Monday February 22, 2010
Physicist Aims to Create Magnetized Electron Source
Building a better light bulb, harnessing nuclear fusion or even researching the beginning of life on Earth requires magnetized electrons. To date, creating these special "spin-polarized electrons" is difficult and time-consuming.
UNL physicist Tim Gay is developing a turnkey source of spin-polarized electrons with a $610,000 grant from the National Science Foundation funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Manipulating the negative charge of electrons, which are atomic particles, plays an important role in energy use and production. more...
Eating Disorders Awareness Week is Feb. 22-26
A week to "Get Real" about your body and health is planned at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in observance of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Feb. 22-26.
The week begins with the "Pincurl Girls: A Story of Empowerment" by Jen Lukas-Landis at 7 p.m. in the Nebraska Union, 1400 R St. Lukas-Landis is a local artist and UNL alumna (BFA, 1994; MFA, 2006) who created Pincurl Girls as a project to provide artwork and products that encourage girls of all ages to love, express and believe in themselves. Throughout the week, Students Helping Individuals Nurture Esteem will give presentations at various campus locations. Today, the presentation, "In The Spotlight" will be held in the Nebraska Union at 1 p.m. more...
Medici Visiting Artist Series Hosts Szyhalski
The Hixson-Lied and Medici Visiting Artist Series will be presenting a public lecture by multimedia artist, designer, and teacher Piotr Szyhalski at 5.30 p.m. in Richards Hall, room 15. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Szyhalski is a Professor in the Media Arts Department at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, where he mentors graduate students and teaches a variety of undergraduate courses with an emphasis on interactive and multimedia art. Moving between fine arts (painting, photography, drawing, installation) and design, Szyhalski began producing art on the Internet in 1995, and his award-winning net art and multimedia works have been featured in national and international exhibitions at such venues as the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, the New York Expo Film Festival, the International Center of Photography in New York City, Siggraph 2000 in New Orleans, and ISEA 2000 in Paris.
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/.
