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UNL News Releases

256 through 270 out of 4957
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07/21/2005
UNL, World-Herald exchange program will share skills, ideas
The Omaha World-Herald has established a new Professional in Residence program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications. Under the program, the World-Herald has committed funding to hire a working journalist…
04/1/2005
UNL, UNMC engineers, surgeons develop unique surgical tool
One of the problems with being an ergonomist is that one notices badly designed things and has an overwhelming urge to fix them. At least, that's how Susan Hallbeck feels. An associate professor of industrial engineering at the University of Nebraska…
01/29/2014
UNL, Thespian Festival reach 5-year agreement
Thousands of theater and arts lovers will continue to call the University of Nebraska-Lincoln their one-week home each June. The university and the Thespian Festival -- which attracts more than 2,500 attendees to campus each year -…
06/23/2014
08/27/2004
UNL, South Sioux City Schools Partner in $2.6 Million Reading Skills Project
Once a child falls behind in learning to read, she can spend the rest of her life struggling to learn. A new program developed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln education researchers and educators from the South Sioux City Community Schools aims to g…
02/11/2008
UNL, NWU greek houses to stage fire simulation Feb. 16
The Interfraternity Council at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and fraternities and sororities from Nebraska Wesleyan University will stage a fire simulation at 11:30 a.m. Feb. 16 at UNL's Alpha Gamma Sigma fraternity, 4001 Holdrege St. Working in…
02/16/2008
01/5/2012
UNL, Nebraska Nova save the Industrial Arts Building
Planners at Nebraska Innovation Campus today unveiled a new look and usage plan for the Industrial Arts Building, a historic structure at the former Nebraska State Fair Park. A design concept approved by the Nebraska Innovation Cam…
10/27/2014
UNL, Johns Hopkins researchers identify DNA of algae virus in humans
The DNA of a virus once thought confined to the cells of algae may in fact invade the biological kingdom of mice and men, according to a new study from researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and the University of Nebr…
07/18/2005
UNL, iDiverse sign agreements to develop stress resistant crops
CONTACT: Dipanjan Nag, Director of Operations, Office of Technology Development, (402) 472-3245 The University of Nebraska-Lincoln and iDiverse, a biotechnology company based in San Diego, have announced signing of an exclusive license agreement to c…
12/13/2010
UNL, Homestead Monument to host symposium on 1862 history
In 1862, four landmark pieces of federal legislation were passed that fundamentally shaped the society and culture of the Great Plains as we know it today. Those pieces of legislation -- the Homestead Act, the Morrill Act, the Pacific Railroad Act, …
01/8/2014
UNL-Stanford research advances organic semiconductors for electronics
The next wave of electronics, using organic thin film transistors instead of silicon, is gaining momentum with new research by engineering faculty at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Stanford University. …
12/11/2013
UNL-led team finds less is more with adding graphene to nanofibers
Figuring that if some is good, more must be better, researchers have been trying to pack more graphene, a supermaterial, into structural composites. Collaborative research led by University of Nebraska-Lincoln materials engineers d…
04/6/2012
UNL-developed technology leads to startup to improve PET imaging
A new startup company will use a process developed at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln by Professor Stephen DiMagno to improve medical imaging. The new company, Ground Fluor Pharmaceuticals Inc., will use …
06/22/2004
UNL-Boys Town Agreement to Boost Audiology Education in Nebraska
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders and the Boys Town National Research Hospital have entered into a cooperative agreement designed to enhance doctoral education in audiology. Under the agre…
06/15/2004
UNL-Based Thespian Festival June 21-26 Is 10th Anniversary
For the 10th year in a row, as many as 2,500 high school students and hundreds of their sponsors will flock to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln city campus for the annual International Thespian Festival. The young actors and their chaperones, repre…
06/21/2004
04/17/2013
UNL-based conference for women in mathematics earns national award
An annual conference held at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has been nationally recognized for encouraging more women into the field of mathematics. The American Mathematical Society announced this week …

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