UNL News Releases

Consultants: Innovation Campus jobs' annual impact could be $267 million

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:45:00 -0600

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 today by the University of Nebraska Board of R. . .

UHC will hold H1N1 vaccine walk-in clinic for UNL students only Nov. 24

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:45:00 -0600

The University Health Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has received a small allocation of H1N1 vaccine for UNL students. The UHC will have a walk-in H1N1 vaccination clinic for UNL students under the age of 25 from 9 a.m. to noon Nov. . . .

'Celebration of Youth' exhibit at Hillestad Textiles Gallery through Dec. 4

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0600

The textile work of 22 4-H exhibitors ranging in age from 10 to 19 will be on display through Dec. 4 in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery.

The work in the 16th-annual "Celebration of Youth" exhibit was sele. . .

UNL flag football team beats reigning national champs, wins regional

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0600

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln 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 I. . .

Tony-winning 'Avenue Q' makes Lincoln debut Dec. 4 at Lied Center

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0600

"Avenue Q," the smash-hit Broadway musical about life in New York City as told by a cast of people and puppets through an irreverent, Tony-winning book and score, makes its Lincoln debut at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's . . .

Fall issue of Great Plains Quarterly available

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0600

In the fall issue of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Great Plains Quarterly, researchers wrote about women homesteaders in Western Canada, the role of newspapers and railroads in the settlement of Nebraska, and the romantic travel accounts wr. . .

Winter Escape musical celebrations Dec. 4 and 5 at Sheldon Museum of Art

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0600

Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will celebrate Winter Escape, two days of entertainment and art Dec. 4 and 5. The museum's Great Hall will be full of music and activities, as well as stunning winter decor.

The Unive. . .

New quilt exhibition showcasing contemporary artists opens Nov. 21

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0600

Quilts of 21 contemporary artists will be on display at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's International Quilt Study Center and Museum in the new exhibition "Perspectives: Art, Craft, Design and the Studio Quilt," showing Nov. 21 through May 9 a. . .

Riders in the Sky to do Christmas the 'cowboy way' Dec. 3 at Lied Center

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0600

Take a nostalgic trip back to the days of the open range with "America's Favorite Cowboys," the Riders in the Sky, a foursome of boot-wearing, hat-tipping musicians from Nashville, Tenn. They'll do Christmas "the cowboy way" at the at the Universi. . .

Monsanto official to speak Nov. 20 at UNL

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0600

The director of agriculture, economics and sustainability for Monsanto Co. will present a public lecture -- "Producing More While Conserving More: Can We Do It?" -- Nov. 20 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Michael Doane will present the . . .

Mueller Planetarium's 'Holiday Music Magic' starts Nov. 28

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0600

Mueller Planetarium at the University of Nebraska State Museum will begin showing "Holiday Music Magic: The Fulldome Experience," a new show featuring a variety of holiday music classics. It will be presented Thursdays at 7 p.m. and Saturdays and . . .

Sheldon closed Dec. 21-Jan. 4 for project to improve staircase safety

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0600

The Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will be closed to the public Dec. 21 through Jan. 4 during the initial phase of a construction project to improve the safety of the staircase railings in the Great Hall.

The proje. . .

Mueller Planetarium to unveil mural-sized images from NASA

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0600

Mueller Planetarium at the University of Nebraska State Museum will take visitors on a journey to the center of our galaxy when it unveils two new mural-sized images of the Milky Way's core, as seen by all three of NASA's Great Observatories: the. . .

Last fall public night at Behlen Observatory is Nov. 20

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0600

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Behlen Observatory near Mead will be open for public viewing 7:30 to 10 p.m. Nov. 20. It's the observatory's final public night in 2009.

Provided the sky is clear, visitors will be able to view a variety of. . .

Hillestad Gallery's 'Little Black Dress' exhibit extended through Nov. 11

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:35:00 -0600

The "Power and Pragmatism: Beyond the Little Black Dress" exhibit at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery, originally scheduled to close Nov. 6, has been extended through Nov. 11, according to exhibit curator Barb. . .