University of Nebraska-Lincoln

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's College of Journalism and Mass Communications hosted 21 high school students from Nebraska and Illinois for the second annual UNL Media Academy June 12-15.

Thirty-two University of Nebraska-Lincoln students were recognized last month as outstanding agents of character and integrity by being named to "Franco's List."

Twenty senior students have been selected as UNL Homecoming royalty finalists.

Twenty-four University of Nebraska law students have accepted invitations to join the Nebraska Law Review or Moot Court Board.

Twenty-one students from Nebraska received awards during the Professional Program in Veterinary Medicine Honors and Awards Banquet April 18 at Havelock Social Hall in Lincoln.

Nineteen cadets in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Reserve Officer Training Corps will receive military commissions in ceremonies May 8 and 9 at the Nebraska Union, 14th and R streets.

More than 1,800 UNL students will be honored during the All-University Honors Convocation at 2 p.m. April 12 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts.

Twenty-six UNL seniors will be recognized as Chancellor's Scholars during the All-University Honors Convocation at 2 p.m. April 12 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts.

Thirty-one University of Nebraska-Lincoln students were recognized as outstanding agents of character and integrity this fall when they were named to "Franco's List."

Thirty-nine freshmen have been selected to be part of the College of Business Administration Honors Academy at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln this fall.

Jacht Ad Lab, the student-run ad agency at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications, is taking it to the next level this summer with its largest summer group. The summer crew is working in Jacht's new space at 151 N. 8th St. in Lincoln's Historic Haymarket.

With work on surgical robotics happening daily at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering, students will reach new heights -- literally 35,000 feet -- to conduct research for NASA on robotic surgery for space travel. A UNL engineering team will return for its seventh year with NASA's Microgravity University later this spring, this time studying the effects of microgravity on robotic capsule endoscope (RCE) propulsion and tissue adhesion techniques in the small intestine.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has awarded stipends to 44 undergraduates to participate in research with a faculty mentor this summer.

Brianna Foster, a senior broadcasting journalism and news-editorial major at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, is among a select group of students chosen for a fellowship program to increase diversity in the broadcast news industry.

This year, a team of University of Nebraska-Lincoln engineering students will pilot a free-flying vehicle--like the radio-controlled helicopters popular as holiday gifts--not to escape their courses, but to help NASA research. Selected university teams will perform experiments on reduced gravity missions flying from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, July 26-Aug. 3, during the 2013 NASA SEED Microgravity University. It's the sixth consecutive year that UNL has qualified for the program. NASA Microgravity University conducts scientific research that helps the U.S. space program advance its efforts. Projects are prepared by students with mentoring from NASA and industry representatives, then conducted during "Flight Week" aboard a series of parabolic flights in specially-equipped aircraft that reach 35,000 feet in altitude. Area students on the UNL microgravity team include:

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Arts and Sciences has named 11 new members to its Dean's Scholars Society. Local students selected include:

Twenty-four senior students have been selected as Homecoming royalty finalists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The students include:

Thirty high-achieving 2011 high school graduates have been accepted into the highly competitive and prestigious Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for the fall semester, which begins Aug. 22. Students from this area include: