USA - Lincoln, NE
Lloyd Ambrosius
Professor of history at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Ambrosius believes students need to understand international history because we live in an increasingly global world.
Ambrosius has published numerous major works on American foreign relations. Beginning in 1972, Ambrosius served as a visiting...
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USA - Iowa City, IA
Nancy Andreasen
Andrew H. Woods Chair of Psychiatry and Director of its Neuroimaging Research Center
Nancy Andreasen's Breakthrough Research Changed The Way Modern Science Understands Schizophrenia
Andreason, a globetrotting neuroscientist and author of 560 scientific papers and 15 books, says she simply doesn't have time...
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South Korea
Atorod Azizinamini
Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of NaBRO
Atorod Azizinamini is developing better ways to renovate existing bridges and to build new ones that last a century or longer.
Azizinamini and UNL civil engineers Maher Tadros and Andrzej Nowak, also leading bridge experts, are collaborating with inter...
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USA - Washington, D.C.
Claude M. Bolton, Jr.
Defense Acquisition University Executive In Residence
Air Force "Top Gun" Claude Bolton Thrives On New Challenge: Acquiring Equipment For The Army
Bolton's military record shows that he isn't exaggerating, when he talks about his natural talent for flying. During a distin...
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USA - Omaha, NE
Warren Buffett
Chairman, Berkshire Hathaway
Warren Buffett, '50, has some investment advice for everyone: invest in yourself.
One of the wealthiest men in America today, Buffett earned a B.S. in economics at the University of Nebraska in 1950 before h...
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Europe, Belgium
Ann Chang Barnes
Interim Artistic Director, Lied Center for Performing Arts, and Artist-in-Residence, (Piano, Fortepiano)
Ann Chang-Barnes champions performing arts for Nebraska - she even plays a little piano herself.
As a Fulbright Scholar during the summer of 2009, Ann Chang-Barnes researched the advancement of keyboard curriculum models, ...
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USA - Lincoln, NE
Bing Chen
Chair of computer & electronics engineering
Bing Chen has taken his robotics-based curriculum to school - in Nebraska and across the U.S.
Bing Chen's dream is to have one of his robots used in every K-12 science and math classroom in the U.S. It may just come tru...
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China
Xun-Hong Chen
Professor of Hydrogeology
Xun-Hong Chen studies water in the Nebraska Sandhills in the fight against global water shortage.
By 2025, as much as two-thirds of the world's population may face water shortages, which can lead to economic crises, disease...
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USA - San Antonio, TX
Granville Coggs
Retired Radiologist and Medical School Professor
Granville Coggs, '49, triumphed over 1940s racial discrimination to become part of a living American legend.
"I'm over 80 years old now," he says with a quiet smile, "but I can still remember that first solo flight as if it happened y...
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USA - Miami Gardens, FL
Dr. L Trey Coleman
Director of Grants and Sponsored Research, Florida Memorial University
Football delivered Dr. L. Trey Coleman out of a troubled past to Nebraska. He left with a future.
The mustache is the dead giveaway. It cuts through any other disguise and makes you fairly certain that you've found Nebraska...
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USA - Lincoln, NE
Pam Dingman
CEO of Engineering Design Consultants (EDC)
Pam Dingman is one of a handful of U.S. women who manages and owns a civil engineering firm.
From her UNL days as a fatigue-wearing engineering student to later Saturday mornings when she'd work with contractors while ...
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USA - Kansas City, MO
Christopher Elbow
Chef and Chocolatier
Christopher Elbow, '96, has developed a national reputation for his exquisite handmade chocolates.
Decorated with boldly colored splashes and swirls of cocoa butter, Christopher Elbow's chocolates resemble miniature abstract...
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USA - Lincoln, NE
Shane Farritor
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Shane Farritor, '92, has conducted promising research on railcar derailment and surgical robots.
Dr. Farritor returned to his alma mater as a faculty member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in 1998. With a grant...
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Bolivia - Lake Titicaca
Sheri Fritz
Willa Cather professor, Department of Geosciences
Sheri Fritz studies lake mud to research climate change and human impact on the environment.
