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A screenshot from the Zoom tutoring session with Ruby, her mom and her tutor, Monica.

27 Aug 2020    By Kelcey Buck

Schmoker Reading Center’s transition to online tutoring no problem for nine-year-old Ruby

Ruby had enjoyed positive experiences while being tutored twice before at the Kit and Dick Schmoker Reading Center. When Jenny Leeper Miller asked her daughter whether she’d like to be tutored again in the summer of 2020, Ruby was eager to go. After her mom told her this time the tutoring would be through Zoom, however, Ruby had second thoughts.

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Participants share a laugh at the UNL-Tabitha Memory Workshop in February 2020.

24 Aug 2020    By Kelcey Buck

UNL-Tabitha Memory Workshop offers in-person, virtual options for Fall 2020

An eight-week memory workshop led by speech-language pathologists and graduate speech-language pathology students at UNL's Barkley Speech Language and Hearing Clinic will be held both in-person and live through Zoom, beginning Sept. 9.

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21 Aug 2020    By Joan Barnes - University Libraries

James papers chronicle Studio Quilt movement

The Archives and Special Collections at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries has received a donation of more than 70 boxes of papers, correspondence and research materials from Michael James, professor emeritus and former department chair and Ardis James Professor of Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design.

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Susan Swearer

20 Aug 2020    

Swearer receives mid-career award from American Psychological Association

Susan Swearer, Willa Cather Professor of Educational Psychology, has received the 2020 American Psychological Association Mid-Career Award for Outstanding Contributions to Benefit Children, Youth and Families.

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The Scarlet

18 Aug 2020    By Kate Engel - Nebraska Innovation Campus

The Scarlet aims to capture Nebraska in a night's stay

The Scarlet, the new hotel at Nebraska Innovation Campus, will be home to academic space managed by the Hospitality, Restaurant and Tourism Management program.

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Marilyn Moore

17 Aug 2020    By Sean Hagewood - University Communication

Moore urges graduates to work toward greater good

Marilyn Moore challenged the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s August graduates to help the world write a better story — one with regard for science and the inherent value of humankind, of connections rather than divisions and hope rather than fear.

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OLLI Showcase

14 Aug 2020    

OLLI Showcase offers glimpse of institute’s offerings

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is showcasing its courses and activities on television and online beginning this month and running through November.

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13 Aug 2020    

Dr. LaCost retires after 30 years

Dr. Barbara LaCost has a long and vibrant history in the education field. After serving 30 years with the Department of Educational Administration at UNL she is retiring. 

At UNL, she was an assistant professor for six years before transitioning to an associate professor and was a dissertation advisor to many doctoral students in the department.



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10 Aug 2020    By University Communication

CEHS alumna Marilyn Moore to deliver graduation address

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln's Aug. 15 graduation celebration will feature the address, “The Air Between Us …” from Marilyn Moore, retired associate superintendent of Lincoln Public Schools and past president of the Bryan College of Health Sciences.

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05 Aug 2020    By Office of Research and Economic Development

ORED awards grants to 6 CEHS research teams supporting COVID-19-related work

Six College of Education and Human Sciences research teams have been selected for internal funding from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Office of Research and Economic Development’s COVID-19 Rapid Response Grant Program.

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