Thursday, September 30, 2010
ANDRILL Team Preps for Antarctic Survey Project
Bob Zook (left) and Marcus Kolb prepare the SCINI remotely operated vehicle for deployment in Antarctic waters.
After recording the two most successful sediment recovery projects in Antarctica history, ANDRILL, the Antarctic Geologic Drilling program, is set to begin an ambitious survey project in the 2010-11 Antarctic field season.
The joint United States-New Zealand expedition will operate from a remote camp on the Ross Ice Shelf from late October through early February studying the ice and its movements, the sea beneath the ice and its movements, and the rocks beneath the seafloor. The Coulman High Survey Project is funded by $2.68 million grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, with additional support coming from the New Zealand Foundation for Research, Science and Technology. more...
Would You Know What To Do If a Shooter Was On Campus?
Plan ahead and think about how to protect yourself.
UNL has an emergency planning and preparation website and information about reacting to an active shooter. A short video, "When Lightning Strikes: Shots Fired on Campus" is at the site. Produced by the Center for Personal Protection and Safety, University of Texas and others use this video to educate their community about campus shooting incidents. To access the video, click "Shooting Incident" and the "Shots Fired" link on the right.
Stay informed by signing up for the UNLAlert notification system. A prominent sign-up link can be found on the Emergency website.
Brassil's Career Award Supports Food Web Work
Chad Brassil, assistant professor of biological sciences
The complexity of a food web - the relationships among species and what they eat - is a key indicator of the health of an ecosystem. Climate change may tip this delicate balance.
Chad Brassil, an assistant professor of biological sciences at UNL, is using mathematical models to study how duckweed populations respond to temperature fluctuations. His research may help scientists better predict how more frequent, intense storms and droughts affect food webs. more...
LIED CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS, 7PM | WATCH LIVE STREAM
Human Trafficking is Topic of Season's First Thompson Forum Lecture
Author E. Benjamin Skinner will expose the fast-growing criminal industry of human trafficking in a Sept. 30 lecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the first in the 2010-11 season of the E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues at UNL.
His lecture, "A Crime So Monstrous: Face to Face with Modern Day Slavery," will begin at 7 p.m. at the Lied Center for Performing Arts, 301 N. 12th St. It's co-sponsored by UNL's second annual Human Trafficking Conference. more...
E.N. THOMPSON FORUM
UNL Hosts International Conference to Address, Curb Human Trafficking
Human trafficking is a dilemma that exists in every corner of the globe -- by some estimates, some 28 million people worldwide are enslaved against their will. That number includes an estimated 1.5 million globally who are forced into prostitution.
In recent years, efforts by governments, law enforcers and other activists have made headway in reducing those disheartening numbers. But, rarely do such far-flung groups gather with the purpose of sharing knowledge that goes beyond specific cases, and try to uncover the why, the how and the methods to end human slavery. 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
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.
