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from the issue of May 6, 2004
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Beadle experts to speak at commencement
Chancellor Harvey Perlman will preside at UNL commencement exercises at 9:30 a.m. May 8 at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. The university will award degrees to about 2,275 individuals.
Honorary doctor of science degrees will be awarded to the two commencement speakers, Nobel Prize winner Paul Berg and Maxine Singer, co-authors of a 2003 biography of Nebraska graduate and Nobel winner George W. Beadle, George Beadle, an Uncommon Farmer: The Emergence of Genetics in the 20th Century.
A joint commissioning ceremony for graduates of the UNL Reserve Officer Training Program will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. May 8 in the ballroom of the Nebraska Union. About 30 graduates will receive commissions as officers in the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force or Marines.
The University of Nebraska College of Law will have a separate graduation ceremony beginning at 3 p.m. May 8 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts. Dean Steven Willborn will preside at the ceremony. U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) will speak. This is the 114th class to graduate from the College of Law and it is the first to have more female than male graduates. Of the 124 graduates this year, 65 will be women.
Recipients of doctoral degrees will be honored in a doctoral hooding ceremony beginning at 3:30 p.m. May 7 at Kimball Recital Hall. Sixty-one doctoral candidates are expected to participate. They will receive their diplomas at the May 8 ceremony.
All ceremonies are free and open to the public, and tickets are not required.
The May 8 commencement exercises will be Web-streamed live from the Devaney Center through a link at the UNL Web site, .
Berg is Cahill professor emeritus of biochemistry and director emeritus of the Beckman Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine at Stanford University. His research led to the co-discovery of transfer-RNA and tRNA synthestases. He also is a leader in setting public policy in science and genetic engineering. He has received the Eli Lilly Basic Science Research Award, the Lasker Prize, the National Medal of Science and, in 1980, the Nobel Prize in chemistry. He is a member of the National Academy of Science. He holds degrees from Pennsylvania State University and Western Reserve University. His commencement address is titled “Mentoring: Beyond the Classroom.”
Singer is president emerita of the Carnegie Institution of Washington and senior scientist emerita in the National Cancer Institute. A pioneering biochemist, she made significant contributions to the understanding of DNA and its complementary molecule, RNA. She has been a leader in developing the nation’s science policy and in the ethics of DNA research. She received the National Medal of Science in 1992, the Distinguished Presidential Rank Award and is a member of the National Academy of Science. She is a graduate of Swarthmore College and Yale University.
A drop-off area for graduates and mobility-restricted guests will be available on the south side of the Devaney Center on May 8. Reserved seats for guests who are ambulatory restricted will be available next to the stage on the arena floor, as well as in Section B-11. Golf carts will be at the ramps north and south sides of the Devaney Center to assist disabled guests.
Because of security concerns, parcels, handbags and camera bags will be subject to search.
Lecture May 7
Paul Berg and Maxine Singer, experts on the work of NU alumnus and Nobel laureate George W. Beadle and authors of George Beadle: An Uncommon Farmer: The Emergence of Genetics in the 20th Century, will speak at 1:30 p.m. May 7 at the auditorium of the Beadle Center. A book-signing will follow the presentation.
Parking concerns for commencement
The ongoing major construction of the Antelope Valley Project will severely limit access from the west and south to the Devaney Sports Center for commencement. Those planning to attend the ceremonies should use the 27th Street entrance to State Fair Park and park in the paved lots east of the Devaney Center. Handicap accessible shuttle buses will be available for access to the Devaney Center entrance. Handicap permit parking will be available on the north side of the Devaney Center. Parking lots west of the Devaney Center off 14th Street will not be available.
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