Thursday, September 27, 2012
Dedication ceremony for Voelte-Keegan center is Sept. 27
The Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience has been at the forefront of its field since its founding in 1988. Now, UNL scientists and engineers have a state-of-the-art research facility that gives them added momentum to continue making life-changing discoveries in one of the nation's highest-priority research areas.
Located at 16th and W streets, the new 32,000-square-foot Voelte-Keegan Nanoscience Research Center provides centralized research facilities for more than 80 physics, chemistry, engineering and other faculty members from the colleges of Arts and Sciences and Engineering. The building conveniently adjoins Jorgensen Hall, UNL's home of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, which opened in 2010, and is across 16th Street from the College of Engineering complex. Read more about this facility in Today@UNL.
Glorianna headlines Homecoming concert
Gloriana, with special guest Emmett Bower Band, will be featured at UNL's Homecoming concert, 8 p.m. today on the East Campus Mall. Admission is free.
Coming off an American Music Award for Breakthrough Artist and an Academy of Country Music Award for Top New Vocal Group in 2010, Gloriana released its second studio album, "A Thousand Miles Left Behind," on July 31. The album's hit single "(Kissed You) Good Night" took country music by storm, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot Country charts. Read more about this concert in Today@UNL.
Splinter, researcher and administrator, dies at 86
Bill Splinter, 86, George Holmes professor emeritus of biological systems engineering, died Sept. 26. He served UNL as a professor, department head, dean, vice chancellor and museum director.
Splinter was born Nov. 24, 1925 in North Platte. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Nebraska in 1943. He received a master of science and doctorate from Michigan State University in 1951 and 1955, respectively. Read more about Splinter in Today@UNL.
#UNL24 stories document day in our lives
Photos of Dairy Store ice cream, books, science experiments, band practice, coffee and Pepsi, computer screens, campus landmarks, homecoming preparations, getting around campus and applying for graduation -- these were some of the many mages and stories being told mostly by students during the first-ever "a day in the life" social media event on Sept. 24.
Thousands of photos and posts later, #UNL24 is but a memory -- and a website. Visit http://unl24.unl.edu/ to see the wide array of social media posts via Twitter, Facebook and Instagram from thousands of participants from across the world.
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Osborne announces retirement; Perlman pursues search for new A.D.
University of Nebraska Athletic Director Tom Osborne today announced his plan to retire Jan. 1, 2013. At 75, Osborne — who retired as Nebraska's head football coach in 1998 and who has led the Husker Athletic Department for the past five years — will step down as athletic director.
On Jan. 1, Osborne will become athletic director emeritus. He will continue to be actively involved in Athletic Department operations through July 30, 2013. Read more in Today@UNL
'Backyard Farmer' anniversary event is today
A celebration of the 60th season of "Backyard Farmer" is 5 to 9 p.m. in Hardin Hall. The event is part of UNL's celebration of the Morrill Act's 150th anniversary. "Backyard Farmer" panelists will be available to answer gardening and landscaping questions and identify samples. Program clips from the "Backyard Farmer" documentary and program bloopers will be shown.
A participant also will be able to win a visit from the panel to his or her own landscape. The UNL Dairy Store will be on hand selling dinner beginning at 5 p.m. There will be a number of displays throughout the building and various Backyard Farmer items for sale. Read more on the Backyard Farmer website.
Lectures
NEBRASKA UNION, 11:30AMGlobal Studies Colloquium, "Religion, Secularism, and Democracy in Turkey"
Ramazan Kilinc, Asst. Professor of Political Science at UNO
Discipline-based education research meeting, Summer Institute on Scientific Teaching"
Steve Harris, Anisa Angeletti, and John Osterman from the School of Biological Sciences will share their experiences in a workshop funded by HHMI intended to help faculty improve their teaching.
Mechanical & Materials Engineering Department M.S. Thesis Defense, "Optimal Reduction of Electrical Energy Consumption by Supply Air AC Motors"
Keyhan Rafiee. Advisor: C.W. Solomon To, Ph.D.
"Recent Developments in International Agri-Food Markets"
Dr. Clayton Yeutter, Department of Agricultural Economics alumnus, former Secretary of Agriculture and former U.S. Trade Representative.
SBS Seminar, "RNA synthetic biology II: Exploring the origin of Life with kinase ribozymes"
Donald Burke
WGS Colloquium, "Whose Business Is It Anyway? Or, how the American Birth Control League Waged Battle Against Commercial Birth Control Clinics in the 1930s."
Rose Holz, historian and the Associate Director of the Women's & Gender Studies Program at 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.
