Commencement exercises for nearly 1,500 graduates are scheduled at UNL on Dec. 16 and 17. Graduate commencement exercises, including doctoral hooding, begin at 3 p.m. Dec. 16 for students earning doctoral and master’s degrees. Undergraduate exercises begin at 9:30 a.m. Dec. 17. Both ceremonies will be at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. The College of [...]
Composer Jefferson Friedman’s String Quartet No. 3, part of the Chiara String Quartet’s Jefferson Friedman Quartets CD released this year on New Amsterdam Records, has been nominated for Best Contemporary Classical Composition from the Grammy Awards. The 54th Grammy Awards ceremony is Feb. 12. The Chiara String Quartet premiered Friedman’s Third String Quartet in the [...]
This holiday season, Sally Wegner, will give her best friend a present that can’t be purchased on a store shelf or shipped overnight. Wegner, facilities management and planning secretarial specialist, will undergo a kidney transplant operation alongside Gisel Theis, her friend since childhood. “It feels like the right thing to do,” Wegner said. “I am [...]
Redesigned chem labs open in spring semester Drywallers, electricians, painters, floor installers and cabinet makers are tripping over each other as the race to finish the new Chemistry 109 labs before second semester’s start enters its final leg. Mark Griep, associate professor of chemistry, and Eric Malina, associate professor of practice, have their fingers crossed that the projects will finish on time. [...]
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Grant funds UNL/private sector survey research As society becomes more dependent on polling and survey data, the need to ensure accuracy and reduce errors becomes more critical. A $2.97 million grant from the National Science Foundation to a team at UNL will be used to find ways to reduce survey error and look at ways to integrate technologies like the Internet [...]
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Astronaut Kelly headlines Jan. 23 Hoagland Lecture Astronaut and U.S. Navy Capt. Mark Kelly, who flew four missions aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour, including one as commander on its last mission, will reveal insights from the remarkable journeys he has made in his career and personal life when he speaks Jan. 23 at UNL. His appearance is part of the Peter J. Hoagland [...]
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Dominguez works with Lincoln teens to pass on his Christmas passion Eddie Dominguez treasures Christmas. The ceramics professor has been crafting ornaments since his pre-school days. As a teen, he skipped class to spend afternoons painting seasonal designs in storefront windows and doors. And, he started a family tradition of crafting a fanciful holiday yard display — the first one out of cardboard and anything he [...]