Monday, May 3, 2010
White Finds Unique Ways to Engage Students
How do you get 21st century students fired up about 19th century literature? If you're Laura White, you jump and exclaim and shout the enthusiasm right into them.
"I want them to get excited," said the associate professor of English. "(One) class this semester is on Victorian poetry and I've taken to coming in and saying, 'It's Browning Day!' 'It's Tennyson Day' and they’re supposed to (reply) 'Woo-woo!' They're supposed to understand that this is a really big occasion. Browning Day? Well, that should stir the heart."
White's track record of exceptional teaching is being recognized with a 2010 Outstanding Teaching and Instructional Creativity Award. more...
International Water for Food Conference in Lincoln May 2-5
Experts from around the world will discuss the challenge of producing more food for an increasing population with limited water supplies at the second international Water for Food conference May 2-5 in Lincoln. Hosted by the University of Nebraska and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the "Water for Food: Growing More with Less" conference will explore the research, policy and educational advances that will help feed a hungry and thirsty world.
Featured speakers will include Pedro Sanchez, the 2002 World Food Prize laureate and director of the Tropical Agriculture and the Rural Environment Program at the Earth Institute at Columbia University; John Briscoe, Harvard University, whose career has focused on water and economic development; David Molden, deputy director general for research at the International Water Management Institute in Sri Lanka; Marianne Banziger, deputy director general for research and partnerships at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center; and Jeff Raikes, CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. more...
WATER FOR FOOD CONFERENCE
UNL Computer Scientist Revesz Earns State Department/USAID Fellowship
Peter Revesz, a professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has been selected to the highly competitive U.S. Department of State/U.S. Agency for International Development Jefferson Science Fellow program. Beginning in September Revesz will work for one year in a consulting assignment by the Department of State/USAID in Washington, D.C., or in a foreign embassy or mission.
Tenured academic scientists and engineers from U.S. institutions of higher learning are eligible for selection as Jefferson Science Fellows, and each spends one year providing up-to-date expertise in the rapidly advancing science and technology arenas that routinely affect the policy decisions encountered by the U.S. Department of State/USAID. Following the fellowship year, the Jefferson Science Fellow returns to his or her academic career, but remains available to the U.S. Department of State/USAID for short-term projects over the following five years. more...
The Art of The Steal, Neil Young Trunk Show Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents The Art of The Steal and Neil Young Trunk Show. Neil Young Trunk Show will screen through May 6, while The Art of The Steal will show through May 13.
More information about each of the films and schedules, as well as online ticket purchasing, is available at the Ross website.
