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UNL News Releases

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06/5/2015
UNL recognizes Big Red Stars of 2015
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln honored Nebraska eighth-graders for their academic excellence, leadership and perseverance April 28 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts. The Big Red Stars program is designed to recognize outstanding eighth-grad…
06/5/2015
May survey: Nebraska businesses particularly optimistic about jobs
Nebraska businesses continue to have a very optimistic outlook for 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. Although overall re…
06/5/2015
Clifton Foundation, Gallup donate $30M to UNL CBA for Don Clifton Strengths Institute
The Clifton Foundation and Gallup today announced a $30 million gift to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to establish the Don Clifton Strengths Institute to further the mission of the late Donald O. Clifton through a long-term partnership with the …
06/4/2015
Nebraska Extension: Poultry events canceled across Nebraska
The Nebraska Department of Agriculture has canceled all poultry events across Nebraska through Jan. 1, 2016, as an effort to prevent the spread of the highly pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza. The decision was made following discussions with Nebraska E…
06/4/2015
International Cather Seminar coming to UNL June 8
Scholars from around the world will walk the same paths as world-renowned author Willa Cather during the 15th International Cather Seminar. Events begin June 5 in Red Cloud and continue at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln June 8-12. This year's se…
06/8/2015
06/4/2015
UNL student helps fine-tune next generation of weather satellites
University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate student Thomas Polivka has publicly identified a flaw in new satellite remote sensing technology that monitors temperatures on Earth. The flaw Polivka found has to do with how data from the sensor detectors ar…
06/3/2015
'Touch of Kismet' quilt exhibition begins at Hillestad
06/1/2015
06/2/2015
Great Plains Quarterly examines tough questions on Native genocide
Can the atrocities committed against Natives be called genocide? Is what happened to the indigenous people of North America the same as what happened during the Holocaust? James Fenelon, Lakota-Dakota, director of the Center for Indigenous Studies a…
06/1/2015
Study signals risk factors for gang involvement among Native youths
Over the last three decades, street gangs have seeped into rural areas -- including Native reservations, where youth gang involvement has been steadily rising since the 1990s. In a recently published study, UNL sociology graduate student Dane Hautal…
05/29/2015
UNL team receives grant funding to improve low-moisture food safety
A team from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has received a portion of a $5 million USDA food safety grant to enhance low-moisture food safety by improving development and implementation of pasteurization technologies. UNL will receive $943,617 ove…
05/29/2015
Lied Center to unveil renovated Johnny Carson Theater on June 5
The Lied Center for Performing Arts invites the public to attend a free First Friday open house to celebrate the newly renovated Johnny Carson Theater and lobby and Carson's impact and legacy on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus. The event w…
06/5/2015
05/28/2015
New senators elected to UNL student government
University of Nebraska-Lincoln students elected a new slate of officers and senators this spring for the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska, the student government body. The students will represent their colleges or provide leaders…
05/28/2015
UNL study: Honey bee behavior altered by insecticides
Certain insecticides common to U.S. orchards appear to make honey bees substantially less busy, according to a new study led by UNL entomologists. Released just days prior to a May 19 White House report calling for greater protection of pollinators,…
05/28/2015
Quilt House expansion grand opening set for June 5
The International Quilt Study Center and Museum at Quilt House will host a public opening of its newly expanded galleries on June 5. The 13,200-square-foot expansion was made possible by a $7 million gift from the Robert and Ardis James Foundation. …
06/5/2015
05/27/2015
Mueller Planetarium to present Fulldome Festival May 30
Mueller Planetarium at the University of Nebraska State Museum in Morrill Hall, 645 N. 14th St., will host a special day of six back-to-back fulldome shows Saturday, May 30. Visitors can get up close and personal to nature's most powerful and extrem…
05/30/2015

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