Students power growth of Dining Services program that taps into area food stuffs UNL’s “Good. Fresh. Local.” program is blooming. Now in its fourth year, the program taps into Nebraska grown and produced food products, incorporating them into housing meals programs at Cather-Pound-Neihardt and East Campus. The sustainable food project started offering Nebraska-produced meals once […]
A list of sustainability initiatives already in place at UNL has expanded. Released in April, the original list included more than 70 earth-sustaining projects and practices offered on campus. The expanded list includes both the Chancellor’s Commission on Environmental Sustainability and the Housing Dining Services’ “Good. Fresh. Local.” program. Also on the list is the […]
A new commission is working to help the university act locally and think globally. Announced by Chancellor Harvey Perlman during his Sept. 4 State of the University address, the Chancellor’s Commission on Environmental Sustainability was formed to examine existing and develop new environmentally and ecologically responsible practices for the university. The commission was created on […]
Rural Nebraskans are much more optimistic about their lives than they have been in previous years, according to the Nebraska Rural Poll. But that finding comes with one giant caveat: The poll was taken last spring, before recent economic upheaval that has some drawing comparisons to the Great Depression. “I would think if we did […]
An athletic director, a gas company CEO, a political consultant, a plant breeder, an art promoter, a principal architect, an advertising agency head and a real estate tax consultant represent the outstanding alumni whose success and insight into their careers will be shared person-to-person with students at UNL during its annual Masters Week. Each fall […]
What’s an ombudsperson? Exactly. While many faculty and staff know that an ombudsperson is an official who hears and helps solve complaints or disagreements, the word – Nordic in origin and Americanized and gender-neutralized – is beyond meaningful for students. So, the Division of Student Affairs and assistant vice chancellor Tim Alvarez are putting the […]
Jamie Eggers, senior food science and technology major, looks at posters on display at the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources celebration Oct. 30 at the East Union. The college celebrated its enrollment success at a luncheon for faculty, staff and students. The forensic science degree program in the Department of Entomology was honored […]
Bruce Weinstein, BusinessWeek Online’s ethics columnist, better known as “The Ethics Guy,” will present this year’s Ethics Lecture at UNL at 3:30 p.m. Nov. 11. The lecture is free and open to the public at the Lied Center for Performing Arts. Weinstein is a professional ethicist. His interactive talks to businesses, schools, the military and […]
The College of Engineering has signed a course credit transfer agreement with the University of California Irvine Extension. The partnership agreement allows students who have completed the UC Irvine Extension Certificate programs in embedded systems engineering, communications systems engineering, or medical product development to transfer credits into UNL’s Master of Engineering with a concentration in […]
The Confucius Institute at UNL has organized a group of 15 Nebraska educational leaders to take a Chinese language and culture tour in China, Oct. 26 to Nov. 8. The tour is sponsored by UNL; a Chinese Bridge Fund from Hanban (the Office of Chinese Language Council International), a branch of Chinese Ministry of Education; […]
