This Week, June 11 - 15, 2012
Jazz in June featues Darryl White Group
The 21st season of Jazz in June continues today with the Darryl White Group and special guest artist Bobby Watson. Organized by the Sheldon Art Association and Sheldon Museum of Art, the free concerts take place every Tuesday in June at 7 p.m. with activities beginning at 5 p.m. White is a professor of trumpet at UNL.
Concertgoers are encouraged to arrive early to get a spot on the lawn west of the museum. Sheldon Art Association volunteers will sell water, T-shirts and artist CDs. Blankets and lawn chairs are allowed. Pets, with the exception of service animals, are not. Read more about Jazz in June in Today@UNL.
IANR opens office in China
A new UNL office in Beijing will open up new possibilities for joint research and faculty and student exchanges between the United States and China.
UNL's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources officially opened the office in ceremonies June 11 at China's State Administration of Grain, a national administrative agency with the mandate for all issues in post-harvest grain management, including responsibility for control of national grain distribution, providing guidelines for development of the grain industry and administering national grain reserves.
A Nebraska delegation that included representatives from UNL and the Nebraska Department of Agriculture visited Beijing twice in the past year to negotiate the opening of the office. Read more about this office in Today@UNL.
Saini receives 'New Investigator' award
Nipun Saini received a New Investigator Award from the International Society for The Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids. The award was presented in May in Vancouver, Canada, during the society's annual meeting.
Saini's presentation at the event was titled, "Inhibitors of FATP-Mediated Fatty Acid Uptake Have Different Activities in Cells That Are Tissue-Specific Models for Fat, Liver, Muscle, Intestine and Pancreas." Saini is a graduate student in biochemistry under the mentorship of Professor Concetta DiRusso.
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Big Ten, CIC law deans meet at College of Law
The University of Nebraska College of Law is hosting a meeting of the Big Ten/Committee on Institutional Cooperation law deans on June 12. All of the universities in the Big Ten (except Purdue University) have law schools. The University of Chicago Law School is included as a member of the CIC.
"I am delighted to host my colleagues and hope that this is the first meeting in what becomes a long tradition," said Susan Poser, dean of the NU College of Law. "We will be talking about ways we can collaborate for the benefit of our schools, our students and our faculty." Among the topics on the agenda are student and faculty exchanges and distance learning opportunities, as well as general discussion and consultation about issues of mutual interest and concern.
Security breach may have included employee data
On Wednesday night, May 23, a security breach of the Nebraska Student Information System, the university-wide student information system, was detected. NeSIS contains Social Security numbers and date of birth for all employees. When the initial announcement was made Friday evening, it was unclear that employee data was included.
At this time, we have no direct evidence that this information was downloaded and we have no reports of identity theft stemming from this breach. We are working with an outside security firm to help analyze the level of risk of personal information being misappropriated and to make recommendations for any additional safeguards that are needed. Read more details and find other resources about this security incident 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.
