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05/3/2010
UNL announces 2 more Fulbrights; students to Germany, China
Two more University of Nebraska-Lincoln students have been awarded prestigious Fulbright grants -- among as many as eight that will be received by UNL students this spring. Racheal Strong of Grand Island will live in Chengdu, China, and Nick Ziegler…
05/3/2010
UNL students earn Critical Language Scholarships from State Department
University of Nebraska-Lincoln students will focus on the Chinese, Japanese and Turkish languages in the highly competitive Critical Language Scholarship Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. …
05/4/2010
National Semiconductor honors UNL alumnus with named fellowship fund
National Semiconductor Corp. has honored University of Nebraska-Lincoln alumnus Brian L. Halla with a named student fellowship fund for the College of Engineering. Halla serves as executive chairman of the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company and was ch…
05/4/2010
Saving World's Grasslands theme of spring issue of Great Plains Research
Great Plains Research, a publication of the Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, begins its 20th year of publication with its spring issue devoted to "Saving the World's Grasslands." The authors presented their pape…
05/6/2010
UNL CALMIT researchers in Gulf of Mexico collecting oil-spill images
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's involvement in a national research project is expanding in the wake of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Members of UNL's Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies (CALMIT) are in Mississipp…
05/6/2010
Nationwide study: 1 in 4 women show ambivalence toward pregnancy
For years, a widely held assumption was that women of childbearing age fell neatly into two camps: those trying to have children, and those not trying to have children. A new nationwide study suggests, however, that nearly a fourth of women consider…
05/7/2010
Lied Center 2010-11 season: Blue Man Group, Bernadette Peters headline
The Lied Center for Performing Arts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln announces its 21st season for 2010-11. Nebraska's "Home for the Arts" will present 43 performances of 36 shows, including Blue Man Group, "Spamalot," "A Chorus Line," "Menopaus…
05/7/2010
More than 2,500 to receive degrees at May 7-8 UNL commencements
Nearly 2,600 students are scheduled to receive degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in commencement exercises May 7 and 8. UNL will conduct separate commencement exercises for postgraduate (May 7), baccalaureate (May 8) and law (May 8) de…
05/11/2010
Lentz Center director opens last exhibition: 'Director's Choice'
Barbara Banks is preparing for one final show. Retiring July 1, the director of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Lentz Center for Asian Culture unveiled the museum's final exhibition, "Director's Choice," May 7. The exhibit runs through June 27 …
05/12/2010
Kruger Collection to participate in Heritage Preservation program
The Kruger Collection at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has been chosen to participate in Heritage Preservation's 2010 Conservation Assessment Program. The Kruger Collection joins the 2,700 museums that have participated in the program in its 20…
05/13/2010
Forsberg's 'Great Plains: America's Lingering Wild' wins book prize
"Great Plains: America's Lingering Wild" by Michael Forsberg with Dan O'Brien, David Wishart and Ted Kooser, is this year's winner of the Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize from the Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lin…
05/13/2010
Sheldon Statewide presenting text and visual art exhibition
Sheldon Museum of Art introduces its 2010-11 Sheldon Statewide exhibition, "Messaging: Text and Visual Art." On view at Sheldon through Aug. 1, the exhibition explores the use of language in art. Approximately 20 works of art from the Sheldon's perm…
05/13/2010
UNL photojournalism students to Kazakhstan
Photojournalism students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications are in a semester-long project that will take them to Kazakhstan this month. Thanks to an endowed gift from three of the nation's leading ph…
05/14/2010
2010 UNL student government elections bring new leadership
University of Nebraska-Lincoln students elected a new slate of officers and representatives this spring for the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska, the student government body. The students will represent their colleges or provide …
05/17/2010
Study: Most high-schoolers cheat -- but don't always think they are
Most high-school students participating in a new study on academic honesty say they have cheated on tests and homework -- and, in some alarming cases, say they don't consider certain types of cheating out of line. The study by the University of Nebr…

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