Fritz and her colleagues study lake mud and its contents to reconstruct the history of climate change and develop a long-term...
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Sydney, Australia
Rulon Gardner
Olympic gold medal-winning wrestler
Rulon Gardner, '96, won Olympic gold, but he'll never stop pushing.
Gardner is proud of his gold medal from the 2000 Olympics in Sydney and just as proud of his bronze medal from 2004 in Athens...
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New York City, NY
Natalie Hahn
Deputy Director, Programme Funding Office of UNICEF
Natalie Hahn, '67, has spent her career improving the lives of children and empowering women in developing countries.
UNL Alumna Natalie Hahn, deputy director of the Programme Funding Office of UNICEF, has spent her career improving the lives ...
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Antarctica
David Harwood
Professor and Stout Chair in Stratigraphy
David Harwood brings the entire continent of Antarctica into his UNL classroom.
David Harwood has gained firsthand perspective of the Antarctica's role in past, present and future global climate change. In...
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Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary
John Hoerner
Chief Executive of Central European Clothing, Tesco
John Hoerner, '61, has been a leader in European retail for more than 20 years.
John Hoerner graduated with a degree in business administration and is currently the chief executive of Central European Clot...
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Turkey
Michael Hoff
Professor of Art History
Michael Hoff explores ruins of a Roman temple in Turkey - and takes students along for the ride.
Hoff spends his summers exploring the ruins of a Roman temple in coastal Turkey. A significant component of the field researc...
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USA - Houston, TX
Jerry Hudgins
Electrical Engineering professor
Electrical Engineering professor Jerry Hudgins believes in the future of wind power.
Jerry Hudgins thinks it's only logical that a state graced with vast open spaces and a steady year-round breeze should become...
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USA - Ogallala, NE
John Janovy, Jr.
Varner Professor of Biological Sciences
John Janovy, Jr., is at his best teaching biology in the field.
John Janovy has been named a "Conservation Hero" by The Nature Conservancy. He's been given the Clark P. Read Mentorship Awar...
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USA - San Francisco, CA
Jay Keasling
Chemical Engineering Professor at the University of California Berkeley
Jay Keasling, '86, runs a lab that is creating a cure for malaria.
Keasling's work may soon influence the health and well being of every person on the planet. He and his colleagues are develop...
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China
Scott Killinger
Founding principal of Kuang Xing International Design and Planning
Scott Killinger ('61) specializes in planning new housing and commercial buildings in China.
For globe-trotting architect Scott Killinger, designing urban communities in China is a thrilling challenge that requires him...
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France, Poland and Ital
Karen Kunc
Cather Professor of Art
Karen Kunc, '75, is an artist whose work has been shown in galleries around the world.
Kunc has had one-person exhibitions at dozens of galleries throughout the United States and in the Czech Republic, Japan and ...
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Africa - Zambia, Kenya
Nithal Kuwa
Graduate student, Biological Sciences
Nithal Kuwa's research could impact more than 1.8 million children in sub-Saharan Africa.
Nithal Kuwa received a Fulbright grant which took take her to Zambia. Her research could eventually have a profound effect on...
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USA - San Francisco, CA
Cindy McCaffrey
Retired Google Marketing Executive
Cindy McCaffrey, '80, shaped marketing blitz that helped make "Google" what it is today.
Among those first few Google staffers (the company employs tens of thousands of people worldwide today), none would shine wit...
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USA - Washington, D.C.
Betsy O'Brien
Retired Dept. of Energy Division Director
Betsy O'Brien, '67, made a career of quantifying future energy sources and costs.
As the longtime director of the Coal, Nuclear and Renewable Fuels Division at the DOE's Energy Information Administration (EI...
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USA - Lincoln, NE
Tom Osborne
UNL Athletic Director and legendary former coach
Tom Osborne, college football coaching legend and former U.S. Congressman, leads the Nebraska Athletic Department.
From 1973 to 1997, Tom Osborne lead the Nebraska Cornhuskers to three national football titles and was inducted into the Coll...
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USA - Washington, D.C.
Juanita Page
Discovery Health Channel Network Manager and Advertising Sales Producer
Juanita Page, '04, is the network manager and advertising sales producer for Discovery Health Channel.
