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| 09/18/2015 |
Business expectations, labor market fuel continued growth in NebraskaNebraska's leading economic indicator rose for the fifth consecutive month in August, increasing by 0.31 percent. The increase suggests that the Nebraska economy will expand through the first quarter of 2016. "The August increase resulted from p… |
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| 09/18/2015 |
20 seniors chosen as Homecoming royalty finalistsTwenty senior students have been selected as UNL Homecoming royalty finalists. The homecoming king and queen will be elected by the student body in an online vote on Thursday, Sept. 24. They will be crowned Sept. 26 at halftime of the Nebraska vs. S… |
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| 09/24/2015 |
UNL announces 'stepping up' of commitment to early childhoodResponding to changing demographics and a growing population of young at-risk children, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln today announced a strategic initiative to strengthen support for early childhood development in Nebraska. Chancellor Harvey Pe… |
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| 09/25/2015 |
UNL management class seeks proposals for charitable grantsLocal nonprofit organizations have until Oct. 16 to submit proposed projects for funding through a University of Nebraska-Lincoln management class that teaches philanthropy. Using a $10,000 grant from the Learning by Giving Foundation, students in t… |
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| 09/28/2015 |
Yield gap study highlights potential for higher crop yields in AfricaAgricultural yields could more than triple in a number of African countries, suggesting that tremendous improvements in food security are possible, according to new findings by the Global Yield Gap and Water Productivity Atlas. Developed by a resear… |
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| 09/26/2015 |
Olson, Schneider crowned Homecoming king, queenSeniors Tommy Olson of Julesburg, Colorado, and Maggie Schneider of Aurora were crowned king and queen at UNL's Homecoming celebration. Olson and Schneider, who were elected in a vote of the UNL student body on Sept. 24, were crowned on the field at … |
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| 09/29/2015 |
'Spooktacular' Halloween laser shows to light up Mueller PlanetariumMueller Planetarium at the University of Nebraska State Museum in Morrill Hall, south of 14th and Vine streets, will light up with laser light shows in October. Brilliant laser graphics and abstract images will fill Nebraska's first fulldome digital… |
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| 09/29/2015 |
UNL leads $13.5 million research to enhance sorghum for biofuelMedia availability: Media are welcome to cover this grant celebration where lead scientist Daniel Schachtman and University of Nebraska-Lincoln administrators will discuss this research and answer questions. Speakers include Harvey Perlman, UNL chanc… |
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| 10/2/2015 |
September survey: Nebraska businesses less optimistic about salesNebraska businesses grew less optimistic about the outlook for sales, according to the latest monthly survey conducted by the Bureau of Business Research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The September survey showed that 24 percent of responden… |
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| 10/5/2015 |
Applications sought for Nebraska Young Artist AwardsThe Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts is seeking applications for the 19th annual Nebraska Young Artist Awards. The awards recognize 11th-grade students from Nebraska who are gifted and talented in the areas of visual art, dance, music… |
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| 10/5/2015 |
Fossil find: UNL undergraduate discovers new mammal speciesDuring her first fossil-hunting trip, University of Nebraska-Lincoln student Carissa Raymond found a specimen of a previously unknown mammal species from about 65 million years ago. Raymond, a junior geology and geography major from Seward, was one … |
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| 10/6/2015 |
UNL students win Online Journalism Award as part of News21 teamThree University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications students, as part of the Carnegie-Knight News21 national investigation team, have won the Online News Association award in the student projects pro-am category. They … |
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| 10/7/2015 |
'Fossils on the Floor' books tell story of Nebraska State Capitol mosaicsA field trip to the Nebraska State Capitol led Bob Diffendal on an unexpected journey nearly 90 years in the making. "One of the places we visited was the Capitol archives," Diffendal said. "The Capitol archivist showed us many items in the collecti… |
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| 10/7/2015 |
Nebraska Innovation Campus welcomes Spreetail as latest partnerSpreetail, a Lincoln-based e-commerce firm formerly known as VMInnovations, will move into space at Nebraska Innovation Campus by spring 2016. Spreetail announced the name change and move to NIC at an all-company gathering. NIC, Tetrad Property Grou… |
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| 10/12/2015 |
NSF Noyce grant to fund UNL scholarships for future science teachersA three-year, $799,890 National Science Foundation grant awarded to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will be used to help meet the growing need for high school and middle school science teachers. The Phase II Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship grant… |
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