This Week, June 28 - July 2, 2010
$1.3M Grant to Enhance Nanoscience Research
Materials science and nanotechnology researchers at UNL are getting some much-needed equipment that will help enhance and expedite their studies. UNL's Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience received a $1.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to purchase a state-of-the-art transmission electron microscope. This Major Research Instrumentation grant is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
The transmission electron microscope uses electrons instead of light to show details of materials at the near-atomic level. It will enable researchers to characterize the structure and other properties of nanoscale materials and devices such as thin films, patterned surfaces, particles and wires. It also can map structure, composition and properties and provide 3-dimensional analysis. more...
UNL's Edwards Honored With Lifetime Award by Reggio Emilia Alliance
Carolyn Pope Edwards, Willa Cather Professor and professor of psychology and child, youth, and family studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from the North American Reggio Emilia Alliance.
The alliance is a network of educators, parents and advocates working to raise the quality of life and the quality of schools and centers for young children. The group is named after an Italian city well-known for the high quality and innovations of its public early childhood system for children from birth to 6. The city's preschools have been influential worldwide in environmental design, partnership with families, teacher professional development and curriculum that fosters creativity and intelligence in young children. more...
Jazz in June Closes Season With The Jerry Hahn Band
The Jazz in June concert series on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus closes out its season on Tuesday, June 29 with The Jerry Hahn Band. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. under the trees on the plaza west of Sheldon Museum of Art.
A trailblazer in rock-jazz fusion in the 1960s and 1970s, Jerry Hahn is recognized as one of jazz's most influential guitarists. Born in Nebraska and raised in Kansas, he began playing professionally at age 11 with the Bobby Wiley Rhythmaires, appearing daily on Wichita's first television station, KEDD. At 21 he moved to San Francisco, where he joined the John Handy Quintet in 1964, recording two albums for Columbia Records, including the critically acclaimed "Live at Monterey." more...
Live Reptile, Amphibian Show is June 29
An update to a Nebraska field guide has spawned a celebration of reptiles and amphibians. Herpetologist Daniel Fogell, a doctoral student in the School of Natural Resources, recently completed an update to "A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Nebraska," originally written in 1942. To celebrate the release, a Reptile Revelry Reception will be 4 to 6 p.m., June 29 at Hardin Hall. The event, which is free and open to the public, will include a live animal display, door prizes, refreshments and free parking.
As part of the field guide update, Fogell took all new photographs of the creatures. He also added several new species of amphibians and reptiles found in Nebraska and updated their geographical distributions. All records in the guide are based on voucher specimens in museums more...
Mother And Child; The Secret In Their Eyes Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Mother And Child and The Secret In Their Eyes. The Secret In Their Eyes will show through July 1, while Mother And Child will screen through July 8.
More information about each of the films and schedules, as well as online ticket purchasing, is available at the Ross website.
