Thursday, April 28, 2011
Cho wins $400,000 award to build safer job sites using 3D technology
Yong Cho
Yong Cho recently received a $400,000, five-year Faculty Early Career Development Program CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation for outstanding pre-tenure faculty.
Cho, an assistant professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction, is developing a method to build real-time virtual 3D models of work sites. These laser-guided, computer-generated environments will help automated construction equipment perform complicated tasks. more…
Full Cho News Release | Durham School of Architectural Engineering & Construction
Samantha Rendon wins Rosenshine internship with BBDO
Samantha Rendon
Samantha Rendon, a senior advertising and public relations major in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications, has been awarded the Allen Rosenshine Minority Educational and Training Fund internship.
BBDO, a leading advertising agency with U.S. offices in New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Minneapolis and San Francisco, will fund six internships for the summer of 2011. Rendon will receive a $4,000 stipend for a 10-week internship in account services in New York City. more…
Full Rendon News Release | College of Journalism and Mass Communications
Kimball Recital Hall
"Symphonic Fantasies"
The UNL Symphony Orchestra presents a concert, "Symphonic Fantasies," at 7:30 p.m., today in Kimball Recital Hall. Tickets, available at the door, are $5 general admission and $3 for students/senior citizens.
The concert will feature Berlioz's "Symphonie Fantastique" and Vaughan Williams' "Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis."
Tyler White, professor of music, is director of the UNL Symphony Orchestra.
Horticulture Club Hosts Garden Expo, Sale This Week
The Horticulture Club presents the 2011 Garden Expo this week. Learn about what Horticulture Club does, its purpose, upcoming events, sales and officer team. The club will host the expo from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., April 28 and from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., April 29 in the greenhouse behind Plant Science Hall on East Campus.
The Nebby's Film Festival
The Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film presents The Nebby's! The Nebby's Film Festival is the yearly showcase of short films that were produced by students in the Carson School's Film & New Media program. The Thesis Films that were screened the night before at Cinema 16's Golden Can Film Festival will screen along side of student short films that will be screening for the first time.
The festival is open to the public and admission is free.
'Mobile Computing Sprint' Continues Today 107 ARCHITECTURE HALL, MONDAY-FRIDAY, NOON
Information Services invites you to the 'Educause Mobile Computing 5-Day Sprint,' a free, weeklong experience allows you to participate in activities and discussions on the many ways mobile technologies are altering higher education. Interested UNL students, faculty and staff are invited to 107 Architecture Hall over the noon hour this week to participate in this national forum, provided by Educause, the nonprofit association for higher education technology.
SCHEDULE
Monday: The Future of Mobile Computing
Tuesday: Teaching and Learning
Wednesday: Mobile Enterprise Integration
Thursday: Security, Privacy, and Policy
Friday: Mobile Infrastructure
Read more about the 'Mobile Computing Sprint'…
INFORMATION SERVICES | EDUCAUSE
'Stress Free Zone' Activities
Unwind before finals week at the "Stress Free Zone" sponsored by the University Health Center. Free snacks, giveaways, massages and fun activities are planned to take place from 11 am - 2 pm, today in the Nebraska Union.
