Friday and Weekend, March 8 - 10, 2013
CBA researchers to launch collaboration with National Research Corporation
College of Business Administration researchers will partner with National Research Corporation in a new research project to study the effects of psychological capital on workplace performance in a marketing and sales setting.
Psychological capital, or PsyCap, consists of a person's levels of hope, efficacy, resilience and optimism; these four components work together to drive a person's motivation and effort. Fred Luthans, University and George Holmes Professor of Management, has pioneered PsyCap research and has proven its positive impact on workplaces across several settings, including health care, education, military and banking. PsyCap's role has not yet been studied in marketing and sales. Read more about this collaboration in Today@UNL.
UNL Parents Association honors 142 faculty, staff
The UNL Teaching Council and UNL Parents Association honored faculty and staff at an annual recognition ceremony on Feb. 8.
Certificates of recognition for contributions to students were given during the ceremony. The awards provide positive feedback to campus faculty and staff about the work they do with students. The honors also encourage the goal of good student/faculty relationships. Read more about these honors in Today@UNL.
McCutcheon to assist NSF advisory panel
Allan McCutcheon has been selected to serve a two-year term on an advisory panel for the National Science Foundation's Methodology, Measurement and Statistics program.
McCutcheon is the Donald O. Clifton Chair of Survey Science at UNL and a professor of statistics, and survey research and methodology. He is also the principal investigator for the NSF/Census Research Network. Read more about this selection in Today@UNL.
Theatrix begins season with 'Gruesome Playground Injuries'
Theatrix is opening the spring season with Rajiv Joseph's "Gruesome Playground Injuries." The play runs at 7:30 p.m. March 8-9 and 2 p.m. March 10 in the Temple Building's Lab Theatre.
"Gruesome Playground Injuries" features childhood friends Kayleen (played by Kirstie Smith) and Doug (Patrick Stayer) whose lives intersect at bizarre times in their lives. These chance encounters lead the friends to compare the scars and physical calamities that draw them together. The play is performed in a black-box space. Read more about this production in Today@UNL.
Jupiter, Orion featured at March 8 observatory public night
UNL's Behlen Observatory near Mead will be open to the public from 7:30 to 10 p.m. March 8.
Provided the sky is clear, visitors will be able to view a variety of objects with the 30-inch telescope and with smaller telescopes set up outside of the observatory. These include Jupiter, the Great Orion Nebula, a star cluster and double stars. At 8 p.m., a member of the observatory staff will present a program. Read more about this public night in Today@UNL.
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Hoff featured in Sunday with a Scientist
Few people have the opportunity to be the first to lay eyes on an object that has been buried in the earth for thousands of years. That is just one of the perks of the job for an archeologist — the focus of the next Sunday with a Scientist program at the University of Nebraska State Museum of Natural History in Morrill Hall.
Visitors will be able to explore archeology during the event, "Unearthing a Roman Mosaic in Turkey," 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. March 10 at the museum. Michael Hoff, Hixson-Lied Professor of Art History at UNL, will lead the presentation. Other presenters include art history graduate students Amanda Washburn and Jeri Dobos. Read more about Sunday Scientist in Today@UNL.
Danu to perform Saturday at the Lied
The Celtic music ensemble Danu will perform at 7:30 p.m. March 9 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts. Ticket prices start at $22 for adults and $11 for youth. Tickets are available at the Lied box office, the Lied Center website or at 402-472-4747.
Danu, named for a mother goddess in Irish mythology, is one of the leading traditional Irish ensembles today. The seven-member group is from Waterford, Ireland, and performs a high-energy mix of ancient Irish music and newer selections. Read more about this performance in Today@UNL.
'Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters' opens at the Ross
The documentary "Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters" plays at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center March 8-14. Also playing is the "Women Make Movies Film Festival." "Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters" and the "Women Make Movies Film Festival" are unrated. Both play through March 14. Read more about these films at The Ross website.
Lectures
HAMILTON HALL ROOM 112, FRI 3:30PMChemistry Colloquium, "Metabolomics: Advanced NMR and MS Based Methods for Systems Biology Research and Cancer Diagnostics"
Daniel Raftery, University of Washington
Mathematics Colloquium, "The Angry Bird: Combinatorial Game Theory in the Apple App Store"
Thane Plambeck, Counterwave, Inc. Refreshments will be served in Avery Hall Room 348 at 3:30 p.m.
