This Week, December 31 - January 4
2012 Year In Review
Potuto earns Faculty Athletics Representative honor
Josephine Potuto is one of 15 faculty athletics representatives who will be honored as part of the 2012 National Football Foundation Faculty Salute Initiative, noting the role and contributions of faculty athletics representatives across the nation.
Launched in 2011 by Fidelity Investments and the NFF, the initiative is an extension of the NFF National Scholar-Athlete Awards Program that provides postgraduate scholarships for college football's elite student-athletes. Fidelity, which is also the presenting sponsor of the NFF National Scholar-Athlete Awards, has taken on a leadership role with the initiative as a natural extension of its ongoing support of the scholar-athlete ideal and commitment to higher education nationwide. Read more about this honor in Today@UNL.
Larkins, Paul, Van Etten earn innovation honor
Two professors and a vice chancellor at UNL have been named Charter Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors: Brian Larkins, associate vice chancellor for life sciences and professor of agronomy and horticulture; Prem S. Paul, vice chancellor for Research and Economic Development; and James Van Etten, William Allington Distinguished Professor of Plant Pathology and co-director of the Nebraska Center for Virology. All are part of the group of 98 innovators elected to NAI Fellow status.
Election to NAI Fellows is a high professional distinction accorded to academic inventors who have demonstrated a highly prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development, and the welfare of society. The fellows were announced Dec. 18. Read more about this honor in Today@UNL.
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NSF award aids UNL engineer's efforts to build better solar cell
The sun provides all the energy humans could ever need. But capturing that power remains expensive and inefficient, which leaves fossil fuels as dominant energy sources.
Jinsong Huang, an assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, envisions a future when solar energy devices will become so inexpensive and pliable that nearly any surface, including windows and clothing, will harness the sun. He recently earned a five-year, $400,000 Faculty Early Career Development Program, or CAREER Award, from the National Science Foundation to continue his research into solar cell development. This prestigious award helps outstanding pre-tenure faculty develop as teacher-scholars and researchers. Read more about this award in Today@UNL.
UNL.edu now formatted for all devices
The Internet and Interactive Media group of University Communications and Information Services has concluded the first phase in its effort to provide full support to all devices - desktops, laptops, smartphones and tablets - by implementing a suite of web technologies collectively known as 'responsive design.' This week, the internal and external homepages were re-launched as 'responsive' designs.
You can see the effects of responsive design in your desktop browser by simply re-sizing your browser window (the page will reformat as the window is narrowed), or by viewing on your tablet or smartphone. Please use the 'feedback' links at the bottom of the page if you would like to let us know of any issues. Thank you.
