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| 03/23/2011 |
Economist to discuss international trade in next Thompson Forum lectureEconomist and author Pietra Rivoli will share her views about the economics, history and politics of world trade on April 12 in the final lecture of this season's E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Rivoli, a p… |
04/12/2011 |
| 03/23/2011 |
Maxwell Arboretum walking tours begin April 12University of Nebraska-Lincoln Gardens' informal walking tours of the Earl G. Maxwell Arboretum on East Campus will continue in 2011. The tours are scheduled twice a month from noon to 1 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, beginning… |
04/12/2011 |
| 03/22/2011 |
Art, animals celebrated at Morrill Hall's 'Colorful Creature Day' April 2Families are invited to celebrate Colorful Creature Day from 1 to 4:30 p.m. April 2 at Morrill Hall, south of 14th and Vine streets on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln City Campus. This event is part of a year-long celebration of the museum's 140t… |
04/2/2011 |
| 03/22/2011 |
Political turn in the humanities is focus of new UNL speaker seriesA world-renowned political theorist and an acclaimed historian will round out the spring 2011 schedule for "Humanities on the Edge," a multidisciplinary speaker series at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The series focusing on theoretical researc… |
03/31/2011 |
| 03/22/2011 |
UNL engineering students experiment with NASA in Microgravity U.A team of University of Nebraska-Lincoln engineering students will travel to Houston's Johnson Space Center to conduct research for NASA that will have them floating on-board reduced gravity missions, March 31 through April 9. The team was chosen in… |
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| 03/18/2011 |
Annual Prairie Schooner writing prizes announcedPrairie Schooner, the quarterly literary magazine published at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has announced the winners of 18 writing prizes for work published in 2010. The total prize money awarded was $8,500, with the highest individual prize … |
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| 03/16/2011 |
Tsinhnahjinnie exhibition extended by popular demandThe Great Plains Art Museum exhibition, "Double Vision: New Works by Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie," has been extended by popular demand through April 17. Guest-curated by 2011 Geske Lectureship presenter Veronica L. Passalacqua, the exhibition employs p… |
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| 03/16/2011 |
Great Plains Studies announces Distinguished Book Prize finalistsThe Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has announced the finalists for this year's Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize. The four books selected by a panel of judges are: * "Bad Land Pastoralism in Great Plains F… |
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| 03/16/2011 |
Study: Insurance industry's impact on Nebraska economy is $10.3 billionNebraska's insurance industry produces high-wage workers, contributes to a "brain gain" for the state and had an overall impact of $10.3 billion on the state's economy last year, a new study shows. The research by economists Eric Thompson of the Uni… |
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| 03/14/2011 |
UNL study estimates climate change's impact on Arctic regions by 2099Imagine the vast, empty tundra in Alaska and Canada giving way to trees, shrubs and plants typical of more southerly climates. Imagine similar changes in large parts of Eastern Europe, northern Asia and Scandinavia, as needle-leaf and broadleaf fores… |
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| 03/11/2011 |
International feminist organization based at UNL earns $250,000 grantThe International Association for Feminist Economics, headquartered at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will receive a $250,000 grant over the next two years from the Ford Foundation to support publication of a special issue of "Feminist Economics… |
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| 03/10/2011 |
UNL Summer Institute offers graduate courses to teachersThe Nebraska Math and Science Summer Institutes, a program through the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will offer Nebraska teachers of K-12 math and science an expanded menu of graduate coursework this summer that will enhance their ability to offer … |
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| 03/9/2011 |
UNL agronomist: food security hinges on ag research targeting key issuesRising food and energy prices, possible water shortages and changing climate have led many scientists to predict a global food crisis by 2050. Despite dire predictions, University of Nebraska-Lincoln agronomist Ken Cassman is optimistic that a resur… |
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| 03/9/2011 |
Lasers and optics focus of Morrill Hall's March 20 Sunday ScientistWhat do sunglasses, barcodes, and Blu-Ray discs all have in common? Lasers and optics. Lasers and optics are all around us and the University of Nebraska State Museum will host a Sunday with a Scientist program for children and families to learn abo… |
03/20/2011 |
| 03/9/2011 |
Computing interests to draw students to UNL for contests, scholarshipsNebraska high school students interested in computing will converge on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on April 1 when the Department of Computer Science and Engineering hosts CSE Day. The daylong event, held each spring, will feature competitio… |
04/1/2011 |
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