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| 08/9/2012 |
$3.5 million grant to help special-needs teens avoid being 'lost in the system'Teenage kids "kind of get lost in the system." They're almost adults, and not really needing to be protected like babies or young children -- or so it may seem. Special education researcher Alexandra Trout o… |
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| 02/9/2006 |
$21,000 cash prize offered at 21st Heartland Conference for Free EnterpriseThe 21st Heartland Conference in Free Enterprise on March 2 will kick off a new Nebraska Business Plan Competition. The competition provides entrepreneurs from across Nebraska the opportunity to receive valuable feedback as they "pitch" their plans t… |
03/2/2005 |
| 11/6/2015 |
$20M gift will establish Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts at UNLThose who want an education at the vanguard of new forms of filmmaking and emerging media -- including virtual production, interactive and mobile media, film special effects, augmented and virtual reality, game design and more -- will one day get the… |
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| 10/17/2007 |
$2.74 million grant, program aim to improve children's literacyLanguage and reading skills for rural, low-income children age 3 to 5 is the focus for a new project through the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools. With the support of a $2.74-million, three… |
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| 03/23/2004 |
$2.5 Million NIH Grant for Study of Social Issues Surrounding Infertility$2.5 Million NIH Grant for Study of Social Issues Surrounding Infertility Lincoln, Neb., March 23, 2004 -- Nearly a third of American women will experience fertility problems during their reproductive years. Although medical science has made advan… |
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| 09/28/2004 |
$2.5 million grant to ease transitions for math students, facultyA $2.5 million, five-year grant from the National Science Foundation will fund a mentoring program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for mathematicians entering graduate school, for those making the move from the advanced graduate level to an aca… |
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| 02/4/2008 |
$2 million grant funds UNL research to help bridges last longerUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln engineering researchers aim to find ways to make the nation's bridges last longer and to design new ones that last a century or longer with funding from a new $2 million grant. With support from this four-year grant fro… |
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| 08/9/2005 |
$12.9 million ANDRILL grant to fund U.S. Antarctic research effortsThe National Science Foundation has awarded a $12.9 million Antarctic research grant to a consortium of five U.S. universities headed by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. The grant supports an ambitious in… |
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| 05/21/2004 |
$11.8 Million in Scholarships for Nebraska H.S. Seniors AnnouncedThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln has announced the winners of 2,628 scholarships awarded to Nebraska high school seniors. The awards include 395 Regents Scholarships, including 105 who were recognized as Nebraska Top Scholars, 131 Nebraska Achievem… |
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| 09/2/2004 |
$1.8M NIH grant to fund study of children's speech motor developmentAdapting a computer technology developed by Hollywood, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln speech scientist is hoping to learn how very young children's motor development affects their speech and language. Jordan Green, associate professor and Corwin Mo… |
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| 04/11/2011 |
$1.2 million gift provides insurance for future, says NU engineering gradFirst-generation college graduate and German descendent Wil Hergenrader practically grew up on the University of Nebraska campus in the 1930s and '40s. He'd walk through campus from his Russian Bottoms neighborhood just north of campus to explore, al… |
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| 09/2/2005 |
$1.2 million follow-up grant to support drought-monitoring workA $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency awarded to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will help maintain and improve on a system tracking drought and other climate conditions in the United States. The gra… |
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| 10/17/2013 |
'Zombies, Run!' with Matt Mogk Oct. 30 at Nebraska UnionWhether or not the walking dead exist, isn't it better to be prepared? Matt Mogk, a global authority on all things zombie, will tell how to survive a zombie apocalypse in his presentation, "Zombies, Run!", a… |
10/30/2013 |
| 09/30/2011 |
'Yvonne Wells: Quilted Messages' opens Oct. 7 at Quilt MuseumThe International Quilt Study Center and Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will present the exhibition "Yvonne Wells: Quilted Messages" opening on Oct. 7 and running through Feb. 26. It will introduce visitors to the qui… |
10/7/2011 |
| 01/13/2012 |
'Young Frankenstein' coming to Lied Center Jan. 21 for 2 performancesThe classic Mel Brooks movie, "Young Frankenstein," is ALIVE -- and it's headed to the main stage at the Lied Center for Performing Arts for two performances on Jan. 21. A monstrously good time is in store a… |
01/21/2012 |
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