$640K from NIH may lead to better disease treatments It’s widely understood that eating a diet high in saturated fats increases the risk for a long list of chronic and deadly diseases, including diabetes and coronary heart disease. Understanding how this works at a molecular level, however, is much more complicated. Paul Black, professor and […]
UNL has received $6.9 million of federal stimulus funding from the National Institute of Standards and Technology to help fund construction of a new nanoscience research facility. The grant will cover half the $13.8 million cost to construct the Nanoscience Metrology Facility. It will be adjacent to the north end of the new Physical Sciences […]
If you’ve ever tried to quit smoking, understanding how you got hooked in the first place probably seems irrelevant. But UNL psychologist Rick Bevins believes those first experiences play a key role in nicotine’s grip on you today, and understanding that role will eventually help you quit. With a $534,413 two-year grant from the National […]
A Morgan State University scholar will deliver the keynote address Jan. 18 as part of UNL’s observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Additionally, Helen Moore, Aaron Douglas Professor of Sociology at UNL, and the Nebraska Appleseed project will receive Fulfilling the Dream awards during the event, which begins at 2 p.m. in the Nebraska […]
Award-winning investigative reporter Richard Behar will give the next lecture in the 2009-2010 E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues at 7 p.m. Jan. 26 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts. The theme of this year’s forum is “Encountering China.” Behar’s lecture will examine China’s relationship with a number of countries in Africa. Europe’s rapid […]
The Society of Actuaries has recognized UNL’s Actuarial Science Program as one of its first Centers of Actuarial Excellence. The society has renewed the emphasis on strengthening the role of academics within the actuarial profession to capitalize on the potential to enhance research and intellectual capital development. Strong academics can help the profession grow stronger, […]
UNL consistently made its way into national news headlines in 2009, the first year of a refocused effort to expand the university’s reach and reputation. National media outlets, often working with the Office of University Communications, featured and cited UNL research, programming and faculty expertise on a wide range of topics. More than 150 positive […]
The University Association for Administrative Development is organizing a professional development workshop, “Great Work, Great Life: Five Actions to Make 2010 More Effective, and More Fun Too,” from 1:15 to 4:15 p.m., Jan. 20 in the Nebraska Union (room posted). The workshop is led by Paul Wesselmann, owner and operator of the speaking and training […]
Students walk across campus between snowdrifts during the first day of classes on Jan. 11. Landscaping Services employees spent most of the holiday closedown removing the 12.8 inches of snow that fell in Lincoln on Dec. 24. Photo by Craig Chandler/University Communications.
A reconstruction of two Civil War-era battles in the North Platte River valley will lead off the spring semester series of Paul A. Olson Seminars in Great Plains Studies. UNL anthropologists Douglas Scott and Peter Bleed will discuss “Mud Springs and Rush Creek: Civil War-Era Combat in the North Platte Valley” in a seminar at […]
