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15 Oct 2013    

Pedersen honored by CASNR and NATS

Congratulations to Jon Pedersen, CEHS associate dean for research, for two awards he earned recently. The Nebraska Association of Teachers of Science recognized him with their Catalyst Award at the group’s fall conference Sept. 27 at Camp Calvin Crest near Fremont, NE. Pedersen, a former science teacher at Lincoln Southeast High School and past president of NATS, has been a longtime member of the group. The Catalyst Award recognizes “contributions to science education in Nebraska.”
 



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15 Oct 2013    

Causin selected as Research Development Fellow

Gina Fe Causin, assistant professor nutrition and health sciences, is one of thirteen UNL faculty members who have been selected for the 2013-14 Research Development Fellows Program, an initiative to help pre-tenure faculty successfully compete for grants.



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15 Oct 2013    

Causin selected as Research Development Fellow

Gina Fe Causin, assistant professor nutrition and health sciences, is one of thirteen UNL faculty members who have been selected for the 2013-14 Research Development Fellows Program, an initiative to help pre-tenure faculty successfully compete for grants.



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15 Oct 2013    

Prospective college students and social media a mixed bag

The Chronicle of Higher Education
By Beckie Supiano

The share of prospective students who used social-media Web sites to learn about colleges they were considering has more than doubled in the last four years, according to the results of a survey released on Wednesday. Even so, a majority of the students surveyed said they had not used such sites in their college search.



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15 Oct 2013    

Prospective college students and social media a mixed bag

The Chronicle of Higher Education
By Beckie Supiano

The share of prospective students who used social-media Web sites to learn about colleges they were considering has more than doubled in the last four years, according to the results of a survey released on Wednesday. Even so, a majority of the students surveyed said they had not used such sites in their college search.



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15 Oct 2013    

Thompson to present NGN Series talk October 30 at noon

Henry Thompson, Professor and Director of the Cancer Prevention Laboratory, Colorado State University, will present a talk titled, “The Importance of Common Bean in Human Health: Building the Case for Increased Emphasis in Dietary Guidance.” The talk will be October 30 at noon in the East Campus Union. This brown bag talk is sponsored by Nebraska Gateway to Nutrigenomics, part of nutrition, health, and science.



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15 Oct 2013    

Thompson to present NGN Series talk October 30 at noon

Henry Thompson, Professor and Director of the Cancer Prevention Laboratory, Colorado State University, will present a talk titled, “The Importance of Common Bean in Human Health: Building the Case for Increased Emphasis in Dietary Guidance.” The talk will be October 30 at noon in the East Campus Union. This brown bag talk is sponsored by Nebraska Gateway to Nutrigenomics, part of nutrition, health, and science.



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04 Oct 2013    

Blended Learning Symposium Oct. 17

This year’s Blended Learning Symposium will “walk the talk” with three outcome-driven sessions prefaced with brief asynchronous online front-loading activities designed to maximize the dialogue during the face-to-face sessions on October 17.



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03 Oct 2013    

Hillestad Textiles Gallery presents Celebration of Youth XX: Exuberance, Twentieth Anniversary Exhib

Nebraska youth, from nine to nineteen years of age, will have their work showcased in the 20th annual Celebration of Youth: Exuberance, beginning September 30 and running through Oct. 25, 2013.  Items were selected from the thousands of exhibits in the Clothing, Fashion Show, Home Environment and Quilt Quest departments at the 2013 Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island and range from stunning pieced quilts to an inventive Velociraptor costume made of foam, fabric, and sculpted clay.  



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03 Oct 2013    

Hillestad Textiles Gallery presents Celebration of Youth XX: Exuberance, Twentieth Anniversary Exhib

Nebraska youth, from nine to nineteen years of age, will have their work showcased in the 20th annual Celebration of Youth: Exuberance, beginning September 30 and running through Oct. 25, 2013.  Items were selected from the thousands of exhibits in the Clothing, Fashion Show, Home Environment and Quilt Quest departments at the 2013 Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island and range from stunning pieced quilts to an inventive Velociraptor costume made of foam, fabric, and sculpted clay.  



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