Monday, March 18, 2013
Work on 27th starts Today; likely to cause delays
Repair work will begin today on the North 27th Street viaduct over the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway tracks south of Cornhusker Highway. The project is expected to cause traffic delays in the area, including for those driving to and from campus.
During the project, which is expected to be completed in August, traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction on North 27th Street between Fair Street and Cleveland Avenue. Drivers can expect delays and are urged to use alternate routes to and from University of Nebraska-Lincoln campuses. Suggested alternate routes are 33rd Street and Antelope Valley Parkway/14th Street. Read more about this construction in Today@UNL.
Georgia researcher to lead School of Natural Resources
A professor of wildlife ecology and management at the University of Georgia will be the new head of UNL's School of Natural Resources. John P. Carroll will assume the new position this summer.
Carroll currently is professor in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at Georgia, where he's been since 1998. Previously, he worked at the Game Conservancy Trust in England, at the California University of Pennsylvania, the University of North Dakota and the University of Minnesota/Crookston. Read more about Carroll in Today@UNL.
Rec centers adjust hours for Spring Break
The City Campus Rec Center will reduce hours during Spring Break, March 15-24. Group fitness and mind and body classes schedules are modified as well. read a full Spring Break schedule in Today@UNL.
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Burnfield to direct Nebraska Athletics Performance Lab
Judith Burnfield has been named director of the Nebraska Athletics Performance Lab. She holds a doctorate in biokinesilogy from the University of Southern California.
The Athletics Performance Lab will be housed in East Stadium following the summer 2013 completion of the Memorial Stadium expansion. The lab will include approximately 20,000 square feet of dedicated research space on the north half of the East Stadium addition. The lab is being designed to allow Nebraska Athletics to team with private sector and campus partners on innovative health and performance research. Read more about Burnfield and the Nebraska Athletics Performance Lab in Today@UNL.
Upgrade of NCard-activated door locks is March 18-20
UNL will upgrade NCard-activated door locks from 5 to 7 p.m. March 18-20. The upgrade will result in short periods of time when access via the card-activated doors will be unavailable.
The work is the first part of an upgrade to the Andover card access system. Any outage should last only for a few minutes. All lock upgrades will be performed after normal working hours. The outages could extend into the following day if an issue arises during the replacement process. Read more about this upgrade in Today@UNL.
Math master's program now online
Mathematicians today are acknowledging Pi Day, the celebration of the irrational number Pi (approximately 3.14), which is produced by dividing the circumference of a circle by its diameter. UNL's Department of Mathematics is celebrating by announcing that its Mathematics Master of Arts in Teaching program is now available online.
With the flexibility and convenience of the online format, teachers of grades 6-12 who can not come to campus can access the degree program, which helps them develop a deeper understanding of mathematics in the secondary curriculum and strengthens their skills in mathematics pedagogy. Applications for the program are being accepted for fall 2013. Read more about this program in Today@UNL.
