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| 12/19/2012 |
NSF award aids UNL engineer's efforts to build better solar cellThe sun provides all the energy humans could ever need. But capturing that power remains expensive and inefficient, which leaves fossil fuels as dominant energy sources. Jinsong Huang, an assistant professor… |
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| 01/30/2014 |
NSF award aids UNL engineer's antibiotic resistance workAntibiotic-resistant bacteria are a growing public health threat, infecting at least 2 million Americans each year and killing 23,000. A University of Nebraska-Lincoln engineer's research to understand how bacteria and antibiotics … |
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| 02/16/2016 |
NSF award aids Stains' research on STEM teaching in collegeFor decades, researchers have investigated how college students best learn science, but how faculty teach those students gets less attention. A University of Nebraska-Lincoln researcher is helping faculty become better instructors with the goal of im… |
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| 10/27/2010 |
NPR's Peter Sagal in 1-man show at Lied Center Nov. 6Peter Sagal, longtime host of National Public Radio's "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!", makes his Lied Center debut at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 6. A radio host, author, humorist and long-distance runner, Sagal provides an eclectic and inquiring mind that will make… |
11/6/2010 |
| 03/22/2010 |
NPR correspondent Gifford is April 1 Thompson speaker"China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power," is the title of National Public Radio correspondent Rob Gifford's lecture as part of the final 2009-10 E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He will speak… |
04/1/2010 |
| 12/12/2014 |
November survey: Nebraska business optimism persistsNebraska businesses maintained an optimistic outlook in November according to the latest survey by the Bureau of Business Research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Business Administration. Re… |
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| 12/4/2015 |
November survey: Businesses' optimism returns in NebraskaNebraska businesses have turned optimistic about the outlook for sales and employment, according to the latest monthly survey conducted by the Bureau of Business Research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The November survey showed 31 percent o… |
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| 09/8/2014 |
Novelist/poet Chris Abani to replace Tretheway in Wednesday lectureAward-winning writer, playwright and TED speaker Chris Abani will deliver the 19th annual Governor's Lecture in the Humanities at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 10, at the Lied Center for Performing Arts, 301 N. 12th St. He will replace Natasha T… |
09/10/2014 |
| 03/27/2008 |
Novelist Franci Washburn to read about growing up at Pine RidgeFranci Washburn, an award-winning novelist and poet, will give a reading at 3:30 p.m. April 14 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Great Plains Art Museum, 1155 Q St. Washburn teaches American Indian studies and English at the University of Arizo… |
04/14/2008 |
| 10/26/2004 |
Nov. 8 panel discussion to conclude Kansas-Nebraska Act seriesThe last of a four-part lecture series sponsored by the Nebraska Humanities Council and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, "Nebraska and the Kansas-Nebraska Act: Celebrating the Sesquicentennial, 1854-2004," will be Nov. 8 from 7:30-9 p.m. in the Wa… |
11/8/2004 |
| 11/14/2012 |
Nov. 28 Thompson Forum to examine the death penalty, its consequencesThe death penalty remains an intense and impassioned debate, one that draws strong opinions on everything from morality to money. Two experts on the topic will aim to offer new insights on the debate during a Nov. 28 public appearance a… |
11/28/2012 |
| 02/28/2012 |
Noted travel writer to offer writing seminar and public reading March 12Acclaimed travel writer Stephanie Elizondo Griest, whose globetrotting adventures have included mingling with the Russian Mafia, polishing Chinese propaganda, and dancing with Cuban rumba queens, will give a free seminar on travel … |
03/12/2012 |
| 02/28/2012 |
Notable young author to offer public reading while 'in residence' at UNLAcclaimed fiction author ZZ Packer, regarded as one of the country's best young novelists, will give a public reading March 8 and participate in other community activities as part of a visit to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. … |
03/8/2012 |
| 03/15/2005 |
Norton receives Scripps Howard Foundation national awardWill Norton Jr., dean of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications, was named Journalism Administrator of the Year by Scripps Howard Foundation. Its National Journalism Awards honor the best in print, Web and el… |
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| 01/16/2009 |
Northwestern's Shear selected to head University of Nebraska PressDonna A. Shear has been named director of the University of Nebraska Press effective March 1. Shear has been involved with scholarly publishing for many years. She comes to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln from the Northwestern University Press in… |
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