critical and in some cases life-saving informat…
07/13/2012
UNL team to promote green infrastructure in Omaha
The Environmental Protection Agency will support a team led by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to evaluate the effectiveness of the Saddle Hills neighborhood's green infrastructure in metropolitan Omaha. …
07/17/2012
Scientists first to mimic nature's vital potassium ion channel
An international team of scientists, including chemist Xiao Cheng Zeng of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has created what is in effect a nanoscale sieve that is very selective in what it will allow to pass through -- and perfo…
07/18/2012
IPO firms can shatter 'growth ceilings' by investing in people, knowledge
When a company goes public, it's a sign that the firm has hit its stride. By choosing to be publicly traded, it's signaling that it's at the forefront of innovation, that it will use its IPO proceeds to make the next big leap forwa…
07/18/2012
Popular Lied Center events approaching sold-out crowds from season sales
The Lied Center for Performing Arts season tickets sales for the 2012-13 Season are already resulting in near sell-outs for several of this season's most popular events. Patrons waiting for the mid-August opportunity to buy single …
07/19/2012
Prairie Schooner announces 2012 Book Prize winners
Prairie Schooner, the national quarterly literary magazine at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has announced the 2012 winners for its annual awards for books of short fiction and poetry. The competition, in its 10th year, select…
07/19/2012
Great Plains Art Museum announces winners of juried exhibition
The Great Plains Art Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has announced the winners of its juried exhibition, "Contemporary Indigeneity: The New Art of the Great Plains." The winning artists, announc…
07/19/2012
Sheldon Museum of Art seeks volunteer docents
The Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is accepting applications for volunteer museum docents. Since 1964, Sheldon docents have provided engaging tours of the museum's collection and exhibitions. Docents ar…
07/20/2012
Forecasters: Nebraska economy to grow modestly through 2014
State forecasters expect Nebraska's economic growth to remain modest over the next two years, helping the state maintain low unemployment and relative strength compared with the U.S. economy. In its latest l…
07/24/2012
Feces fossils lend new insights into connection between Natives and diabetes
Why do Native Americans experience high rates of diabetes? A common theory is that they possess fat-hoarding "thrifty genes" left over from their ancestors -- genes that were required for survival during ancient cycles of feast and…
07/26/2012
Nastasi earns grant to develop nuclear reactor metal-ceramic composite
Mike Nastasi, director of the Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences Research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, had one of 13 projects selected recently by the U.S. Department of Energy to improve nuclear reactor safety, performa…
07/26/2012
Exhibit, tours, gallery talk celebrate Halls' legacy at Sheldon Museum
The Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will host a walking tour, bike tour and gallery talk in conjunction with "A Legacy of Giving: The Anna and Frank Hall Collection." The exhibition, a celebration of the…
08/1/2012
UNL interior design student Czarnick wins Donghia Foundation award
Fourth-year interior design student Anastasia Czarnick was selected by the Angelo Donghia Foundation for a $30,000 scholarship as one of 13 winners of its 2012 Student Scholarship Program in Interior Design. Czarnick is the fifth University of Nebra…
08/1/2012
Sum of the parts? How our brains see men as people and women as body parts
When casting our eyes upon an object, our brains either perceive it in its entirety or as a collection of its parts. Consider, for instance, photo mosaics consisting of hundreds of tiny pictures that when arranged a certain way form a larger overall …

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