Holiday Closedown December 24 - January 3
OFFICES REOPEN MONDAY, JAN. 4
Holiday Closedown in Effect
UNL is closed for the annual holiday break. Offices will reopen at 8 a.m. January 4, 2010. However, many university buildings across campus will have special hours over the holiday break. Information about specific venues is available in this list.
HOLIDAY SCHEDULE
Understanding Relationship of Proteins, Fatty Acids Could Help Treat Diseases
It's widely understood that eating a diet high in saturated fats increases the risk for a long list of chronic and deadly diseases, including diabetes and coronary heart disease. Understanding how this works at a molecular level, however, is much more complicated.
Paul Black, professor and chair of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's department of biochemistry, and his colleagues are close to cracking some of the mystery, which may lead to better treatments for several major human diseases. A $640,266 grant from the National Institutes of Health National Institute of General Medical Sciences, funded recently by the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, is helping Black advance his research. more...
Fall Semester In Pictures
First semester 2009-2010 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is now history. U.S. News & World Report again ranked UNL among the nation's best and the campus made strides forward in many areas.
Discovering Addiction Clues Could Help Smokers Kick the Habit
If you've ever tried to quit smoking, understanding how you got hooked in the first place probably seems irrelevant. But University of Nebraska-Lincoln psychologist Rick Bevins believes those first experiences play a key role in nicotine's grip on you today, and understanding that role will eventually help you quit.
With a $534,413 two-year grant from the National Institutes of Health recently funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Bevins is expanding his research on how the learning process affects nicotine's addictive quality. more...
H1N1 Page at UNL Updated for Fall
The university continues to closely monitor the worldwide and local impact of H1N1 flu. At this time there is no immediate impact on UNL, its community or operations, except heightened alert and awareness, and efforts to communicate the necessity of proper hygiene and stemming the spread of the virus.
For more information, including Student and Employee attendence policies, visit the H1N1 Information page at http://emergency.unl.edu/.
