Monday February 1, 2010
NEBRASKA UNION, 4PM
Career Services Hosts Graduate/Professional School Sessions
Career Services will host a series of Graduate/Professional school sessions this week in the Nebraska Union at 4 p.m. Today's session will be about preparing for the GRE.
Door prizes, including a KAPLAN course, will be given away. Remaining programs are: Tuesday, February 2 - Preparing for the LSAT; Wednesday, February 3 - Preparing for Health-related Entrance Exams; Thursday, February 4 - Interviewing for Graduate/Professional School.
CAREER SERVICES
Lectures
BURNETT HALL ROOM 79, 12:30PMCognitive and Biopsychology Brownbag - "Early experience and the neurobiology of social bonds"
Karen Bales, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of California - Davis
UNL Physicist Centurion Earns DOE Early Career Research Grant
It's well known that sunlight fuels plants. But exactly how plants convert photons of light into energy is a mystery. The first molecular step in conversion takes less than one-trillionth of a second, far too fast for scientists to see the process. Unlocking the mystery could lead to better green energy sources.
Martin Centurion, an assistant professor of physics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has discovered a way to peer into that ultra-fast molecular world, and the Department of Energy has given him a prestigious Early Career Research Program award of $750,000 to support his research. Only 4 percent of applicants received the award, which is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. more...
Antichrist, The Messenger Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Antichrist and The Messenger. Antichrist will screen through February 4, while The Messenger will show through February 11.
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/.
