Thursday, October 27, 2011
Libraries receives Wunder's papers, library
John Wunder
John Wunder, long-time UNL history professor and former director of the Center for Great Plains Studies and Hitchcock Professor of Journalism, donated his books on legal history to the Marvin and Virginia Schmid Law Library and his personal library and papers to the University Archives.
Mary Ellen Ducey, university archivist, described Wunder's collections as encapsulating his entire career and significantly affecting historical research in diverse areas that comprise the history of the Great Plains, Plains Indians and the American West. His personal papers include his research, correspondence, teaching materials and manuscript drafts. Read more about this donation on Today@UNL.
COLLEGE OF LAW ROOM 122, 12:10PM
New group to explore health law, legal ethics
A new student group is being formed to explore the intersection of law, health and ethics. The "Law, Health Care and Ethics" group will meet at 12:10 p.m. in the College of Law, room 122. The group is interdisciplinary and open to anyone in the university community interested in health law and legal ethics.
During the first meeting, the group will assess interest areas, discuss potential activities and establish candidates for leadership positions. Participants are encouraged to bring a lunch. Cookies will be served.
Lectures
HAMILTON HALL ROOM 112, 3:30PMSchool of Biological Sciences Seminar Series - "Understanding temporal fluctuations: theoretical, population & community ecology"
Chad Brassil, Biological Sciences, UNL
MORRILL HALL, 5 - 9PM
'Fright at the Museum' set for tonight
The University of Nebraska State Museum "Fright at the Museum" event will be held from 5-9 p.m. at Morrill Hall. This Halloween event marks the first of its kind sponsored by the museum for children and families.
The museum will be divided into "Three Tiers of Terror," giving visitors the opportunity to pick their level of fright. Each floor will have feature spook-tacular activities including hands-on games, live creatures of the night, candy giveaways, spooky surprises, music and more. Read more about this event on Today@UNL.
(From left) Terese Janovec, David Sellmyer and Carol Moravec pose after receiving the Bright Lights "Buliding the Future Through Higher Education" award. Moravec is a science teacher at Lincoln Southeast High School who participated in the nanocamp program
Bright Lights honors nanoscience program
The Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience has received an award for a course that helped educators incorporate nanotechnology into middle- and high-school science curriculum.
The award, "Building the Future Through Higher Education," was presented in September to UNL's David Sellmyer and Terese Janovec by the Lincoln-based Bright Lights program. Bright Lights, which started in 1987, is a summer enrichment program open to middle and high school students. Courses are designed to provide interesting, hands-on and minds-on learning. Read more about this honor on Today@UNL.
Peter Harms
Study: Mentoring can build great leaders - if they can handle the truth
For some, the question isn't really whether leaders are born or made, it's finding the best way to make them. Now, a first-of-its-kind study suggests an answer.
In a field experiment, researchers found that pairing a seasoned pro with a promising prospect in an informal mentorship was significantly more potent in developing strong leaders than formal group training. The process, however, was effective only if protégés fully trusted their mentor and were willing to handle blunt criticism, not just empty praise.
The findings, co-authored by Peter Harms, assistant professor of management at UNL, are forthcoming in the journal Academy of Management Learning and Education and reinforce the notion that the more organizations can move away from one-size-fits-all training toward one-on-one mentorships characterized by trust, the better their chances for building strong leaders will be. Read more about this first-of-its-kind study on Today@UNL.
Timothy Nelson
Study: Youths in residential treatment have high rates of health problems
The issues involving a number of youths who land in residential treatment programs such as Boys Town are familiar: They have histories of juvenile delinquency; they struggle in school; they come from unstable homes; they suffer from abuse.
One frequently overlooked factor, however, is that they also often suffer from any number of physical ailments. A new UNL study, lead-authored by Timothy Nelson, assistant professor of psychology at UNL in collaboration with Boys Town, has found that more than a third of youths admitted to Boys Town over the last 10 years had physical maladies — often at much higher rates than the national average. Read more about this study on Today@UNL.
