Natural Resources to offer ‘Climate in Crisis’ course

Nov 13th, 2008 | By | Category: Campus News, November 13, 2008

Climate study at UNL is not just for climatologists anymore. The university is offering the new course “Climate in Crisis?” starting in the spring. The course is open to all majors and individuals with an interest in climate. “Climate in Crisis?” is listed as NRES 299 and is offered at 2 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and […]



Redox Biology Center offers pilot grants

Nov 13th, 2008 | By | Category: Campus News, November 13, 2008

The Nebraska Redox Biology Center is accepting applications for a pilot grant competition. The competition is open to research-track faculty at the University of Nebraska and Creighton University. Applicants must be engaged in redox biology research. A maximum of two projects will be funded at $50,000 per year for two years (contingent upon satisfactory progress […]



Hoff to compare Husker football, Roman religion

Nov 13th, 2008 | By | Category: Campus News, November 13, 2008

Michael Hoff, UNL professor of art history, will present “Nebraska Football and the Spectacle of Roman Religion” at 2 p.m. Nov. 16 at the Joslyn Art Museum, 2201 Dodge St., Omaha. The lecture is the third in the Lincoln-Omaha Society of the Archeological Institute of America’s 2008-09 season. Hoff will discuss the similarity between the […]



Ethnic Studies Week through Nov. 14

Nov 13th, 2008 | By | Category: Campus News, November 13, 2008

Ethnic Studies Week events, planned by the Institute for Ethnic Studies, continue through Nov. 14. A Nov. 13 movie night, cosponsored by OASIS, presents “Standing Silent Nation,” at 6 p.m. in the Nebraska Union Crib. A discussion, featuring Cynthia Willis-Esqueda, UNL associate professor of psychology and ethnic studies, follows the movie. A brown-bag discussion is […]



Education and Human Sciences research featured

Nov 13th, 2008 | By | Category: Campus News, November 13, 2008

The College of Education and Human Sciences faculty and students will present individual research projects Nov. 14 during the 2008 CEHS Showcase: Research, Creative Work, Outreach, Extension, and Innovations in Instruction, a biennial event. The work will be showcased 3 to 5 p.m. in the East Union’s Great Plains Room.



Doppler on Wheels to visit campus Nov. 13

Nov 13th, 2008 | By | Category: Campus News, November 13, 2008

The Doppler on Wheels, a mobile Doppler radar that has been used to retrieve unparalleled data near some of nature’s most severe atmospheric phenomena, will be the subject of a Nov. 13 lecture at UNL. Josh Wurman, director of the Center for Severe Weather Research in Boulder, Colo., will speak at 5 p.m. in the […]



International programming contest at UNL Nov. 15

Nov 13th, 2008 | By | Category: Campus News, November 13, 2008

Forty-five teams of student computer programmers from 15 colleges and universities in six states will be on campus Nov. 15 for the North Central North America Regional competition of the IBM-sponsored Association for Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest. UNL’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering has four teams in the contest. Each team consists […]



Seasonal Work

Nov 13th, 2008 | By | Category: Employee News, November 13, 2008

Dave Adams repairs light strings in trees outside the Lied Center for Performing Arts on Nov. 6. Adams, a Lied Center employee, said the lights are used during events at the Lied. Photo by Troy Fedderson/University Communications.



Communications Outreach

Nov 13th, 2008 | By | Category: Campus News, November 13, 2008

Dave Fitzgibbon, manager of broadcast services, discusses video procedures options with a group from Nebraska City High School on Nov. 7. Members of the group include (from right) Michael Hartman, Lucy Windle, Andrew Anderson and Linda Pfenning, a Nebraska City High School broadcasting instructor. The discussion came after Pfenning and Fitzgibbon, both graduates of Scottsbluff […]



UNL announces Rosowski, Weaver, Douglas professorships

Nov 13th, 2008 | By | Category: Campus News, November 13, 2008

Names have been attached to professorships established earlier this year to recognize faculty research excellence or outstanding teaching. The professorships honor individuals with associations to the university: a beloved English professor, a prominent alumnus and a pioneering botanist. The Susan J. Rosowski Professorship will recognize faculty at the associate professor level who have achieved distinguished […]