Margo Berends of Aurora, Colo., and Anh Ha of the Thanhxuan district, Hanoi, Vietnam, received UNL’s 2013 Outstanding Student Leadership Awards during an April 26 recognition dinner at the Van Brunt Visitors Center. The awards were presented by the Office of Student Affairs. UNL selection committees on behalf of Student Affairs annually select one male […]
UNL and the University of Nebraska at Omaha have launched a cooperative graduate certificate program in gerontology with a concentration in interior design. The program, designed for professionals in health care, real estate, engineering, architecture and interior design, is available online and on-campus. The 18-credit hour program draws on UNO expertise in gerontology and UNL […]
Roy A. Young, 91, UNL chancellor from 1976-80, died April 19, in Corvallis, Ore. During his time at UNL, Young oversaw the College of Dentistry’s move to the University of Nebraska Medical Center. It was also at Young’s recommendation in 1979 that the School of Journalism, now known as the College of Journalism and Mass […]
Nelson Thomas Potter Jr., 73, of Lincoln, emeritus professor of philosophy, died May 12. Born to Nelson and Hazel (Park) Potter, he was raised in Mount Morris, Ill. He graduated summa cum laude from Monmouth College in 1961 with degrees in philosophy and English. In 1961, Potter was named a Woodrow Wilson Fellow. He received […]
UNL’s Johnny Carson Theater is getting a $571,500 facelift. The renovation, made possible with a gift from the John W. Carson Foundation, was announced April 26. The project will include a complete redesign of the theater’s entrance and lobby and a new performance floor. At the gift announcement, Chancellor Harvey Perlman said UNL is again […]
The voices of four women will be featured in the 22nd season of Jazz in June. Organized by the Sheldon Art Association and Sheldon Museum of Art, the free concerts take place every Tuesday in June at 7 p.m. with activities beginning as early as 5 p.m. The concert series opens June 4 with the […]
The Lied Center for Performing Arts has been awarded a $20,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for its upcoming project with the dance company, Streb. The Lied Center and partners will present an interdisciplinary exploration with Streb in spring 2014. The project will involve UNL students from dance, theatre, gymnastics, architecture, and […]
An $8 million gift from the Robert and Ardis James Foundation will allow for an expansion of the International Quilt Study Center and Museum and the creation of a permanent endowment. The expansion will involve an addition on the west side of the building of about 12,400 square feet and will feature new gallery space […]
The International Quilt Study Center and Museum has achieved accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums, the highest national recognition for a museum. Accreditation signifies excellence to the museum community, to governments, funders, outside agencies and to the museum-going public. AAM accreditation is the field’s primary vehicle for quality assurance, self-regulation and public accountability, and […]
“Blackfoot Redemption: A Blood Indian’s Story of Murder, Confinement and Imperfect Justice” by William E. Farr is the winner of the 2013 Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize from the Center for Great Plains Studies. Farr reconstructs the events of a Canadian Blackfoot called Spopee who shot and killed a white man in 1879. Through the […]
