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As of March 1, 2016 news releases are integrated into UNL Today as a section of curated stories that include subject/expert contact info and high-resolution photography assets.UNL News Releases
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| 12/18/2014 |
3 from ROTC to receive military commissions Dec. 19-20Three cadets in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Reserve Officer Training Corps will receive military commissions in ceremonies this weekend in the auditorium of the Nebraska Union, 14th and R streets. All… |
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| 12/19/2014 |
Nebraska's Leading Economic Indicator points to a slowing economyNebraska's Leading Economic Indicator fell in November by 1.33 percent, auguring slower economic growth for the state in the spring. "The Leading Economic Indicator for Nebraska is designed to predict econom… |
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| 12/19/2014 |
Nearly 1,500 receive degrees at UNL commencement exercisesNearly 1,500 graduates will receive degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln at ceremonies Dec. 19 and 20. Daniel G. Linzell, Voelte-Keegan Professor and Chair of the UNL Department of Civil Engineeri… |
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| 01/5/2015 |
Skeleton study sheds new light on how snakes evolvedSnakes may not have shoulders, but their bodies aren't as simple as commonly thought, according to a new study that could change how scientists think snakes evolved. Paleobiologists Jason Head of the Univers… |
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| 01/7/2015 |
UNL online programs earn high rankings from U.S. News & World ReportFour University of Nebraska-Lincoln online programs were recognized in U.S. News & World Report's 2015 Best Online Programs rankings released Jan. 7. The university's online graduate education, bachelor of s… |
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| 01/12/2015 |
Study documents scale of error-based brain activityEveryone makes mistakes -- so a University of Nebraska-Lincoln psychologist set out to determine how the human brain responds to the errors of its ways. "The reason to focus on errors is that they're a reall… |
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| 01/13/2015 |
Zebra mussels in South Dakota raise concerns for Nebraska water bodiesIn November, the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks staff discovered a single zebra mussel attached to a boat dock at the Midway boat ramp on Lewis and Clark Lake near Yankton, S.D. This finding came on the heels of the discovery of… |
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| 01/16/2015 |
UNL team lands grant to study school environmentsMost U.S. children spend the biggest portions of their days at home or in school. While much is known about the impact of home environments on childhood development, little data exists about how the country’s school buildings affect the academic d… |
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| 01/16/2015 |
Nebraska sees strong business expectations, rising economic indicatorNebraska’s economy should accelerate in mid-2015, according to the latest Leading Economic Indicator report from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Nebraska’s Leading Economic Indicator, designed to predict economic growth six months into the… |
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| 01/16/2015 |
Mahtem Shiferraw earns Prairie Schooner / African Poetry Book Fund prizeThe African Poetry Book Fund and Prairie Schooner have announced that Ethiopian-American poet Mahtem Shiferraw is the winner of the 2015 Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets for her manuscript Fuchsia. Shiferraw will receive $1,000 and pu… |
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| 01/20/2015 |
UNL doctoral student first to quantify color change in spidersA wasp descends onto the yellow petals of a black-eyed Susan, unaware that a camouflaged crab spider – once as white as a wedding dress, now the color of a school bus – lies in wait. Nectar-filled flowers serve as lethal hunting grounds for thes… |
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| 01/20/2015 |
Faculty selected for innovation, entrepreneurship projectThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln has been chosen as one of 25 institutions to participate in a two-year federal program to boost innovation and entrepreneurship in undergraduate engineering education. A UNL team of faculty and administrators led… |
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| 01/21/2015 |
Fred E. Miller photography exhibition opens at Great Plains Art MuseumAs part of the Fourth Biennial Lincoln PhotoFest, an exhibition of photographs from the Fred E. Miller photograph collection is on display at the Great Plains Art Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. … |
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| 01/21/2015 |
UNL drillers help make new discoveries in AntarcticaUsing a hot-water drill and an underwater robotic vehicle designed, built and operated by a University of Nebraska-Lincoln engineering team, scientists have made new discoveries about Antarctica's geology and biology. … |
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| 01/22/2015 |
Study: Small doses of resistant starch make big differenceConsuming even modest amounts of resistant starch can lend a significant punch to the gut microbes that benefit human health, according to a new study by University of Nebraska-Lincoln food scientists. As a … |
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