Husker Nation is putting out the welcome mat for more than 30,000 athletes, parents, coaches, volunteers and fans for the 2010 Special Olympics USA National Games, set to kick off on campus July 18 with a grand opening ceremony at Bob Devaney Sports Center.
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Rebecca Lai, an assistant professor of chemistry, earned a five-year, $455,000 Faculty Early Career Development Program Award from the National Science Foundation to continue her research on electrochemical biosensors. Continue reading…
The American Political Science Association has chosen Elizabeth Theiss-Morse's "Who Counts As An American?: The Boundaries of National Identity" as the winner of the 2010 Robert E. Lane Award as the best book in political psychology in 2009.
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On July 18, the NU State Museum will present a program for children and families that explores what researchers from the School of Natural Resources and the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission are uncovering about Nebraska's otters based on samples of their poop. (1:30-4:30 p.m., Morrill Hall). Continue reading…
UNL education researchers have received a five-year, nearly $4.5 million grant to collaborate on a new national initiative to improve reading comprehension for children. Continue reading…
"Sweetgrass," a documentary about Montana cowboys, opens July 16 at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center. Also showing is "Please Give." Continue reading…
Pre-proposals are being accepted until Aug. 31 for individual research projects to be included as part of an application to establish a Center of Biomedical Research Excellence in Integrative Nutrition and Metabolic Processes. Continue reading…