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02 Jul 2018    

Sadri wins ASN Emerging Leaders Award

Mahrou Sadri's presentation “Bovine milk exosomes and their miR-30d cargo cross the placenta and contribute toward embryo development in C57BL/6 mice” at the Nutrition 2018 Conference, American Society for Nutrition, Boston, MA, June 2018 was winner of the Emerging Leaders in Nutrition Science Competition, Bioactive Food Compounds Research Interest Section ($400 award) as well as finalist in the American Society for Nutrition’s Nutritional Sciences Council 2018 Graduate Student Research Awards Competition . 



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02 Jul 2018    

Zempleni featured at Annual Meeting of the American Dairy Science Association

Janos Zempleni, Willa Cather Professor of Molecular Nutrition, Nutrition and Health Sciences, Director of the Nebraska Center for the Prevention of Obesity Diseases through Dietary Molecules, delivered an invited symposia talk “Bioavailability, distribution and phenotypes of bovine milk exosomes in non-bovine species” at the Annual Meeting of the American Dairy Science Association on June 25, 2018 in Knoxville, TN.



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CYAF's Yan Xia receives prestigious Fulbright Distinguished Chair Award

02 Jul 2018    By Katie Ballue

Xia receives prestigious Fulbright award

Yan Ruth Xia, Professor in the Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies (CYAF), has received a 2018-2019 Fulbright Distinguished Chair Award. The award provides a grant that will allow Xia to do both research and teaching in China during the fall and spring semesters of 2018-2019.



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CYAF's Yan Xia receives prestigious Fulbright Distinguished Chair Award

02 Jul 2018    By Katie Ballue

Xia receives prestigious Fulbright award

Yan Ruth Xia, Professor in the Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies (CYAF), has received a 2018-2019 Fulbright Distinguished Chair Award. The award provides a grant that will allow Xia to do both research and teaching in China during the fall and spring semesters of 2018-2019.



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29 Jun 2018    By Chuck Green | CYFS

Nebraska research battles adolescent bullying, peer threat

Meredith Martin, assistant professor of educational psychology, is conducting research on factors contributing to peer threat to understand how children cope in different ways. “Feeling safe is a fundamental human need,” she said. “If children don’t feel safe, it’s much harder for them to learn other things, such as math, English or social skills."

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29 Jun 2018    By Chuck Green | CYFS

Nebraska research battles adolescent bullying, peer threat

Meredith Martin, assistant professor of educational psychology, is conducting research on factors contributing to peer threat to understand how children cope in different ways. “Feeling safe is a fundamental human need,” she said. “If children don’t feel safe, it’s much harder for them to learn other things, such as math, English or social skills."

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Still image from the film "Anna."

27 Jun 2018    By Deann Gayman | University Communications

Nebraska-produced ‘Anna’ collects top animation prize at festival

The first major festival screening of “Anna” also garnered the film’s first award. Nebraska’s Michael Burton, Kwakiutl Dreher and William Thomas created the animated short, which took three years to complete.

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Still image from the film "Anna."

27 Jun 2018    By Deann Gayman | University Communications

Nebraska-produced ‘Anna’ collects top animation prize at festival

The first major festival screening of “Anna” also garnered the film’s first award. Nebraska’s Michael Burton, Kwakiutl Dreher and William Thomas created the animated short, which took three years to complete.

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25 Jun 2018    By Brad Stauffer

Feathers to fibers project earns environmental trust grant

Yiqi Yang’s ongoing research into converting poultry feathers and waste garments into commercially viable textiles has received grant support from the Nebraska Environmental Trust.

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln professor and his research team are focused on developing a product made from keratin fibers found in feathers and protein fibers in wool. Textiles made from these protein fibers have unparalleled performance properties, including moisture transmission, thermal insulation, soft hand and luster.



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25 Jun 2018    By Brad Stauffer

Feathers to fibers project earns environmental trust grant

Yiqi Yang’s ongoing research into converting poultry feathers and waste garments into commercially viable textiles has received grant support from the Nebraska Environmental Trust.

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln professor and his research team are focused on developing a product made from keratin fibers found in feathers and protein fibers in wool. Textiles made from these protein fibers have unparalleled performance properties, including moisture transmission, thermal insulation, soft hand and luster.



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