Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Whittier Open House is Today
A public open house and dedication of the Whittier Research Center is 5 to 7 p.m., Sept. 28. The former Whittier Junior High School at 19th and Vine street is now home to several research teams and the University Children's Center.
UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman, Lincoln Mayor Chris Beutler, UNL Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development Prem Paul, and former Whittier principal and Lincoln Public Schools administrator Dave Myers will speak at the event. Tours of the facility will be conducted and refreshments will be served. Formal remarks begin at 5:15 p.m. on the main steps Whittier's south facade. more...
Eight Students Win Engler Scholarships
Eight College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources students were awarded scholarships from the Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Scholarship Program at UNL's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Earlier this year, the Paul F. and Virginia J. Engler Foundation provided a gift of $20 million over 10 years to fund the Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program. Paul Engler, a NU alumnus and Texas cattleman, said he hoped his gift would help identify students with the entrepreneurial drive and then teach them the skills necessary to succeed. more...
Campus Testing Loudspeaker System Today
As part of UNL's efforts to deliver timely notification on campus about emergencies, a test of a Wide Area Notification system is scheduled for 4 p.m., Sept. 28.
The test is part of a national facilities conference and emergency planning session. The test equipment will be set up near the City Utility Plant at 14th and W streets and directed to the west, toward Memorial Stadium. While the system has the ability to be focused in a particular direction, there may be some carryover or echoes from campus and neighborhood buildings. more...
Software Engineers Earn $4M for Air Force Project
A team of UNL software engineering researchers has earned a nearly $4 million grant from the U.S. Air Force's Office of Scientific Research for a project to help the Air Force find and fix faults in modern military systems.
Military systems are a complex assembly of hardware systems, software systems and human beings all interacting to achieve an overall mission objective, said Matthew Dwyer, professor and Hensen chair of software engineering. more...
International Affairs Hosts Study Abroad Fair
International Affairs will host their annual Study Abroad Fair today in the Nebraska Union from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. The event will feature information on study abroad programs, financial aid information, study abroad advising, and a drawing for a $250 study abroad scholarship.
More information is available at the International Affairs website.
Mid-Semester Check Is Sept. 27-30
The seventh-annual Mid-Semester Check for first-year and entering transfer students is Sept. 27 through Sept. 30. The program is offered in two sessions, 6-7:30 p.m. and 7-8:30p.m., each night in the Nebraska Union.
Mid-Semester Check highlights and reminds students about academic expectations while providing information on advising resources. more...
MID SEMESTER CHECK
Lectures
NEBRASKA HALL ROOM W183, 3:30PMEngineering Mechanics Seminar Series - "Studying polymers with fields"
David (Qiang) Wang, Associate Professor, Dept of Chemical and Biological Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering, Colorado State University. There will be an informal reception in W317.7 Nebraska Hall at 3:00 p.m., prior to the seminar.
Department of Biochemistry/Redox Biology Center Fall Seminar - "Fatty acyl-CoA Synthetases: Unexpected New Roles for Old Enzymes"
Paul Watkins, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Refreshments will be available prior to the seminar.
Entomology Seminar - "erspectives on forage clipping quantification, ecoregion relationships, and economic threshold levels for grasshopper feeding"
Muhammad Irfan Ullah, Entomology Graduate Student
Winter's Bone; Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Winter's Bone and Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo. Both films will show through Oct. 7.
More information about each of the films and schedules, as well as online ticket purchasing, is available at the Ross website.
