Wednesday January 13, 2010
UNL Actuarial Science Program named a Center of Actuarial Excellence
The Society of Actuaries has recognized the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Actuarial Science Program as one of its first Centers of Actuarial Excellence. The society has renewed the emphasis on strengthening the role of academics within the actuarial profession to capitalize on the potential to enhance research and intellectual capital development. Strong academics can help the profession grow stronger, and play an integral role in advancing actuarial knowledge.
Criteria for the designation include a requirement for a degree program, a curriculum that covers the society's learning objectives, a minimum number of high quality graduates each year, tenured faculty and connection to the industry. This year is the first year for the recognition and only 12 schools were selected. more...
Lectures
NEBRASKA EAST UNION GARDEN SUITE, NOONNebraska Gateway for Nutrigenomics Seminar Series - "Nutritional Genomic Approaches to Diet and Cancer Prevention"
Sharon Ross, Ph.D. Program Director, NIH/NCI
Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience Seminar Series - "Development of Hybrid Analytical Techniques for the Characterization of Nanoporous Electrodes"
R. Alan May, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas-Austin
Spring 2010 Water Seminar Series - "Living in a Changing Water Environment"
Jerald Schnoor, University of Iowa
Huskers
MEN'S BASKETBALL | DEVANEY SPORTS CENTER, 8PMNebraska Cornhuskers vs. Kansas Jayhawks
'Dan Christensen: 40 Years of Painting' Continues at Sheldon
In collaboration with the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, the Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will present "Dan Christensen: Forty Years of Painting," a survey of paintings by the Nebraska native post-painterly abstract artist, through the end of this month.
Christensen (1942-2007) was described by art critic Clement Greenberg as "one of the painters on whom the course of American Art depends." The exhibition documents Christensen's quest to understand the possibilities of color, paint and pictorial space. Though long associated with the Color Field movement, Christensen's relentless experimentation with tools and techniques, while making him resistant to any one label or category, places him among this country's most ambitious abstract and gestural painters. more...
Red Cliff, The Wedding Song Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Red Cliff and The Wedding Song. The Wedding Song will screen through January 14, while Red Cliff will show through January 21.
More information about each of the films and schedules, as well as online ticket purchasing, is available at the Ross website.
H1N1 Page at UNL Monitors Flu
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/.
