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LINCOLN, Neb., April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Past scholarship recipients are reaping rewards as UNL opens the window for new scholarship applicants to win $900 that can be applied toward the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Online Food Processing Management Certificate program. The online program is based on UNL's work with nearly 3,000 food processors around the world over the past three decades. The course teaches what the professionals at UNL believe managers and...
LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Where will your career take you in 2013? Do you know enough to move up through the ranks of management? Test your level of expertise with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Online Food Processing Challenge, a short 15-question quiz with instant confidential results so you'll know where your strengths are, and where you may need some further training. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121129/CG21134) "Our free online...
To date, the bed bug problem in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is costing the school $300,000 for treatment. Wanting to be of help to minimize the spending, BedBugControl911.com suggested the use of pesticide exempt bed bug spray. Cincinnati, OH (PRWEB) March 20, 2012 The University of Nebraska-Lincoln housing has been battling bed bugs for two months now. And just a few days ago, it finally gave an estimate as to the amount that the pests are costing them. The figure is a massive...
The ancient sifrhippus, the earliest known horse, lived around 50 million years ago. It was very distinct in its appearance because it was only about the size of a modern day house cat, weighing in around 12 pounds. The horse lived in what is known as the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), a 175,000 year period where the Earth's atmospheric temperature rose by about 10 degrees Fahrenheit, caused by a great release of carbon into the atmosphere and oceans. In response to the...
NEW YORK, Feb. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Introductory economics courses at colleges and universities will soon be taking a giant step forward in the digital age. McGraw-Hill Higher Education and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are developing the first-ever fully digital curriculum for the economics course. The curriculum, offered in English and Spanish, will feature a range of multimedia components and will be fully functional on McGraw-Hill's industry-leading course management...
Employees who imagine confident, positive coworkers are more productive in real life, study finds Quick, come up with an imaginary co-worker. Did you imagine someone who is positive, confident, and resourceful? Who rises to the occasion in times of trouble? If so, then chances are that you also display those traits in your own life, a new study finds. University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers have found that study participants who conjured positive imaginary co-workers contributed...
New study brings to light physiological, cognitive differences of political left and right From cable TV news pundits to red-meat speeches in Iowa and New Hampshire, our nation's deep political stereotypes are on full display: Conservatives paint self-indulgent liberals as insufferably absent on urgent national issues, while liberals say fear-mongering conservatives are fixated on exaggerated dangers to the country. A new study from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln suggests there are...
But sheer amount of talk about hooking up can give undergrads impression risky sex is OK, study shows College students talk about hooking up -- a lot. In fact, they talk about it much more than it actually happens, and they believe other students are having the encounters more often than they actually are, as a new study shows. The research from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln examined how college students' social networks often lead them to define, perceive and participate in...
Rejected applicants were worse-off economicallyMale disability applicants rejected for federal benefits tend to have lower earnings and labor force participation rates over the decade prior to applying for federal disability benefits, a new study finds.Rejected applicants also work less despite being in better health than accepted applicants, according to the research led by economist Seth Giertz of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.On average, the study found, those rejected for benefits...
Researchers discover spouses select partners based on social and political attitudesThough "variety is the spice of life" and "opposites attract," most people marry only those whose political views align with their own, according to new research from Rice University and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Political scientists found that political attitudes were among the strongest shared traits and even stronger than qualities like personality or looks.In an article...
