More than a few years ago, Don Weeks was working in a laboratory with his research team when he realized they had made an important discovery. So important, in fact, that it is expected to help increase productivity for farmers around the world. Weeks learned that by isolating a gene from a bacterium that degrades […]
In its seventh “quality indicators” report card, UNL shows enrollment growth and increasing diversity among its students, increases in total research funding and research expenditures, and continued improvement in its six-year graduation rate. The report compares data from 2007-08 against longer-term information, offering a 10- to 11-year trend line for most measures. Compiled from internal […]
Drawing to select first enrollees, care rates set The first enrollment list for UNL’s new Children’s Center will be finalized with an April 20 drawing. In addition, as the center prepares for an Aug. 24 opening, child care rates have been set. The center is under construction in the north annex of the Whittier building […]
Can chickens actually be plucked by tornadoes? Could a tornado have shot a Nebraska soybean into a fresh egg without breaking it? Find answers to these questions and many others at the free, ninth annual Central Plains Severe Weather Symposium and Family WeatherFest, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., April 4 in Hardin Hall. The event […]
Modern technology has given 19th-century American poet Walt Whitman the broad audience he always sought. Living in an era of rapidly changing media, Whitman found creative ways to use newspapers, photography, magazines and books to spread his ideas. During the spring Nebraska Lecture on April 9, UNL English professor Kenneth Price will discuss how Whitman […]
The spring’s final Paul A. Olson Seminar in Great Plains Studies will deal with baseball. In his April 8 seminar, “Youth Select Baseball in the Midwest: The Shape of Things to Come,” David Ogden, associate professor in the School of Communications at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, will discuss how adolescent and teenage boys […]
Electric-powered cars built by Nebraska high school students race during the Big Red Invitational Rally, held March 29 on the Nebraska Tractor Test Lab track on East Campus. The rally is part of the Power Drive Program, an extracurricular educational activity for high school students who design and build one-person electric vehicles. Teams compete at […]
The University Health Center Student Advisory Board is offering a “Fill the Fountain” food drive through April 3. Non-perishable food items and personal care items will be collected from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily near Broyhill Fountain with all proceeds going to the Food Bank of Lincoln. The Food Bank of Lincoln was founded […]
An April 6 event will welcome high school students, their parents and high school administration, to learn more about Advanced Scholars, a program that gives students an opportunity to earn college credit from UNL at a reduced tuition rate. The Advanced Scholars program, which began in spring 2006, allows high school students to take online […]
The Department of English will host a Brown Bag discussion honoring Paul A. Olson, professor emeritus, noon to 1 p.m. April 16 in the Dudley Library, 228 Andrews Hall. Olson will discuss his new book “Beyond A Common Joy: An Introduction to Shakespearean Comedy” (University of Nebraska Press, 2008). The discussion will focus on writing […]
