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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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| 08/6/2012 |
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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| 08/2/2012 |
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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| 08/2/2012 |
800 students to receive UNL degrees at Aug. 10-11 ceremoniesThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln will grant degrees to an estimated 800 students at commencement exercises Aug. 10 and 11. Chancellor Harvey Perlman will preside at the ceremonies at the Bob Devaney Sports Center for recipients of master's and doc… |
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| 08/1/2012 |
UNL interior design student Czarnick wins Donghia Foundation awardFourth-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… |
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| 08/1/2012 |
Sum of the parts? How our brains see men as people and women as body partsWhen 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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| 07/26/2012 |
Nastasi earns grant to develop nuclear reactor metal-ceramic compositeMike 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… |
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| 07/26/2012 |
Exhibit, tours, gallery talk celebrate Halls' legacy at Sheldon MuseumThe 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… |
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| 07/24/2012 |
Feces fossils lend new insights into connection between Natives and diabetesWhy 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… |
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| 07/24/2012 |
Great Plains Art Museum to present Catherine Meier exhibitionThe 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.… |
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| 07/20/2012 |
Forecasters: Nebraska economy to grow modestly through 2014State 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… |
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| 07/19/2012 |
Prairie Schooner announces 2012 Book Prize winnersPrairie 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… |
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| 07/19/2012 |
Great Plains Art Museum announces winners of juried exhibitionThe 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… |
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| 07/19/2012 |
Sheldon Museum of Art seeks volunteer docentsThe 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… |
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| 07/18/2012 |
IPO firms can shatter 'growth ceilings' by investing in people, knowledgeWhen 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… |
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