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farm to school grant

23 Jul 2020    

Nebraska receives portion of largest ever USDA farm to school grant

The Nebraska Department of Education and Burwell Public Schools have both received grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture which will allow them to partner with Nebraska Extension to bring fresh, local foods into schools.

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Terry Housh

22 Jul 2020    

National Strength and Conditioning Association honors Terry Housh with lifetime achievement award

The National Strength and Conditioning Association has announced that Terry Housh, director of the Exercise Physiology Laboratory and professor in the Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, is the 2020 recipient of the Boyd Epley Award for Lifetime Achievement.

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22 Jul 2020    

Online Racial Literacy Roundtables planned for fall 2020

A collaborative team of scholars in the College of Education and Human Sciences at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln have planned four online Racial Literacy Roundtables for the fall semester.

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20 Jul 2020    By Haley Apel

Kearney teacher is 2020 Christa McAuliffe Prize recipient

Lindsie Thiems, a preschool teacher at Kearney Public Schools, is the recipient of the 2020 Christa McAuliffe Prize for Courage and Excellence in Education.

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17 Jul 2020    By Chuck Green, CYFS

Building a strong foundation for cross-campus collaboration on executive function research

Nebraska researchers are pooling their talent and resources to build a collaborative network to explore early childhood executive function.

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Helen H. Raikes

14 Jul 2020    By Joseph John | CYAF

Willa Cather Professor Helen Raikes announces retirement

At the end of the spring 2020 semester, Willa Cather Professor Helen H. Raikes announced her retirement from the Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies, after 15 years with the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

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Student wearing facial covering

14 Jul 2020    By Lindsey Amen | University Communication

Faculty, staff assemble to provide face-covering expertise

Textiles, merchandising and fashion design faculty and staff have come together to form the Face Covering Task Force, an unofficial group that will share information on best practices when it comes to making and wearing face coverings.

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14 Jul 2020    

Nebraska researchers partner with Lincoln Wastewater for early virus detection

Megan Kelley, assistant professor of nutrition and health sciences, is co-leading a new project assessing how community-level contextual factors and local policy measures relate to levels of coronavirus in the wastewater samples over time.

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Kelcey Buck

07 Jul 2020    

Kelcey Buck honored with CEHS Staff Star Award

Kelcey Buck, communications associate in the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders, has been named the recipient of the latest Staff Star Award by the College of Education and Human Sciences Staff Council.

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29 Jun 2020    

Over 1,200 CEHS students named to spring Deans’ List

Over 1,200 students in the College of Education and Human Sciences at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln have been named to the Deans’ List for the spring semester of the 2019-20 academic year.

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