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07 May 2012    

"Best of the Best: An Exhibition of Historic Clothing from 1880-1940," May 4 through September 7

"Best of the Best: An Exhibition of Historic Clothing from 1880-1940," May 4 through September 7

The evolution of women’s roles from 1880 to 1940 are illustrate in pieces selected from the collection of Katie Best, an established historic clothing collector from Omaha, Nebraska.

“Best of the Katie Best Collection” opens at the Robert Hillestad Gallery May 7th and runs through September 7th, 2012.



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07 May 2012    

Badiee is the 2011-2012 winner of the Barbara A. Kirk research award

Manijeh Badiee is the 2011-2012 winner of the Barbara A. Kirk research award given annually by the Society of Counseling Psychology. Her award recognizes her dissertation research, which "puts a face on Iranian women, the country's history, and current political discourse," and represents the core value of social justice in counseling psychology. Badoee will be presented the award at the APA conference this August. Mike Scheel (EDPS) is her advisor.



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07 May 2012    

CEHS group in China facing obstacles accessing the Internet

Students, staff, and faculty visiting China as part of the CEHS Students Abroad are experiencing issue posting to the Internet, and these issues underline the unique cultural experience the trip affords the group.

Read more at their Web site, http://cehschina2012.wordpress.com/

 



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25 Apr 2012    

Renfro, secondary ed major, wins Fulbright

 

Brian Rentfro, a senior secondary education major from Swansea, Ill., has received a Fulbright Scholarship. Next fall, he will be traveling to Germany, where he will live and teach English to German students for 10 months.



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23 Apr 2012    

NHS students, Miller and Hitchler, named 2012 student athletes of the year

A pair of NCAA All-America track and field athletes and team captains were named Nebraska's 2012 Student-Athletes of the Year Sunday night at the school's 22nd annual Student-Athlete Recognition Banquet before 650 attendees at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.



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23 Apr 2012    

O'Grady, CEHS, to teach in Brazil on Fulbright

Loni O’Grady, a secondary Spanish education and English as a Second Language education major, has been awarded a Fulbright scholarship. She will travel to Brazil in 2013 to gain experience teaching English in a foreign country. O’Grady, of Omaha, is completing her student teaching at Omaha South High School. She teaches Advanced-Placement Spanish, ESL 1 and 2 and a dual-language computer course.



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19 Apr 2012    

Zempleni receives 2012 Outstanding Investigator Award from American Society of Nutrition

Janos Zempleni, professor nutrition and health sciences and director of the Nebraska Gateway for Nutrigenomics, received the 2012 Outstanding Investigator Award from the American Society of Nutrition. 

Zempleni was recognized for his contributions to nutrition research and the mission of the ASN's Nutrient-Gene Interactions Research Interest Section. The ASN is the nation's premier professional organization for investigators conducting clinical and basic nutrition research and has about 3,000 members.



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18 Apr 2012    

England, SECD, receives CEHS Staff Star award

Jill England, SECD, was honored April 17 with the CEHS Staff Star award. Jill is the graduate student secretary for the department.



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17 Apr 2012    

CYFS Hosting Early Childhood Summit April 25

CYFS Hosting Early Childhood Summit April 25 

The Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools and the Buffett Early Childhood Institute will host the 2012 CYFS Summit on Research in Early Childhood April 25 in Lincoln. 



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17 Apr 2012    

Secondary math student earns Fulbright, will teach in Czech Republic

Fulbright scholarship winner Mallory Slama will spend summer finishing school at UNL and, after graduation in August, will move to the Czech Republic to teach English for a year. Slama is the fifth UNL student to earn a Fulbright award this spring. Her undergraduate degree will be in secondary math education and mathematics with a minor in Czech. Besides English, she also hopes to get involved with the math department where she is teaching.



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