Friday and Weekend February 19 - 21, 2010
UNL's Qiao Earns Early Career Award to Study Next-Generation Power Grids
Plugging additional energy from alternative sources, such as wind and solar, into the current electrical system will require a smarter, more efficient power grid.
Wei Qiao (pronounced Way Chow), a University of Nebraska-Lincoln assistant professor of electrical engineering, is working on the technologies needed for that smarter, next-generation power system. Qiao recently received a $399,999, five-year Faculty Early Career Development Program CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation to expand his research. This is NSF's most prestigious award for outstanding pre-tenure faculty and supports their development as researchers and teacher-scholars. more...
Lectures
NEBRASKA UNION, FRI 12:30PMSociology Department Colloquium - "Does Giving People Their Preferred Survey Mode Actually Increase Survey Participation Rates? An Experimental Examination"
Dr. Kristen Olson, Dr. Jolene D. Smyth, and Heather Wood, M.S. - Survey, Research, and Methodology Program, Gallup Research Center
Geography General Seminar - "The Effectiveness of Environmental-Design"
Gregory Fetterman, Geography PhD Candidate, UNL
Agricultural Economics Seminar Series - "An Implementable Index of Sustainability"
Juan Pablo Sesmero PhD Candidate - Department of Agricultural Economics
Chemistry Colloquium - "Structural and Mechanistic Understanding of Type I Polyketide Synthases and their Potential for Unnatural Product Synthesis"
Craig A. Townsend, Johns Hopkins University. Sponsored by UNL Research Council.
Department of Geosciences Stout Lecture - "Isolated carbonate platforms and mounds: Initiation, growth, and demise"
Tony Simo, University of Wisconsin ExxonMobil/AAPG Distinguished Lecturer. Refreshments will be served at 3:15 p.m.
"Meet the Collector" book signing and conversation
Linda Carlson
'Sunday with Scientist' Explores World of Nanoscience
The University of Nebraska State Museum will present a program on nanoscience as part of its Sunday with a Scientist series 1:30-4:30 p.m. Feb. 21 at Morrill Hall.
The program, "Nanoscience Makes the Light Fantastic," will be led by Stephen Ducharme, a professor in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's department of physics and astronomy and the Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience. It will examine science and technology at the nanometer scale (1 nanometer equals 1 billionth of a meter). Morrill Hall is south of 14th and Vine streets on the UNL City Campus. Museum hours are 1:30-4:30 p.m. Sundays. more...
Huskers
TRACK AND FIELD | DEVANEY SPORTS CENTER INDOOR TRACK, FRI 2PMNebraska Tune Up
WOMEN'S TENNIS | NEBRASKA TENNIS CENTER, SAT 10AMNebraska Cornhuskers vs. Eastern Michigan Eagles
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL | DEVANEY SPORTS CENTER, SAT 1:05PMNebraska Cornhuskers vs. Colorado Buffaloes
WOMEN'S TENNIS | NEBRASKA TENNIS CENTER, SAT 3:30PMNebraska Cornhuskers vs. Northern Iowa Panthers
MEN'S BASKETBALL | DEVANEY SPORTS CENTER, SAT 5PMNebraska Cornhuskers vs. Missouri Tigers
MEN'S GYMNASTICS | DEVANEY SPORTS CENTER, SUN 2PMNebraska Cornhuskers vs. UIC, Air Force, Ohio State
Gigante, Oscar-Nominated Crazy Heart Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Gigante and Crazy Heart. Both films will show through Feb. 25.
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/.