Page graduated from the J school with a broadcasting degree in December 2004. She credits the college with its hands-on cours...
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Africa - Namibia
Larkin Powell
Associate Professor of Conservation Biology/Animal Ecology
Larkin Powell blogs about his year-long Fulbright experience in Namibia.
Larkin Powell, associate professor in the School of Natural Resources, is serving as a Fulbright Scholar at Polytechnic of Na...
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Jeffrey Raikes
Namesake of the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management and University of Nebraska Foundation trustee.
Jeffrey Raikes, CEO of the Gates Foundation, is a major supporter of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
Jeffrey Raikes is a great supporter of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, as evidenced by the name of the Jeffrey S. R...
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Belize, Guatemala, Mexico
Brett Ratcliffe
Professor and Curator, University of Nebraska State Museum
Brett Ratcliffe, who some call an extreme scientist, studies beetles in Central America.
Brett Ratcliffe is leading the five-year research project funded by a $481,000 National Science Foundation grant to study the...
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jorge Alberto Rodriguez
Past Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers, Argentina
Jorge Rodriguez, '79, '80, is a past chief of the Cabinet of Ministers for the Republic of Argentina.
Jorge Rodriguez is a past chief of the Cabinet of Ministers for the Republic of Argentina. After completing a bachelor's degr...
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USA - Omaha, NE
Avery Schwer
Associate Professor of construction systems
Avery Schwer, associate professor of construction systems, is building the house of the future.
Avery Schwer leads the construction of a 2,000-square-foot house in Omaha that is designed to provide more energy than it use...
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USA - New York, New York
Ted Sorensen
Best-selling Author and Historian
Ted Sorensen spent 11 years as John F. Kennedy's highly influential speechwriter and domestic policy adviser.
Theodore C. Sorensen (B.S. '49; LL.B. '51), today a best-selling author and historian, spent 11 years as John F. Kennedy's hi...
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USA - Houston, TX
Microgravity Students
UNL students in the College of Engineering participated in the highly selective NASA Microgravity University.
In spring of 2010, a team from UNL's College of Engineering conducted experiments with NASA's Microgravity University. It was...
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USA - Chicago, IL
Bob Thacker
Vice President for Marketing and Advertising, OfficeMax
Bob Thacker ('70) is a legendary retail marketer whose secret is "Look before you leap - but leap!"
After 25 years as a legendary retail marketer for Sears, Target and several other blue-chip advertising and retail outfits, B...
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USA - Atkinson/Crofton, NE
Ken Vogel
USDA-ARS plant geneticist at UNL
Ken Vogel, '74, studies what may become the next generation of biofuels - switchgrass.
Ken Vogel leads joint USDA-UNL research on switchgrass. His team sparked international excitement in early 2008 with results ...
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Israel, Palestine
Sidnie White Crawford
Willa Cather Professor and Chair, Department of Classics and Religious Studies
Sidnie White Crawford's work sheds light on Middle East conflict.
Sidnie White Crawford is in a unique position to point out details of the long-standing conflict in the Middle East because o...
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Africa - Zambia
Charles Wood
Lewis Lehr/3M University Professor of Biology and Director, Nebraska Center for Virology
Charles Wood empowers Zambians to fight the HIV/AIDS battle themselves.
For a poor and underdeveloped nation like Zambia, assistance from other nations is the only way to fight AIDS. But Charles Wo...
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Africa - Tanzania
John Yohe
Associate Professor and Director, International Sorghum/Millet Collaborative Research Support Program (INTSORMIL) CRSP
John Yohe is delivering higher sorghum and millet yields in Africa - and back home.
Thanks to John Yohe and INTSORMIL, women in Tanzania support their families selling bread made with sorghum flour and triga-r...
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Seoul, Barcelona, Sydney, Athens, Beijing
Trischa Zorn-Hudson
Executive Director of the Indiana Pro-Bono Commission
Trischa Zorn-Hudson, '87, was an athlete at Nebraska. She may be the Huskers' biggest fan, too.
The first visually impaired athlete to receive a Division I scholarship in any sport, Zorn-Hudson became an All-Big Eight and...
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