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| 08/13/2015 |
Study: Driver's ed significantly reduces teen crashes, ticketsA new study that followed more than 150,000 teen drivers over eight years has found that driver's education significantly reduces crashes and traffic violations among new drivers. Young drivers who have not completed driver's education are 75 percen… |
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| 07/20/2015 |
Study: Property of non-stick pans improves solar cell efficiencyThe same quality that buffers a raincoat against downpours or a pan against sticky foods can also boost the performance of solar cells, according to a new study from UNL engineers. Published July 20 in the journal Nature Communications, the study sh… |
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| 07/16/2015 |
UNL sociologist evaluating prevention program for Ojibwe kidsA University of Nebraska-Lincoln sociologist will evaluate the effectiveness of a popular substance abuse prevention program for Ojibwe children and their families with a nearly $3.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Ins… |
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| 07/15/2015 |
Sunday with a Scientist to bring engineering to lifeThe University of Nebraska State Museum's July Sunday with a Scientist program for children and families will explore how engineers solve problems related to living systems. The program will take place from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. July 19 at Morrill Hall, … |
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| 07/14/2015 |
Puckett named director of UNL's Durham SchoolJay A. Puckett, V.O. Smith Professor of Civil and Architectural Engineering at the University of Wyoming, has been named director of the Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He will begin … |
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| 07/13/2015 |
UNL taps Stanford's Stephen Cooper to lead Raikes SchoolThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln has selected Stephen C. Cooper as the executive director of the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management. Cooper is associate professor teaching in the Computer Science Department at Stanford Uni… |
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| 07/10/2015 |
June survey: Nebraska businesses optimistic about sales, employmentNebraska businesses remain optimistic in their outlook for both sales and employment over the next six months, according to a monthly survey conducted by the Bureau of Business Research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. More than one in three b… |
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| 07/9/2015 |
Wisnicki's 'Livingstone Online' opens explorer's writings to publicLong hidden away in archives and repositories, renowned British explorer David Livingstone's testimony of the East African slave trade and its horrors only existed on the pages of centuries-old diaries and other manuscripts. The 19th-century explore… |
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| 07/8/2015 |
Forecast: Nebraska farm income to drop sharply in 2015Nebraska's farm income is predicted to drop nearly 45 percent this year, according to the latest long-term economic forecast produced by the Bureau of Business Research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The three-year forecast, produced in conj… |
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| 06/23/2015 |
UNL chemists: New 2-D material's properties show promiseOne completed a series of theoretical calculations to predict its properties with the help of a massive computing center. The other grew it in bulk before waxing its atom-thin whiskers with the assistance of adhesive tape. Together, University of Ne… |
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| 06/19/2015 |
Nebraska economic indicator nudges higherAn increase in Nebraska's leading economic indicator continues to suggest a strong Nebraska economy during the second half of 2015. The indicator has risen five of the last six months. Strong business expectations and a decline in the value of the … |
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| 06/18/2015 |
UNL research: Devoted parents key to developing world-class talentIt takes 10,000 hours of dedicated practice for a person to become a world-class talent in a given field, or so said writer Malcolm Gladwell in a 2008 book. It also helps to have intensely dedicated parents, according to a new study by University of… |
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| 06/17/2015 |
UNL's Hatch joins program to assist Latino malesLincoln, Neb., June 17, 2015 -- Deryl Hatch, an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Administration in UNL's College of Education and Human Sciences, has been invited to join a new faculty affiliate program at the University of Texas … |
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| 06/16/2015 |
UNL education professor earns national public policy awardResearch has many purposes, but one of its highest callings is to influence public policy. For the impact his anthropological research has had on public education policy in Mexico, University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor Ted Hamann has been honored… |
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| 06/15/2015 |
UNL engineers study how Pilger tornado destroyed buildingsUsing a high-tech laser scanner and a drone, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln civil engineering professor and his graduate students analyzed the wreckage after a tornado ripped through the town of Pilger, Neb., nearly a year ago. The tornado killed … |
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