Hardin Hall opts for sensor control of lights, HVAC systems The School of Natural Resources is practicing what it teaches. With a focus on environmental sustainability, Natural Resources has volunteered to become UNL’s first building with individual occupancy sensors controlling lights and HVAC systems. The sensors – which are being installed in individual offices, meeting […]
Energy consumption of UNL’s major buildings is being monitored. Facilities Management and Planning has worked to connect energy meters measuring use of electricity, steam, chilled water, domestic water and natural gas to most UNL buildings. The data is being used to track energy use and guide energy conservation measures. Facilities Management and Planning has also […]
Movies, cooking magazines and greeting cards lead us to believe that holiday dinners should materialize as loving family tableaus straight out of Norman Rockwell paintings. In reality, life rarely mirrors the cover of the Saturday Evening Post, and sometimes those loving families are a bit more nontraditional. Voluntary kin – people who feel like family, […]
Chancellor Harvey Perlman issued this Dec. 5 e-mail about the economy and UNL’s budget situation. I regret that I must write to you about potentially serious budget restraints on the horizon. You are certainly aware of the downturn in the economy worldwide. We are seeing significant loss of employment in the private sector and most […]
UNL research on bullying is featured in a new online resource for parents at Education.com, co-sponsored by the American Association of School Administrators. Guest editors for the special online edition at Education.com are Shelley Hymel and Susan Swearer, co-directors of the Bullying Research Network headquartered at UNL. The Education.com special edition Web site is www.education.com/topic/school-bullying-teasing. […]
UNL will create a new tradition this month when it institutes a two-day commencement celebration Dec. 19-20. Because of increased enrollment and continuing student participation in commencement exercises, the Bob Devaney Sports Center no longer has the capacity to hold one commencement accommodating all students. As a result, UNL will conduct two commencement ceremonies three […]
Announcements of weather-related closures of UNL are available through a variety of media – including e-mail, text messages and area television and radio stations. Weather-related closures will be immediately posted on the UNL Web page, www.unl.edu. Also, radio and television stations should be notified by 6 a.m. for day classes and 2 p.m. for night […]
ONE ON ONE – Gina Guernsey, assistant manager of Selleck Dining Services, builds a chocolate house during a demonstration Dec. 3 at the East Union. Dining Services employees built the holiday decorations for use in the Selleck dining room. Photo by Brett Hampton/IANR News Service.
The College of Business Administration is offering a service that sells university surplus online. The service – UNL Surplus Online Sales – sells surplus items on eBay and NUAuction. The online sales option was conceived and operated by the CBA Information Technology Services team. Information Services is also a partner in the project. UNL Surplus […]
Study-abroad classes can enrich a student’s academic experience in countless ways. But they come with a price tag that’s often higher than many can afford. UNL officials so believe in the value of study-abroad classes that they are offering a 20 percent tuition discount on more than a dozen trips scheduled for 2009. “Providing a […]
