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07/13/2009
Prairie Schooner announces annual fiction, poetry award winners
Prairie Schooner at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has announced the winners and runners-up for its annual awards for books of short fiction and poetry. The winners were chosen from 1,100 submissions from around the world. Winners receive $3,000 …
07/10/2009
Chang-Barnes announced in new role as interim artistic director
After touring Europe in May and June as a Fulbright Scholar, Ann Chang-Barnes, interim executive director of the Lied Center for Performing Arts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has decided to return to a more regular schedule of performing as …
07/10/2009
3 UNL students receive Gilman Scholarships for international study
Three University of Nebraska-Lincoln students are preparing to study abroad on Gilman Scholarships. These scholarships fund undergraduate students from groups typically underrepresented in study abroad to study in diverse locations. Recipients are re…
07/9/2009
'Ethanol: Salvation or Damnation?' earns national student reporting award
An in-depth report by University of Nebraska-Lincoln journalism students titled "Ethanol: Salvation or Damnation?" has been judged first place in the Society of Environmental Journalism's 2009 Awards for Reporting on the Environment for the category …
07/9/2009
Mueller Planetarium celebrates 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 moon landing
Forty years ago, Apollo 11 took flight to the moon. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. became the first humans to set foot on the celestial body -- marking a great achievement in space exploration and a defining moment in U.…
07/8/2009
7 from UNL receive national awards for research, language, culture study
Several University of Nebraska-Lincoln students have received prestigious scholarships for international study. Information on recipients follows, including hometown, scholarship, students' plans to use the scholarship, and academic background of stu…
07/6/2009
NU State Museum's Wildlife and Nature Photo Contest begins July 6
Lincoln, Neb., July 6, 2009 -- The University of Nebraska State Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will conduct its first "Wildlife and Nature Photo Contest" July 6 through Sept. 30. Amateur photographers who are Nebraska residents age 18 o…
07/6/2009
07/6/2009
Knops' research on invasive species shows nitrogen cycling is key
Biologists know that when plants battle for space, often the actual battle is for getting the nitrogen. Now, research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln gives important new information on how plants can change "nitrogen cycling" to gain nitrogen …
07/1/2009
Larsen Tractor Museum receives Conservation Bookshelf
Treasured objects and artifacts held by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Larsen Tractor Museum will be preserved for future generations with help from the Institute of Museum and Library Services Connecting to Collections Bookshelf, a core set of…
06/30/2009
Forecast: Nebraska to be spared from worst as economy 'resets'
While the U.S. economy is showing signs of recovery, the chances of a rapid nationwide economic recovery, of the kind that typically follows a recession, are slim, a report by the Nebraska Business Forecast Council shows. Instead, the economy is lik…
06/29/2009
Laser-created temporal lens could lead to movies of molecular processes
Finding a way to observe and record the behavior of matter at the molecular level has long been a holy grail among physicists. That ability could open the door to a wide range of applications in ultrafast electron microscopy used in a large array of …
06/29/2009
New 'Fossil Freeway' route promotes prehistoric finds
Travelers on the "Fossil Freeway" of Western Nebraska and South Dakota will find adventure and mystery on a one-of-a-kind highway corridor of prehistoric fossil finds. From Nebraska's Panhandle to the Black Hills of South Dakota, the Fossil Freeway …
06/29/2009
Spring semester Deans' List/Honor Roll named
The link below is to list of University of Nebraska-Lincoln students named to the Deans' List/Honor Roll for the spring semester of the 2008-09 academic year. Qualification for the Deans' List/Honor Holl vary among the eight undergraduate colleges a…
06/26/2009
70 students to attend Nebraska at Oxford Program, July 19-Aug. 15
Seventy University of Nebraska-Lincoln students are scheduled to participate in the 20th annual Nebraska at Oxford Program July 19 through Aug. 15 at England's University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world. Sponsored by t…
06/24/2009
Askren selected as UNL's first Chief Information Officer
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman has announced the selection, after a national search, of Mark S. Askren as the new Chief Information Officer for UNL. Askren has been assistant vice chancellor of administrative computing serv…

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