http://ucommxsrv1.unl.edu/unlnews/ University of Nebraska-Lincoln In The News en-us Copyright 2005 University of Nebraska-Lincoln http://www.unl.edu/favicon.gif http://www.unl.edu/ http://mw.cnn.com/snarticle?c=cnnd_entertainment&p=0&aId=20100202:oscar.analysis:1 Film historian Wheeler Winston Dixon, Ryan professor of film studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, said he believes that Carey Mulligan, the young actress who gave a star turn in "An Education," has a shot ... Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:27:09 CST http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/ask_the_answer_bitch/b165659_do_we_have_real_superstars_anymore.html?utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_celebritynews UNL film studies professor Wheeler Winston Dixon, says "Today you don't have to make the decision to leave the domestic sphere and go to the theater ... Before, you'd need to go to the theater, where the star would be on a huge screen, and you would, essentially, worship the star ... Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:25:08 CST http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10040/1034503-298.stm UNL educational psychology professor Ken Kiewra says "Picasso probably could not have been Mozart and Mozart probably could not have been Picasso because they had different kinds of intelligence ... Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:22:25 CST http://content.usatoday.net/dist/custom/gci/InsidePage.aspx?cId=delawareonline&sParam=32679275.story UNL physics professor Martin Centurion has won a grant to study how plants convert photons of light into energy ... Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:25:40 CST http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2010-01-22-conanchart21_ST_N.htm UNL film studies professor Wheeler Winston Dixon is among four experts to break down network TV's late-night personalities ... Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:02:15 CST http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/01/stealth_democracy.html The book 'Stealth Democracy' by UNL political scientists John Hibbing and Elizabeth Theiss-Morse is described as 'the single most useful book for understanding why ... the long political process did such terrible damage to the health-care bill ... Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:00:24 CST http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view.bg?articleid=1227788&srvc=rss As Barack Obama's presidency crosses the Year One finish line, the Herald asked experts -- including UNL political scientist Michael Wagner -- to tell them what he did wrong, and right ... Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:57:22 CST http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/01/19/winklewagner What challenges do students of color face during their years on campus, and how do these challenges affect their college success? In her new book, UNL's Rachelle Winkle-Wagner explores these questions from the students' perspective ... Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:30:59 CST http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=9604375 The council's report, released Tuesday through the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Bureau of Business Research, cites solid job and income growth this year and stronger growth next year ... Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:19:36 CST http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=9380980 UNL meat scientist Chris Calkins discusses new cuts of beef, like the flatiron steak, that were once underutilized ... Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:49:51 CST http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/business/2010/01/06/levs.economist.predictions.cnn.html John Anderson, interim dean of UNL's College of Business Administration, speaks with CNN.com about what to expect with the U.S. economy in the new year ... Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:46:27 CST http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/18/AR2009091802145.html UNL political scientist Patrice McMahon notes that Bosnia was "once the poster child for international reconstruction efforts" and was considered "proof that under the right conditions the international community could successfully rebuild conflict-ridden countries." Now, however, Bosnia "stands on the brink of collapse ... Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:14:56 CST http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=9473407 A team of University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers is using a $600,000 grant to make cooking with microwave ovens safer ... Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:26:53 CST http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/03/AR2010010301921.html The old media giants are working together to kill off innovative online competitors and carve up the market for themselves, UNL law professor Marvin Ammori said. Ammori wrote a report submitted to Justice and the FTC on how TV Everywhere could affect video distribution online ... Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:38:11 CST http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Movies/2009/1218/Sizzle-surrounds-Avatar-as-industry-anticipates-new-phase-for-movies While he acknowledges James Cameron's work is technically cutting edge, UNL's Wheeler Winston Dixon says the ultimate use that he puts it to is solely for the purpose of spectacle without content ... Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:21:10 CST http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/16/AR2009121603916.html?wprss=rss_technology/personaltech UNL law professor Marvin Ammori says that because most customers get their boxes directly from cable companies, it's the cable providers that essentially control the market for the devices ... Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:10:12 CST http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/health/policy/18health.html?_r=1 UNL political scientist John Hibbing says a Democrat has to walk a pretty fine line to survive in Nebraska. "The energy the pro-life community puts into races is impressive,” he told the Times ... Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:33:06 CST http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/business/04vaccine.html?_r=4&adxnnlx=1259931602-SjxukeCae6w0etF0%206QGXA&pagewanted=all UNL epidemiologist David Smith said officials determined vaccines must show at least a 90% reduction in the number of cattle carrying the bacteria. And among cattle that still harbored E. coli after being vaccinated, the agency insisted on a 99.9% reduction in the number of bacteria shed by the animals ... Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:38:03 CST http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-12-08-1Achinesestudents_VA_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip This is what is called 'soft power.' The Chinese government is very sensitive about its image," says David Lou, UNL engineering professor and director of its Confucius Institute. Like other Confucius Institutes, UNL's offers non-credit language courses, trains instructors to teach Mandarin as a foreign language, sponsors cultural activities and ... Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:59:44 CST http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-12-08-1Achinesestudents08_CV_N.htm Bojaio Sun knew nothing about football -- or Nebraska, for that matter -- until he started looking for U.S. colleges and universities on the Internet. Now, as one of a growing number of Chinese students at UNL, he catches every game he can. "I am very proud to be a 'Husker," he ... Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:57:00 CST