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UNL News Releases

1696 through 1710 out of 4957
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02/28/2012
Noted travel writer to offer writing seminar and public reading March 12
Acclaimed 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
Quilt museum schedules National Quilting Month activities in March
The International Quilt Study Center and Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will celebrate National Quilting Month in March with the following activities: Friday, March 2, 5:30 p.m., public lecture…
03/2/2012
02/28/2012
Notable young author to offer public reading while 'in residence' at UNL
Acclaimed 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
02/28/2012
Tony Award-winning 'In the Heights' at the Lied Center March 2-3
"In the Heights," winner of four 2008 Tony Awards and the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album, is coming to the Lied Center for Performing Arts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for performances at 7:30 p.m. on March …
03/2/2012
02/27/2012
UNL's Swearer to help launch Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation
This week, Lady Gaga and her mother, Cynthia Germanotta, will officially launch the Born This Way Foundation to promote tolerance and empowerment among youth. Susan Swearer, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor of school psyc…
02/27/2012
O'Neill's Bryan Corkle to receive 2012 Christa McAuliffe Prize from UNL
Bryan Corkle, a science teacher in the O'Neill Public Schools, has been named the winner of the 2012 Christa McAuliffe Prize, awarded by the College of Education and Human Sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. …
02/24/2012
Nebraska Young Artist Award winners announced
The Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has announced the winners of the 15th annual Nebraska Young Artist Awards. The awards recognize 11th-grade students f…
04/4/2012
02/23/2012
Evolution of earliest horses driven by climate change
When Sifrhippus, the earliest known horse, first appeared in the forests of North America more than 50 million years ago, it would not have been mistaken for a Clydesdale. It weighed in at around 12 pounds -- and it was desti…
02/23/2012
1862-2012 is focus of symposium hosted by UNL, Homestead Monument
On March 28-30, researchers from across the continent will make their way to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for a three-day symposium focused on exploring the impact of four landmark pieces of legislation passed by Congress in …
03/28/2012
02/23/2012
Molecular biologist Larkins returning to UNL to lead life sciences
Brian Larkins is coming back to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and will head efforts to strengthen UNL's life sciences research. The internationally recognized leader in the development of pl…
02/22/2012
10th anniversary Big Red Road Show is March 4 in Omaha
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln will host its 10th annual Big Red Road Show at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. March 4. The road show will spotlight more than 75 interactive exhib…
03/4/2012
02/22/2012
Textiles in electronic retail age featured at Hillestad Feb. 27-March 30
"I-make/U-buy: Textiles in the Electronic Retail Age," a new exhibition of original work developed for online sales, will be on display from Feb. 27 through March 30 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Robert Hillestad Textiles…
02/27/2012
02/21/2012
Fall semester Deans' List/Honor Roll named at UNL
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has annouonced its Deans' List/Honor Roll for the fall semester of the 2011-12 academic year. Qualification for the Dean's List varies among the eight undergraduate college…
02/21/2012
Tribes and small towns featured in Great Plains Quarterly
In the winter 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 late 19th-century Indian Catholicism on the Rosebud …
02/20/2012
Doc Severinsen to bring big band sound to Lied Center Feb. 27
"Heeeeere's Johnny!" That lead-in, followed by a big band trumpet blast, was a staple of late-pnight television for three decades. The “Johnny” was Johnny Carson, the announcer was Ed McMahon and the bandleader was Doc Severins…
02/27/2012

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