Thursday, August 25, 2011
New ARD dean to combine industry, academic perspectives
Archie Clutter
A geneticist with significant experience in both academia and private industry has been named dean of UNL's Agricultural Research Division and director of the Agricultural Experiment Station.
Archie C. Clutter's broad experience will be key in helping ARD build on its current successes and strengths during an era marked by both daunting challenges and exciting opportunities, said Ronnie D. Green, University of Nebraska vice president and Harlan vice chancellor of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at UNL.
Green cited the development of UNL's Innovation Campus, establishment of the Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute, growing programs in the life sciences, and IANR's Innovating Agriculture and Natural Resources to 2025 initiative as tremendous opportunities for ARD. Read more about Clutter on Today@UNL.
Artist Liu to talk on 'Drawn with a Thread'
Beili Liu
Texas-based installation artist Beili Liu will give an illustrated talk titled "Drawn With a Thread," 6 p.m. Aug. 25 in Room 11 of the Home Economics Building on East Campus. Liu's lecture is in conjunction with her exhibit, "Strain," on display through Sept. 9 in the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery on the second floor of the Home Economics Building.
Born in Jilin, China, Liu is an associate professor in the College of Fine Arts at the University of Texas at Austin. Her work evokes transience and fragility through material exploration and transformation of space. Read more about this lecture and exhibition on Today@UNL.
Xiang earns university's first Gates Foundation award
Shi-hua Xiang
UNL virologist Shi-hua Xiang has won the university's first Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenges Explorations grant. The initiative enables researchers worldwide to test unorthodox ideas that address persistent global health and development challenges. Xiang, a scientist in the Nebraska Center for Virology, explores the use of lactobacillus bacteria as an anti-HIV agent.
The grant for $611,000 announced this month is one of 12 Phase II grants in the Grand Challenges Explorations that will foster creative projects that show great promise to improve the health of people in the developing world. Global health topics are targeted to diseases like malaria, HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Read more about this award on Today@UNL.
Registration opens for annual 'Symposium in Virology'
UNL's 11th annual Symposium in Virology is Sept. 30 in the Nebraska Union. Sponsored by the Nebraska Center for Virology, the daylong symposium will feature presentations by national experts and close with a poster session/wine and cheese reception.
Presenters at the conference include: Paul Ahlquist, University of Wisconsin; Shilpa Buch, University of Nebraska Medical Center; David Knipe, Harvard University; Cheng Kao, Indiana University; and Adolfo García-Sastre, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine. Read more about the symposium on Today@UNL.
