Understanding homelessness among women

Dec 10th, 2009 | By | Category: Campus News, December 10, 2009, Issue

Federal funds fuel Whitbeck’s project Women make up nearly one-third of the homeless population in the United States. Yet little is known about how they become homeless or how they live. UNL sociologist Les Whitbeck hopes his new research project surveying the lives of homeless women will lead to better understanding and to programs that […]



Thomas receives grant to digitize railroad history

Dec 10th, 2009 | By | Category: Campus News, December 10, 2009, Issue

A campus project bringing together historians, geographers and computer scientists to correlate, analyze and visualize the development of railroads has won an international grant competition to further the research. The UNL team was one of just eight international research teams selected for the prestigious award, announced Dec. 3 in Canada. The Digging into Data Challenge […]



Coprolites help show influence of Inca Empire

Dec 10th, 2009 | By | Category: Campus News, December 10, 2009, Issue

Karl Reinhard used an innovative method to reach back through time to examine the effects of the mighty Inca Empire in South America: He looked at starch. More precisely, the UNL forensic scientist and students Sheila Vinton and Isabel Teixeira-Santos looked at starch remnants contained in centuries-old coprolites – that’s fossilized dung – in Chile’s […]



1,400+ to receive degrees in fall commencement

Dec 10th, 2009 | By | Category: Campus News, December 10, 2009, Issue

UNL’s fall commencement exercises are scheduled for Dec. 18 and 19. Graduate commencement exercises, including doctoral hooding, will begin at 3 p.m. Dec. 18 for students earning doctoral and master’s degrees. Undergraduate exercises will begin at 9:30 a.m. Dec. 19. Both ceremonies will be at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. The College of Law will […]



Academic Affairs search to go national

Dec 10th, 2009 | By | Category: Campus News, December 10, 2009, Issue

Verbatem – Chancellor Harvey Perlman issued this Dec. 3 e-mail about filling the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs job opening. Last week I proposed a process to fill the position of senior vice chancellor for academic affairs, attempting to balance the need for stability in that position for the unusual decisions that face us at […]



Global Gateway program names leaders, seeks associates

Dec 10th, 2009 | By | Category: Campus News, December 10, 2009, Issue

Three faculty teams have received Global Gateway Faculty Leader awards to support international study abroad activities for 2010. The award winning teams are Terrance Sebora and Ronald Hampton, professors of management and marketing in the College of Business Administration; Michael Hoff, professor of art history in the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts; and […]



UCARE program seeks applicants, descriptions of campus projects

Dec 10th, 2009 | By | Category: Campus News, December 10, 2009, Issue

The Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experiences program is seeking applications for the 2010-2011 academic year. Applications are due Feb. 12. For more information about the UCARE program, including student eligibility and application information, go to, www.unl.edu/ucare. Faculty can also post a UCARE opportunity for students to browse online. Submit a brief description, contact information […]



Call for nominations – James V. Griesen Exemplary Service to Students

Dec 10th, 2009 | By | Category: Campus News, December 10, 2009, Issue

This award was established in 1986 as the Chancellor’s Exemplary Service to Students Award and renamed in 2006 to the James V. Griesen Exemplary Service to Students Award, acknowledges extraordinary and sustained performance by individuals serving UNL’s students. This award will be accompanied by a $1,500 stipend to be provided by private funds made available […]



Call for nominations – Student Foundation/Builders Award for Outstanding Academic Advising

Dec 10th, 2009 | By | Category: Campus News, December 10, 2009, Issue

The Student Foundation/Builders Award for Outstanding Academic Advising, established in 1987, acknowledges faculty or advising staff who have demonstrated outstanding advising ability and who, by their service to UNL, have made a considerable contribution to the educational enrichment of the students of UNL. This award will be accompanied by a $1,500 stipend provided by the […]



Libraries outlines deadline for spring semester class reserves

Dec 10th, 2009 | By | Category: Campus News, December 10, 2009, Issue

The UNL libraries offers faculty and graduate assistants the opportunity to put library books, journal articles and other materials (including personal copies of books), on reserve, making them available to students. The Reserves Service is available at all university libraries. Reserve lists submitted by Jan. 5 will be processed by the first day of the […]