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Achievements | Honors, appointments and publications for Feb. 13

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The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has announced policy changes to enhance awarding of academic credit for students who transfer to the institution.

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Dmitry Oleynikov, a UNMC professor of surgery, operates a surgical robot as in the background Shane Farritor, a UNL engineering professor, adjusts the camera on the surgical subject in June 2015. The two developed the robot for minimally invasive surgeries. Farritor and Oleynikov's startup company, Virtual Incision, announced March 1 the first use of its miniaturized robot in human surgery.

Virtual Incision mini-robots conduct first known human surgery

March 1, 2016

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Under the direction of Kennedy Center teaching artist and science educator John Bertles, Science of Sound Spring Break Camp participants experiment with sound on musical instruments created from recycled materials at Dawes Middle School in 2014.

Science of Sound camp set for March 10-12

March 1, 2016

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SciPop talk to focus on science of long-distance running

March 1, 2016

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UNL-UNMC initiative kicks off with retreat

February 29, 2016

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Liyan Qu, assistant professor, electrical and computer engineering, ecently earned a five-year, $500,000 Faculty Early Career Development Program Award from the National Science Foundation to develop a next-generation power grid transformer.

NSF grant boosts Qu's smart power grid research

February 26, 2016

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SciPop talks to focus on cosmetics, parasites

February 23, 2016

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Studies: Ice melt from CO2 increase could raise sea level 100 feet

February 22, 2016

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Research points to humans’ role in drought

February 22, 2016

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The Nebraska Lectures will expand to a year-long series in celebration of the university's 150th anniversary in 2019. The first lecture, on Jan. 23, will examine the history of the Nebraska Unicameral. Pictured is the charter that officially created the university on Feb. 15, 1869.

Happy Charter Day, Huskers

February 14, 2026

University of Nebraska–Lincoln deans, vice chancellors and Interim Chancellor Katherine Ankerson pose at the front of the lecture hall in the Nebraska Innovation Campus conference center after sharing their "why" during the university's Charter Day celebration.

Charter Day celebration reflects on the university's 'why'

February 14, 2026

Huskers live Nebraska U's land-grant mission every day

February 14, 2026

Ankerson calls on faculty, staff to help define university's future

February 14, 2026

Interim Chancellor Katherine S. Ankerson addresses faculty, staff and students during the Charter Day celebration on Feb. 14 at Nebraska Innovation Campus.

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