Students and volunteers decorated the Sheldon Museum of Art’s Great Hall on Oct. 26 for the museum’s Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration. Dia de los Muertos is a centuries-old spiritual tradition expressing the continuity of life by honoring the dead on their return to Earth for one day each year. Community […]
Nako aims to take doctoral lessons home to Africa Bonodji Nako is committed to improving education in her home country, Chad. The Fulbright scholar, at UNL this fall to begin work on her doctorate in education, will spend the next five years in Lincoln studying curriculum and instruction. She will take the bus to campus […]
The public phase of a comprehensive fundraising campaign led by a prominent team of volunteers was announced Oct. 16 by the University of Nebraska and University of Nebraska Foundation. The Campaign for Nebraska: Unlimited Possibilities seeks to raise $1.2 billion to meet high-priority opportunities and needs for the university’s four campuses. Since plans began for […]
The Nebraska Innovation Campus would be governed by a new Innovation Campus Development Corp. made up of private business and university representatives under a proposed structural model presented to the University of Nebraska Board of Regents on Oct. 23. Campus consultants Mary Jukuri of SmithGroup/JJR and Jay Noddle of Noddle Cos., together with university planners, […]
UNL faculty have been awarded $15.7 million in grants funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act through Sept. 30 to support research projects, according to UNL’s Office of Research and Economic Development. As of Sept. 30, UNL had received 45 competitive grants totaling $15,722,674 from federal agencies through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, […]
UNL researchers are using a novel approach to get the poop on one of the state’s most reclusive species. They want to know more about river otters, threatened nocturnal mammals that live along Nebraska’s river basins. Because the animals are so difficult to trap and study, researchers in the School of Natural Resources as well […]
Would you know what to do if you heard gunshots in your building? Close your door and hide? Or run? Or maybe you’re hoping that you never have to react to such a situation. But unfortunately violent events are occurring in schools with catastrophic results. Because many students, faculty and staff are interested in preparing […]
UNL Police will offer situational awareness tips during brown bag talks, noon to 1 p.m., Nov. 2 and 23 at the Nebraska and East unions, respectively. The sessions will provide information on recognizing threats and properly responding to them. Topics will range from tornadoes and flash floods to bomb threats and active shooter on campus. […]
Verbatem – Chancellor Harvey Perlman issued this Oct. 21 e-mail about UNL’s new flu season attendance policy. For more information, go to http://emergency.unl.edu. We are beginning to see an increase in the number of students reporting symptoms of what we presume to be H1N1 flu. As I reported earlier this fall, we have crafted a […]
“Transforming Vision into Action” is the theme of the second Building Sustainable Partnerships forum scheduled for 1 to 6 p.m. Oct. 30 at Hardin Hall. The forum is presented by the University of Nebraska Rural Initiative, UNL’s School of Natural Resources and the City of Lincoln. Speakers for the free, public event, are Charlie Cunniff, […]
