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Columns Spring 2009


Academic Stars update: Braithwaite and Kerns

Dean Manderscheid announces the latest Stars, including the first student star.


Faculty Highlights

Research on Omaha and Ponca Languages; Rediscovering women poets of the Romantic era; Fulbright research on human rights.


Cover Story

UNL's Writing Center helps students become stronger writers, teachers.


Faculty Highlights

Antartica...at UNL; Scientist David Harwood takes students on a virtual tour of Antarctic Geoscience.


Funding Highlights

Child Welfare Assistance grant; Nanotechnology research; Statewide math education.


Student Feature

Undergrad finds perspective and a new career path in rural Tanzania.


A Primer on Supporting the College of Arts and Sciences



Columns Fall 2008


College and University Award Winners


Can the Paparazzi Be Far Behind?

Dean Manderscheid announces a new multi-year communications campaign for the college.


Two UNL Faculty Members Receive Career Awards

Myra Cohen and Axel Enders are the latest UNL faculty to receive prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Awards.


Building to Bring Physics, Astronomy Together

Construction has begun on a state-of-the art facility.


Future Bright for Digital Humanities Projects

COVER STORY   A conversation with Katherine Walter and Kenneth Price of UNL's Center for Digital Research in the Humanities.


Accolades are Rolling in for Historian Will Thomas

An Eccles Center visiting professorship is the latest achievement in Thomas' vibrant research career.


New Digital History Project Envisages Jefferson's West

When Thomas Jefferson daydreamed about the American West, what did he imagine? A new Web site has some answers.


Digital Project Explores Civil War Washington

Interdisciplinary research will bring together scholars from numerous fields.


English Professor Codes His Way into Cutting-Edge Research

Stephen Ramsay is one of the few literary scholars with an account on the TeraGrid.


Alumni Spotlight: Daryl Farmer, Bicycling beyond the Divide

Recent creative writing graduate publishes book about the bicycle journey that changed his life...twice.

Columns Spring 2009

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