Keith Kauffeld is the new president/chief executive officer at the University of Nebraska Federal Credit Union. He began duties at the NUFCU on April 29. Kauffeld’s career includes more than 16 years of senior level finance, operations and administrative management experience. He most recently served as the vice president/chief administrative officer of the Air Academy […]

Four UNL students have been chosen to complete undergraduate research fellowships through the Beckman Scholars Program. Ashley Thelen of Mitchell, S.D., Valerie Eckrich of Lincoln, and Jessica Chekal and Qianli Wang of Omaha are UNL’s Beckman Scholars for the 2013-14 academic year. The award provides scholarship funds to each student to conduct research under the […]

UNL welcomes these new employees hired in April. For more information on the “New Hires” list, contact Troy Fedderson at tfedderson2@unl.edu or 402-472-8515. Laura Allen, Registration and Records, office assistant Jodi Bergstrom, Journalism and Mass Communications, clerical assistant III Peggy Busch, University Television, business development director Erin Chatterton, Child Care, assistant teacher Rebecca Eby, Graduate […]

UNL’s Master of Business Administration program is ranked among the best online offerings for United States veterans. According to U.S. News and World Report’s list of the “Best Online MBA Programs for Veterans,” the UNL program is No. 3 in the nation. To be included in the veteran-specific ranking, universities had to already be ranked […]

Eve Brank, associate professor of psychology, has been awarded a nearly $200,000 National Science Foundation grant to conduct research into why citizens consent to searches. She will work with Jennifer Groscup of Scripps College in Claremont, Calif., on the project. The grant is from the NSF’s Law and Social Science program. The duo will examine […]

The next edition of the Scarlet publishes June 27. The deadline to submit items for publication is 4 p.m. June 20. Other Scarlet publication dates this summer are July 25 and Aug. 15. For more information, contact Troy Fedderson at tfedderson2@unl.edu or 402-472-8515.

A little more than 150 years ago, black soldiers took up arms with the Union to fight in the Civil War when the first regiments of African-American troops were authorized in the North in 1863. As they enlisted, words of support poured out from Union-sympathizing newspapers everywhere, and much of the support came in the […]

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 […]

Wendy Katz, associate professor of art history, has received a 2013 Smithsonian Senior Fellowship. She will use the award to conduct research in Washington, D.C., from January to April 2014. The fellowships are offered by the Smithsonian Institution to provide opportunities for senior investigators to conduct research in association with staff members at the Smithsonian […]

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 […]