Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Biochem/Redox seminar to feature UNMC dean
The Biochemistry/Redox Biology Center seminar series will feature a presentation by Brad Britigan, dean of the University of Nebraska Medical Center's College of Medicine. The lectures in the series are free and open to faculty, staff and students.
The lecture begins at 4 p.m. in room N172 of the Beadle Center. The talk is titled "Pseudomonas Secretory Products, Oxygen Radicals, and Lung Injury." Read more about this lecture in Today@UNL.
Events mark National Eating Disorder Awareness Week
UNL's Eating Disorder Education and Prevention group is offering a variety of events in conjunction with National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, Feb. 26-March 2. The theme of UNL events is "Perfectly Imperfect. Redefining Beauty."
The events are not only designed to raise awareness of the deadliest mental health illness, but also the health and body issues as they relate to themes of society, marketing/media, nutrition/exercise, gender, psychology, and other relevant fields. The goal of the events is to raise awareness and reduce the negative stigma associated to the term "eating disorder." Read more about scheduled events in Today@UNL.
Course offers cross-cultural mentoring experience
UNL's Cross Cultural Mentoring course provides undergraduate and graduate students with an opportunity for intensive work with a refugee, immigrant and/or minority high school student.
UNL students assist protégés with transitioning from one culture to another, engaging in and completing high school, learning problem-solving techniques unique to the U.S., and accessing community resources. Read more about this program in Today@UNL.
Note from 1963 inspires Graham to track down writer
In 1963, a high school student left a little pink note in a Rumanian language handbook in Love Library; he wondered how often the book was used. Now we know. Nearly 50 years later, that little note surfaced, and libraries professor Richie Graham feels pretty good about it.
Graham, who does research on the government's use of cartoons and comics, found the note in a 1943 paperback issued by the U.S. War Department titled "Rumanian: A guide to the spoken language." The book was illustrated by Walt Kelly, who went on to fame as the writer of the comic "Pogo." It was apparently issued for World War II era soldiers. Read more about this find in Today@UNL.
NEBRASKA UNION, 7PM
Schoengold to deliver Honors Forum lecture
Karina Schoengold will discuss "Contentious Choices: The Role of Economics and Policy in Global Water Management" in a 7 p.m. Nebraska Colloquium/Honors Forum lecture in the Nebraska Union.
Schoengold is an assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics. The Nebraska Colloquium is designed to engage the entire UNL community in thoughtful discussion of issues of overriding importance. In essence, the colloquium is a series of lectures in which a variety of speakers from a multitude of backgrounds speak on a common subject. The theme of the 2011-2012 Nebraska Colloquium is "Water and Global Security."
Lectures
JORGENSEN HALL ROOM 110, 3:30PMPierson Graduate Seminars - "Extreme Environment-Tolerant Materials via Atomic Scale Design of Interfaces"
Michael Nastasi, PhD, Director, Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences Research, and Professor, Dept of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, UNL
Entomology Lecture - "Egg Parasitoids and Their Implications for Stink Bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) Biological Control"
Wan Zaki Wan Mamat, Entomology Graduate Student