This Week, June 18 - 22, 2012
Jazz in June continues with UNL Faculty Jazz Ensemble
Jazz in June continues today with the UNL Faculty Jazz Ensemble and special guest vocalist Jackie Allen.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 as early as 5 p.m.
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.
UNL team to compete in first Formula SAE competition
Students in the College of Engineering will compete their first Formula SAE race car event June 20-23 at the Lincoln Airpark. Formula SAE is a student design competition organized by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE, also known as SAE International). The competition was started back in 1978 and was originally called SAE Mini Indy.
This is also the first of five years UNL will host a national Formula SAE competition. The event features 81 colleges and about 1,400 students from six countries. Read more about this competition in Today@UNL.
University seeking info on professor's whereabouts
Weixing Li, a professor of practice in UNL's department of management, has been out of contact with his family in China since traveling there earlier this month. Family members have reported that Li may have been detained by the Chinese government, but UNL officials haven't been able to independently verify Li's whereabouts.
David Wilson, UNL's senior international officer, said his office is in contact with Li's family, diplomatic sources, and students who had traveled to China with Li for a study-abroad trip. Wilson said students contacted CBA staff when they failed to receive replies to their messages from Li after the trip ended. Read more in Today@UNL
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DiMagno's startup earns NSF funding
Ground Fluor Pharmaceuticals, a Lincoln-based medical imaging products company founded in part by UNL's Stephen DiMagno, has received a $150,000 Small Business Innovative Research award from the National Science Foundation.
The award — designed to stimulate commercial application of NSF-supported research results — allows Ground Fluor to develop and provide novel-imaging agents for positron emission tomography (PET) scans. PET is used mainly to study patients with cancer, heart disease and neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases. Read more about this startup in Today@UNL.
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.
