Monday, February 18, 2013
Cassman, Starace featured at annual AAAS conference
Ken Cassman and Anthony Starace were presenters during the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science on Feb. 17 in Boston. Cassmann talked about how to feed the world's growing population. Starace discussed the principle of an attosecond. Read full stories about each presentation below.
Starace delves into one-billionth of a billionth of a second
One-billionth of a billionth of a second.
That's the scale – an attosecond – at which scientists seek to image and control electronic motion in matter. Its natural time scale.
The principle of attosecond science was the focus of a Sunday (Feb. 17) symposium during the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. University of Nebraska-Lincoln Physicist Anthony Starace was among the speakers, presenting "High-Order Harmonic Generation, Attosecond Science and Control of Electron Motion."
Starace, a George Holmes University Professor of Physics at UNL, reviewed current theoretical understanding of the "new frontier" of high-order harmonic generation and discussed the prospects for achieving the goals of attosecond science. Read more about this presentation by Starace in Today@UNL.
Cassman says yield potential predictions can help global food security
Resolving the debate over how best to feed a growing global population requires basic information about current and potential yields at local levels around the world, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln agronomist said.
"We need to have a much finer ability to predict the productive capacity of every hectare of land and its water efficiency. It's fundamental to being able to prioritize the research agenda for agriculture and to determine what form agriculture should take," said Ken Cassman, Robert B. Daugherty Professor of Agronomy at UNL. Cassman, who also chairs the Independent Science and Partnership Council of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, spoke during the "Alternative Paths to Food Security: Making the Right Choices While Feeding the World" symposium Sunday (Feb. 17) at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Boston. Read more about this presentation by Cassman in Today@UNL.
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4,000+ named to Dean's List, Honor Roll
More than 4,000 UNL students have been named to Dean's List/Honor Roll for the fall semester of the 2012-13 academic year. The complete Dean's List/Honor Roll is available online.
Friends of Opera completes funding for Bybee endowment
A recent contribution by the UNL Friends of Opera group to the University of Nebraska Foundation has completed funding for the $200,000 Ariel Bybee Visiting Professorship Endowed Fund.
The Ariel Bybee Visiting Professorship Endowed Fund will sponsor visiting opera composers, opera directors and opera coaches to come to UNL from across the country and around the world as Ariel Bybee Visiting Professors. Read more about this endowment in Today@UNL.
Lectures
OLDFATHER HALL ROOM 827, 1PMAnthropology Lecture, "Network Techniques for Ethnographic Contexts — The Nain Networks Project in Inuit, Labrador"
Kirk Dombrowski, City University of New York
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.' Recently, 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.
