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| 08/5/2011 |
Morrill Hall's free Thursday nights to end Aug. 25Time is running out to take advantage of free admission to Morrill Hall on Thursday nights this summer. The last days for the public to visit the University of Nebraska State Museum free of charge on Thursdays from 4:30 to 8 p.m. are Aug. 11, 18 and… |
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| 08/4/2011 |
Sheldon contest aims to name Nebraska arts magazineIf you're a regular at art openings, love the arts, are a creative type or simply fancy yourself a bit of a wordsmith, the Sheldon Museum of Art needs your help. Sheldon, along with a number of statewide partners, is producing a new publication that… |
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| 08/4/2011 |
Nebraska Archaeological Survey continues project at Hugh Butler LakeThe University of Nebraska State Museum's Nebraska Archaeological Survey is conducting further archaeological investigations at several prehistoric sites this summer at Hugh Butler Lake in Frontier County. Additional funds were granted recently to c… |
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| 08/3/2011 |
'Grant Wood in Focus' is new Sheldon exhibit"Grant Wood in Focus," an exhibit running through Oct. 2 in the Focus Gallery at the Sheldon Museum of Art, reveals tantalizing clues about the artist's sexual orientation. Recently, scholars have reevaluated Grant Wood's art and life in light of hi… |
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| 08/3/2011 |
UNL nanoscience center hosting Science Cafe Aug. 18The Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will present a Science Cafe at Red9, 322 S. Ninth St., at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 18. Srivatsan Kidambi, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, wil… |
08/18/2011 |
| 08/2/2011 |
UNL report: Nebraska moves up in national entrepreneurship rankingsThe state of Nebraska rose three spots to No. 21 in the newly released State Entrepreneurship Index, a nationwide analysis and ranking system that compares how states stack up in terms of business formation and innovation. The State Entrepreneurship… |
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| 08/2/2011 |
August graduates to wear 'green' gowns to UNL commencement exercisesThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln's summer graduates will wear "green" at commencement exercises Aug. 12 and 13 at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Not the color green -- the environmental green. Sustainable academic regalia will be used for the firs… |
08/12/2011 |
| 08/1/2011 |
'Exceptional drought' record for United States set in JulyThe percent of contiguous U.S. land area experiencing exceptional drought in July reached the highest levels in the history of the U.S. Drought Monitor, said an official at the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.… |
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| 08/1/2011 |
Kooser's papers held by UNL Archives and Special CollectionsThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries announced today that it has acquired the personal papers of Ted Kooser, award-winning Presidential Professor of English and U.S. Poet Laureate Consultant to the Library of Congress (2004-06). Kooser said … |
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| 07/29/2011 |
Ninth student Fulbright scholar, Middleton, is record at UNLUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln December 2010 graduate Anita Middleton of O'Fallon, Ill., will travel to Russia on a Fulbright Scholarship to be an English teaching assistant. During her trip she also plans to volunteer in a child care center or an or… |
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| 07/28/2011 |
'Histories' opens in Sheldon's permanent collection galleries Aug. 5The Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is reinstalling its permanent collection galleries with a new show, "Histories," which focuses on the complexity of the subject. The exhibition opens with a First Friday reception from 5… |
08/5/2011 |
| 07/28/2011 |
New buildings, construction will greet UNL studentsFour new buildings at or near completion will greet University of Nebraska-Lincoln students when they arrive on campus for the Aug. 22 start of fall semester classes. They include the Nanoscience Metrology Facility at 16th and W streets at the north … |
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| 07/27/2011 |
2011 Prairie Schooner Book Prize winners announced: $6,000 awardedPrairie Schooner at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has announced the winners for its annual awards for books of short fiction and poetry. The winners were chosen from almost 1,000 submissions from around the world. The Prairie Schooner Book Priz… |
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| 07/27/2011 |
Sheldon seeks applicants to be volunteer docentsDocents at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Sheldon Museum of Art are more than just volunteers. They're a community of educators and art lovers who embrace one of the best ways to support the museum's mission: serving as ambassadors for the arts… |
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| 07/25/2011 |
Nebraska Transportation Center helps with diesel emissions reductionThe Nebraska Transportation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has completed work under a $1 million grant to help retrofit commercial trucks with auxiliary power units, known as APUs, reducing emissions and saving thousands of gallons of d… |
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