UNL-developed idea introduced into Animal Science class Anyone who has seen a 3D movie recently knows how much more intense the experience can be compared with a traditional flat-screen film. Now, UNL has taken that premise and applied it to the classroom. This semester, UNL animal science students are the first to use a sophisticated, […]
Jeannette Eileen Jones’ research takes her back to an era when many Americans were first exposed to the continent of Africa. The early images and exhibitions that found their way to the U.S. from what was often referred to as “Darkest Africa” featured dangerous animals and primitive motifs – pygmies, cannibals, and tribal rituals. Jones, […]
They sit side-by-side at a computer, sometimes well past midnight, problem solving on research and software questions. They grab Thai food for lunch. They’re friends and colleagues, but first and foremost their relationship is that of professor and student. The strong mentor-protégé bond between Jun Wang, assistant professor of geosciences, and his graduate student David […]
NU Press authors awarded 2008, 2009 literature honors For the second year in a row, a University of Nebraska Press author has received the Nobel Prize for Literature. German writer Herta Müller, whose short story collection “Nadirs” was published by the University of Nebraska Press in 1999, is the winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize […]
15.7-million-year-old algae, pollen lead to unexpected data BATON ROUGE, La. – Researchers with the UNL-based Antarctic Geological Drilling Program found unexpected evidence of a remarkably warm period in Antarctica 15.7 million years ago. The evidence includes fossils of marine algae and pollen of woody plants indicating that land temperatures reached a January (austral summer) average […]
Annual Chemistry Day introduces field to students, parents, teachers Photos by Peg Bergmyer, Chemistry, and Troy Fedderson, University Communications
David Axelrod, senior adviser to Pres. Barack Obama, delivered an Oct. 9 lecture at the Nebraska Champions Club on Oct. 9. Axelrod, who was delayed due to a meeting with Pres. Obama on Afghanistan, spoke as part of the Peter J. Hoagland Integrity in Public Service Lecture Series. In the hour-long lecture/question and answer session, […]
Nebraska Rural Poll | Access the complete results at http://go.unl.edu/ku5 Rural Nebraskans are much more pessimistic about their well-being than they were a year ago, but remain generally positive about the future, according to the 2009 Nebraska Rural Poll. The 14th annual UNL poll, taken last March and April, clearly reflects concerns about the economic […]
Verbatem – Chancellor Harvey Perlman issued this Oct. 7 e-mail about the $3.7 million budget reductions he proposed earlier this year. Let me report to you on the status of the budget reductions that we were required to take for this fiscal year. You will recall that I proposed $3.7 million of reductions. These have […]
Justin Vonasek, senior mechanized systems management major, talks to Don Smolek of CGB Enterprises Inc., during the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Career Fair Oct. 8 at the East Union. Fifty-seven organizations and 507 students participated. IANR photo by Brett Hampton.
