U.S. military operations to protect oil imports coming from the Middle East are creating larger amounts of greenhouse gas emissions than once thought, new research from UNL researchers Adam Liska and Richard Perrin shows. Continue reading…
A team led by UNL's Jay Storz has discovered jawless fishes and jawed vertebrates independently developed different mechanisms to transport oxygen in the blood stream. The findings were reported in the July 26-30 online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Continue reading…
Forty-six UNL students are participating in the 21st annual Nebraska at Oxford Program through Aug. 14 at England's University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world. Continue reading…
The Office of Research is seeking faculty nominations for the National Endowment for the Humanities' Summer Stipends program. UNL can nominate two faculty for the program. Notifications of intent to submit, available at http://go.unl.edu/nxg, are due by Aug. 6. Continue reading…
The Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction is awarded to Greg Hrbek for "Destroy All Monsters," and the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry is awarded to James Crews for "The Book of What Stays." Each winner receives $3,000 and publication by the University of Nebraska Press. Continue reading…
Two UNL faculty were appointed a National Academies Education Fellow in the Life Sciences for 2010-2011. Cheryl Bailey and Thomas "Jack" Morris earned the designation by being selected to attend the 2010 National Academies Summer Institute on Undergraduate Education in Biology. Continue reading…
Featuring a series of comedies, the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center and the University Program Council will present the annual Jensen's Cinema 16 Collection Movies on the Green series on Thursdays from July 29 to Aug. 19. Continue reading…
The Fountain Frolics summer concert series closes with the band "Broad Appeal" July 29 on the Nebraska Union Plaza. Fountain Frolics concerts are noon to 1 p.m. every Thursday through July 29. Continue reading…
The Nebraska Athletic Marketing department is holding national anthem auditions 6 to 8 p.m. Aug. 6 and 9 to 11 a.m. Aug. 7 at the Devaney Center. Pre-registration is required by e-mailing erowley@huskers.com or calling (402) 472-4613. Click on the link below for details. Continue reading…