(From left) Randy Kassebaum, a Lincoln businessman, holds a ceramic QR Code that graduate students in Bill Lopez’s class are using to make family histories available electronically to visitors to Wyuka Cemetery. Lopez tested the technology on three Wyuka sites, including the 9/11 memorial in the background, before introducing the project to UNL students. Photo [...]
“Parallel Circuits,” an exhibition that evolved from a graduate seminar course, Design Perspectives and Issues, is on display at the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery. With an emphasis on the evolution of “Do It Yourself” movement and advancements in technology, students explored the DIY culture examining historical and contemporary texts, including how-to instructional magazines, online video [...]
Eight years ago, Linda Bales needed an escape. Having relocated to Nebraska, Bales spent her days caring for a mother-in-law who suffered a series of strokes and a retired-military husband hampered by alcoholism. “That kind of care, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, it weighs on you,” Bales said. “I really needed something [...]
Commencement shifts to new venues in 2013
The renovation of the Devaney Sports Center will shift UNL commencement exercises to three different locations in 2013. The change is due to a $20 million project that will convert the Huskers’ basketball home since 1976 into a volleyball arena. The renovation is scheduled to begin shortly after the current NCAA basketball season ends. It [...]
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Alfano focused on plant pathogen work
James Alfano is awarded an AAAS fellowship for distinguished contributions in research of plant pathogens. Alfano said he was flattered when he learned he had been named to the esteemed list after being nominated by UNL plant pathology professor James Van Etten, who also is an AAAS Fellow and a member of the National Academy [...]
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Colonial Revival quilts featured at IQSCM
Long before Pinterest or Martha Stewart, the do it yourself culture thrived in the United States. The International Quilt Study Center and Museum’s newest exhibition, “Perfecting the Past: Colonial Revival Quilts,” explores a movement from 1880-1940, when Americans looked to antique objects for inspiration and used patterns from newspapers to make goods inspired by the [...]
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NIC information session is Dec. 17
An open information session about Nebraska Innovation Campus is 3:30 to 5 p.m. Dec. 17 in the Nebraska Union Auditorium. The session, which is free and open to faculty, staff and students, will be led by Dan Duncan, executive director of the NIC. A question and answer session will follow the update presentation.