Monday, April 16, 2012
MFA Thesis exhibitions open today
Thesis exhibitions for Master of Fine Arts students Lauren Mabry and Jamie Fritz open today, April 16, at the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall. Both exhibits are open through April 20. A closing reception is 5 to 7 p.m., April 20. The reception is free and open to the public.
Fritz's exhibition is titled "Someone/no one." In her artist statement, Fritz said she is obsessed with the pieces of existence, experiences and emotions that make up human identity. A recipient of a Hixson-Lied Fellowship, Fritz is completing her MFA in sculpture. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in studio art from the University of Wyoming.
Mabry's exhibition is titled "Transcendent Materiality." The show highlights her abstract ceramics ranging from cylindrical paintings to large curved planes installed on walls. Read more about this exhibition in Today@UNL.
Sartore headlines environmental week events
The Environmental Sustainability Committee, part of the Association of the University of Nebraska, has organized a weeklong series of events during Earth Week, April 16-20.
The "Focus Nebraska" event features National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore as the keynote lecturer. Sartore, who will talk at 7 p.m., April 17 in the Nebraska Union auditorium, will discuss his experiences documenting the effects of climate change.
The goal of Focus Nebraska is to educate students, faculty, and the broader Lincoln community about environmental sustainability. Fun activities and programs are scheduled throughout the week, including: a wildlife display; free outdoor yoga; and an educational, mobile trailer that promotes recycling. The Focus Nebraska Art Gallery will also be on display in the Rotunda Gallery of the Nebraska Union from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. A campus wide tree planting scheduled on April 20th, concludes the week. Read more about Focus Nebraska in Today@UNL.
KEIM HALL ROOM 264, 4PM
Plant pathology seminar is today
Leny Galvez, a doctoral student in the Mitra Research Group, will present "Engineering for Broad Spectrum Virus Resistance," at 4 p.m., April 16 in 264 Keim Hall. The seminar is free and open to the public.
The Mitra Research Group is led by Amit Mitra, associate professor of plant pathology. The research team is aimed at gaining an understanding of gene expression and molecular basis of differentiation in the plant kingdom. He has developed a convenient plant vector-transformation system based on Ti plasmid of Agrobacterium tumefaciens and electroporation. With these systems, regulatory regions of several plant genes are currently being studied. Present efforts are centered on identifying DNA sequences controlling the expression of plant genes and on nuclear protein factors that bind to these regulatory sequences.
Lectures
JACKIE GAUGHAN MULTICULTURAL CENTER, 1:30PMUAAD Spring Professional Development Workshop - "Coaching for Leaders"
Keith Niemann, Professional Coach and IANR Extension Consultant
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Faculty participate in CIC academic leadership program
Five UNL faculty members participated as fellows in the Committee on Institutional Cooperation's Academic Leadership Program during the 2011-12 academic year. They are Beth Doll, Kathy Farrell, Ravipreet Sohi, David Jones and Ronald Yoder. They were nominated by the Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, who this year sponsored their participation.
The program is one of the CIC's most successful leadership initiatives. Established in 1989, the program develops the academic leadership and managerial skills of nominated faculty who have ability and academic promise. Many of the more than 1,000 fellows who have participated have advanced into leadership roles as college presidents, provosts or deans. David Manderscheid, dean of UNL's College of Arts and Sciences, participated in the program while he was a faculty member at the University of Iowa. Read more about this program in Today@UNL.
60th Symposium on Motivation opens today
On April 16 and 17 the Department of Psychology will host the 60th annual Symposium on Motivation, an internationally renowned gathering of scholars of psychology. This year the conference will focus on the theme "Objectification and (De)Humanization."
The symposium, the longest-running symposium series in the field of psychology, will bring together leading international experts to present relevant research on the motivational perspectives involved when objects and animals are humanized and humans are dehumanized or objectified. For example, people often treat their pets, technology, and the environment in human-like ways. Read more about this symposium in Today@UNL.
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.
