Diversity appreciation and inclusiveness are family values for Bill Waters. A program coordinator for the Office of Academic Support and Intercultural Services, Waters grew up learning about different cultures and belief systems. His family moved a lot – his father working jobs in the meat-packing industry – and with each relocation, Waters absorbed the diversity […]

Balasubramanian searches for gems by Russian author The phrase “searching for a needle in a haystack” does not begin to describe the daunting task that Radha Balasubramanian has undertaken. Several years into a massive research project, Balasubramanian’s work has taken her to Russia and India, from academic centers to street corner bookstalls. It is painstaking […]

Leading water experts from around the world will discuss the global challenge of growing more food with less water at The Future of Water for Food conference May 4, hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the University of Nebraska. Jeffrey S. Raikes, CEO of the Gates Foundation, will kick off the conference […]

The Chancellor’s Commission on Sustainability and the Office of University Communications have developed an energy calculator that adds up the individual energy use of faculty, staff and students. Individuals can evaluate current energy usage by entering electric devices used in an office. The calculator figures monthly energy use and allows a review to determine areas […]

Tractor museum open house draws more than 300 — Photos by Troy Fedderson, University Communications

The Nebraska Alumni Association is searching for campus volunteer opportunities. The alumni organization has launched the Volunteer Opportunity Bank, a list of campus “jobs” that willing alumni and friends can complete. The Volunteer Opportunity Bank is available online at www.huskeralum.com/programs/volunteer/index.htm. “This is a new way we are working to engage alumni,” said Shelley Zaborowski, senior […]

Landscape Services employees plant an evergreen during an Arbor Day ceremony, April 21, on East Campus. The tree was placed west of the Plant Sciences building. (At top) Chancellor Harvey Perlman talks during the April 21 ceremony. Photos by Jessica Kelling/ReTree Nebraska.

ReTree Nebraska has developed a list of trees that grow well in the Cornhusker State but are frequently under planted. The “Good Trees for the Good Life” list includes a handful of preferred species identified as the “ReTree Nebraska’s Nine for 2009.” At the top of the list is the Miyabe maple, a variety with […]

By working together and combining resources, a regional program is addressing environmental issues related to agriculture. The Heartland Regional Water Coordination Initiative is a partnership of Iowa State University, Kansas State University, University of Missouri, UNL, USDA Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service and U.S. EPA Region 7. The initiative’s goal is to build […]

Every day, around 7 a.m., thousands of volunteers in more than 40 states check and empty their rain gauges, then enter their data online, in the nation’s most extensive grass-roots precipitation-reporting system. That system, known as the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network now is being integrated into other weather-data-tracking efforts, which should produce […]