Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Music student wins Fulbright to teach English in Bulgaria
Tim Wilkins, a senior music major at UNL, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship. The music composition major will be traveling to Bulgaria for an English teaching assistantship after he graduates this spring.
Wilkins, who is from Ralston, is no stranger to studying abroad. While studying in Japan in fall 2011, he said he gained a great appreciation for other cultures. Eager to build upon this opportunity, Wilkins began zeroing in on a Fulbright scholarship. After visiting with Laura Damuth in the UNL Fellowships Office, he began the process of applying for a Fulbright to Bulgaria. “As soon as Tim spoke to me about his interest in an English-teaching Fulbright, I suggested Bulgaria because of its rich musical traditions,” Damuth said. Read more about this grant in Today@UNL.
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World Food Prize winner to give Heuermann Lecture
"The Global Food System and Related Policy Challenges" is the topic when World Food Prize Laureate Per Pinstrup-Andersen presents the Heuermann Lecture at 3:30 p.m. in Hardin Hall auditorium.
Pinstrup-Andersen, World Food Prize Laureate in 2001, is the H.E. Babcock Professor of Food, Nutrition and Public Policy, the J. Thomas Clark Professor of Entrepreneurship and a professor of applied economics at Cornell University. He also is an adjunct professor of food economics at the University of Copenhagen. Read more about this lecture in Today@UNL.
Spring UNL Research Fair begins April 10
The 2013 Spring UNL Research Fair will take place April 10-11 in the Nebraska Union. The fair showcases undergraduate and graduate student research and creative activity accomplishments at UNL.
This year’s Research Fair highlights interdisciplinary research work on campus. The Office of Research and Economic Development, in collaboration with the Office of Graduate Studies, is sponsoring a Graduate Research Forum and a Graduate Poster Session from 1-3 p.m. April 10. The Graduate Poster Fair will follow, from 3-5 p.m. Read more about the 2013 Spring Research Fair in Today@UNL.
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Memorial Stadium to host commencement May 3, 4
May UNL graduates will have a one-of-a-kind experience as the university is scheduled to hold commencement exercises in Memorial Stadium for what is believed to be the first time.
The ceremony for graduate degrees will be at 4 p.m. May 3, and the ceremony for baccalaureate degrees will be at 9:30 a.m. May 4. The College of Law will again conduct its spring commencement exercises in the Lied Center for Performing Arts, 301 N. 12th St. beginning at 3 p.m. May 4. Read more about Commencement in Today@UNL.
Jack Hoffman 69-yard TD No. 1 'Favorite' on YouTube Trends
The Huskers.com video of 7-year-old RB Jack Hoffman's 69-yard run in Saturday's Spring Game is among YouTube's top trending videos for today, nearing 4 million views at last check.
Hoffman, a pediatric brain cancer patient, began his relationship with the Huskers through the Athletic Department's Life Skills program. Read more about Jack Hoffman.
Lectures
GAUGHAN MULTICULTURAL CENTER, 1PMLecture, "Culture and Measurement Error in Health Surveys"
Tim Johnson
Biochemistry and Redox Biology Center Seminar, "Mitochondrial Fission, Fusion and Stress"
Alexander van der Bliek, UCLA
Entomology Lecture, "Ethnoentomology: Insects and Human Folklore"
Kyle Koch, graduate student
History Lecture, “Researching North America: Sir Humphrey Gilbert’s 1583 Expedition and a Reexamination of Elizabethan Colonization in the North Atlantic World"
Nate Probasco, doctoral candidate
