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09/16/2004
Book, lecture address 'greatest shortcoming of human race'
What is the greatest shortcoming of the human race? A new book, published by the Center for Science, Mathematics and Computer Education at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, attempts to provide an answer to that question. In the book "The Essential …
10/8/2004
09/16/2004
Study Abroad Fair is Sept. 28 at Nebraska Union
Students and other interested individuals will get a chance to take a close look at University of Nebraska-Lincoln study-abroad programs on Sept. 28 when the Office of International Affairs presents its annual Study Abroad Fair. The fair will take pl…
09/28/2004
09/15/2004
Dean of admissions letter to UNL community
Alan Cerveny, dean of admissions at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, sent the following e-mail message to the UNL community Sept. 15 after NU's Central Administration released fall enrollment figures for the system's four campuses. "Dear Colleague…
09/15/2004
4th-annual Chemistry Day is Sept. 25 at Hamilton Hall
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Chemistry will host its fourth annual Chemistry Day on Sept. 25. The event introduces high school juniors, seniors, their parents and their science teachers to the opportunities and careers in the fie…
09/25/2004
09/15/2004
Great Plains Quarterly looks at New Negro movement in Midwest
From 1914 to 1940, the New Negro arts and letters movement, or Harlem Renaissance, influenced black students at predominantly white Midwestern universities to engage in intellectual pursuits that challenged prevailing myths of blacks' intellectual an…
09/14/2004
Lecture series to commemorate 150th anniversary of Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Nebraska Humanities Council and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will sponsor a four-part lecture series at the State Capitol to commemorate the passage and examine the legacy of the Kansas-Nebraska of 1854. The series begins on Sept. 20 with a…
09/20/2004
09/14/2004
'Fiesta on the Green' to celebrate Mexican Independence Day Sept. 16
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln will celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month Sept. 16 with its second annual "Fiesta on the Green." The fiesta will be staged on Union Plaza north of the Nebraska Union, 1400 R St., from 6 to 9 p.m. and will feat…
09/16/2004
09/14/2004
Materials research center plans review, symposium, Sept. 23-24
The second annual National Science Foundation Materials Research Science and Engineering Center Review and Symposium will be held at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Sept. 23-24. The review will provide a summary of the new work at Nebraska on quan…
09/23/2004
09/13/2004
Study: NU Directions leads success measures in binge-drinking reduction
An evaluation of efforts to reduce high-risk alcohol consumption on 10 campuses found that the program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln was one of the most successful. The Harvard School of Public Health study found reductions in drinking rates …
09/13/2004
$5,000 in prize money available in UNL, Subway essay contest
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has teamed up with Nebraska's Subway Restaurants to encourage students to engage, connect and balance. If students write about the experience, they can win one of five $1,000 cash prizes. The essay contest, limited …
09/13/2004
UNL Chancellor Perlman to visit South Sioux City
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman will travel to the South Sioux City area for a community visit Sept. 14 as part of an ongoing effort to meet with community members to discuss university issues and hear the views of area citiz…
09/14/2004
09/10/2004
59 students named to Alpha Epsilon Delta pre-medical honor society
Fifty-nine University of Nebraska-Lincoln students will be inducted as charter members of the Nebraska Alpha Chapter of Alpha Epsilon Delta, the pre-medical honor society, at 5 p.m. on Sept. 11 in the Nebraska East Union's Great Plains Room. Alpha Ep…
09/10/2004
Halberstam Thompson Forum lecture to be rebroadcast on Channel 21
Because of technical difficulties, the Sept. 9 lecture by Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Halberstam in the E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues was not carried live on Lincoln Time Warner Cable Channel 21. The lecture, "War and the Modern Preside…
09/9/2004
Mid-America Print Council biennial conference is Oct. 6-9 at UNL
"Printmaking Relevance/Resonance," the biennial conference of the Mid-America Print Council, will be hosted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Oct. 6-9. The conference theme considers the role of printmaking in the past and in today's art world. T…
10/6/2004
09/9/2004
Future is now for UNL's online master of engineering program
In 1984, filming began on "Back to the Future," the first Apple Macintosh hit the shelves, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's College of Engineering and Technology started a program to reach students in the far corners of Nebraska. Twenty years…

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