Star City Parade features Barnes duo as Santa and Sandra Claus You better watch out. You better not cry. Better not pout. I’m telling you why. Santa and Sandra Claus are coming to town. And – just so you know – they fly a Husker flag every football Saturday (red and white suits explained) and […]
Consultants: Campus’ annual impact on jobs could be $267 million After six months of nearly round-the-clock work by consultants and campus planners, Nebraska Innovation Campus’s final business development strategy and campus master plans were presented and approved Nov. 20 by the University of Nebraska Board of Regents. The board heard and approved the final recommendation […]
Slice of pecan pie: 468 calories. Glass of eggnog: 367 calories. Naps on the couch: Unlimited. Shock on the scale Jan. 1: Seismic. If you’re tired of making and breaking the same old New Year’s resolution to lose weight or exercise more, the UNL Wellness Initiative can help. UNL has joined Shape Up the Nation, […]
Verbatem – Chancellor Harvey Perlman issued this Nov. 23 e-mail about filling the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs opening quickly. As you know Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Barbara Couture has accepted the position of president of New Mexico State University effective Jan. 1. New Mexico State had good reasons for wanting her to start […]
UNLPD takes part in statewide campaign Participation in the statewide “Click It or Ticket” seatbelt and child restraint safety campaign resulted in more than 90 citations issued by UNL police officers. The campaign ran from Nov. 23 to 29. During that time, 14 UNL officers issued the citations during 56 hours of saturation patrols on […]
Brett Kreifels, senior animal science major from Springfield, waters poinsettias at a teaching greenhouse on Nov. 25 on East Campus. The UNL Horticulture Club will be selling the poinsettias as a fundraiser at both the Nebraska and East unions on Dec. 9 and 10. Photo by Brett Hampton/IANR News Service.
The first particle collisions at the Large Hadron Collider at the European Organization for Nuclear Research near Geneva, Switzerland, took place Nov. 23 and the high-energy physics team at UNL is at work analyzing data. The LHC, a particle accelerator nearly 17 miles in circumference that spans the border between Switzerland and France, is designed […]
Cornhusker athletic teams have continued to lead the Big 12 Conference in the classroom. For the seventh consecutive year, the Cornhuskers led the Big 12 with a 94 percent exhausted eligibility graduation rate. Several UNL teams also earned strong scores in the Graduation Success Rate Report released in November by the NCAA. The exhausted eligibility […]
The UNL coed flag football team “D-UNIT” defeated the reigning national champions from the University of North Texas 15-0 Nov. 15 at UNL’s Cook Pavilion to be crowned the co-rec team champion of the American Collegiate Intramural Sports Regional Flag Football Tournament. As regional champion, D-UNIT receives a $1,000 travel stipend and free entry into […]
The university is seeking nominations for the 2010 Chancellor’s “Fulfilling the Dream” Award. UNL remains committed to diversity and the ideals espoused by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This award provides a platform to celebrate and recognize contemporary leaders who are role models both on and off-campus. Nominations are strongly encouraged and may be submitted […]
