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UNL News Releases

4096 through 4110 out of 4957
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07/24/2009
Back-to-School: Back to school on a budget requires tough choices, planning, cooperation
(This is the second of nine stories in UNL's 2009 "Back-to-School" package.) The household budget is on Beth Cullinane's mind all the time, and that awareness is only heightened when it's time for her two teen-aged daughters to head back to school. …
07/24/2009
Back-to-School: AdventureLied shares performance art with children across Nebraska
(This is the ninth of nine stories in UNL's 2009 "Back-to-School" package.) For most children, sitting in the plush red velvet seats at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Lied Center for Performing Arts provides a truly unique connection to live pe…
07/26/2007
Back to School: Parents: Avoid becoming a 'helicopter' by encouraging self-sufficiency
Lincoln, Neb., July 2007 -- Years ago, going off to college meant being dropped off at the residence hall door with a wave. Calls home were once a week on the hallway phone. Letters from Mom came in the postal mailbox. Class schedules were changed th…
03/4/2008
Babbitt to replace Reilly for April 22 Thompson Forum lecture at UNL
Organizers announced a change in the 2007-08 E.N. Thompson Forum series at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Bruce Babbitt, secretary of the interior from 1993 to 2001, will replace William K. Reilly. Babbitt will give a lecture titled, "Nebraska's…
04/22/2008
09/11/2006
Azar Nafisi lecture Sept. 20, tickets available today
Human rights and political expert and best-selling author Azar Nafisi will present the 11th annual Governor's Lecture in the Humanities and the next lecture in the E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her address…
09/20/2006
10/17/2008
Ayers talk at UNL canceled
A speech that was to be part of a student research conference at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's College of Education and Human Science by William Ayers, a distinguished professor of curriculum and instruction at the University of Illinois at Ch…
11/15/2008
06/25/2012
Awards ceremony is July 6 for Great Plains Art Museum's juried exhibit
The Great Plains Art Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will host a First Friday awards ceremony and opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. on July 6 for the juried exhibition, "Contemporary Indigeneity: The New Art of the Gr…
07/6/2012
03/17/2008
Award-winning political comedian Blakeman to perform at UNL
Scott Blakeman, an award-winning political comedian, will speak at 7 p.m. March 27 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He will perform in Room 25 of the College of Business Administration Building, 12th and R streets. The event is free and open to…
03/27/2008
10/20/2011
Award-winning poet, human rights activist to offer public reading Nov. 3
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln English Department and Creative Writing Program will host a reading by nationally acclaimed poet and human rights activist Carolyn Forche at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 3. The reading will be in the Great Plai…
11/3/2011
02/22/2011
Award-winning poet to offer public reading while 'in residence' at UNL
Acclaimed American poet and critic Alicia Ostriker will give a public reading March 10 and participate in other community activities as part of a visit sponsored by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Ostriker is this year's "Writer in Residence" fo…
03/10/2011
02/29/2012
Award-winning poet to offer free public reading March 15 at UNL
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln English Department and Creative Writing Program will host a reading by acclaimed poet Jan Beatty on March 15 at 5:30 p.m. The reading will be in the Dudley Bailey Library, Room 208 Andrews Hall, 1…
03/15/2012
01/23/2014
Award-winning math conference returns to UNL Jan. 31-Feb. 2
Nearly 300 students from 34 states, as well as Puerto Rico and Mexico, will make their way to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for the 16th annual Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics, Jan. 31-Feb. 2. …
01/31/2014
02/27/2008
Award-winning Latina poet Maria Melendez to read at UNL
Poet Maria Melendez will read at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln at 7:30 p.m., March 12 in 228 Andrews Hall, 14th Street south of U Street. Melendez teaches creative writing and multicultural literature at Utah State University. Her poetry, fictio…
03/12/2008
06/18/2009
Award-winning Japanese quilts exhibit June 19-July 19 at quilt museum
Quilts from the most prestigious quilt competition in Japan will be on display at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln June 19-July 19. Seventeen winning entries from international contestants were cho…
06/19/2009
09/10/2007
Award-winning bead exhibition at Hillestad Textiles Gallery
The Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery will host an exhibit of award- winning beaded artworks now through Sept. 28. The beaded works on display are selections from the Bead International 2006 juried exhibition held annually at the Dairy Barn Southeast…

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