Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Thompson Forum explores rights of religious minorities
The first Iranian and Muslim woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize will close out this season's E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a Feb. 26 discussion focusing on tolerance, perseverance and belief in human rights for all. Human rights activist Shirin Ebadi will present "True Islam: Human Rights, Faith and Women" at 7 p.m. at the Lied Center for Performing Arts, 301 N. 12th St.
Ebadi will tie the efforts she has made on behalf of women and religious minorities to the world of religious freedom, all while focusing on the importance of human rights throughout. She'll also share easy tools anyone can use to make a difference. Read more about this forum in Today@UNL.
NU, Indian ag council to collaborate on water, ag research
The University of Nebraska and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, one of the largest and most influential agricultural organizations in the world, have finalized an agreement to collaborate on research and education efforts in the critical areas of water and food security.
University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken and Dr. S. Ayyappan, Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, signed the Memorandum of Understanding between the two institutions last week in New Delhi. They signed on behalf of NU's Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute and the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, respectively. The signing ceremony took place during a large meeting hosted by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research for senior Indian agricultural university leaders as well as agricultural university leaders from the Association of South East Asian Nations. Read more about this collaboration in Today@UNL.
Research moving closer to cracking silicon barrier
The ability to improve silicon transistors is reaching its fundamental limit, so researchers are searching for new ways to keep making electronic devices faster and more powerful. University of Nebraska-Lincoln physicists and colleagues have taken a major step toward breaking that silicon barrier.
UNL physicist Evgeny Tsymbal and colleagues demonstrated that a nanostructure with unique properties may hold the key to creating much smaller, more powerful electronics. They reported their findings in Nature Materials, published online this week. This work builds on predictions by Tsymbal, Bessey Professor of Physics and Astronomy and director of UNL's Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, and colleague John D. Burton, reported in Physical Review Letters in 2011. Read more about this research in Today@UNL.
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University Health Center info session is today
An information session on Bryan Health's proposal to provide health care facilities for students, faculty and staff is 5:30 p.m. in the Nebraska Union Ballroom. Chancellor Harvey Perlman will answer questions during the session.
UNL has released two documents related to the proposed outsourcing of the University Health Center to Bryan Health. The documents "Responses to Issues Raised by RFP Evaluation Committee" and "University Health Center Proposal Facts" are available as downloadable PDFs.
Parking, bus stop impacted by WRAP construction
Construction of the 18th and R streets parking structure and private housing development will begin March 1.
The project will displace faculty, staff and student parking in the 18th and R streets parking lot (located between 18th Street and North Antelope Valley Parkway and Q and R streets). It will also close an intercampus bus stop (StarTran route 24) on the north side of R Street between 17th and 18th streets. An alternate bus stop for west-bound passengers will be located at the corner of 17th and Q streets. Read more about this construction in Today@UNL.
Lectures
NEBRASKA EAST UNION GREAT PLAINS ROOM, 11:30AMHelen Kelley Symposium for Excellence in Education lecture, "Elevating the Capacity of Classroom Experiences for Promoting Children's Learning Teacher-Child Interactions"
Robert Pianta, University of Virginia
Biochemistry/Redox Biolog Center Seminar, "A Kinase-Phosphatase Network for Ion Channel Regulation in Plants"
Sheng Luan, University of California, Berkeley
Entomology Lecture, "Medicinal Properties of Insects"
Ashley Yates, graduate student
