Leslie Thomas Whipp, 78, died Aug. 29, 2009 at his home near Poulsbo, Wash. He was born May 3, 1931 at Jacksonville, Fla. to Shannon Leslie and Margaret (Simmons) Whipp. In 1940, he and his family moved to South Dakota. He graduated from Gary High School in Gary, S.D. in 1949. He attended South Dakota […]
Jill Hyslop-Bohling, 47, of Bennet, died Aug. 28, 2009 at her home near Bennet. She was born on June 13, 1962 at Lincoln. She was a graduate of Palmyra High School and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She married Doug Bohling at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Auburn, and they lived in Auburn and Waverly before […]
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 […]
ABC News is coming to the College of Journalism and Mass Communications. The college will open the newest ABC News On Campus bureau in August, offering students the opportunity to work with and learn from professionals at a national broadcast news network. The On Campus program is a partnership between the ABC television network’s news […]
News and notes about UNL faculty, staff and students • Chancellor Harvey Perlman will receive the Roger T. Larson Community Builder Award from the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce on Sept. 2. The award is given annually to a candidate whose proven leadership and influence has shaped the Lincoln community. Finalists and the winner are selected […]
Bruce Thorson, professor of journalism, and three students – Patrick Breen, Kyle Bruggeman and Clay Lomneth – spent the summer driving across Nebraska on a search for stories related to the current economic recession. Read about their trip at http://unlphotojournalism.blogspot.com/.
Interactive program designed to curtail high-risk drinking In a unique pilot program, incoming first-year students at UNL have completed an online alcohol education program designed to assess students’ attitudes about and use of alcohol, while giving them information about their peers’ norms. The interactive online survey gathers from and gives information to students about drinking […]
UNL again counted among nation’s top public universities For the sixth straight year, UNL 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 […]
Today’s youngsters are buried under homework, which gobbles up free time that could be spent with family or friends. Parents, puzzled whether to help their children dig out from a pile of books or allow them to carry on alone, are frustrated by the take-home workload. And they’re angry at the stress the immense amounts […]
Portnoy tours China discussing mental health issues at four universities A visiting scholar helped Bob Portnoy open doors to a summer of mental health discussions in China. From June 15 to July 5, Portnoy, director of Counseling and Psychological Services, traveled to four universities in China, delivering psychology lectures and discussing mental health topics with […]
