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| 06/4/2009 |
UNL awards $11.7 million in scholarships to Nebraska high school seniorsThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln has announced the awarding of nearly 2,000 scholarships to seniors at Nebraska high schools. The total potential value of the scholarships is approximately $11.7 million. The awards are comprised of 367 Regents Sch… |
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| 08/30/2007 |
UNL announces fall lecture series on architecture in historical fictionA lecture series this fall at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will examine how depictions of buildings were incorporated into 18th- and 19th-century historical fiction. The series will feature five prominent scholars from Great Britain who special… |
09/10/2007 |
| 11/2/2015 |
UNL alumnus, UN official to discuss efforts on racism, xenophobiaUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln alumnus Mutuma Ruteere will speak about his work on behalf of the United Nations on matters related to racism and xenophobia around the world during a 7 p.m. Nov. 5 discussion in the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center'… |
11/5/2015 |
| 02/5/2009 |
United Nations human rights expert to speak Feb. 12 at UNLFausto Padilla Ferigra, an Ecuador-based human rights lawyer, will speak at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln at 3:30 p.m. Feb. 12 in the Nebraska Union, 1400 R St. The lecture, "Human Rights and Civil Conflict in Africa: Perspectives of a U.N. Huma… |
02/12/2009 |
| 03/30/2011 |
U.S. journalist to give voice to Iranian human rights in April 14 talkRoxana Saberi, an Iranian-American journalist who attracted international attention in 2009 when she was imprisoned in Tehran after being falsely accused of spying for the United States, will share her experience during a free, public lecture April 1… |
04/14/2011 |
| 04/2/2009 |
Twitter exec, Nebraska native Evan Williams at UNL April 10Evan Williams, the founder and chief executive of Twitter, will be at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln April 10 for a series of student events. The events will include question-and-answer sessions with students in the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Co… |
04/10/2009 |
| 09/1/2005 |
Tolstoy, John Wayne, 'Peace in the Plains' to be 200th Olson SeminarCount Leo Tolstoy and John Wayne had significant influence on the political and social history of the Great Plains and its corresponding legend or myth of violence and peace, according to Paul A. Olson, one of the founders and first director of the U… |
09/13/2005 |
| 03/10/2008 |
Tim O'Brien, 'best American writer of his generation,' to read at UNLAcclaimed novelist Tim O'Brien will give a reading at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln at 7:30 p.m. March 27 in the auditorium of the Nebraska Union, 1400 R Street. The reading is free and open to the public and is part of his two-week residency at… |
03/27/2008 |
| 10/12/2004 |
Tim Gay to speak Oct. 28 on popularizing physicsTimothy Gay, professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will present the talk, "Football Physics," at 8 p.m. Oct. 28 at the Nebraska Union Auditorium, 1400 R St. Gay, who came to UNL in 1993, will discuss the series of … |
10/28/2004 |
| 03/28/2005 |
Thompson Forum, Hendricks Conference to address U.S. foreign policyJohn Gerard Ruggie, Kirkpatrick professor of international affairs and Weil director of the Center for Business and Government at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, will deliver the lecture "American Exceptionalism, Exemptionalism and… |
04/7/2005 |
| 08/30/2011 |
Thompson Forum to study link between water, international securityThe E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues, a preeminent speaker series at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will examine the relationship between water and international security for the 2011-12 season, which launches Sept. 28. … |
09/28/2011 |
| 03/31/2008 |
Thomas Frank's UNL visit April 3-4 canceledA scheduled University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus visit April 3-4 by author Thomas Frank has been canceled by Frank. Author of "What's the Matter with Kansas," Frank was scheduled to deliver a lecture April 3 and visit a UNL history class April 4. Ti… |
04/3/2008 |
| 10/10/2012 |
Theologian to share lessons learned from Africa in Oct. 17 talk at UNLSouth African theologian Charles Villa-Vicencio, regarded as a global authority in the area of transitional justice, will explore Africa's role as victim and as its own worst enemy when he presents an Oct. 17 public lecture as part of t… |
10/17/2012 |
| 03/14/2012 |
The Latino immigration experience is focus of scholar's March 28 lectureAn author and scholar who rode his bicycle 8,000 miles around the country to understand how Latino immigration has changed the United States will offer a free public lecture March 28 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. … |
03/28/2012 |
| 10/7/2009 |
TD Ameritrade chairman Moglia to speak Oct. 16 at UNL's Raikes SchoolJoseph H. Moglia, chairman of TD Ameritrade Holding Corp., will give a lecture at 2 p.m. Oct. 16 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management. His talk, "How WE got here -- and where YOU are head… |
10/16/2009 |
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