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UNL News Releases

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07/15/2015
UNL suspends chapter of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has suspended its chapter of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity for two years, according to Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Juan N. Franco. “There is evidence to support the need to address issues of climate and cu…
07/15/2015
Sunday with a Scientist to bring engineering to life
The University of Nebraska State Museum's July Sunday with a Scientist program for children and families will explore how engineers solve problems related to living systems. The program will take place from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. July 19 at Morrill Hall, …
07/19/2015
07/14/2015
Puckett named director of UNL's Durham School
Jay A. Puckett, V.O. Smith Professor of Civil and Architectural Engineering at the University of Wyoming, has been named director of the Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He will begin …
07/14/2015
Rural Nebraskans express optimism in annual poll
Rural Nebraskans are as optimistic about their current situation and the future as they've been in the past 20 years, according to the 2015 Nebraska Rural Poll. The 20th annual University of Nebraska-Lincoln poll was sent to 6,228 households in 86 N…
07/13/2015
UNL taps Stanford's Stephen Cooper to lead Raikes School
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has selected Stephen C. Cooper as the executive director of the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management. Cooper is associate professor teaching in the Computer Science Department at Stanford Uni…
07/13/2015
Prairie Schooner names 2015 book prize winners
Prairie Schooner at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has selected the winners for its annual book awards for poetry and short fiction. Safiya Sinclair has won the book prize in poetry for her manuscript "Cannibal," chosen by guest judges David Bak…
07/10/2015
June survey: Nebraska businesses optimistic about sales, employment
Nebraska businesses remain optimistic in their outlook for both sales and employment over the next six months, according to a monthly survey conducted by the Bureau of Business Research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. More than one in three b…
07/9/2015
Wisnicki's 'Livingstone Online' opens explorer's writings to public
Long hidden away in archives and repositories, renowned British explorer David Livingstone's testimony of the East African slave trade and its horrors only existed on the pages of centuries-old diaries and other manuscripts. The 19th-century explore…
07/8/2015
Forecast: Nebraska farm income to drop sharply in 2015
Nebraska's farm income is predicted to drop nearly 45 percent this year, according to the latest long-term economic forecast produced by the Bureau of Business Research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The three-year forecast, produced in conj…
07/7/2015
East Campus rec center to open July 13
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln will complete a five-year, $23 million renovation of campus recreation facilities with the July 13 opening of the Recreation and Wellness Center on East Campus. The new, $14.89 million East Campus project is part o…
07/8/2015
07/1/2015
45 high-achieving students selected to CBA's Honors Academy
Forty-five incoming first-year students have been selected for the College of Business Administration's Honors Academy at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln this fall. The group will be the third to join the academy since its founding in 2013. "Th…
06/29/2015
Study reveals mechanisms of drought response in plants
UNL biologists have published a new study that lays bare several roots of how plants respond to drought. The researchers have shown that mutations in two genes of the plant species Arabidopsis thaliana can stifle its development and disrupt the defe…
06/29/2015
UNL finishes fourth in Hearst Awards Program standings
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications finished fourth in the nation the 2014-2015 Hearst Journalism Awards Program. More than 100 accredited undergraduate journalism schools are eligible to participate in …
06/25/2015
NOAA's new drought center to expand UNL's drought expertise
A top federal official this week announced plans for the establishment of a new Drought Risk Management Research Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The new center will help state and local government be better prepared to respond to d…
06/24/2015
UNL earns Innovation and Economic Prosperity University designation
The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities today designated the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University, recognizing UNL's strong commitment to economic engagement. The designation acknowledges u…

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