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Deb Hope, Professor of Psychology, has been elected as President of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) for the 2010-2011 term.  ABCT is the leading professional association for empirically-based mental health researchers and providers, primarily psychologists.This is a tremendous honor for Deb, and the Psychology department and College of Arts and Sciences congratulate

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Self-cleaning walls, counter tops, fabrics, even micro-robots that can walk on water -- all those things and more could be closer to reality because of research recently completed by scientists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and at Japan's RIKEN institute.Self-cleaning Objects And Water-striding Robots in California Science and Technology NewsResearch Gives Clues for Self-cleaning

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Chemist Eugene “Gene” Cordes will address the baccalaureate ceremony and receive an honorary doctor of science degree.Theodore C. “Ted” Sorensen, former special counsel and adviser to President John F. Kennedy, will address the 121 graduates.Judy L. Walker, professor of mathematics and graduate chair in mathematics at UNL, will address the May 8 postgraduate ceremony.Read more in the Scarlet, and

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President Barack Obama’s solid approval ratings on his 100th day in office could help empower him to get big things done.But the clock is ticking, Michael Wagner says.“It’s fun to make a lot of the first 100 days, but he really has 250 to 300 days” before the inevitable slippage in support is likely to begin, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln political scientist says.Read more in the Lincoln

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Thompson Mylan Stout 94, Lincoln, died Tuesday (4/21/09). He was born August 16, 1914, at Big Springs, Neb. to Granville L. and Lena A. (Thompson) Stout. Mylan married Eunice Earhart on September 8, 1940, at the University of Nebraska Chapel. Mylan and Eunice were on the first transatlantic voyage of the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 in 1969 and crossed the Atlantic Ocean aboard her several more times.

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The Department of Mathematics is the winner of the American Mathematical Society's 2009 Award for an Exemplary Program or Achievement in Mathematics.The news is featured on the AMS homepage here and the write up is here.This is also announced on the department's website here.Nebraska Department wins exemplary program award by Allyn Jackson2009 Award for an exemplary program or achievement in a

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Here are the graduates and current students of the College of Arts and Sciences who are being honored at our All-University Celebration and Salute to Alumni Achievement on Friday, May 8:Roy and Catherine Yaley Student Leadership Award – Kori Underwood, Psychology majorVann Student Leadership Award – Kyle Kellet, History majorShane Osborn Student Leadership Award – Mary Jacobson, English

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Left to right: UNL poet and Presidential Professor Ted Kooser, English major Jess Schwager, Writer in Residence Naomi Shihab Nye, and Erin Parker a Secondary Education major with endorsements in English and Theatre.Naomi Shihab Nye is a Writer-in-Residence (2 weeks).  She gave a spectacular reading to a standing room-only crowd in the Great Plains Art Museum  last Thursday; she's been working

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UNL chemistry professor Gerard Harbison was a featured presenter at the American Chemical Society national meeting in Salt Lake City where he spoke at a news conference about UNL research about computer simulations to analyze potential peroxide-based explosives.The ACS chooses news to feature for national media at the convention, and his virtual news conference was watched live and repeated

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David Hansen, Chair of the Psychology Department, let us know that Dr. Rick Bevins received the UNL Chapter of Sigma Xi's 2009 Outstanding Scientist Award!

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