Sato works to perfect his Japanese calligraphy skills
Friends drew Koichi Sato into the study of Japanese calligraphy. A bullying teacher pushed him away. And lessons of a wise, old raccoon brought him back.
After years of avoiding the brush and ink, the instructional design technology specialist with Extended Education and Outreach is again practicing the Japanese [...]
International award-winning classical guitarist Petar Jankovic takes the stage at the Lied Center for Performing Arts Valentine’s Day weekend for two concerts designed to win over your Valentine.
Jankovic will perform at 8 p.m. Feb. 13 and 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14 in the intimate setting of the Lied Center’s Johnny Carson Theater.
One of the preeminent guitarists [...]
Robert Clark Jr., and Deborah Dahlke, both Operations Analysis employees, passed the Certified Information Systems Auditor exam.
Clark, director of operations analysis, has now met all work experience and criteria to earn a CISA designation. Dahlke, senior auditor, is completing the work experience requirement toward the designation.
Campus News
Innovation Campus site prep begins Chris Jackson made sure the check did not get lost in the mail.
On the Friday before Christmas, the vice chancellor for business and finance drove to Nebraska Title Co., and hand delivered the check to purchase the former Nebraska State Fairgrounds. On Jan. 1, the University of Nebraska became official owners of the 249-acre plot. [...]
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Research
$6.9M grant helps fund nanoscience construction UNL has received $6.9 million of federal stimulus funding from the National Institute of Standards and Technology to help fund construction of a new nanoscience research facility.
The grant will cover half the $13.8 million cost to construct the Nanoscience Metrology Facility. It will be adjacent to the north end of the new Physical Sciences Building, [...]
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Arts & Entertainment
Designer Showcase Nebraska Hillestad exhibition explores the work of three Cornhusker State artists
The “Designer Showcase Nebraska” exhibition at UNL’s Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery features three talented artist/designers who live and work in Nebraska and have chosen fiber as their medium of expression. The featured artists are Layna Bentley and Jay Rich of Omaha, and Jane Marie of Hastings.
“We [...]
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Employee News
UNOPA meeting is Feb. 9The next general meeting of the University of Nebraska Office Professionals Association is 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., Feb. 9 in the East Union. The meeting agenda includes a presentation by Joyce Halvorsen, a representative of the Community Blood Bank.
Registration forms, due by Feb. 4, are available at http://unopa.unl.edu. Individuals who attend are asked to [...]