Monday, November 28, 2011
Interviewing for the fine and performing arts dean are (clockwise from top left) Shawn Brixey, Heather Landes, Bradley Smith and Chuck O'Connor
Four to interview for fine and performing arts dean
Four candidates for dean of the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts have been invited to UNL to interview for the position. Each candidate will deliver a public presentation followed by a reception at which faculty, staff, students and others interested can meet the candidate.
The candidates are Shawn Brixey, University of Washington; Heather Landes, Arizona State University; Chuck O'Connor, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne; and Bradley Smith, University of Michigan. Read more about these candidates on Today@UNL.
Host Kim Todd is joined by UNL Extension faculty Fred Baxendale, Sarah Browning, Jeff Culbertson, Kelly Feehan, Dennis Ferraro, Roch Gaussoin, Loren Giesler, Jim Kalisch. Elizabeth Killinger, Zac Reicher, Lowell Sandell, and Amy Timmerman.
'Backyard Farmer' TV ratings best in program's history
As "Backyard Farmer" enters its 60th year of production, it has something else to celebrate. Ratings for the popular garden show reached an all-time high this year.
May sweeps reached 23,500 households, which was about a 46 percent increase in audience across the state, said Backyard Farmer Producer Brad Mills. The show was averaging 14,000 households since 2007. Read more about Backyard Farmer on Today@UNL.
Tom Hunt and Bob Wright
Entomologists win national award
UNL entomology faculty, Tom Hunt and Bob Wright, were members of a group of scientists who received the 2011 Integrated Pest Management Team Award from the Entomological Foundation. This award was presented at the 2011 Entomological Society of America annual meeting, Nov. 14 in Reno, Nev.
The award recognizes the successful pest-control efforts of a small, collaborative work team that includes at least one entomologist from the private sector and one from the public sector. Read more about this award on Today@UNL.
Nutrigenomics seminar offered today
University of Toronto professor Qiaozhu Su will present a nutrigenomics seminar at 11:30 a.m. in the East Union Sunflower Room. The seminar, "Mitochondrial Stress and ER Stress in Nutrient-Surplus Induced Hepatic Insulin Resistance," is free and open to all faculty, staff and students.
u's research background includes an emphasis on energy metabolism, pathophysiology of molecular and cellular singling on the onset of cardiovascular diseases and type-2 diabetes. Her research focuses on studying the molecular mechanisms and cellular stress signaling (mitrochondrial and ER stress) underlying the onset of metabolic diseases (e.g. cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity) in the genetic intervention and/or over-nutrition induced animal models by applying proteomic and lipidomic approaches.
'DRRRROP' exhibit opens
"DRRRROP," an exhibition of exhibitions, opens Nov. 28 and runs through Dec. 1 at the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall. A reception is 5-8 p.m., Dec. 2 in the gallery. The reception is free and open to the public.
DRRRROP" features projects by seven emerging curators. The exhibitions include investigations into art as environmental regeneration, experiments with context and placement, an obsessive altar to creativity, a tape release of recordings partially erased by a meteorite/electromagnet, an installation of 1,800 photographs pulled from an online photo-sharing site, the reclamation of thrown-away art projects and a hands-on exhibition of local artists in a home-like space.
The exhibitions were curated by Abbey Arlt, Scott Cook, Bentley Easler, Blair Englund, Teal Gardner, Amanda Heskett and Bryan Klopping. The students are all enrolled in Jeff Thompson's "Curatorial Practice as Art Practice" class this semester. Thompson is assistant professor of new genres and digital art. Read more about this exhibit on Today@UNL.
