Parking facility being built to LEED standards Parking is going green. After incorporating elements of environmentally friendly construction in other structures, UNL Parking and Transit Services is building a new parking garage designed to federal green building standards. “The new parking structure at 19th and Vine streets is our opportunity to really build in some […]
University of Nebraska alumnus and cattleman Paul Engler of Amarillo, Texas, announced March 1 a $20 million gift to support programs in agribusiness at UNL. The gift from the Paul F. and Virginia J. Engler Foundation to the University of Nebraska Foundation’s Campaign for Nebraska: Unlimited Possibilities will establish a permanently endowed fund to support […]
UNL is taking part in Recyclemania, a 10-week, friendly recycling competition between universities across the United States and Canada. The competition – which started as a contest between Miami University and Ohio University in 2001 – features different levels of recycling goals. UNL is participating in the category of overall percentage of waste recycled. “We […]
Everyone has experienced it. You take a lid off a bowl in the refrigerator and find those leftovers you had planned to eat covered in a disgusting white fuzzy substance. Or you reach for a slice of bread and see it has turned green. UNL researchers are working to find ways to make your food […]
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Agenda includes renovation plan for Hamilton Hall The University of Nebraska Board of Regents will meet March 5 at Varner Hall. Committee meetings begin at 8 a.m., with the board meeting to follow at 10 a.m. All meetings are open to the public and will be audio-streamed live at www.nebraska.edu. The board meeting agenda includes […]
The mass immigration to the Great Plains that occurred between the U.S. Civil War and World War I might be best understood in the international context that emerged in the 1860s out of four large wars. That context will be the subject of the next Paul A. Olson Seminar in Great Plains Studies March 10 […]
The University of Nebraska’s annual NU Tech Day is March 17 at the Nebraska Union. The event is open to all NU faculty, staff and administrators. Richard Katz, vice president of Educause, is the luncheon keynote speaker. He will talk about the importance of cloud computing to universities. Session topics include project management, classroom technologies, […]
Larry Schweiger, president and CEO of the National Wildlife Federation, will issue a call to action to combat the effects of climate change when he gives a talk at 1:30 p.m. March 10. The presentation in Chase Hall, room 116, will be free and open to the public. In his book, “Last Chance: Preserving Life […]
Laura Roost is learning advocacy skills during sessions being held at the United Nations headquarters in New York City. Through March 6, Roost is one of 20 women students selected nationwide to participate in a United Nations practicum organized by the Commission on the Status of Women. The practicum offers opportunities to observe how the […]
