University of Nebraska–Lincoln
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| University of Nebraska–Lincoln link () NNDB | |
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| Formation | 15 February 1869 |
| Headquarters | Lincoln,Nebraska |
| Type | public,land-grant,research |
| University in Lincoln, Nebraska. | |
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln (Nebraska, UNL, or NU) is a public land-grant research university in Lincoln, Nebraska. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship institution of the University of Nebraska system. The state legislature chartered the university in 1869 as a land-grant university under the Morrill Act of 1862, two years after Nebraska became a state.
Three alumni have won the Nobel Prize, one has won the Turing Award, eight have won the Pulitzer Prize, 22 have been selected as Rhodes Scholars, one has been selected as a Marshall Scholar, 29 have been selected as Goldwater Scholars and 15 have been selected as Truman Scholars. In 2010 NU was named a Truman Scholarship Honor Institution.[1]