Thursday, January 20, 2011
Ratcliffe Receives International Honor
Brett Ratcliffe
A career of studying beetles has earned Brett Ratcliffe an honorary membership into the Coleopterists Society. The award was presented during the organization's annual meeting in December in San Diego. The international society is devoted to the study of beetles. The award is the Coleopterists Society's highest honor, given in recognition of devotion to the study of beetles and dedication to the discipline.
Ratcliffe is curator of the Entomology Research Collections at the University of Nebraska State Museum and a professor in the Department of Entomology. He has been a member of the society for more than 40 years. He served as the group's president (1983-1984), secretary (1995-2009), councilor (1989-1990) and monograph co-editor (1995-2009). more...
Science Cafe to feature campus researchers
Rebecca Lai
The Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience will present a Science Cafe at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 20 at Red9, 322 S. Ninth St. Rebecca Lai, assistant professor of chemistry, and chemistry doctoral candidate Jennifer Gerasimov will speak about discoveries in the area of DNA biosensing at the nanometer scale.
Lai's research involves the engineering of new or improved electrochemical biosensing platforms to develop a portable, real-time biosensor for on-site usage. Her goal is to make a handheld biosensor similar to the glucose sensor, but for the detection of targets such as DNA and proteins. Electrochemical sensing has the potential for diverse applications, ranging from cancer detection to finding toxins, explosives and even cocaine in the body and in the environment. more...
CAMPUS RECREATION CENTER, 11AM - 4PM
Annual Get Rec'd Event Is Jan. 20-21
Campus Recreation will host "Get Rec'd 2011," 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Jan. 20-21. Held in the Campus Recreation Center, the two-day festival showcases the wares of nearly 80 companies to 20,000 students, faculty, staff and community supporters. Admission is free and the event is open to the public.
Attendees can visit vendor booths, try out new products, collect giveaway items, grab a bite to eat and enter to win prizes through drawings and contests.
For the second year in a row, Get Rec'd has partnered with People's City Mission to present the "Free T-Shirt for a Can" service project. Every person who attends and donates a canned food item will receive an official Get Rec'd T-shirt. A University Bookstore booth will also provide a chance to win a can of food to exchange for a T-shirt. The goal is to collect 4,000 cans for the People's City Mission. more...
GET REC'D
Tiny Furniture; Made in Dagenham Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Tiny Furniture and Made in Dagenham Tiny Furniture will screen through Jan. 20, while Made in Dagenham will show through Jan. 27.
More information about each of the films and schedules, as well as online ticket purchasing, is available at the Ross website.
