Monday August 31, 2009
U.S. News Rankings Again Show UNL Among Nation's Best
For the sixth straight year, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is among the Top 50 public national universities in U.S. News and World Report's yearly evaluation of America's Best Colleges. UNL also landed in the top 100 of all national universities, public or private, according to the publication’s annual rankings.
UNL is tied with four others at 43rd on the list of Top 50 public universities, meaning it is among the top one-fourth of all public universities. UNL also is ranked near the top third of all public or private national universities, tied with five others at 96th.
Food, Inc and Every Little Step play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Food, Inc and Every Little Step. Both films will screen through September 3.
More information about each film and schedules are available at the Ross website.
Summer Field School Unearths Battle Site
Peter Bleed, Doug Scott and UNL students are helping bring an 1865 Indian war battle site in western Nebraska into focus. During the final three weeks of UNL's Summer Field School in Archaeology - an annual summer course that immerses students in the study of historic sites – the researchers led 10 students in an exploration of what is believed to be the Rush Creek battle site near Broadwater, Neb.
Bleed, a professor in archaeology and geography, Scott, an adjunct professor in archaeology and geography, and another group of students discovered the site at the end of the 2008 Summer Field School. Rush Creek was a battle that helped ignite the Indian Wars of 1865. Rush Creek was a follow-up to battles pitting a combined group of Native American tribes against settlers and U.S. Army troops at Julesburg, Colo., and Mud Springs. A portion of the 2008 Summer Field School focused on the Mud Springs site, which is also in western Nebraska. Read the full story at The Scarlet website.
