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.
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