The University Libraries are requiring the use of a personal identification number to access online systems. The use of PINs, which started May 13, is to protect library cards from unauthorized use. Users must establish a PIN when they log into a library account or the UNL libraries database. The PIN will be used to [...]
UNL’s Johnny Carson Theater is getting a $571,500 facelift. The renovation, made possible with a gift from the John W. Carson Foundation, was announced April 26. The project will include a complete redesign of the theater’s entrance and lobby and a new performance floor. At the gift announcement, Chancellor Harvey Perlman said UNL is again [...]
Eight years ago, Linda Bales needed an escape. Having relocated to Nebraska, Bales spent her days caring for a mother-in-law who suffered a series of strokes and a retired-military husband hampered by alcoholism. “That kind of care, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, it weighs on you,” Bales said. “I really needed something [...]
Berends, Ha earn student leadership honors
Margo Berends of Aurora, Colo., and Anh Ha of the Thanhxuan district, Hanoi, Vietnam, received UNL’s 2013 Outstanding Student Leadership Awards during an April 26 recognition dinner at the Van Brunt Visitors Center. The awards were presented by the Office of Student Affairs. UNL selection committees on behalf of Student Affairs annually select one male [...]
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Study: Body shame diminishes relationship hopes
It’s no longer just Barbie dolls that evoke a sense of unattainable beauty. Now, it seems G.I. Joe’s biceps and six-pack abs are doing the same. Increasingly, objectification and heightened masculinity in images of men is saturating popular culture and the media. A new UNL study examines how this objectification affects men’s body image and [...]
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Women headline Jazz in June series
The voices of four women will be featured in the 22nd season of Jazz in June. Organized by the Sheldon Art Association and Sheldon Museum of Art, the free concerts take place every Tuesday in June at 7 p.m. with activities beginning as early as 5 p.m. The concert series opens June 4 with the [...]
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NIC information session is Dec. 17
An open information session about Nebraska Innovation Campus is 3:30 to 5 p.m. Dec. 17 in the Nebraska Union Auditorium. The session, which is free and open to faculty, staff and students, will be led by Dan Duncan, executive director of the NIC. A question and answer session will follow the update presentation.