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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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| 06/9/2015 |
UNL engineers use 'shock tube' to find greater impacts of blast waves on brainsBy accounting for a rush of blood to the head, University of Nebraska-Lincoln engineers have found that blast waves from concussive explosions may put far greater strain on the brain than previously thought. The researchers have authored a study exa… |
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| 06/9/2015 |
Polls: Rural, urban Nebraskans split on community viewsMetropolitan and nonmetropolitan residents don't always see eye to eye when it comes to attributes of successful communities and well-being, according to recent polling by the Nebraska Rural and Metro Polls. The Nebraska Rural Poll sampled residents… |
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| 06/11/2015 |
UNL leaders reiterate commitment to expectations for architecture collegeUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln leaders on Thursday reaffirmed their commitment to goals and expectations for UNL's architecture programs. The University of Nebraska Board of Regents had been scheduled to consider approval of a plan to form a new col… |
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| 06/15/2015 |
UNL engineers study how Pilger tornado destroyed buildingsUsing a high-tech laser scanner and a drone, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln civil engineering professor and his graduate students analyzed the wreckage after a tornado ripped through the town of Pilger, Neb., nearly a year ago. The tornado killed … |
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| 06/15/2015 |
NU State Museum announces fundraising, lead gifts for major new exhibitsVisitors to the University of Nebraska State Museum will soon be able to experience Nebraska and natural history in entirely new ways because of major enhancements in store for the iconic museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The museum has … |
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| 06/16/2015 |
UNL education professor earns national public policy awardResearch has many purposes, but one of its highest callings is to influence public policy. For the impact his anthropological research has had on public education policy in Mexico, University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor Ted Hamann has been honored… |
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| 06/17/2015 |
UNL's Hatch joins program to assist Latino malesLincoln, Neb., June 17, 2015 -- Deryl Hatch, an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Administration in UNL's College of Education and Human Sciences, has been invited to join a new faculty affiliate program at the University of Texas … |
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| 06/18/2015 |
Spring semester Deans' List, Honor Roll namedThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln has announced its Deans' List and Honor Roll for the spring semester of the 2014-15 academic year. Qualification for the Dean's List varies among the eight undergraduate colleges and the Honor Roll for undeclared s… |
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| 06/18/2015 |
UNL research: Devoted parents key to developing world-class talentIt takes 10,000 hours of dedicated practice for a person to become a world-class talent in a given field, or so said writer Malcolm Gladwell in a 2008 book. It also helps to have intensely dedicated parents, according to a new study by University of… |
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| 06/19/2015 |
Nebraska economic indicator nudges higherAn increase in Nebraska's leading economic indicator continues to suggest a strong Nebraska economy during the second half of 2015. The indicator has risen five of the last six months. Strong business expectations and a decline in the value of the … |
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| 06/23/2015 |
UNL chemists: New 2-D material's properties show promiseOne completed a series of theoretical calculations to predict its properties with the help of a massive computing center. The other grew it in bulk before waxing its atom-thin whiskers with the assistance of adhesive tape. Together, University of Ne… |
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| 06/24/2015 |
UNL earns Innovation and Economic Prosperity University designationThe Association of Public and Land-grant Universities today designated the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University, recognizing UNL's strong commitment to economic engagement. The designation acknowledges u… |
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| 06/25/2015 |
NOAA's new drought center to expand UNL's drought expertiseA top federal official this week announced plans for the establishment of a new Drought Risk Management Research Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The new center will help state and local government be better prepared to respond to d… |
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| 06/29/2015 |
Study reveals mechanisms of drought response in plantsUNL biologists have published a new study that lays bare several roots of how plants respond to drought. The researchers have shown that mutations in two genes of the plant species Arabidopsis thaliana can stifle its development and disrupt the defe… |
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| 06/29/2015 |
UNL finishes fourth in Hearst Awards Program standingsThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications finished fourth in the nation the 2014-2015 Hearst Journalism Awards Program. More than 100 accredited undergraduate journalism schools are eligible to participate in … |
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