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| 06/3/2004 |
Sebastian Elbaum Receives Prestigious NSF Career AwardSebastian Elbaum, assistant professor in computer science and engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has been awarded a National Science Foundation Career Award. The $400,000 award is titled "Leveraging Field Data to Test Highly-Configura… |
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| 06/3/2004 |
Grange, Sherrard Receive Fulbright Senior Specialist GrantsTwo University of Nebraska-Lincoln scholars have received Fulbright Senior Specialist grants from the Council for International Exchange of Scholars. William Grange, associate professor of theatre arts, is teaching communications and journalism this… |
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| 06/3/2004 |
Sicking, Safety Facility, Earn Pocono Raceway AwardThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Midwest Roadside Safety Facility, headed by Dean L. Sicking, has been named the 2004 recipient of Pocono Raceway's Bill France Award of Excellence. The award of Excellence has been presented annually to a person, … |
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| 06/3/2004 |
Anna Shavers Attends Meeting to Develop 'Global' Law CurriculumAnna Williams Shavers, associate professor of law at the University of Nebraska College of Law, joined legal educators representing more than 45 countries and all of the world's legal systems in Hawaii in late May to hammer out a "global curriculum" … |
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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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| 08/12/2004 |
UNL Professor Ted Kooser Appointed U.S. Poet LaureateTed Kooser, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln visiting professor of English, will be the next Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, Librarian of Congress James H. Billington announced today. "Ted Kooser is a major poetic voice… |
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| 09/30/2004 |
Tim Gay's new book, 'Football Physics,' reveals science of the gameWhile Husker fans are uncovering the secrets to the West Coast offense, they may still be wondering how spin and altitude affect the range of punters. In a new book, "Football Physics: The Science of the Game," University of Nebraska-Lincoln physics-… |
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| 10/4/2004 |
Mammalogist society honors GenowaysThe American Society of Mammalogists in June conferred its Hartley H.T. Jackson Award in Mammalogy upon Hugh Genoways, professor in the School of Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The award, established in 1977, recognizes outs… |
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| 10/4/2004 |
Johnsen is finalist for environmental broadcasting awardLincoln, Neb., Oct. 4, 2004 - Carolyn Johnsen, a lecturer at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications, is a finalist for a broadcast award from the national Society of Environmental Journalists. Johnsen's nomin… |
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| 10/6/2004 |
Poet Laureate Kooser to have first Library of Congress reading Oct. 7The new poet laureate consultant in poetry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Professor Ted Kooser, will inaugurate the Library of Congress literary season with readings from his work Oct. 7. He will also be a featured author at the fourth National Book… |
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| 10/29/2004 |
UNL's McCutcheon part of elite team to track votingThe mistaken voting projections in Florida in the 2000 election have spurred the media and pollsters to act to prevent a recurrence this Election Day, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Allan McCutcheon will be part of the team aiming to make t… |
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| 12/10/2004 |
College of Business Administration names Seacrest Faculty FellowsThe James C. and Rhonda Seacrest Faculty Fellows Fund has been established at the University of Nebraska Foundation with a generous $1 million gift. Proceeds from the endowed fund will be used to encourage and retain valued faculty at the College of … |
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| 12/10/2004 |
UNL Economics Department ranked 2nd worldwide in education researchA recently published book on economic education has cited the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Economics for excellence in economic education scholarship. In "Shaping the Learning Curve: Essays on Economic Education," edited by Franklin G… |
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| 12/15/2004 |
Summer Institute for Online Teaching honored for excellenceThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln Summer Institute for Online Teaching has received one of five awards for Excellence in Online Teaching and Learning from the Sloan Consortium, an association of more than 900 institutions and organizations of higher… |
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| 12/15/2004 |
Sociology Department honored by Sociologists for Women in SocietyThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Sociology has been honored with three awards in a report to the organization Sociologists for Women in Society. In "Report Card on Gender- and Women-Friendly Sociology Departments," the UNL Sociology D… |
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