Wednesday, September 29, 2010
UNL Celebrates Grants For Math, Science Education Program
The National Science Foundation has awarded the University of Nebraska-Lincoln two Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program grants totaling $4 million to support improved mathematics and science education in Nebraska schools that need it most. The Noyce grants encourage majors and professionals in the STEM fields to become K-12 mathematics and science teachers in high-need classrooms. UNL’s Center for Science, Mathematics and Computer Education will administer both grants.
The campus community is invited to an announcement celebration today at 10:15 a.m. at the Van Brunt Visitors Center, 313 N. 13th St. Chancellor Harvey Perlman, Prem Paul, vice chancellor for research and economic development; Jim Lewis, professor of mathematics; and Jon Pedersen, professor of teaching, learning and teacher education, will discuss this project and answer questions.
Highway Paleontology Celebrates 50-year Partnership
The University of Nebraska State Museum and the Nebraska Department of Roads are celebrating 50 years of life in the past lane. A special exhibit will open Sept. 29 at Morrill Hall highlighting spectacular fossil finds salvaged over the last five decades through Nebraska's Highway Paleontology Program, a collaborative effort between the state agencies.
"Highway Paleontology: Life in the Past Lane" features rare specimens, including the remains of a six-foot-tall flightless bird, a 40-foot-long plesiosaur, a lion 25 percent larger than the modern African lion and a giant land tortoise discovered by the program in 2009. The exhibit will remain on display through Sept. 30, 2011. more...
Kloefkorn Poetry Reading, Signing is Today
Nebraska state poet William Kloefkorn will read from his new poetry collection, "Swallowing the Soap: New and Selected Poems" at 7 p.m. on Sept. 29 at the University Bookstore. A book signing will follow the reading.
The poem collection is the first to span the 40-year career of Kloefkorn, who is the Nebraska state poet. "Swallowing the Soap" collects work from limited editions and hard-to-find books, along with Kloefkorn's most anthologized poems.
Stimulus Funds Aid Behlen, Laser Research Upgrade
UNL has received nearly $2 million in federal stimulus funds from the National Science Foundation for renovations to expand its high-power laser research capabilities.
The $1,825,345 grant will enable UNL to renovate the sub-basement and basement of Behlen Laboratory. The project will convert outdated physics labs and offices into a state-of-the-art, high-power laser collaborative laboratory, known as the High Power Laser Science Collaboratory. The grant from NSF's Academic Research Infrastructure Program is funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. more...
NU Press Titles Earn National Awards
Two University of Nebraska Press titles have recently been named winners of three national awards.
Written by UNL's Margaret Jacobs, "White Mother to a Dark Race: Settler Colonialism, Maternalism, and the Removal of Indigenous Children in the American West and Australia, 1880-1940" is the winner of the Robert G. Athearn Prize and the Armitage-Jameson Award. "Ambassadors from Earth: Pioneering Explorations with Unmanned Spacecraft," by Jay Gallentine earned the annual Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award. more...
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
HAMILTON HALL ROOM 102, 3:30PMEnvironmental Health & Safety and the Office of Research & Economic Development Laboratory Safety Colloquium - "Pyrophoric (Air-Sensitive) Chemical Safety"
Dr. Scott Batcheller, Sigma-Aldrich Chemistry Research & Development. No pre-registration required. Refreshments courtesy of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation.
Biotechnology/Life Sciences Fall 2010 Seminar - "Engineering Eucaryotes for Biotechnology Applications"
Dr. Michael Betenbaugh, Johns Hopkins University. A reception will be held at 3:30 p.m.
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. Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo will show through Sept. 30, while Winter's Bone will screen through Oct. 7.
More information about each of the films and schedules, as well as online ticket purchasing, is available at the Ross website.
