This week, Lady Gaga and her mother will officially launch the Born This Way Foundation to promote tolerance and empowerment among youth. Susan Swearer, a UNL professor of school psychology and an anti-bullying expert, will be among a select group of scholars to help lead the kick off the event. Continue reading…
UNL's new student-advising system, MyPLAN, goes online today. The tool is a digital system available through Blackboard. It is designed to help document advising sessions electronically and to track student successes toward graduation. The last adviser training session is March 8. Continue reading…
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Karina Schoengold will discuss "Contentious Choices: The Role of Economics and Policy in Global Water Management" in a 7 p.m., Feb. 28 Nebraska Colloquium/Honors Forum lecture in the Nebraska Union. The lecture is free and open to the public.
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Technology agent Leon Castro will cover the basics of patent searching in a noon, Feb. 27 "Thinkers & Tinkerers" discussion at NET, 1800 N. 33rd St. The lectures are free and open to faculty and staff. Continue reading…
The Feb. 28 Biochemistry/Redox Biology Center seminar series will feature a presentation by Brad Britigan, dean of the University of Nebraska Medical Center's College of Medicine. The lectures in the series are free and open to faculty, staff and students. Continue reading…
Craig Langemeier, a master's student in UNL's Jackson Research Group, will present "Factors Affecting Development of Goss's Bacterial Wilt and Blight of Corn," at 4 p.m., Feb. 27 in 264 Keim Hall. The seminar is free and open to the public. Continue reading…
"I-make/U-buy: Textiles in the Electronic Retail Age," a new exhibition of original work developed for online sales, will be on display Feb. 27 through March 30 at UNL's Hillestad Textiles Gallery. An electronic retail seminar will be held March 1 as an extension of the exhibition. Continue reading…
More details at: http://go.unl.edu/pa5The women’s group, led by UNL Employee Assistance Program, will focus on the topic "Transformation 2012." Cindy Heider Kaliff will speak about the topic based on the positive promise of the Mayan prophecies, at noon, Feb. 28 in the East Union. The group is open to all faculty and staff. Continue reading…
Join other university communicators for a 1 p.m., Feb. 29 Content Convergence Conference on organizing information on a website. Topics include navigation and terminology used on websites and the audience research that supports it. The session, in Andersen Hall, room 15, is free.
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