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| 08/2/2012 |
NSF grant to guide UNL-developed irrigation management tool to marketIn the midst of the worst drought in more than half a century, U.S. farmers are drawing on their best defenses — the center pivot and their experience dealing with some of the harshest conditions Mother Nature can deal. Now a University of Nebrask… |
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| 08/6/2012 |
2 entrepreneurs will mentor, accelerate funding for NU startupsA new Startup Mentor and Accelerator Program has been initatied by NUtech Ventures to help identify and assist in the creation and incubation of new startup companies from the University of Nebraska. The program will be led by new Entrepreneur-in-Res… |
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| 08/8/2012 |
Single ticket sales for Lied Center's 2012-13 season begin Aug. 14The Lied Center for Performing Arts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will begin sales of single tickets for the 2012-13 season performances at 11 a.m. on Aug. 14. Tickets may be purchased at the Lied Center Ticket Office, 301 … |
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| 08/8/2012 |
UNL to develop online resource on 1898 Trans-Mississippi ExpositionThe 1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition brought thousands of people to Omaha to experience a world fair built on the success of the Chicago Columbian Exposition of 1893. Such fairs produced a wealth of materials used today by scholar… |
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| 08/9/2012 |
$3.5 million grant to help special-needs teens avoid being 'lost in the system'Teenage kids "kind of get lost in the system." They're almost adults, and not really needing to be protected like babies or young children -- or so it may seem. Special education researcher Alexandra Trout o… |
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| 08/10/2012 |
Move-in traffic, shut-down lanes Aug. 16-19; classes start Aug. 20Back-to-campus time at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will again see thousands of students moving in to their residence halls in the span of a few days prior to the start of fall semester classes on Aug. 20. … |
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| 08/10/2012 |
Degrees granted to 800 at University of Nebraska-LincolnThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln will grant degrees to some 800 students at commencement exercises Aug. 10 and 11 in separate ceremonies for baccalaureate and postgraduate degrees. The graduates are from… |
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| 08/14/2012 |
Mueller Planetarium offers Mars updates with astronomy showsThe successful landing of the Mars Science Laboratory -- the rover named "Curiosity" -- last week is already producing images and information from the red planet. Curiosity is the largest vehicle ever landed… |
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| 08/15/2012 |
UNL discovery has implications for finding life on Earth, MarsMoqui marbles, unusual balls of rock that can be found rolling around the southwestern U.S. sandstone regions, were formed roughly 2 million years ago with the help of microorganisms. This discovery by a University of Nebraska-Linc… |
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| 08/16/2012 |
Scientists create new form of matter that can dent diamondsWhat do you get when you take buckyballs, soak them in a particular solvent and crush them under the pressure of more than 300,000 atmospheres? The obvious answer is a bunch of crushed buckyballs. But a team… |
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| 08/17/2012 |
Nebraska economic indicator improves in July, indicating sustained growthThe Leading Economic Indicator for Nebraska increased by 1.24 percent in July, reversing a decline in May and June of this year. Improvement in the indicator after two months of decline suggests that Nebraska will be able to sustai… |
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| 08/17/2012 |
Nebraska teachers earn national certification in personal financeThe Nebraska Council of Economic Education, a nonprofit entity housed at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's College of Business Administration, rolled out the red carpet for 28 Nebraska secondary and post-secondary teachers at th… |
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| 08/20/2012 |
UNL partners with Zipcar to offer car sharing on campusThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln today launched a new partnership with Zipcar Inc., to offer a car-sharing program on campus. The convenient transportation option is available at an affordable rate 24 hours a day, seven days a we… |
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| 08/21/2012 |
Education Dept. funds meta-analysis of parent-education involvementIf research studies represent the jigsaw pieces to complex puzzles, meta-analyses assemble them into cohesive pictures that help resolve important questions. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Nebras… |
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| 12/31/1969 |
Emigrants' livestock; populism; Omaha, Pawnee history in GP QuarterlyIn the summer 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 19th-century emigrants and their concerns for their … |
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