Wednesday, December 14, 2011
University Communications hosts social media best practices seminar
Join other university communicators for a Content Convergence Conference on making the Web experience a two-way conversation with key audiences. The session is 1 p.m. in Andersen Hall, room 15. This session also will be live-streamed at http://communicators.unl.edu.
This free session is offered by University Communications as part of a series of Content Convergence Conferences designed for UNL staff or faculty who create and update department and college websites. New tools are now available that will make that task easier. Integrating on the Web information, photos, video and other content is critical in communicating effectively with students, faculty, business audiences, visitors seeking information and academic community members from other universities.
Prostate cancer prevention is topic of seminar
Emily Ho
'Prostate Cancer Prevention with Diet and Epigenetics' is the subject of Emily Ho's Dec. 14 presentation as part of the Nutrigenomics Seminar Series. Her talk will begin at noon in the Nebraska East Union's Garden Room.
All interested faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend. Ho is associate professor in the School of Biological and Population Health Sciences and principal investigator at the Linus Pauling Institute. Read more about this seminar on Today@UNL.
Lindsay Graef, "TUMMYACHE: uprising," 16" x 30", digital, mezzotint and silkscreen, 2011.
BA/BFA Capstone Exhibition open through Friday
UNL's Department of Art and Art History presents the work of this semester's graduating seniors in the "BA/BFA Capstone Exhibition" Dec. 12-16 in the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall. A closing reception is Dec. 16 from 5-7 p.m. in the gallery. The reception is free and open to the public.
Participation in the BA/BFA Capstone Exhibition is part of the ACE 10 Capstone course, where students generate a creative or scholarly product that requires broad knowledge, appropriate technical proficiency, information collection, synthesis, interpretation, presentation and reflection. The exhibition represents students' most recent work that is a culmination of their coursework and exploration in studio art at UNL. Read more about the exhibit and see a list of students featured in Today@UNL.
Stephen Ramsay, left; Brian Pytlik Zillig
Mellon grant will expand data and humanities research
New software under development by researchers in the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities will vastly improve the ability of humanities researchers to use the growing number of digital archives and other digital projects.
Brian Pytlik Zillig, associate professor and digital initiatives librarian at UNL, is principal investigator of a $183,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to fund completion of the software project. His partners are Stephen Ramsay, associate professor of English at UNL and fellow in the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities; and Martin Mueller, professor of classics at Northwestern University. Read more about this grant in Today@UNL.
Libraries extend hours through Dec. 13
Love Library on city campus and C.Y. Thompson Library on east campus have extended hours through Dec. 13 to provide a quiet atmosphere for studying and preparing for final exams. On Dec. 12 and 13, both libraries will be open from 8 a.m. to 1 a.m.
Praxis II deadline is Dec. 15 for Noyce Fellowship
Students wanting to qualify for the $74,000 Robert Noyce NSF Teaching Fellowship are required to take the Praxis II Math Content Exam. Dec. 15 is the registration deadline for the Jan. 14 exam date. Ten fellowships are available for individuals aspiring to be a high school mathematics teacher.
A review and practice session for the Jan. 14 Praxis exam begins at 5:15 p.m. Jan. 12 in 248 Avery Hall on city campus. Read more about this session in Next@Nebraska
