Fri, Jan 02, 2009
December 24 - January 4, 2009
OFFICES REOPEN MONDAY, JAN. 5
Holiday Closedown in Effect
UNL is officially closed during the annual holiday shutdown period. Offices will reopen at 8 a.m. Jan. 5, 2009. 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
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Left, Right; Obama, McCain: It may not be what you think
Why does it seem many people begin with political preferences and then try to find reasons justifying their inclinations? Why is it so difficult to sway people who care deeply about politics no matter how compelling the facts or persuasive the prose? University of Nebraska-Lincoln research may help to answer these questions.
By monitoring people's physical sensitivities to things like sudden noises and threatening visual images, political scientists were able to conclude that physiological reactions help predict variations in political beliefs. more...
Alan C. Kamil Delivers the Nebraska Lecture
Behavioral ecologist Alan C. Kamil discussed how birds use their cognitive abilities to survive in the fall Nebraska Lecture titled "Bird Brain! Compliment or Insult?" Download podcast
UNL FEEDS
UNL Grants Foster Digital Research on Whitman, Omaha and Ponca Languages
Two grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities will support digital humanities research projects at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Kenneth Price, University Professor and Hillegass Chair of 19th-Century American Literature, and Mark Awakuni-Swetland, assistant professor of anthropology and ethnic studies, recently received major grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities. more...
UNL Wins Major Grant to Recruit, Retain Women in Science, Engineering
A $3.8 million National Science Foundation grant will help the University of Nebraska-Lincoln recruit, promote and retain female faculty in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.
At UNL, women comprise less than 20 percent of faculty in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines. Nationally, NSF reports that women comprise 29 percent of science and engineering faculty at four-year colleges and universities. The five-year grant will enable UNL to create new programs to recruit and support women faculty through each stage of their career. The grant is from NSF's ADVANCE program, which aims to increase participation and advancement of women in academic science and engineering careers. more...
