This year's annual Book Prize Reading and Celebration event will feature readings from writers Bryn Chancellor and Jennifer Perrine. The celebration, honoring the two winners of the 2014 Prairie ...
http://newsroom.unl.edu/releases/2016/02/26/Prairie+Schooner+to+host+award-winning+writers+March+1
As solar panels and wind turbines proliferate, integrating these new energy sources into the nation's power grid brings increasing challenges. A UNL engineer's research is helping to create a new...
Dennis DeYoung, the lead singer and songwriter for seven of Styx's eight top 10 hits, will perform at 7:30 p.m. March 4 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts, 301 N. 12th St. Tickets are availab...
Cosmetic science and parasite biodiversity will be the topics of SciPop Talks! events Feb. 24 and 25 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Rebecca Lai, an associate professor of chemistry at UNL...
http://newsroom.unl.edu/releases/2016/02/23/SciPop+talks+to+focus+on+cosmetics%2C+parasites
"National Geographic Photo Ark" by Joel Sartore will open Feb. 27 as a temporary exhibit in Morrill Hall, south of 14th and Vine streets. The opening of the documentary photo exhibit will be mark...
"From This Grass Earth," an exhibition running March 4 through May 28 at the Great Plains Art Museum, celebrates the wild and immense beauty of the North American grasslands by exploring humanity...
The Russian National Orchestra returns to the Lied Center for Performing Arts, 301 N. 12th St., joined by superstar pianist Yuja Wang at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 27. Conducted by world-renowned pianist, co...
Levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide expected during the 21st century would equal those from a geologic era that saw contraction of the Antarctic Ice Sheet and a substantial rise in sea level, ac...
In 1986, only 18 black-footed ferrets remained in North America. Thanks to a national and international recovery effort, the mammal now enjoys a stable population. David Jachowski, author of "Wil...
The Nebraska economy should grow modestly during summer 2016, according to the latest leading economic indicator report from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The indicator, a composite of econ...
http://newsroom.unl.edu/releases/2016/02/19/Indicator%3A+Nebraska+economy+to+grow+slowly+this+summer
Instead of a pan and a pick ax, prospectors of the future might seek gold with a hand-held biosensor that uses a component of DNA to detect traces of the element in water. The gold sensor is the ...
http://newsroom.unl.edu/releases/2016/02/17/UNL+researcher+finds+gold+--+and+other+metals
FarmAfield, an online marketplace being developed by three University of Nebraska-Lincoln students, has been named a finalist in the international Thought for Food Challenge. More than 500 entrie...
For decades, researchers have investigated how college students best learn science, but how faculty teach those students gets less attention. A University of Nebraska-Lincoln researcher is helpin...
The annual MEDICI exhibition at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will be on display Feb. 17-25 in the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall, 560 Stadium Drive. The exhibit culminates in a...
http://newsroom.unl.edu/releases/2016/02/16/MEDICI+exhibition+opens+Feb.+17+at+UNL
The Lied Center for Performing Arts' 2015-16 Glenn Korff Broadway Series continues with the national touring production of "Flashdance: The Musical" at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19 and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Feb. ...