Friday and Weekend, February 17 - 19, 2012
Jason Head compares a vertabra from a modern Anaconda (right) with the same bone from an extinct Titanoboa, the world's largest snake.
MORRILL HALL, SUN 1:30 - 4:30PMMorrill Hall's 'Sunday Scientist' explores snakes of the past and present
The University of Nebraska State Museum's next Sunday with a Scientist program for children and families will explore snakes. The program will take place Feb. 19 from 1:30-4:30 p.m. at Morrill Hall.
The event will be led by Jason Head, State Museum Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology and assistant professor in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Dept. of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, and Dennis Ferraro, Herpetology professor in the UNL School of Natural Resources and Extension Educator with UNL's Southeast Research Extension Center. Read more about this event in Today@UNL.
JACKIE GAUGHAN MULTICULTURAL CENTER UNITY ROOM, FRI 7:30PM
Poetry showcase to feature Strivers Row Poets
It is often said that young people don't read anymore, but they will listen. At 7:30 p.m., Feb. 17, University Program Council and the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center will host "Spoken Soiree: Poetry Showcase Featuring the Strivers Row Poets" in the Unity Room of the Gaughan Multicultural Center. The Spoken Soiree is free to UNL students with a valid NCard and $5 for faculty, staff and public.
The Strivers Row Poets is a group of young and vibrant individuals from the Northeast. In addition to being poets and artists, the members of Strivers Row are also scholars who have graduated from prestigious universities such as Yale and Princeton. Several of the poets are working on doctorates in English or social issues. Read more about this showcase in Today@UNL.
Students from the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management won a $50,000 prize for their app development skills. From left: Derek Guenther, Clay Upton, Chris Johnson, Alec Johnston and Neema Bahramzad react as the winner is announced.
Raikes students win $58,000 in national app-development contest
In a live webcast in front of as many as 3,000 people across the nation on Feb. 15, students from the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management cheered after winning more than $58,000 in an app-development challenge.
"Team Stock Bros" students Neema Bahramzad, Alec Johnston, Chris Johnson, Clay Upton and Derek Guenther will split most of the prize money won in a competition among 29 teams from universities across the country. A portion of the prize will also fund improvements at the Raikes School. Read more about this contest and win in Today@UNL.
Adam George (left), Eric Ransom, Eric Thompson and William Walstad helped develop the first Leading Economic Indicator report for Nebraska, released today.
BBR, Economics develop new Nebraska Indicators report
The Leading Economic Indicator for Nebraska increased by 0.51 percent in January, indicating that the state's economy will grow at a moderate rate in mid-2012. This marks the second consecutive monthly increase in the Indicator, which is produced by faculty and students in the Department of Economics and Bureau of Business Research at UNL.
The Leading Economic Indicator for Nebraska is a composite of six components that predict future economic growth: single-family housing starts, airline passengers, initial unemployment claims, manufacturing hours, the value of the U.S. dollar and business expectations gathered from the Survey of Nebraska Businesses. Read more about this report in Today@UNL.
NEBRASKA EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS, FRI 11:30AM
Hampton to lead OLLI discussion on human trafficking Friday
Ron Hampton
Ron Hampton, emeritus professor of marketing, will describe human trafficking from a macro-marketing research perspective focused on the key marketing system nodes: recruitment, transportation, labor exploitation and disposal of victims. He will also discus ways to destroy, disrupt, prevent and recover victims.
This is the first of three "Friday Lectures at Osher Lifelong Learning Institute," and will begin at 11:30 a.m. at Nebraska Educational Television, 1800 N. 33rd St. The lecture is free and open to the public. Read more about this change in Today@UNL.
Lectures
HAMILTON HALL ROOM 112, FRI 3:30PMChemistry Colloquium - "Chemical Tools for Studying Signaling Enzymes"
Professor Dustin J. Maly, University of Washington
