‘Sully’ readies to work 300th sellout

Sep 24th, 2009 | By | Category: Campus News, Issue, September 24, 2009

Retired athletic trainer George ‘Sully’ Sullivan has served Huskers since 1953 In 55 seasons with the Huskers, George “Sully” Sullivan has missed only one home football game. And, honestly, that one doesn’t count. “I missed the spring game in 1997 to serve as a trainer for the PanAmerican Games in Sao Paulo, Brazil,” said Sullivan, […]



Civil War Washington

Sep 24th, 2009 | By | Category: Campus News, Issue, September 24, 2009

Project delves into nation’s capitol during War Between the States The latest project from UNL’s Center for Digital Research in the Humanities is a highly collaborative exploration of Civil War-era Washington. Faculty from several academic departments and the CDRH are working together to map changes in the city’s topography, and searching for stories of medical […]



India journey churns dairy creations

Sep 24th, 2009 | By | Category: Campus News, Issue, September 24, 2009

Mint green colored pistachio-flavored milk soon might become a standard in the Dairy Store. It will, at least, if everything goes according to the plans of two food science and technology students who visited southern India this summer and learned how to create the milk. The trip by Yulie Meneses and Alex Nelson was the […]



Reading Center receives boost

Sep 24th, 2009 | By | Category: Campus News, Issue, September 24, 2009

Struggling to read is frustrating for young readers and places stress on families who don’t understand why their child may be lagging behind in school. The Reading Center at UNL has been a resource for Nebraska families for five years by helping children of all ages improve their reading abilities and do better in school. […]



Study gives clues to increasing power of X-rays

Sep 24th, 2009 | By | Category: Campus News, Issue, September 24, 2009

Three-dimensional, real-time X-ray images of patients could be closer to reality because of research recently completed by scientists at UNL and a pair of Russian institutes. In a paper to be published in Physical Review Letters, Anthony Starace, a UNL physics and astronomy professor, and his colleagues give scientists important clues into how to unleash […]



Chinese Culture week celebration begins Sept. 28

Sep 24th, 2009 | By | Category: Campus News, Issue, September 24, 2009

Six days of activities, all free and open to the public, celebrate Chinese Culture Week at UNL. Events kick off Sept. 28 and conclude Oct. 3. The week observes the second anniversary of the establishment of UNL’s Confucius Institute, the 30th anniversary of the normalizing of diplomatic relations between the United States and the People’s […]



Auto accident damages Chase Hall

Sep 24th, 2009 | By | Category: Campus News, Issue, September 24, 2009

University Police continue to investigate a Sept. 18 motor vehicle accident on East Campus that left 75-year-old Curtis Twedt of Lincoln dead. Twedt’s car crashed into Chase Hall at about 11:19 p.m. and he was pronounced dead on the scene when rescue workers arrived. A passerby witnessed the accident and summoned police. Twedt’s car, a […]



UNL reaches enrollment ‘pipe dream’ ahead of schedule

Sep 24th, 2009 | By | Category: Campus News, Issue, September 24, 2009

Verbatem – Alan Cerveny, dean of admission, issued this Sept. 17 e-mail about UNL’s 2009-2010 student enrollment figures announced Sept. 4. In September 2004, a headline in the Lincoln Journal Star announced that UNL’s fall enrollment had dropped to a 30-year low. With an enrollment of 21,792 students, people began to publicly question whether UNL’s […]



Self-employment key to rural Nebraskans, job picture

Sep 24th, 2009 | By | Category: Campus News, Issue, September 24, 2009

Self-employment continues to grow in rural Nebraska, especially as “people are pasting together bits and pieces of work” in tough economic times, according to the Nebraska Rural Poll. Surveys for the annual UNL poll were mailed to about 6,400 randomly selected households in Nebraska’s 84 rural counties last March. Results are based on 2,852 responses. […]



Global Gateway initiative seeks international study participants

Sep 24th, 2009 | By | Category: Campus News, Issue, September 24, 2009

A new initiative has launched and is aimed at increasing the number of faculty who lead study-abroad courses or incorporate international perspectives in classes, and increasing the number of students who participate. Chancellor Harvey Perlman announced the project, Global Gateway, during the Sept. 10 State of the University address. A student, faculty and curriculum development […]