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02/26/2010
Arthur, Westside teachers to receive Christa McAuliffe Prizes from UNL
Lynn Channer of Arthur County Schools in Arthur and Rhonda Josten of Westside Community Schools in Omaha have been selected as this year's winners of the Christa McAuliffe Prizes for Courage and Excellence in Education by the University of Nebraska-L…
02/26/2010
Grand Island's Jessica John wins $2,500 national Tau Sigma scholarship
University of Nebraska-Lincoln student Jessica John of Grand Island has been awarded a $2,500 National Tau Sigma Scholarship. John earned one of 28 Tau Sigma scholarships awarded in 2010, and which ranged from $250 to $2,500. Scholarships are awarde…
02/25/2010
'One Night of Queen' to rock Lied Center March 11
The United Kingdom's hottest and most successful rock show, "One Night of Queen," celebrating the music of rock-and-roll legend and Queen front man, Freddie Mercury, will rock the Lied Center for Performing Arts at 7:30 p.m. March 11. Performed by G…
03/11/2009
02/25/2010
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed to lecture at UNL
Historian Annette Gordon-Reed will give a lecture and sign copies of her Pulitzer Prize-winning book, "The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family," at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln March 4. Her lecture, "Writing the History of an Enslaved …
03/4/2010
02/24/2010
NU State Museum to offer free Thursday night admission in March
The University of Nebraska State Museum will offer free admission to Morrill Hall Thursday nights in March, extending a program that began in February. The museum will be open free of charge to visitors from 4:30 to 8 p.m. March 4, 11, 18 and 25. Af…
03/4/2010
02/23/2010
1940s musical review 'In the Mood' at Lied Center March 9
Celebrating the classic big band era greats of the 1940s like Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, Bennie Goodman and more, In the Mood is a theatrical swing review that gets audiences dancing in the aisles. The In the Mood singers and dancers, ac…
03/9/2010
02/22/2010
UNL names Knight Foundation's Kebbel as dean of journalism college
Gary Kebbel, journalism program director for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, has accepted appointment as the dean of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications. The appointment, pending approval by th…
02/22/2010
Abraham Inc. to bring 'all-out klezmer funk dance party' to Lied Center
Klezmer clarinet virtuoso David Krakauer will collaborate with long-time James Brown trombonist Fred Wesley and beat architect Socalled to create an all-out klezmer-funk dance party when Abraham Inc. rocks the stage at the University of Nebraska-Linc…
03/6/2010
02/19/2010
Donde Plowman named dean of UNL College of Business Administration
Donde Plowman, a professor of business and head of the Department of Management at University of Tennessee in Knoxville, has accepted appointment as the ninth dean of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Business Administration. The appointm…
02/19/2010
Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts gives alumni awards
The Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has announced the recipients of the 2010 Fine and Performing Arts Alumni Board alumni awards. The awards are selected by the college's Fine and Performing Arts…
04/24/2010
02/19/2010
Eating Disorders Awareness Week is Feb. 22-26
A week to "Get Real" about your body and health is planned at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in observance of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Feb. 22-26. The week begins with the "Pincurl Girls: A Story of Empowerment" by Jen Lukas-Lan…
02/22/2010
02/18/2010
Lied Center to host Van Cliburn gold medalist Haochen Zhang March 2
China's Haochen Zhang, gold medal winner of classical piano's most prestigious contest, the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, will light up the stage at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Lied Center for Performing Arts at 7:30 p.m. Marc…
03/2/2010
02/18/2010
UNL's Qiao earns early career award to study next-generation power grids
Plugging additional energy from alternative sources, such as wind and solar, into the current electrical system will require a smarter, more efficient power grid. Wei Qiao (pronounced Way Chow), a University of Nebraska-Lincoln assistant professor o…
02/17/2010
UNL names law faculty member Poser dean of College of Law
Susan Poser, a professor of law at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Law and chief of staff and associate to the chancellor, has accepted appointment as the dean of the UNL College of Law. The appointment, pending approval by the Universi…
02/16/2010
UNL student, staff volunteers helping complete tax returns
Approximately 60 University of Nebraska-Lincoln students and staff have completed nearly 450 tax returns thus far this winter to assist low- to moderate-income families and fellow students. Last year, UNL students completed 785 tax returns and netted…

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