James’ quilts break tradition “The only way tradition can be carried on is to keep inventing new things.” Robert Davidson, Haida artist For Michael James, those are words to live by. The artist and chair of UNL’s textiles, clothing and design department works in quilts – a design medium that hasn’t exactly been known for […]
Unlike animals, plants don’t have a fight or flight response to handle threats from their environment. But UNL research is showing they have the next best thing: the ability to adapt to hostile surroundings using a “genetic bag of tricks.” If plant geneticists can figure out how to manipulate these changes artificially, they may be […]
The U.S. Drought Monitor achieved a milestone with publication of the April 7 map – number 500. The Drought Monitor sets the standard for communicating location and intensity of drought to a broad audience. “It’s being used as a model all around the world,” said Mark Svoboda, National Drought Mitigation Center climatologist and Drought Monitor […]
Regular calls for class reunion planning have prompted the University of Nebraska Alumni Association to create the Husker Spiritfest/Alumni Weekend. Spiritfest, April 16-19, is an all-campus, all-class reunion with events open to graduates, faculty, staff, students and the general public. The weekend is designed for all to celebrate and discover the many facets of the […]
TWEET SIGNATURE – Evan Williams, the founder and chief executive of Twitter, autographs MP3 players belonging to (from left) Neema Bahramzad and Calvin Pappas after his April 10 talk with students in the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management. Photos by Craig Chandler/University Communications. (Below) Q AND A – Evan Williams answers […]
The Scarlet (UNL_Scarlet) is among the campus entities that issue updates via Twitter. Other UNL links on Twitter include: University Communications (UNLNews) IANR News Service (IANRNewsService) University Libraries (unllibcomputers) Law Library (schmidlibrary) UNL Human Rights (HRHD_UNL) Lancaster County Extension (UNL_LancasterCo) UNL Life (unllife) The Scarlet is also on Facebook. Just search for UNL Scarlet.
A search committee has identified three candidates for dean of the College of Business Administration and has invited them to campus this month for a series of interviews. The candidates and schedule of public presentations are: • David W. Blackwell, Mays Business School, Texas A&M University – available at 3:30 p.m., April 28, Nebraska Union […]
Love Memorial and Cather Gardens soon will undergo renovation and replanting, through to the generosity of a UNL alumnus. An estate gift from Kenneth J. Good to the UNL Garden Friends will fund garden renovations and create an endowment to ensure a funding source for annual maintenance. Good, who was 92, died July 8, 2008. […]
Spring Affair celebrates its long history at State Fair Park with the 2009 “Blue Ribbon Event” April 24-25. It is the largest volunteer-run plant sale in America. The 23nd annual Spring Affair plant sale is 9 a.m. to 4 p.m April 25, in Agricultural Hall at Lincoln’s State Fair Park. Admission to the sale is […]
A team from the Institute for International Education and the U.S. State Department will visit UNL on April 21 to offer workshops to help students explore funded international experiences. Programs featured include Fulbright, Gilman International Scholarship and Critical Language Scholarship. One workshop will outline how faculty can recruit, support and mentor students through the application […]
