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| 05/22/2015 |
NU State Museum, Quilt House to participate as Blue Star MuseumsThe University of Nebraska State Museum-Morrill Hall and the International Quilt Study Center and Museum are two of more than 2,000 museums across America to offer free admission to military personnel and their families this summer in collaboration w… |
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| 05/26/2015 |
NSF grant to support new paradigm for ether creationUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln chemist Patrick Dussault has earned a three-year National Science Foundation grant to explore new methods for synthesizing the class of chemical compounds known as ethers. The compounds, which feature an oxygen atom si… |
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| 05/27/2015 |
Columbus teacher selected as Battey Award recipientHigh school students often dread taking a chemistry class. But not Jane Dusel-Misfeldt's students. On Friday, May 29, the Scotus Central Catholic High School teacher from Columbus will receive the 2015 Freda Battey Distinguished Educator Award. Pres… |
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| 05/28/2015 |
UNL study: Honey bee behavior altered by insecticidesCertain insecticides common to U.S. orchards appear to make honey bees substantially less busy, according to a new study led by UNL entomologists. Released just days prior to a May 19 White House report calling for greater protection of pollinators,… |
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| 05/28/2015 |
New senators elected to UNL student governmentUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln students elected a new slate of officers and senators this spring for the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska, the student government body. The students will represent their colleges or provide leaders… |
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| 05/29/2015 |
UNL team receives grant funding to improve low-moisture food safetyA team from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has received a portion of a $5 million USDA food safety grant to enhance low-moisture food safety by improving development and implementation of pasteurization technologies. UNL will receive $943,617 ove… |
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| 06/1/2015 |
Study signals risk factors for gang involvement among Native youthsOver the last three decades, street gangs have seeped into rural areas -- including Native reservations, where youth gang involvement has been steadily rising since the 1990s. In a recently published study, UNL sociology graduate student Dane Hautal… |
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| 06/2/2015 |
Great Plains Quarterly examines tough questions on Native genocideCan the atrocities committed against Natives be called genocide? Is what happened to the indigenous people of North America the same as what happened during the Holocaust? James Fenelon, Lakota-Dakota, director of the Center for Indigenous Studies a… |
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| 06/4/2015 |
UNL student helps fine-tune next generation of weather satellitesUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate student Thomas Polivka has publicly identified a flaw in new satellite remote sensing technology that monitors temperatures on Earth. The flaw Polivka found has to do with how data from the sensor detectors ar… |
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| 06/4/2015 |
Nebraska Extension: Poultry events canceled across NebraskaThe Nebraska Department of Agriculture has canceled all poultry events across Nebraska through Jan. 1, 2016, as an effort to prevent the spread of the highly pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza. The decision was made following discussions with Nebraska E… |
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| 06/5/2015 |
May survey: Nebraska businesses particularly optimistic about jobsNebraska businesses continue to have a very optimistic outlook for sales and employment over the next six months, according to a monthly survey conducted by the Bureau of Business Research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Although overall re… |
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| 06/5/2015 |
Clifton Foundation, Gallup donate $30M to UNL CBA for Don Clifton Strengths InstituteThe Clifton Foundation and Gallup today announced a $30 million gift to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to establish the Don Clifton Strengths Institute to further the mission of the late Donald O. Clifton through a long-term partnership with the … |
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| 06/8/2015 |
UNL chemist wins NSF award for nanoribbon workGraphene has garnered much attention for its potential to improve electronics, solar cells and other devices. A University of Nebraska-Lincoln chemist is using his breakthrough graphene production technique to put the promising nanomaterial to the te… |
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| 06/5/2015 |
UNL recognizes Big Red Stars of 2015The University of Nebraska-Lincoln honored Nebraska eighth-graders for their academic excellence, leadership and perseverance April 28 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts. The Big Red Stars program is designed to recognize outstanding eighth-grad… |
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| 06/8/2015 |
40 UNL students inducted into Phi Beta KappaLincoln, Neb., June 8, 2015 -- Forty University of Nebraska-Lincoln students were initiated into membership in Phi Beta Kappa on April 30. Phi Beta Kappa is the nation's oldest academic honor society, recognizing and encouraging a commitment to exce… |
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