Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Award-winning Macedonian poet is Prairie Schooner's visiting writer
Macedonian poet and translator Nikola Madzirov will serve as the Prairie Schooner visiting writer on April 18-19.
In addition to work with UNL faculty and students in the Department of English, Madzirov will deliver two public presentations — a lecture on Balkan literature and translation in the Bailey Dudley Library of Andrews Hall at 1 p.m. April 18 and a reading at 7 p.m. April 19 at the Great Plains Art Museum. Read more about Madzirov and this visit in Today@UNL.
Registration open for May 14 nutrigenomics retreat
The annual Nebraska Gateway for Nutrigenomics retreat is May 14 at the East Union. The event will feature national speakers from the food industry. Registration is now open at Nutrigenomics website.
The theme of the retreat is "Fostering Ties with the Food and Nutrition Industry." It is free and open to all faculty, staff, post doctorates and students. Registration is limited and will close May 4 or before if all spaces are filled. Read more about this retreat in Today@UNL.
NEBRASKA EAST UNION GREAT PLAINS ROOM, NOON
Penn State researcher's seminar is today
The Nebraska Gateway for Nutrigenomics Seminar Series continues with Cathy Ross discussing "Retinoid Homeostasis — Why it is Important to Public Health and Medicine" at noon in the Nebraska East Union Great Plains Room. The talk is free and open to the public.
Ross is professor of nutrition and the Dorothy Foehr Huck Chair in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at Penn State University. She has conducted research in the area of retinoid metabolism and homeostasis since the mid-1970s and in the area of vitamin A/retinoids as regulators of immune function since the late 1980s.
Biotech/Life Sciences series to feature Yolken
The Biotechnology/Life Sciences Seminar Series will be led by Robert Yolken of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He will discuss the search for infectious agents as causes of serious psychiatric disorders at 4 p.m. in the Beadle Center, room E103. The talk and a 3:30 p.m. reception are free and open to the public.
Yolken is director of the Stanley Neurovirology Laboratory at Johns Hopkins. He is replacing the previously announced speaker, Leslie Hicks of the Donaldy Danforth Plant Science Center. Read more about this seminar in Today@UNL.
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Schleck earns fellowship at Folger Shakespeare Library
Julia Schleck, assistant professor of English and acting director of UNL's Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program, has been awarded a fellowship to pursue research next spring at a world-renowned research center on Shakespeare.
The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., has awarded a short-term fellowship to Schleck to pursue her latest book project, "The Genres of Early Capitalism." She will examine the ways British trading companies sought to control the form as well as the content of writing to describe their activities abroad during the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Read more about this fellowship in Today@UNL.
HARDIN HALL AUDITORIUM, 3:30PM
Water series continues
The Water Seminar Series continues with "Assessing the Ecohydrological Effects of Land Use Change Across Multiple Scales: From Leaves to Watersheds," at 3:30 p.m.in the Hardin Hall auditorium. The presentation will be led by Heidi Asbjornsen, associate professor of natural resources at the University of New Hampshire.
Asbjornsen's research interests fall broadly within the disciplines of ecosystem ecology, applied forest ecology, and sustainable agriculture, while encompassing aspects of plant ecophysiology, restoration ecology, and ecohydrology, and sustainability science. She currently has active research projects focusing on enhancing agricultural sustainability in the Midwest through the integration of perennial vegetation; understanding the effects of land use change on the ecohydrology of montane tropical cloud forests in Mexico; and exploring the response of northern hardwood forests to climate change altered nutrient availability in the northeastern United States. Read more about this lecture in Today@UNL.
LOVE LIBRARY SOUTH ROOM 111, 1:30PM
Open house to showcase Libraries' student-centered learning space
An open house for the UNL Libraries' recently renovated information literacy teaching facility is 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in Love Library South, room 111. The event is free and open to faculty, staff and students.
During the open house, participants can view the flexible and student-centered learning spaces. Information will also be provided on how the Libraries can help students improve their information literacy skills. Light refreshments will be served.
Lectures
JORGENSEN HALL ROOM 110, 1:30PMNebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience Seminar Series - "Towards high strength nanocomposite magnets - Approaches from the bottom"
Professor J. Ping Liu
Department of Physics
University of Texas at Arlington
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.
