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Dawn Braithwaite

Love Library is framed in the iconic curves of "Greenpoint," a campus sculpture by Richard Serra. The artist died at the age of 85 on March 26. Learn more about Serra at https://go.unl.edu/3oeh.

Achievements | Honors, appointments and publications for April 5

April 5, 2024

family gathering

Braithwaite: Pandemic rewriting, strengthening family traditions

December 21, 2021

Society & Culture

Two walkers are framed by red fall leaves

Achievements | Honors, appointments, publications for Dec. 3

December 3, 2021

Communication study: 37-year marriage the tale of a ‘pair o’ docs’

April 13, 2021

Speech 2019

Husker wins national title in extemporaneous speech

April 11, 2019

Faculty 101 asks: Can't we all just get along?

November 5, 2018

Society & Culture

Communication scholar Dawn O. Braithwaite and her colleagues at Nebraska and Arizona State University have identified important turning points and communication behaviors in stepfamily relationships.

Study finds positive turning points in stepfamilies

February 7, 2018

Society & Culture

Nebraska researcher Shane Farritor carved this delicious looking bird (which is actually a chicken) using a robotic surgery device created through a partnership with a colleague at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

Nebraska experts dish up a feast of knowledge

November 21, 2017

Architecture students install a temporary park in a downtown Lincoln parking space as part of a (PARK)ing Day event on Sept. 15.

Achievements | Honors, awards, publications for Sept. 29

September 29, 2017

A new study from Dawn Braithwaite, Willa Cather Professor of Communication Studies, demonstrates the nuances of relationships among people who maintain relationships with both their legal family and their fictive kin, or chosen family.

Study defines nuance between actual, 'chosen' family

December 5, 2016

Society & Culture

Achievements | Honors, awards, publications for Oct. 16-29

October 30, 2015

Donde Plowman (standing), dean of the College of Business Administration, talks with students. Plowman was named Woman of the Year in Lincoln's inaugural Inspire — Celebrating Women's Leadership Awards.

Achievements | Honors, awards, publications for Sept. 18-Oct. 1

October 2, 2015