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UNL News Releases

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11/22/2010
UNL establishes project to treat, study discrimination and its effects
Nebraska residents who believe they've experienced discrimination have a new, free and confidential resource available to help them. They also have an opportunity to help researchers understand the link between discrimination and mental health issues…
04/15/2009
UNL Environmental Resource Center to host events on clean energy's future
Students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have united with a nationwide movement, Focus the Nation, to facilitate climate change legislation discussions with policymakers during Earth Week (April 16-24). The events on City and East campuses inc…
01/21/2011
UNL entomologist Ratcliffe receives international beetle society honor
Brett Ratcliffe, curator of Entomology Research Collections at the University of Nebraska State Museum and professor in the Department of Entomology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, was conferred honorary membership in the Coleopterists Society…
09/1/2005
UNL entomologist names largest fossil scarab beetle
A fossil of a scarab beetle has been identified by a University of Nebraska-Lincoln entomologist as the world's largest known scarab fossil and represents a new genus and species. Oryctoantiquus borealis was officially named in June by Brett C. Ratcl…
11/6/2013
UNL enters 'Game Day Challenge' recycling effort for fourth year in row
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln will compete in the Game Day Challenge recycling competition for the fourth consecutive year on Nov. 16. Game Day Challenge aims to divert as much waste as possible during one fall football game. …
11/16/2013
08/31/2012
UNL enrollment takes slight dip to 24,207
Total enrollment at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is 24,207 for fall 2012, according to its Office of Institutional Research and Planning. This is a decrease of 1.6 percent compared to fall 2011. Colleg…
09/6/2011
UNL enrollment flat in fall 2011; gains in graduates, international undergrads
With a 0.4 percent increase in first-time freshmen enrollment and a larger-than-average graduating class for 2010, University of Nebraska-Lincoln's total fall 2011 enrollment was virtually unchanged over last year. A total of 24,593 students are atte…
09/8/2015
UNL enrollment climbs to all-time high of 25,260
This fall's student body at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is the largest in the history of the university. UNL announced today that fall 2015 enrollment is 25,260 students, surpassing the previous high enrollment of 25,075 in 1982. It is the th…
06/9/2015
UNL engineers use 'shock tube' to find greater impacts of blast waves on brains
By 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…
06/15/2015
UNL engineers study how Pilger tornado destroyed buildings
Using 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 …
12/15/2014
UNL engineers identify, address cause of persistent solar cell issue
University of Nebraska-Lincoln engineers have doubled the efficiency of a prominent solar cell technology by unraveling the origins of a phenomenon known to hinder cell performance, stability and evaluation. The researchers investigated a persistent…
01/30/2015
UNL engineers demonstrate solar cell material's vast potential
A promising solar cell material is making big waves for its ability to harness the sun's energy as inexpensively and easily as current silicon-based solar technology. University of Nebraska-Lincoln engineers have discovered that it…
09/15/2011
UNL engineering, Madonna collaboration is finalist for award
Mechanical engineering professor Carl Nelson's fascination with the mechanics of human motion led him to a local collaboration that could have world-reaching potential. With Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital, Nelson's work on developing a new Intellig…
09/19/2013
UNL engineering students to tour Grand Island-area businesses
More than 400 University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering freshmen from programs in Lincoln and Omaha will travel to Grand Island on Sept. 27 to visit several businesses and make connections for potential future employment with Nebraska com…
09/27/2013
10/7/2014
UNL engineering students to make industry tour in Omaha
In collaboration with the Greater Omaha Area Chamber of Commerce, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering will offer an opportunity Oct. 10 for first-year engineering students to delve into careers and opportuniti…
10/10/2014

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