Friday and Weekend, August 17 - 19, 2012
Scientists create new form of matter that can dent diamonds
What do you get when you take buckyballs, soak them in a particular solvent and crush them under the pressure of more than 300,000 atmospheres?
The obvious answer is a bunch of crushed buckyballs. But a team of scientists that included UNL chemist Xiao Cheng Zeng has found that by using the right solvent at the right pressure, they created a new form of matter that they termed an "ordered amorphous carbon cluster." It's so hard it can dent diamonds, the hardest known substance. Read more about this discovery in Today@UNL.
Registration open for athletics, research retreat
Building the foundation for a proposed Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior is the focus of an Aug. 23 retreat, "Building Research Collaborations: UNL Athletics and Research," at Memorial Stadium's West Stadium Club. UNL faculty are invited to attend.
The retreat is part of an emerging collaboration between Nebraska Athletics and UNL Research. This partnership has led to space allocation in the East Stadium expansion of Memorial Stadium for the Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior, which will use cutting-edge imaging technology to better understand the biological underpinnings of behavior and performance. Read more about this retreat in Today@UNL.
Planetarium offers Mars updates with astronomy shows
The successful landing of the Mars Science Laboratory — the rover named "Curiosity" — last week is already producing images and information from the red planet.
Curiosity is the largest vehicle ever landed on Mars and audiences can experience the landing in a fulldome animation in Mueller Planetarium at the University of Nebraska State Museum in Morrill Hall along with a live update featuring the latest information and images. These updates are presented with each public astronomy program on the schedule. Read more about the Planetarium schedule in Today@UNL.
Big Red Welcome events are Aug. 17-24
As many as 15,000 students will participate in UNL's Big Red Welcome events Aug. 17-24. The week of events is a celebration of the beginning of fall classes, a welcome convocation, with concerts, rallies, free food and other stuff, and the ultimate campus welcome event.
Beginning Aug. 17 with the New Student Convocation, followed by the traditional "Tunnel Walk" and Cornhusker Marching Band concert in Memorial Stadium, carrying through Aug. 18 with tours, and the pre-class highlight Aug. 19 at the huge Welcome Festival, students will meet others, get to know campus, eat and have fun. Read more about Big Red Welcome in Today@UNL.
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Marching band exhibition is Friday
The Cornhusker Marching Band's annual exhibition concert is 7 p.m. Aug. 17 in Memorial Stadium. The event is free and open to the public. Stadium gates three and 11 will be open for the concert.
Lane shutdowns Aug. 16-19; classes start Aug. 20
Back-to-campus time will again see thousands of students moving in to their residence halls in the span of a few days prior to the start of fall semester classes on Aug. 20.
Most students will be moving in to their residence halls from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Aug. 16 and 17. Students residing in The Village (16th and X streets) and The Courtyards (17th and Vine streets) began move-in on Aug. 13. Read more about move-in in Today@UNL.
Lectures
SCOTT ENGINEERING CENTER ROOM 237, FRI 3PMUNL Nanoscience seminar series - "A New Multiferroic Material of (Ga,Fe)2O3 Doped with Several Divalent Ions"
William Jo, professor of physics at Ewha Womans University in Seoul, Korea.
Examination Services announces new hours
Starting Aug. 20, operating hours for Exam Services are 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. The office will be open all day (including the lunch hour) during finals week. Instructions are posted on the office door (336 Canfield Administration Building) for individuals who drop off exams when the office is closed.
For more information, email examservices@unl.edu or go to their website.
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.
