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National news coverage, February 2016

March 4, 2016

From Nebraska Today

Now or later? Researcher applies unique method to predict our choices

March 3, 2016

Biologists (left to right) Eileen Hebets and Alissa Anderson have shown that the male nursery-web spider improves his odds of surviving a sexual encounter with a cannibalistic female by wrapping his mate's forelegs with silk prior to copulation.

From Nebraska Today

Study finds sexual restraints protect male spiders from cannibalism

March 1, 2016

Campus

Achievements, Feb. 12-25

February 26, 2016

From Nebraska Today

Speech team wins 5th straight Big Ten title

February 24, 2016

Kelly Kingsbury Brunetto watches as Jocelyn Swanson and Eleanor Dynek practice "stage combat". Spanish class where students do improv and one-act plays to help with their speaking skills.

From Nebraska Today

Spanish class uses theater techniques to hone skills

February 23, 2016

From Nebraska Today

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

February 22, 2016

From Nebraska Today

Digital humanities group fosters student collaboration

February 19, 2016

Zach Day demonstrates his work with visual reality headsets that will allow participants to tour ruins around the world. He is demonstrating an add on that allows the users hands to be part of the VR and manipulate objects in the program.

From Nebraska Today

What a site to see: Anthropology opens digital labs to campus

February 18, 2016

From Nebraska Today

Nebraska hosts Women in Science conference

February 18, 2016

From Nebraska Today

Nebraska researcher finds gold — and other metals

February 17, 2016

Marilyn Stains, UNL assistant professor of chemistry, is studying how science, technology, engineering and mathematics are taught at the university level and how to improve programs that train faculty to better teach science.

From Nebraska Today

NSF award aids Stains' research on STEM teaching

February 16, 2016