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| 03/1/2004 |
Linda Major Wins National Public Health AwardLincoln, Neb., March 1, 2004 -- Linda Major, director of Student Involvement and project director of the NU Directions Campus-Community Coalition at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, was awarded the 2003 College-Based Leadership Award from the Amer… |
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| 07/2/2004 |
Role of Rangers and Mounties Examined in Great Plains QuarterlyIn the 1870s, North American Indians fiercely defended the dwindling bison herds that still roamed in Texas and western Canada. In the spring issue of Great Plains Quarterly, Andrew R. Graybill, assistant professor of history at the University of Neb… |
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| 03/31/2005 |
Johnsgard to receive National Wildlife Federation awardOrnithologist and conservationist Paul A. Johnsgard, foundation professor emeritus at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will receive a 2004 National Conservation Achievement Award from the National Wildlife Federation. Johnsgard will receive the sc… |
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| 07/11/2006 |
Donald Johnson honored for work on U.S.S. ArizonaThe lure of a challenge and the chance to use his skills outside the college classroom landed him as a volunteer in the National Park Service's Submerged Resources Program more than seven years ago. This year, he has been recognized for those skills … |
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| 02/19/2007 |
Pianist Paul Barnes to perform, teach in China, South KoreaPaul Barnes, associate professor of piano and co-chair of the piano area at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Music, will perform and teach in China and South Korea during March as part of a sabbatical project. Barnes will perform his inte… |
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| 05/8/2008 |
Engineering dean Allen earns national award for international leadershipDavid H. Allen, dean of University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering, was selected a winner of the 2008 Michael P. Malone International Leadership Award by the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges. He has been i… |
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| 02/20/2009 |
UNL Graduate Studies honors top students, educatorsThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln Office of Graduate Studies presented eight awards for outstanding graduate education at its annual Graduate Studies Awards Reception Feb. 4. Award winners were: Lowe R. and Mavis M. Folsom Distinguished Doctoral Di… |
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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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| 04/30/2010 |
UNL computer scientist Revesz earns State Department/USAID fellowshipPeter Revesz, a professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has been selected to the highly competitive U.S. Department of State/U.S. Agency for International Development Jefferson Science Fellow program. Begi… |
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| 12/15/2010 |
Bayer CropScience, UNL to partner on wheat-breeding researchA licensing agreement between NUtech Ventures and Bayer CropScience AG announced today in Kearney focuses on wheat improvement. The agreement makes $2 million available for an endowed professorship at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. It also inclu… |
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| 11/1/2011 |
Research organization selects UNL psychologist for high honorUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Lesa Hoffman, an associate professor of psychology, is being recognized for her strides as a promising young researcher. Hoffman is the 2011 winner of the Cattell Award from the Society of Multivariate Experimental… |
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| 12/19/2012 |
International institute honors UNL researcher for advancing technologyA University of Nebraska-Lincoln software engineer's extraordinary record of accomplishment in advancing technology has earned him the title of fellow in a prestigious international organization. Matthew Dwy… |
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| 07/19/2013 |
Nancy Busch named dean of University of Nebraska-Lincoln LibrariesNancy Busch is the new dean of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, UNL senior vice chancellor for academic affairs Ellen Weissinger announced today. Busch, who has served in the role in an interim … |
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| 02/6/2014 |
UNL professor's new novel set amid the magic of 1898 Omaha fairIn Timothy Schaffert's latest novel, dancers waltz in mid-air. A spooky automaton answers burning questions. A medicine man brews up potions to cure broken hearts. A ventriloquist plays straight man to a wise-cracking dummy. … |
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| 12/16/2014 |
UNL's Woollam is named National Academy of Inventors FellowJohn Woollam, George Holmes Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. Woollam, an internationally … |
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