University of Nebraska-Lincoln

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) in Lincoln in the US state of Nebraska , founded in 1869 , is the largest of the three locations of the state University of Nebraska , along with Omaha and Kearney .

With around 22,000 students , it is the largest university in the state of Nebraska , and offers a wide range of subjects. Until 2011 she was a member of the Association of American Universities , an association of leading research-intensive North American universities that has existed since 1900.

Depending on the region, the main focus is on agricultural science ; so there was u. a. invented the Kool-Aid refreshment shower and developed manufacturing processes for molded meat , such as B. in the McDonald’s product "McRib" can be found.

The large area in Lincoln is centrally located in downtown Lincoln on Cornhuskers Avenue. The site is flanked by the Memorial Stadium , which is huge by Midwest standards.

The university is namesake of the Nebraska Peaks , Antarctica.

Sports

The sports groups are affiliated with the Big Ten Conference and are particularly successful in American football . The Nebraska Cornhuskers won the National Championship in college football five times . The Cornhuskers , whose mascot is a man in red dungarees and a capital "N", form one of the greatest common points of identity for the Nebraskians (everything is available from the red garden gnome to car flags and the obligatory T-shirts). The former coach of the Cornhuskers, Tom Osborne , sits today as a representative of the 3rd Congressional District in the US House of Representatives .

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  The Memorial Stadium , home of college football teams

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  The Pinnacle Bank Arena , home of the college basketball teams of women and men

Personalities

University professor

See Category: University of Nebraska at Lincoln

Graduates

• Ameer Abdullah - American football player
• George Wells Beadle - biologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology / Medicine 1958
• Michael Booker - American football player
• Bob Brown - American football player
• Warren Buffett - CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, one of the richest people in the world according to Forbes Magazine
• Johnny Carson - former Tonight Show host
• Willa Cather - writer
• Edward A. Holyoke - anatomist
• Bob Kerrey - Former Governor of Nebraska
• Ted Kooser - poet
• Tyronn Lue - basketball player and coach
• Robert A. Neimeyer - psychologist, psychotherapist, and professor in Memphis
• John J. Pershing - General in the American Army in World War I.
• Lynn Rogers - Lieutenant Governor of Kansas
• Emmy Rossum - American singer and actress
• Bernie Scherer - American football player
• Ndamukong Suh - American football player
• Jim Thompson - writer
• Mick Tingelhoff - American football player
• Kārlis Ulmanis - former Prime Minister and President of Latvia
• Demorrio Williams - American football player

Web links

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Coordinates: 40 ° 49 ′ 3 ″  N , 96 ° 42 ′ 5 ″  W.