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Scott Gardner holds up a parasite preserved on a slide in the Manter Laboratory of Parasitology. Gardner led a team that discovered four new species of tuco-tucos while studying parasites in Bolivia. Tuco-tucos are a South American rodent, about 24 inches long that live in Bolivia.

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Gardner leads discovery of four new tuco-tuco species

July 18, 2014

Aaron Duncan (left) holds a doctorate in communication studies specializing in the study of sports rhetoric and cultural mythology.

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Poker: Gambling with the myth of the American Dream?

July 10, 2014

UNL physicist Aaron Dominguez leads collaboration involving eight universities to upgrade the Compact Muon Solenoid particle detector, a key component of the world’s largest physics experiment. The illustration shows an event, captured by CMS in 2012, that provides evidence of the Higgs boson.

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UNL leads $11.5M project to enhance atom smasher

July 7, 2014

Heitor Castro, a sophomore computer engineering major, attended Google's annual Scholar's Retreat in June. He is UNL's first Generation Google Scholar.

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Brazilian student is first Generation Google Scholar

July 6, 2014

Ivan Moreno is one of 10 UNL students who have recently received National Science Foundation Fellowships. Moreno is using his award to further his graduate study into solar energy.

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Moreno, nine others, granted NSF fellowships

June 18, 2014

Members of the UNL Speech and Debate team delegation stand next to a plaque at the University of Nebraska's American Exchange Center at Xi'an Jiaotong University in China.

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Speech, debate team returns from China

June 16, 2014

Philip Schwadel, associate professor of sociology, leads a class discussion at UNL. Schwadel's recently published research could hold implications for the future role of conservative Christian groups in the United States.

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Study tracks changes in social status, religious affiliation

June 11, 2014

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Levin earns Fulbright to research early female leadership in England

June 11, 2014

Steve Goddard talks during a panel discussion at the 2011 Nebraska Research and Innovation Conference. Goddard has been named associate vice chancellor for research.

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Goddard named associate vice chancellor for research

June 11, 2014

Shane Tucker, NU State Museum highway paleontologist, with the burrow image reconstructed as it would be exposed in the wall of the Happy Jack Chalk Mine.

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Ancient rodent burrows illuminate evolutionary roadmap of Great Plains

June 4, 2014

UNL researchers (from left) Qingsheng Li, Wei Niu and Jiantao Guo have received a $1.9 million grant to further research into a technique that may lead to a more effective HIV vaccine.

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Grant funds new approach to HIV vaccine

June 3, 2014

Aliza Brugger stands on the red carpet at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. She is the first UNL student to have a film screened at the international festival.

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Two student films selected for Cannes

June 2, 2014