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UNL News Releases

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04/20/2006
Young Alumni Award winners announced
Three University of Nebraska-Lincoln alumni will receive the Nebraska Alumni Association's Young Alumni Award May 5 at the All-University Celebration and Salute to Alumni Achievement at the Nebraska Champions Club. The award is given annually to UNL …
02/15/2016
York will host 2016 Connecting Young Nebraskans Summit
York has been selected as the site of the 2016 Connecting Young Nebraskans Summit. Young leaders from across the state will gather to network and build skills at the summit Oct. 27 and 28 at the Holthus Convention Center, 3130 Holen Ave. Connecting …
10/27/2016
05/18/2007
York educator Chris Holder wins Battey distinguished educator ho
Chris Holder, English teacher at York High School, is the 2007 winner of the Freda Drath Battey Distinguished Educator Award, presented by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Education and Human Sciences. Holder received the award at a lun…
04/3/2009
Yo-Yo Ma to perform at Lincoln's Lied Center for Performing Arts
The Lied Center for Performing Arts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln announces the upcoming performance of internationally acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma in Lincoln on Sunday, March 21, 2010, at 4 p.m. "We are so excited to present once again the l…
03/21/2010
09/28/2015
Yield gap study highlights potential for higher crop yields in Africa
Agricultural yields could more than triple in a number of African countries, suggesting that tremendous improvements in food security are possible, according to new findings by the Global Yield Gap and Water Productivity Atlas. Developed by a resear…
03/2/2004
Yearlong Events Commemorate Brown vs. Board of Education Anniversary
Lincoln, Neb., March 2, 2004 -- The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's College of Education and Human Sciences is organizing a yearlong commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's historic Brown vs. Board of Education decision. "T…
03/8/2004
01/3/2006
Xiao Cheng Zeng named fellow in elite physics organization
Xiao Cheng Zeng named fellow in elite physics organization Xiao Cheng Zeng, Willa Cather professor and professor of chemistry at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has been named a fellow of the American Physical Society. Election to the fellowship …
10/30/2007
Xiao Cheng Zeng elected AAAS fellow
Xiao Cheng Zeng, university professor of chemistry at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Election as a fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers…
08/17/2005
Wyoming's Charles Francis to direct Nebraska Unions
Charles W. Francis, director of the Wyoming Union at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, will be the new director of the Nebraska Unions at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Francis will take over for longtime unions director Daryl Swanson, who r…
05/16/2007
WWII scrap drives, Cather's immigrants, racial violence in GP Quarterly
In the spring issue of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Great Plains Quarterly, researchers wrote about the development and promotion of WWII scrap drives, Willa Cather's view of immigrants in "O Pioneers!", and the Afro-American Council's strugg…
05/16/2008
Wunder to be president of Western History Association
University of Nebraska-Lincoln historian John Wunder will become president-elect of the Western History Association at the association's annual meeting in October. He will serve in that capacity during 2009, and will be president of the WHA during 20…
01/25/2016
WuDunn to discuss global women's rights at E.N. Thompson Forum
Editor's note: Due to expected winter weather, this lecture has been rescheduled for 7 p.m. Feb. 23. Sheryl WuDunn asserts that the greatest unexploited resource in the modern world isn't oil or gold or wind. It's women. While there is no simple …
02/2/2016
05/11/2011
Writers conference at UNL to feature acclaimed authors, publishing pros
Some of the nation's acclaimed authors and most influential publishing professionals will be on hand to help writers of all experience levels master their craft and learn about the publishing process at this year's Nebraska Summer Writers Conference.…
06/11/2011
02/17/2014
Worldwide study finds that fertilizer destabilizes grasslands
Fertilizer could be too much of a good thing for the world's grasslands, according to study findings to be published online Feb. 16 by the journal Nature. The worldwide study shows that, on average, addition…
10/22/2010
World-renowned pianist Vladimir Feltsman at Lied Center Oct. 26
Piano great Vladimir Feltsman comes to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Lied Center for Performing Arts Oct. 26 for a special one-night engagement. In a season where Feltsman will be performing with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Sym…
10/26/2010

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