Thursday, February 17, 2011
NEBRASKA UNION AUDITORIUM, 7PM
Kohen's to Deliver Nebraska Colloquium Lecture
UNL political science assistant professor Ari Kohen will deliver "Restorative Justice," an Honors Forum lecture, in the Nebraska Union auditorium at 7 p.m. Feb. 17 as part of the Nebraska Colloquium.
Kohen is author of "In Defense of Human Rights," published in 2007. He has had articles published recently in Human Rights Review and the Journal of Human Rights. He was awarded the 2006 Irmgard Coninx Foundation Research Fellowship that included three months of study in Germany where he had an office at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fur Sozialforschung. more....
NEBRASKA COLLOQUIUM
Study Examines What TV Habits Say About Fears of, Attitudes About Crime
Lisa Kort-Butler
Researchers at UNL surveyed hundreds of adults about how often they watched various kinds of crime TV - made-up dramas, documentary-style "real crime" programs, and local and national news. They found that how each type of program depicts crime was a factor in viewers' opinions on everything from their fear of crime to their confidence in the justice system to their support of the death penalty.
"The results support the idea that program type really does matter when it comes to understanding people's fear of crime and their attitudes about criminal justice," said Lisa Kort-Butler, UNL assistant professor of sociology and the study's lead author. "The audience appears to negatively evaluate the criminal justice system while also supporting its most punitive policy - which this study suggests is due to the types of shows people watch." more...
Lectures
HAMILTON HALL ROOM 100, 3:30PMSchool of Biological Sciences Seminar - "Ecological genomics of invasive Arabidopsis populations"
John Stinchcombe, University of Toronto
Hui Li (left) and Xiao Cheng Zeng
Collaboration Leads to Discovery, Confirmation of Unexpected Form of Ice
Water is the most abundant liquid on Earth, but the more scientists study it, the more surprises they seem to find. That's nowhere more true than with UNL's Xiao Cheng Zeng and his collaborators.
A pioneer in the study of one-dimensional ice, Zeng with his team at UNL used supercomputers 10 years ago to model four types of one-dimensional ice. Three of the four were subsequently confirmed in laboratory experiments elsewhere in the world and received the scientific designations of one-dimensional ices I, II and III as the first three to be confirmed. Later, one-dimensional ice IV, V and VI were discovered by other groups in the world. more...
Carina Curto
Curto Wins Sloan Research Fellowship
Carina Curto, assistant professor of mathematics, has been selected for a Sloan Research Fellowship for her research in the field of mathematical neuroscience.
This two-year fellowship awards Curto $50,000 to put toward her research. "I was thrilled to receive the news," Curto said. "This award will benefit my research significantly, especially because of its flexible nature. I greatly appreciate all those who supported me in my nomination, as well as my close collaborators." more...
Comedy Screenplay Contest Entries Due March 1
The School of Theatre and Film is seeking entries for the University of Nebraska Comedy Short Screenplay contest. The deadline to submit entries is March 1.
The contest is open to any faculty, staff or student in the University of Nebraska system. Faculty can also sponsor one screenplay from a write not affiliated with the University of Nebraska. more...
Another Year; The Illusionist Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Another Year and The Illusionist. Both films will screen through Feb. 17.
More information about each of the films and schedules, as well as online ticket purchasing, is available at the Ross website.
