Faculty and students are enjoying attractive and modern amenities, collaborative space and a greater sense of unity inside the new home for physics and astronomy. Classes and research are under way inside UNL’s new 125,000-square-foot physical sciences building, located along 16th Street between Vine and W streets. University officials named the four-story building for alum, […]
With nearly 100 new Partnership Degree Program students from China enrolling this fall, UNL is seeing the first wave of students who started two years ago at Chinese universities with the goal of completing their degrees in Lincoln. English instructors Mariah Schuemann and Regina (Gigi) Weitzel, hired by UNL to teach and coordinate PDP activities […]
Experience on the family farm helped inspire Bob Klein into a career of community service. Growing up near David City, the ebb and flow of farm chores, interested Klein in the details of growing crops and raising livestock. He was an active member of 4-H and remembers showing livestock at local events, including Aksarben and […]
As the sky clears from a downpour, you can bet on farmers doing two things — checking the rain gauge and calculating how long they can hold off irrigating again. Mehmet Can Vuran, a UNL computer engineer, wants to give agricultural producers more information to make that decision. He’s developing wireless underground sensor networks that […]
As announced by Chancellor Harvey Perlman on April 21, budget reductions have trimmed publication of the Scarlet from weekly to monthly starting with this edition. Other publication dates this academic year are Sept. 23, Oct. 21, Nov. 18, Dec. 16, Jan. 27, Feb. 24, March 24, April 28, May 26, June 23 and July 28. […]
The Office of Academic Affairs announces the appointment of four faculty to named professorships that recognize outstanding teaching or research. Stephen Buhler, professor of English, has been appointed an Aaron Douglas Professor of Teaching Excellence. Cal Garbin, professor of psychology, has been appointed a John Weaver Professor of Teaching Excellence. John Gibbons, associate professor of […]
News and Notes about faculty, staff and students • Will Spaulding, professor of psychology, is the first recipient of the Mike S. Neale award from the American Psychological Association’s Division of Psychologists in Public Service. The award honors career-long efforts to serve those with severe and persistent mental illnesses. • Suat Irmak, associate professor of […]
For the seventh year in a row, UNL is ranked among the Top 50 public national universities in U.S. News and World Report’s annual assessment of “Best Colleges.” UNL also was among the top U.S. national universities, public or private, according to the magazine’s rankings, released Aug. 17. UNL is tied with four others at […]
University Libraries University Libraries has received more than 11,000 books and exhibition catalogues donated by Stuart P. Embury, M.D., of Holdrege, a 1966 graduate of NU and 1969 UNMC graduate. Embury amassed what is considered one of the top private book collections on American art in the United States over 40 years. The Stuart P. […]
Research funding at UNL increased nearly 14 percent this year to a record of more than $139 million, according to the Office of Research and Economic Development. Total research funding, which includes all external funds awarded for university research, was $139.2 million in the fiscal year that ended June 30. That’s up from $122.5 million […]
