WuDunn to discuss global women's rights Feb. 2
Sheryl WuDunn asserts that the greatest unexploited resource in the modern world isn't oil or gold or wind. It's women.
Moolman honored by African Poetry Book Fund
The African Poetry Book Fund has named Kobus Moolman's collection "A Book of Rooms" (Deep South, 2014) the winner of the 2015 Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry, which includes a $5,000 award.
U.S. News ranks online programs among nation's best
Four University of Nebraska-Lincoln online programs have been recognized in U.S. News & World Report’s 2016 Best Online Programs rankings.
Lecture to focus on international trade
The history and vision for the future of international trade for U.S. agriculture will be the subject of the next Heuermann Lecture on Jan. 12. Clayton Yeutter, former U.S. trade representative and U.S. secretary of agriculture, and Darci Vetter, the chief agricultural negotiator for the Office of the United States Trade Representative, will have a panel discussion.
Shrestha prepares to take sustainability to campus community
If Prabhakar "Prabs" Shrestha was tasked with naming New Year's resolutions for the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, improving sustainability practices would be at the top of the list.
UNL works to strengthen Indonesian partnerships
University of Nebraska-Lincoln leaders are attending the Nebraska Symposium in Jakarta, Indonesia, this week to establish agricultural science partnerships with Indonesian universities, businesses, foundations and its government.
African Poetry Book Fund sends second shipment to African libraries
The African Poetry Book Fund, in partnership with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries and Prairie Schooner, has sent its second shipment of nearly 1,750 books and journals to its five partner poetry libraries in Africa.
Bush family establishes memorial fund for study abroad
Former Grand Island attorney and Hall County Judge David A. Bush will be memorialized through the David A. Bush Family Award for Study Abroad. The fund will support education abroad experiences for students at his alma mater, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
2 from UNL selected as Most Promising Multicultural Students
The American Advertising Federation has selected University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications students Olivia Wilson of Norfolk and Jane Ngo of South Sioux City for its Most Promising Multicultural Students program.