Monday, April 1, 2013
UNL study suggests cliff swallows evolved to dodge traffic
Cliff swallows living and building nests near highway overpasses and bridges have a better chance of avoiding cars and trucks than in the past because of a shorter wingspan that now helps them dodge those approaching vehicles, a new study co-authored by UNL's Mary Bomberger Brown suggests.
In an article published this month in Current Biology, Bomberger Brown and her co-author, Charles R. Brown of the University of Tulsa, found that their 30-year study of cliff swallows in southwestern Nebraska revealed a significant relationship between human activity and the evolution of the birds' bodies. Read more about this study in Today@UNL.
Souto invited as inaugural Seward Memorial Guest Artist at Wichita State
Associate Professor of Art Francisco Souto has been invited to serve as the inaugural Seward Memorial Guest Artist at Wichita State University. He will be in residence April 1-7.
The Seward Memorial Guest Artist program invites a nationally and internationally recognized artist to spend a week as an artist-in-residence, working with students and faculty in the creation of a limited edition fine art print. The C.A. Seward Memorial Guest Printmaker Program is named for Seward, who founded The Prairie Print Maker Society in 1930. He envisioned a strong, innovative center for printmaking and helped build it in the Wichita community. Read more about Souto and this program in Today@UNL.
Ray wins national award for activities programming work
Reshell Ray, associate director of student involvement and assistant manager of the Nebraska East Union, was recently awarded the 2013 Patsy Morley Outstanding Programmer Award at the National Association for Campus Activities national convention in Nashville.
Ray was presented a plaque by colleague and nominator Karen Freimund Wills, University Program Council coordinator at UNL. The award was established to honor those who best exemplify outstanding achievement in campus activities advisement. The annual award honors the late Patsy Morley, a former chair of the NACA Board of Directors, who died in 1981. Read more about Ray and this award in Today@UNL.
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University centers spur proclamation of Rural Education Week
With support from the Center for Great Plains Studies and UNL's National Center for Research on Rural Education (R2Ed), Gov. Dave Heineman has proclaimed April 1-6 as Rural Education Week in the state.
Center for Great Plains Director Richard Edwards and R2Ed Director Susan Sheridan joined Peter Longo, professor of political science at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, in requesting the proclamation. Read more about this proclamation in Today@UNL.
First of three MFA thesis exhibitions opens April 1 at Eisentrager-Howard Gallery
Three graduate students in the UNL Department of Art and Art History will present their M.F.A. thesis exhibitions April 1-5 in the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall.
Gallery hours are 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. A closing reception will be held on Friday, April 5, from 5-7 p.m. in the Gallery. Presenting their work in this first of three M.F.A. thesis exhibitions this month at the gallery are Alix Knipe, Sean Larson and Audrey Stommes Read more about this show in Today@UNL.
Lectures
SCOTT ENGINEERING CENTER ROOM 237, 1:30PMEngineering Alumnus Lecture, "First Year Programs in Mechanical Engineering Technology at Pittsburgh State University"
David Miller, Pittsburgh State
Lecture, "Maternal Behavior in Humans and Non-Human Animals"
Alison Fleming, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Plant Pathology Seminar, "EFR-Induced Plant Immunity Can Be Effective Against the Plant Pathogen Pseudomonas syringae"
Fan Yang, Alfano Research Group
