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The University of Nebraska–Lincoln (Nebraska, NU, or UNL) is a public land-grant research university in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States.Chartered in 1869 by the Nebraska Legislature as part of the Morrill Act of 1862, the school was the University of Nebraska until 1968, when it absorbed the Municipal University of Omaha to form the University of Nebraska system.
John Jasinski (b. 1962) Ph. D. 1996. Academic administrator (Northwest Missouri State) Alvin Saunders Johnson (1874–1971) M. A. 1898. Economist, founder of The New School. Charles L. Littel (c. 1886–1966) B. A. 1912. founder and president of Junior College of Bergen County and Centralia Junior College.
Nebraska Cornhuskers. The Nebraska Cornhuskers (often abbreviated to Huskers) are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The university is a member of the Big Ten Conference and competes in NCAA Division I, fielding twenty-four varsity teams (ten men's, fourteen women's) in fifteen sports ...
In March 1903 the Nebraska State Legislature appropriated $50,000 to build a normal school in western Nebraska.In September of that same year, after 111 ballots, the State Board of Education accepted the city of Kearney's offer of 20 acres (8.1 ha) and Green Terrace Hall at the western edge of the city to become its site.
This list of University of Nebraska–Lincoln Olympians is a list of the athletes and coaches associated with the University of Nebraska–Lincoln who have competed in the modern Olympic Games, plus five who participated in either the 1976 or 1980 Summer Olympics boycotts. A total of 120 Nebraska athletes have combined to make in 176 ...
Rodney D. Bennett is the appointed chancellor of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. [1] He was the former President of the University of Southern Mississippi.Bennett received his Bachelor of Science in Mass Communication, Master of Education, and Education Specialist degrees from Middle Tennessee State University and earned his Ed.D. from Tennessee State University in Educational ...
James A. Rawley (November 19, 1916 – November 29, 2005) [ 1] was professor of history emeritus at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He was a specialist in the American Civil War, American race-relations and the life of Abraham Lincoln. [ 2] His The Transatlantic Slave Trade: A History (1981) was updated by Stephen D. Behrendt in 2005. [ 3]
Clifton was born in Butte, Nebraska, in 1924. [4] He attended University of Nebraska–Lincoln, earning a degree in mathematics and two in educational psychology.Later in life, Clifton received honorary doctorates in humane letters (1990) and laws (2001) from University of Nebraska and Azusa Pacific University, respectively.