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The creative writing program in UNL's English department has added (from left) Chigozie Obioma and Jennine Capó Crucet. The new assistant professors each published debut novels this year, both of which were featured in the book review pages of The New York Times.

Crucet, Obioma add to creative writing program's momentum

September 9, 2015

Alumnus squares parking fines — 41 years later

September 9, 2015

UNL's class of 2019 gathers to form an 'N' in Memorial Stadium before the fall semester. The 4,628 first-time students on campus this fall is the third-largest freshman class in the university's history.

UNL enrollment climbs to all-time high of 25,260

September 8, 2015

From left, doctoral students Joshua Beck and Jie Yang with Martin Centurion and Cornelis "Kees" Uiterwaal, associate professors of physics and astronomy.

New study points way to 'filming' molecule-light interactions

September 8, 2015

Kathleen Johnson, a junior music major, finished third in a national audition organized by the National Association of Teachers of Singing. Six UNL students were semifinalists in the contest.

Achievements | Honors, awards, publications for Aug. 28 to Sept. 3

September 4, 2015

David DiLillo and Sarah Gervais pose in Burnett Hall. The two, with graduate student Molly Franz, have published a study about objectification of women and sexual assault.

Study links ogling with vulnerability to sexual assault

September 1, 2015

Matthias Fuchs

Fuchs leads first team to observe X-ray phenomenon

August 31, 2015

Tracy Frank

Frank named Geological Society of America fellow

August 28, 2015

UNL's Jinsong Huang is leading the UNL portion of a multi-university solar panel project funded by the National Science Foundation.

Achievements | Honors, awards, publications for Aug. 21-27

August 28, 2015

Researchers explain why nanotubes prefer potassium to sodium

August 27, 2015

Researchers build, morph chemical patterns on stretchable surfaces

August 24, 2015

Detail from the cover of Carole Levin's "Scholars and Poets Talk About Queens," which is the 36th book in her Queenship and Power series.

New book gives spotlight to Nebraska scholars, writers

August 21, 2015