This Week, June 13 - 17, 2011
Calkins honored with national award
Chris Calkins
Animal science professor Chris Calkins is the recipient of the 2011 Distinguished Research Award from the American Meat Science Association. The award, established in 1965, recognizes members with outstanding research contributions to the meat industry. It is sponsored by ConAgra Foods of Downers Grove, Ill.
Calkins will be honored at a special reception and awards presentation at the AMSA 64th Reciprocal Meat Conference June 21 in Manhattan, Kan. Calkins was nominated by Steven Lonergan, a professor at Iowa State University. Read more about Calkins' award.
Geographers team up for new atlas publications
UNL geographers are releasing two new atlases this summer - "The Atlas of the Great Plains" (University of Nebraska Press), and "Atlas of the 2008 Elections" (Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group).
"The Atlas of the Great Plains" is the only current, comprehensive atlas of the region that stretches from Texas to Canada. The atlas was published by UNL geographers Clark Archer and the late Steve Lavin, along with Fred Shelley of the University of Oklahoma. The forward is by UNL geographer David Wishart. Read more about the book release.
Fulbright leads grad student to teach ceramics in Turkey
Graduate student Alexandria Knipe of Carbondale, Colo., will travel to Turkey to conduct research on ancient Islamic pots on a Fulbright fellowship. She will also continue to make pottery, and with the help of a translator, will teach ceramics at Erciyes University in Kayseri, Turkey.
Knipe is a Master of Fine Arts student with an emphasis in ceramics. She plans to graduate in December 2012 or May 2013. She received a bachelor's in Fine Arts from the University of Minnesota in 2004. In 2000, she received degrees in Environmental Studies and Religious Studies from Eckerd College.
In Turkey, Knipe will study ancient Anatolian, or Turkish, pottery that was produced from the 9th to the 14th century C.E., when three neighboring empires rose to power - the Abbasid, Fatimid and Ayyubid empires. These empires were thriving ceramic centers, Knipe said, and she will research how the empires influenced Anatolian ceramics. Read more about UNL's latest Fulbright scholar.
State Museum's wildlife and nature photo contest ends June 18
The deadline to enter the University of Nebraska State Museum's third-annual Wildlife and Nature Photo Contest is June 18. Amateur photographers who are Nebraska residents age 18 or older are invited to submit their striking photos of wildlife and natural settings taken anywhere in the world. All entries will be showcased in the museum July 1 through Labor Day as part of a special exhibit. This contest is part of a year-long celebration of the museum's 140th anniversary.
Images may show animal behavior, plant life, natural landscapes, portraits of wildlife in a natural habitat and people interacting with nature. Images of pets, domestic animals, or captive animals photographed in zoos or game farms will not qualify for entry. All entries must be original photographs taken by the contestant. Read more about the contest.
