Mon, Dec 24, 2007
December 24 - January 1, 2007
OFFICES REOPEN WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2
Holiday Closedown in Effect
UNL is officially closed during the annual holiday shutdown period. Offices will reopen at 8 a.m. Jan. 2, 2007. However, many university buildings across campus will have special hours over the holiday break. Visit the Scarlet Holiday Closedown Information for more information, or visit a respective web site for more iformation.
HOLIDAY SCHEDULE
MEN'S BASKETBALL | DEVANEY CENTER, SAT 7PM
Nebraska Cornhuskers Vs Alcorn State Braves
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL | DEVANEY CENTER, SUN 2:05PM
Nebraska Cornhuskers Vs Denver Red-Tailed Hawks
UNL Proposes Concept Plan for Nebraska Innovation Campus
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln released concept plans for use of State Fair Park as a model research park called Nebraska Innovation Park. The Nebraska Innovation Park conceptual plan is modeled on successful existing national research university public-private partnerships. One such example is Centennial Campus at North Carolina State University, where more than 70 businesses now operate, providing new jobs and revenue for the state and its citizens.
"Now that we have seen the consultant's report, as part of the ongoing conversation, we want the public to see what might be possible should the university be able to use the land at State Fair Park," UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman said in releasing the concept plan. more...
NEBRASKA INNOVATION PARK
ANDRILL drilling rig and
Mt. Erebus active volcano
in the distance (photo: S. Nielsen)
UNL SCIENTISTS PART OF MULTINATIONAL COLLABORATION
ANDRILL's 2nd Antarctic Season Exceeds all Expectations
A second season in Antarctica for the Antarctic Geological Drilling (ANDRILL) Program has exceeded all expectations, according to the co-chief scientists of the program's Southern McMurdo Sound Project.
One week ago (Nov. 21), the drilling team passed the 1,000-meter mark in rock core pulled from beneath the sea floor in McMurdo Sound, and with a remarkable recovery rate of more than 98 percent. The end of drilling is scheduled for this weekend, and only a few tens of meters of core remain to be recovered for an expected final total of more than 1,100 meters (3,600 feet). It's the second-deepest rock core drilled in Antarctica, surpassed only by the 1,285 meters (more than 4,215 feet) recovered by last year's ANDRILL effort, the McMurdo Ice Shelf Project. more...
