Creighton’s documentary explores minority opinions on education Trina Creighton is giving black men a voice that is helping others understand social stigmas attached to higher education. Inspired by her graduate thesis, Creighton – a broadcasting lecturer in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications – has created a documentary that features 10 black men from […]

A discovery by UNL researchers expands understanding of the genetic code, and may help revise a tenet of this universal language of life. In cells, the genetic code essentially provides instructions for creating proteins, the basic structural molecules of life. The code includes a series of unique three-letter “code words,” called codons. These genetic passwords […]

Educator, poet and advocate Lloyd Daniel was the keynote speaker Jan. 19 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday. Daniel delivered “The Second Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.” during the Chancellor’s Program in the auditorium of the Nebraska Union. Daniel discussed Dr. King’s rise into national […]

Chancellor Harvey Perlman issued this Jan. 8 e-mail as a welcome back for the spring semester. Dear Colleagues, I hope you all had a good holiday break. As much as I hate to admit it, I discovered the holidays are somehow happier when we win a bowl game. It is hard not to be optimistic […]

Arresting, unsettling striped quilts light up the walls in the International Quilt Study Center and Museum. “Yikes! Stripes: Eye-Catching Visual Effects in Quilts,” on display Jan. 16 through April 5, features 16 quilts from the center’s collection. Elizabeth Andrews, quilt studies graduate student in Textiles, Clothing and Design, designed the exhibition to show the striped […]

During his many trips to Antarctica as a researcher, UNL geoscientist David Harwood has gained firsthand perspective of the region’s role in past, present and future global climate change. Now, Harwood is heading into the classroom – and he’s bringing the entire continent with him. This semester, Harwood will lead a new geology course that […]

The secrets to better human health may lie in the gut, and UNL expects to be on the leading edge of this emerging research. UNL’s Gut Function Initiative has taken shape in the last year, with a team of about 12 scientists from across the university and some key new technology put in place. The […]

A lifelong resident of Gresham, Neb., has provided a $3.5 million gift to the University of Nebraska Foundation to create scholarships for students. Walter Schmitt, a blacksmith, died in January 2008. As the sole beneficiary of Schmitt’s estate, the foundation received $2 million in September 2008 and another $1.5 million by the end of the […]

Infrastructure is a subject that is a vital issue for Nebraska and the rest of the union. Sandra Scofield, director of the University of Nebraska Rural Initiative, will take on the important topic Jan. 21 when she delivers a Paul A. Olson Seminar in Great Plains Studies. Scofield will present “A Crash Course in Infrastructure: […]

Campus Recreation is putting on the finishing touches for Get Rec’d 2009, which is shaping up to be “the two hottest days in January.” Get Rec’d is Jan. 22-23, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day at the Campus Recreation Center. The festival-type event showcases vendors, entertainment, and competitions for the UNL students, faculty and […]