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03/3/2010
Great Plains Quarterly celebrates 30 years of publication in 2010
Great Plains Quarterly, an academic journal published by the Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, kicks off 30 years of continuous publication with its newly released winter issue. As usual, this interdisciplinary jo…
11/7/2013
Great Plains Olson Seminar on Nov. 20 to cover climate change and insects
Don't panic. According to world-renowned insect ecologist Leon Higley, climate change probably won't make the skies of Nebraska "darken with the flight of millions of ravenous grasshoppers." But, being such …
11/20/2013
10/13/2014
Great Plains Olson Seminar celebrates Saskatchewan architecture
The rolling grasslands that flood through the Great Plains begin north of the border in Canada's Saskatchewan province. Similar geography, culture, flora and fauna connect the northern prairie to the rest of the Great Plains region…
10/22/2014
11/10/2015
Great Plains lecture to focus on North America's rarest mammal
In 1986, only 18 black-footed ferrets remained in North America. Thanks to a national and international recovery effort, the mammal now enjoys a stable population. David Jachowski, author of "Wild Again: The Struggle to Save the Black-Footed Ferret,"…
11/18/2015
02/22/2016
Great Plains lecture to focus on North America's rarest mammal
In 1986, only 18 black-footed ferrets remained in North America. Thanks to a national and international recovery effort, the mammal now enjoys a stable population. David Jachowski, author of "Wild Again: The Struggle to Save the Black-Footed Ferret,"…
03/2/2016
04/7/2008
Great Plains Invitational Art Show and Sale May 2-11
The Friends of the Center for Great Plains Studies will present the fourth annual Great Plains Invitational Art Show and Sale at the Great Plains Art Museum May 2 through 11. Visitors will be able to view the exhibitions and meet the participating ar…
05/2/2008
11/3/2009
Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize winner to speak Nov. 18
The story of one of the most powerful native empires in North American History will be the topic of the next Paul A. Olson seminar in Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Pekka Hamalainen, associate professor of history at the…
11/18/2009
10/29/2012
Great Plains Center produces map of 50 top ecotourism sites in Great Plains
Following up on an earlier announcement of the top 10 ecotourism sites in the Great Plains, the University of Nebraska's Center for Great Plains Studies has published a map featuring the top 50 ecotourism sites in eight states. …
03/28/2013
Great Plains Center produces digital ecotourism map
The University of Nebraska's Center for Great Plains Studies has turned its free printed map of the top ecotourism sites in the Great Plains into an interactive Web version. The map features the top 50 ecoto…
09/13/2012
Great Plains Center announces top 10 ecotourism sites in region
The Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has announced the results of its survey to determine the top 10 ecotourist sites in the Great Plains. Early this spring the center co…
05/14/2013
Great Plains Center announces 2013 graduate fellows
The University of Nebraska's Center for Great Plains Studies has appointed eight University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate students to its Graduate Fellows Program. The students (the second round to be acc…
12/17/2014
Great Plains book prize renamed, upped to $10,000
Since 2005 the University of Nebraska's Center for Great Plains Studies has acknowledged outstanding works of nonfiction with its annual book prize. Starting this year, the prize's name has been changed …
05/13/2009
Great Plains book prize goes to Hamalainen's 'The Comanche Empire'
"The Comanche Empire" by Pekka Hamalainen, is this year's winner of the Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize from the Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln James Stubbendieck, director of the center, made the announc…
07/24/2012
Great Plains Art Museum to present Catherine Meier exhibition
The Great Plains Art Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will present a new exhibition beginning Aug. 3 that will include prints, drawings and projected animations by Catherine Meier. "Open Richness" will run through Sept.…
08/3/2012
12/15/2009
Great Plains Art Museum to host Part 2 of 'Searching for Real Nebraska'
The Great Plains Art Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will present the work of four photographers documenting the economic upheaval in Nebraska caused by the current recession. An exhibition of photography by UNL photojournalism students…
01/5/2010

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