Friday and Weekend, May 4 - 6, 2012
Record number of students to receive degrees at May 4-5 ceremonies
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln will grant degrees to more than 2,800 students at commencement exercises May 4 and 5. This will mark the largest graduating class in UNL history, topping the previous high of 2,663 in May 2011.
Chancellor Harvey Perlman will preside at the ceremonies at the Bob Devaney Sports Center for recipients of master's and doctoral degrees at 3 p.m. May 4, and for recipients of baccalaureate degrees at 9:30 a.m. May 5. Kwame Dawes, professor of English and Glenna Luschei Editor of the Prairie Schooner at UNL, will address the May 4 postgraduate ceremony. Gen. C. Robert "Bob" Kehler, commander of the U.S. Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base, will address the baccalaureate ceremony.
Read more about Commencement in Today@UNL.
Undergrad preps for graduation, paper published in national journal
Undergraduate students crossing the commencement stage on Saturday will carry the pride of a wide range of accomplishments earned during their time at UNL. In Scott Bokemper's case, his recent achievement is one that even tenured faculty would be proud to nab.
The Sergeant Bluff, Iowa native and political science major was among the co-authors of a paper examining the neural basis of egalitarian behavior published recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, one of the world's most prestigious scientific journals. Read more about this honor in Today@UNL.
31 ROTC cadets to be recognized at May 5 ceremony
Thirty-one cadets in UNL's ROTC program will be honored at a joint recognition ceremony May 5 at the Nebraska Union.
The ceremony will begin at 1:30 p.m. in the auditorium and is free and open to the public. Read a full list of participants in Today@UNL.
Architecture project calls attention to PARK(ing), human habitat
UNL College of Architecture students on May 4 will transform ordinary parking spaces in downtown Lincoln into mini parks/architectural installations that add value to the public street. They are seeking to call attention not just to urban space, but urban space here in Lincoln. Students want to generate critical debate around how public space is created, allocated and too frequently given over to the automobile. The goal of PARK(ing) DAY is to improve the quality of urban human habitat through minimal interventions ... at least until the meter runs out.
PARK(ing) Day is an annual global event where citizens, artists and activists collaborate to temporarily transform metered parking spaces into "PARK(ing)" spaces: temporary public places. Read more about this project in Today@UNL.
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UNL in the national news: April 2012
National media outlets featured and cited UNL sources on a number of topics in the past month. See a full list of appearances in Today@UNL.
NEBRASKA UNION REGENCY ROOM, NOON
Chemistry seminar features UC-Berkeley researcher
The second presentation in Chemistry's Cliff S. Hamilton Award Seminar is noon today in the Nebraska Union Regency Room. The seminar, "Bioorthogonal Chemistry for Glycoprofiling and Beyond," is free and open to the public.
The seminar is led by Carolyn Bertozzi, a professor of chemistry at University of California, Berkeley, and an investigator for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. She completed her undergraduate degree in chemistry at Harvard University in 1988 and received her doctorate from Berkeley in 1993.
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.
