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08/13/2004
Partnership Mentors Middle School Teachers to Math Prowess
Within five years, 120 middle-level math teachers will be ready to help change the face of math education in Nebraska. A partnership involving the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a number of school districts statewide has received federal funding …
08/16/2004
Returning Students to Find Changes on UNL Campus
When University of Nebraska-Lincoln students return to campus for the start of fall semester classes on Aug. 23, they will find a number of changes, including the opening of the $22 million Husker Courtyards apartment-style residence hall at 17th and…
08/18/2004
Speakers Bureau in 10th Year of Free Speech
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Speakers Bureau begins its 10th year this fall with 18 speakers and 40 topics from which to choose. This free service connects faculty and other university experts with Nebraska citizens through service organization…
08/19/2004
New Director Named for Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship
Glenn A. Friendt has been named the new director of the Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Business Administration. "The depth and breadth of Friendt's business experience greatly complements the aca…
08/20/2004
'Hubblevision II' Is Mueller Planetarium Astronomy Show
"Hubblevision II," featuring beautiful images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope and the latest discoveries made with the astronomical wonder, will be Ralph Mueller Planetarium's astronomy show through Nov. 28. The 32-minute program will be shown…
08/19/2004
U.S. News Ranking Puts UNL in Top 50 Public National Universities
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln made U.S. News and World Report's annual America's Best Colleges rankings' Top 50 list for public national universities. The magazine's 2005 issue rankings will be released at 11:01 p.m. CDT Aug. 19. Showing improve…
08/24/2004
Study Shows Pinyon Jays Infer Their Status from Observing Others
Transitive inference is an ability that humans acquire early in life. It's a simple task for our minds to understand that if A is better than B and B is better than C, then A is obviously better than C, even if we've never seen A and C together. Rese…
08/25/2004
Football Fans Reminded of Memorial Stadium Policies
The University of Nebraska's 2004 football season kicks off Sept. 4 when the Cornhuskers host Western Illinois in a 6 p.m. game at Memorial Stadium. Two changes will affect how fans enter the stadium this season. One is the addition of "express lanes…
08/27/2004
Cornhusker Marching Band Is 290-Strong in 2004
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's 290-member Cornhusker Marching Band will make its 2004 debut Sept. 4 at Memorial Stadium with pregame and halftime performances at Nebraska's football season-opener against Western Illinois. Founded in 1879 as an …
08/27/2004
UNL, South Sioux City Schools Partner in $2.6 Million Reading Skills Project
Once a child falls behind in learning to read, she can spend the rest of her life struggling to learn. A new program developed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln education researchers and educators from the South Sioux City Community Schools aims to g…
09/1/2004
UNL Depth-Reporting Students to Tackle France, Franco-U.S. Relations
With the goal of shedding light rather than heat on the status of the relationship between the United States and its oldest ally, students and faculty members from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications will …
09/2/2004
$1.8M NIH grant to fund study of children's speech motor development
Adapting a computer technology developed by Hollywood, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln speech scientist is hoping to learn how very young children's motor development affects their speech and language. Jordan Green, associate professor and Corwin Mo…
09/3/2004
Mueller Planetarium announces fall laser show program
Ralph Mueller Planetarium at the University of Nebraska State Museum has announced its schedule of laser light shows for the fall. A new show, "Moving Lights, Shifting Shadows," debuts Sept. 17 and features alternative, indie and hard rock music with…
09/3/2004
UNL suspends political campaign materials policy for Sept. 4 game
A University of Nebraska-Lincoln policy related to the distribution of political campaign materials on campus will be suspended for the Sept. 4 football game, pending a review to make certain the policy is clear and unambiguous. "While legal counsel …
09/9/2004
Future is now for UNL's online master of engineering program
In 1984, filming began on "Back to the Future," the first Apple Macintosh hit the shelves, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's College of Engineering and Technology started a program to reach students in the far corners of Nebraska. Twenty years…

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