Monsanto official to speak Nov. 20 at UNL

The director of agriculture, economics and sustainability for Monsanto Co. will present a public lecture – “Producing More While Conserving More: Can We Do It?” – at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Friday (Nov. 20).
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UNL earns $3.1 million IGERT grant

UNL has received a $3.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation for a new, multidisciplinary graduate education program that will prepare future scientists, policymakers and natural resource managers to address increasingly complex global water issues.

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Wood presents Nebraska Lecture on HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS is a public health crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa. The disease's widespread prevalence -- two-thirds of people living with the disease reside there -- has greatly affected the region's health and economy. During the fall Nebraska Lecture Nov. 10, UNL virologist Charles Wood reviewed the historical aspect of HIV/AIDS since its discovery in 1981, focusing on the disease's impact in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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UNL earns $15.7 million in stimulus funding

University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty have been awarded $15.7 million in grants funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act through Sept. 30 to support research projects, according to UNL's Office of Research and Economic Development.
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NU Press author wins Nobel Prize

For the second time in as many years, a University of Nebraska Press author is the winner of the Nobel Prize in literature. German writer Herta Müller, whose short story collection Nadirs was published by the Press in 1999, is the 2009 Nobel Laureate in Literature.
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UNL receives grant to study water, energy

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded nearly $1.25 million to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering's Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction to work on Advanced Decentralized Water/Energy Network Design for Sustainable Infrastructure.
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Article examines rare quantum physics effect

There's nothing UNL physicist Herman Batelaan likes more than a challenge. And there are few areas of science more challenging than working at the sub-atomic, or quantum, world, where the laws of physics are different from those of our macro world.
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UNL receives $3 million for education consortium

UNL has received a $3 million grant to establish the Great Plains National Security Education Consortium. The consortium, sponsored by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, will provide rich academic, research, cultural immersion and outreach activities focused on national security-related topics to students with diverse interests and backgrounds.
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Research funding hits record $122 million

Total research funding at UNL increased nearly 13 percent to a record of more than $122 million this year. Total research funding, which includes all external funds awarded for university research, was $122,452,344 in the fiscal year ending June 30. The increase, up from $108.3 million in fiscal 2008, is UNL's largest ever year-to-year research funding growth.
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UNL establishes rural education center

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has received a nearly $10 million grant from the U.S. Department Education Institute of Education Sciences to establish the National Center for Research on Rural Education, the only one of its kind in the U.S.
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