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| 03/17/2010 |
UNL history professor Jacobs is winner of Bancroft PrizeUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln professor Margaret Jacobs is the winner of the Bancroft Prize for her book "White Mother to a Dark Race: Settler Colonialism, Maternalism, and the Removal of Indigenous Children in the American West and Australia, 1880-… |
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| 09/4/2013 |
UNL historian explores Civil War Washington and its leader in new bookWhen Abraham Lincoln took his oath of office as the 16th president of the United States in March 1861, Washington, D.C., was a city under siege. The new president quickly realized that without securing the c… |
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| 11/8/2007 |
UNL hires international expert in space law to teach in new programInternationally renowned space law expert Frans von der Dunk will join the University of Nebraska College of Law faculty next semester to teach in its new Space and Telecommunications Law Program. Steve Willborn, dean of the College of Law, said von … |
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| 09/7/2004 |
UNL Great Plains Art Collection to unveil Lewis & Clark sculpture Oct. 1The William Clark and Meriwether Lewis expedition of 200 years ago will be remembered in Nebraska for years to come through the latest outdoor art in downtown Lincoln. A life-size bronze sculpture of the two explorers -- along with others they possib… |
10/1/2004 |
| 05/28/2004 |
UNL Great Plains Art Collection to Dedicate 'No Turning Back' June 1Efforts to transform an area of 12th Street in downtown Lincoln into a premier arts corridor take another step forward June 1 with the public installation and dedication of a near life-size bronze statue titled "No Turning Back" by artist Veryl Goodn… |
06/1/2004 |
| 08/14/2009 |
UNL grants some 780 degrees at Aug. 14-15 Commencement exercisesApproximately 780 students will receive degrees at University of Nebraska-Lincoln commencement exercises Aug. 14 and 15. Barbara Couture, senior vice chancellor for academic affairs, will preside at the ceremonies at the Bob Devaney Sports Center, o… |
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| 08/15/2008 |
UNL grants some 735 degrees at Aug. 15-16 commencement exercisesApproximately 735 students will receive degrees at University of Nebraska-Lincoln commencement exercises Aug. 15 and 16. Chancellor Harvey Perlman will preside at the ceremonies, one for doctoral degree recipients Aug. 15 at the Lied Center for Perfo… |
09/18/2008 |
| 09/8/2008 |
UNL grants foster digital research on Whitman, Omaha and Ponca languagesTwo grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities will support digital humanities research projects at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Kenneth Price, University Professor and Hillegass Chair of 19th-Century American Literature, and Mark A… |
09/9/2008 |
| 12/4/2006 |
UNL graduate wins Marshall ScholarshipOn the heels of a record-breaking year with seven student Fulbright grants, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln can add another feather to its cap: 2005 graduate Aaron Eske has been awarded a prestigious Marshall Scholarship. Marshall awards finance y… |
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| 02/20/2009 |
UNL Graduate Studies honors top students, educatorsThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln Office of Graduate Studies presented eight awards for outstanding graduate education at its annual Graduate Studies Awards Reception Feb. 4. Award winners were: Lowe R. and Mavis M. Folsom Distinguished Doctoral Di… |
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| 04/8/2009 |
UNL graduate students beat Oklahoma in petroleum basin contestA team of University of Nebraska-Lincoln geosciences graduate students won first place in the Midwest regional heat of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists' Imperial Barrel Award competition at the University of Tulsa April 4. They beat o… |
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| 08/5/2009 |
UNL graduate student receives NASA Earth and Space Science FellowshipUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln geosciences graduate student David Peterson has received a prestigious $90,000 NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship, which will fund three years of doctoral research. Peterson, who will finish his master's degree in… |
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| 04/15/2013 |
UNL graduate student earns Fulbright to teach, research in GermanyAmy Millspaugh, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate student, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to teach English in Germany. She is earning master's degrees in German and education at UNL and wil… |
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| 04/25/2013 |
UNL graduate Shomos wins Fulbright to conduct research in AlbaniaUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln alumna and Lincoln native Elena Shomos has received a Fulbright to conduct research in Albania. Shomos graduated from UNL with high distinction in August with a double major in French and global studi… |
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| 01/29/2007 |
UNL grad studies awards presented to 7 scholars, teachersThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln Office of Graduate Studies presented seven awards for outstanding graduate education at its annual Graduate Studies Awards event Jan. 25. Awardees were honored for their work on dissertations and master's theses and… |
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