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UNL News Releases

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03/9/2015
Partners launch new regional Research Data Center at UNL
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln will soon be home to a regional Research Data Center. These highly secure centers provide researchers access to restricted federal data, allowing them to investigate issues in greater detail. The Central Plains Res…
03/9/2015
03/6/2015
Students research ways to reduce water use, increase food production
Eight students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are working on projects to contribute to a more water and food secure world, thanks to grants from the Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute at the University of Nebraska. In total, the inst…
03/6/2015
UNL's McAuliffe Award honors Omaha Burke teacher
LeeAnn Vaughan, a science teacher from Omaha Burke High School, has been selected to receive the 2015 Christa McAuliffe Prize for Courage and Excellence in Education. The College of Education and Human Sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln p…
03/6/2015
60 students chosen for Nebraska Young Artist Awards
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts has announced the winners of the 18th annual Nebraska Young Artist Awards. The awards annually recognize 11th-grade students from Nebraska for their talents in visual…
04/8/2015
03/6/2015
February survey: Optimism for job growth maintained in 2015
Continuing a trend that began in January, Nebraska businesses are more optimistic about employment during the next six months than they are about sales. Most respondents to the February Survey of Nebraska Business, conducted by the Bureau of Busines…
03/5/2015
Mueller Planetarium to feature three new shows
Mueller Planetarium at the University of Nebraska State Museum in Morrill Hall, 645 N. 14th St., has announced its spring schedule. Beginning Thursday, March 5, and running through Sunday, May 31, the planetarium will feature a children's show about …
03/5/2015
03/4/2015
Nebraska farm real estate values slip 3 percent in last year
After five years of increases in Nebraska farmland values, the state average dropped 3 percent, according to preliminary findings released today by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The state average farmland value as of Feb. 1 was $3,21…
03/4/2015
STOMP returns to the Lied Center March 6-7
STOMP, the international percussion sensation, returns to the Lied Center for Performing Arts March 6-7. The exhilarating eight-member group will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 6, and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7. Tickets are available at…
03/6/2015
03/4/2015
UT's Ian Hancock to speak on Romani discrimination, history
Ian Hancock, one of the world’s foremost scholars on Romani history and human rights issues, will visit the University of Nebraska-Lincoln March 16 to present a public lecture entitled "Gypsies vs. Roma: The Price of Identity." A professor of Engl…
03/16/2015
03/4/2015
Team customizes nanoparticles to better transport therapeutic drugs
A UNL team has unveiled an extremely compact yet fully loaded vehicle that can brave conditions and navigate terrain its predecessors could not. It features a protein frame with a citric acid finish. It's the size of a typical bug -- viral, not Volk…
03/4/2015
Jacht Ad Lab welcomes new crew for spring 2015
Lincoln, Neb., March 4, 2015 -- Jacht Ad Lab, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications' interdisciplinary student ad agency, announced 26 students selected for the spring 2015 crew. A unique hybrid of a class a…
03/3/2015
Study: Income affects legal info available to same-sex families
Laws governing same-sex marriage and parenting are anything but consistent across the United States. Simply crossing state lines can mean a family loses their rights. Adding to the confusion and uncertainty is a legal landscape in the midst of a revo…
03/2/2015
Nebraska-Kansas consortium studies how light interacts with matter
Observing what happens in 1-trillionth of a second -- the opening moves in photosynthesis, for example -- requires precision and extremely fast devices. University of Nebraska-Lincoln physicists are expanding their experimental and theoretical arsena…
02/26/2015
UNL study characterizes genetic resistance to wheat disease
A new study co-authored by University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers has unearthed the genetic roots of resistance to a wheat disease that has recently devastated crop yields from southern Africa through the Middle East. Though reports…
02/26/2015
Reeves earns UNL's Swanson Award for teaching excellence
The College of Education and Human Sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has selected Jenelle Reeves, associate professor in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education, as the 2015 recipient of the Donald R. and Mary Lee Swan…

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