Tuesday, April 10, 2012
UNL Spring Blood Drive is April 10-12
Campus Red Cross is hosting the UNL Spring Blood Drive from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 10-12 at the Harper/Schramm/Smith Dining Hall. All students are encouraged to donate.
Donating blood is an easy process that takes about an hour and you could potentially help save three lives. Plus, presenting donors will get a free t-shirt and great food. It's not every day you get the chance to help save lives in between American History and Statistics. Make your appointment today by calling 1-800-RED-CROSS or visiting the Red Cross website.
UNL launches Nebraska App
UNL has launched the Nebraska App, a suite of mobile applications that makes essential university resources available on mobile devices. Students can check grades, access course content and browse the course catalog. They can access the public directory and get in touch instantly, keep tabs on Husker sports, find places on the campus map, stay informed with the latest campus news, watch videos, and even listen to podcasts of popular lectures in iTunesU.
"UNL is moving services to the where the students are in terms of devices and network access"," said Mark Askren, Chief Information Officer. "Students now have a much more powerful connection to UNL via their mobile device." Read more about Nebraska App in Today@UNL.
Fleming to talk on GIS, maps
Adonna Fleming, associate professor and GIS/geosciences librarian, will give an informative talk (registration required) about GIS and maps at the Love Library Escape Room at 10:30 a.m. Learn about GIS, how it can be used in a variety of projects, the types of maps that go into making a GIS project, and where to find data for Nebraska, with a brief demonstration of the ESRI ArcMap software.
This seminar will be useful for anyone who wants to implement their CSE skills to pursue a career as a GIS Analyst, Technician, or as a Data, Mapping, or Application Specialist. Skills obtained through the study of computer science can be used to enhance and develop GIS projects and software. According to Fleming, "Companies and government agencies that utilize GIS often hire people with a computer science background."
Gruverman, team have discovery featured in Science
A team led by UNL physicist Alexei Gruverman in collaboration with researchers in Spain and at the University of Wisconsin has discovered a significantly more efficient method of data storage that offers great promise for the future of technology.
Gruverman's research on electronic materials is done at the nanoscale, where objects exhibit unexpected chemical and physical properties. One nanometer is equal to one billionth of a meter. Central to his research is the scanning probe microscopy technique which is based on exerting highly localized mechanical, electrical or magnetic influence on an object by using a tiny physical probe and measuring the object's response. The technique works much like a person's sense of touch, Gruverman said. Read more about this discovery in Today@UNL.
Yu will deliver biochemistry/Redox Biology Center Seminar today
"Metabolic engineering of plant biosynthetic pathways through manipulation of protein complex formation" will be presented by Oliver Yu from the Danforth Plant Science Center 4 p.m. at Beadle Center room N172.
Yu received his bachelor's degree from the Department of Biophysics at the Fudan University in Shanghai, China, and Ph.D. from the Department of Biology at the University of South Carolina. He did his postdoctoral training at the DuPont Company in Wilmington, Del. Read more about this lecture in Today@UNL.
Lectures
NEBRASKA EAST UNION, 4PMEntomology Lecture - "RNA Interference in Pest Management"
Ralph Narain, Entomology Graduate Student
NEBRASKA UNION AUDITORIUM, 7PM
'Education Under Fire' showing, panel tonight
Join the Baha'i Student Association and the UNL chapter of Amnesty International for a screening of the documentary "Education Under Fire," followed by a panel discussion at 7 p.m. in the Nebraska Union Auditorium. The screening is free and open to the public.
Panelists will include David Forsythe, David Moshman, Brian Lepard, Tim Lundy, and Ghazal Mahjouri Samani. Read more about this screening and panel in Today@UNL.
