Thursday, January 24, 2013
Get Rec'd is Jan. 24-25
The largest college lifestyle festival in the Midwest returns to UNL for its seventh year Jan. 24-25. Held at the UNL Campus Recreation Center, Get Rec'd showcases more than 60 vendors and includes free food, prizes and giveaways.
Participants can try out the latest products and technology, and experience sights and sounds from local and national companies. Those attending can also enter to win more than $10,000 in prizes. The two-day festival takes places 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day and attracts more than 10,000 UNL students, faculty, staff and supporters. Admission is free and open to the public. Read more about Get Rec'd in Today@UNL.
Water for Food series examines monitoring, modeling water
One of the major challenges of managing water resources is understanding how much water we actually have. Nicolas van de Giesen of the Technical University of Delft, the Netherlands, will examine this issue in his seminar "Monitoring and Modeling the Global Terrestrial Hydrological System: Making Every Drop Count by Counting Every Drop" at 3 p.m. Jan. 24 in the East Union's Cottonwood Room. The talk is part of the Daugherty Water for Food Institute Winter Seminar Series.
Since July 2004, van de Giesen has held the Van Kuffeler Chair of Water in the Water Resources Section of the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences at Technical University Delft. His main research interest is in the modeling of complex water systems and the development of science-based decision support systems. The interaction between water and their users is central to his work in research and education. He has served as chairman of the Delft Research Initiative Environment since April 2009. Read more about van de Giesen and this talk in Today@UNL.
Wilhite planning UN drought conference
Don Wilhite, a climatologist at UNL, is helping United Nations agencies plan a global conference about growing drought policy concerns facing nations across the planet. The "High-Level Meeting on National Drought Policy: Toward More Drought Resilient Societies" are March 11-15, in Geneva, Switzerland.
Wilhite, former director of UNL's School of Natural Resources, was the founding director of the National Drought Mitigation Center and will give the keynote address at the conference. Current NDMC director Michael Hayes, and Mark Svoboda, leader of the NDMC's monitoring program area, are also invited speakers. Read more about this conference in Today@UNL.
Lectures
HAMILTON HALL ROOM 112, 3:30PMSchool of Biological Sciences Seminar, "Adaptive Cellular Responses of Drosophila to a Variable Environment"
Kristi Montooth, Indiana University
MLK Week Panel Discussion, "Race, Immigration and the Transforming of a Nation: America in the 21st Century"
Panel discussion
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Registration open for Great Plains climate forum
The School of Natural Resources will host a day of discussions in a Feb. 4 "Town Hall" forum that will examine the forthcoming National Climate Assessment and its implications for the Great Plains region.
The National Climate Assessment Great Plains Regional Town Hall Meeting is expected to attract more than 100 participants — from climate change experts to leaders in government, business and industry. The event will be in UNL's Hardin Hall and starts at 8:45 a.m. Read more about this conference in Today@UNL.
NEBRASKA UNION AUDITORIUM, 9AM
NEBRASKA EAST UNION GOLDENROD ROOM, 1:30PM
Free CPR training sessions are today
Lincoln Fire and Rescue is offering CPR training sessions to UNL faculty, staff and students today. The 30-minute sessions are 9 a.m. in the Nebraska Union Auditorium and 1:30 p.m. in the East Union, Goldenrod Room.
The training session will feature the "Hands Only" technique, which is compression-only CPR — no mouth-to-mouth contact. "Hands Only" is quick and easy to learn. It is also hard to forget and at least as effective as traditional CPR.
Bailey featured in flute recital
John Bailey, professor of flute, will be featured in a faculty recital 7:30 p.m. Jan. 24 in Kimball Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public. School of Music faculty Christopher Marks, harpsichord; Mark Clinton, piano; Diane Barger, clarinet; and Anthony Falcone, percussion will assist Bailey in the performance.
The program includes Sonata in B Minor, BWV 1030 by J.S. Bach, "Between Two Worlds (Five Images for Flute and Piano") by George Rochberg, "Ballade" by Albert Périlhou and "Itinerant (In Memory of Isamu Noguchi)" by Toru Takemitsu. Read more about this performance 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.
