UNL's Katherine Lawry cobbled together almost $23,000 in additional undergraduate funding that helped provide uncommon learning and research experiences across the world. Now a grad student at the School of Natural Resources, Lawry's research will continue in South America. Continue reading…
Meet your New Year goals to lose pounds, get stronger, and look great with the Personal Training Sale at the Campus Rec Center. Get your 2013 results at the 2012 price. The PT Starter is only $37 and the PT Starter Plus is only $75. Click "Continue Reading..." for details. Continue reading…
The Daily Nebraska Fashion Show is 6 to 9 p.m. Jan. 31 in the Nebraska Union Centennial Room. The event, which is free and open to the public, will feature local boutiques, vendors, student models and a performance by the UNL a cappella group Boots and Cats. Continue reading…
Registration for UNL's Empowerment Forum is open through Jan. 25. The forum is 1:30 to 4 p.m. Feb. 1 in the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center. It is open to faculty, staff and students. Registration is free. Continue reading…
More details at: http://go.unl.edu/jaf
Lincoln Fire and Rescue is offering CPR training sessions to UNL faculty, staff and students on Jan. 24. The 30-minute sessions are 9 a.m. in the Nebraska Union Auditorium and 1:30 p.m. in the East Union, Goldenrod Room. The training session will feature the "Hands Only" CPR technique. Continue reading…
The Community Piano Experience starts Feb. 5, with 11 weeks of group lessons. The fee, which includes group classes and the textbook, is $175. Learn in a fun, low-pressure environment, beginning and intermediate levels. Call Laura Abshier at 402-423-6042 or email cpelincoln@yahoo.com.
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UNL's Richard Edwards has contributed an essay to a volume Congress prepared for presentation to President Barack Obama as part of the Jan. 21 presidential inauguration. Edwards' essay draws on his research and writing into the history of Great Plains homesteading. Continue reading…
Acclaimed author Sherman Alexie will be the featured author at the launch event of Prairie Schooner, the international literary journal based out of UNL, as it celebrates the release of its Winter 2012 issue. Alexie guest edited a poetry and prose portfolio by Native American authors in the issue. Continue reading…
More details at: http://go.unl.edu/rdp
Three sisters who survived the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Ala., in 1963 will be among the keynote speakers at the Chancellor's Program on Jan. 22 during MLK Week, UNL's observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. The lecture is 5 p.m. in the Nebraska Union Auditorium. Continue reading…