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| 01/11/2010 |
UNL Actuarial Science Program named a Center of Actuarial ExcellenceThe Society of Actuaries has recognized the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Actuarial Science Program as one of its first Centers of Actuarial Excellence. The society has renewed the emphasis on strengthening the role of academics within the actuaria… |
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| 01/8/2010 |
UNL wins $6.9 million grant to help fund nanoscience facilityThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln has received $6.9 million of federal stimulus funding from the National Institute of Standards and Technology to help fund construction of a new nanoscience research facility. The grant will cover half the $13.8 mi… |
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| 01/8/2010 |
College of Law announces tax law scholarship recipientsThe University of Nebraska College of Law has announced two major scholarship awards for the 2009-10 academic year. Grant Maynard of Bellevue is the 2009-10 recipient of the Philip Johnson-Great Plains Federal Tax Institute Scholarship and Shawn Bea… |
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| 01/8/2010 |
UNL public relations student group wins top honorsThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America won top honors with an Award of Excellence at the Nebraska Public Relations Society of America Paper Anvil Awards last month. The awards are awarded annual… |
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| 01/7/2010 |
Civil War-era battles in North Platte Valley lead off spring Olson seminarsA reconstruction of two Civil War-era battles in the North Platte River valley will lead off the spring semester series of Paul A. Olson Seminars in Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. UNL anthropologists Douglas D. Scott and… |
01/20/2010 |
| 01/7/2010 |
'Black Holes' fulldome shows at Mueller Planetarium in JanuaryBeginning Jan. 14, Mueller Planetarium at the University of Nebraska State Museum will feature "Black Holes" as its fulldome program on Thursday nights at 7 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays at 2 and 3 p.m. This schedule will be in effect through Feb. … |
01/14/2010 |
| 01/7/2010 |
Talk on Woody Guthrie featured Jan. 10 at OLLI open houseKathryn Benzel and Mike Adams will present a program on "Woody Guthrie: Re-envisioning 1930s America" at 2:45 p.m. Jan. 10 during the open house New Year's party hosted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. The o… |
01/10/2010 |
| 01/4/2010 |
'Migrations: New Directions in Native American Art' at Sheldon Jan. 8Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will present "Migrations: New Directions in Native American Art," opening Jan. 8 and on view through April 25. The exhibition includes artwork of six emerging Native American artists who ha… |
01/8/2010 |
| 12/23/2009 |
UNL's 90.3 KRNU launches free 'Extra Vaganza' coupon bookThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln's campus radio station, 90.3 KRNU, has created a new marketing tool to generate funds and promote its new underwriting program. The free 'Extra Vaganza' booklet contains coupons to retailers participating as new KRN… |
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| 12/22/2009 |
DOE grant funds innovative nanotechnology research at UNLNanoscientists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have received a prestigious grant to develop new magnetic materials that could help reduce global warming and the nation's dependence on foreign resources. Researchers in UNL's Nebraska Center for… |
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| 12/21/2009 |
Chancellor appoints Ellen Weissinger interim vice chancellorEllen Weissinger, dean of Graduate Studies, was appointed today by University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman as interim senior vice chancellor for academic affairs. The appointment is subject to approval by University of Nebraska Presi… |
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| 12/21/2009 |
UNL research aims to understand homelessness among womenWomen make up nearly one-third of the homeless population in the United States. Yet little is known about how they become homeless or how they live. University of Nebraska-Lincoln sociologist Les Whitbeck hopes his new research project surveying the… |
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| 12/21/2009 |
Stimulus funds support bio-nano hybrid systems researchRavi Saraf studies bio-nano hybrid systems that harness chemical reactions in living cells. Now the University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering is exploring the "science of manufacturability" for bio-nano devices… |
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| 12/21/2009 |
Moriyama's focus on developing bioinformatics tools earns stimulus grantScientific advances in areas as diverse as medicine and agriculture often require finding specific snippets of DNA within an organism's vast genetic information -- and University of Nebraska-Lincoln biologist Etsuko Moriyama is working to develop too… |
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| 12/21/2009 |
Understanding relationship of proteins, fatty acids could help treat diseasesIt's widely understood that eating a diet high in saturated fats increases the risk for a long list of chronic and deadly diseases, including diabetes and coronary heart disease. Understanding how this works at a molecular level, however, is much mor… |
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