This Week, May 20 - 24, 2013
Lied's NEA grant to support interdisciplinary dance exploration
The Lied Center for Performing Arts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has been awarded a $20,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for its upcoming project with the groundbreaking dance company, Streb.
The Lied Center and its partners will present an interdisciplinary exploration with Streb in spring 2014. The project will involve UNL students from dance, theatre, gymnastics, architecture, and computer science and engineering, along with local K-12 students, teachers and community members. Streb company members will lead three days of residency activities in Lincoln, culminating in a public performance of "Forces" at the Lied Center. UNL dancers and gymnasts, under direction of Streb members, will maximize the legacy of the project by providing student matinees and workshops based on Streb teaching techniques to local schools in spring and fall 2014. Read more about this grant.
CBA Hosts GMAT Workshop
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Business Administration will hold a UNL GMAT Strategy Workshop on Saturday, June 1 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. This workshop is designed for those interested in learning strategies and approaches for taking the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT). The GMAT measures verbal, mathematical and analytical writing skills for graduate admission.
Registration for the UNL GMAT Strategy Workshop by 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 23 at the MBA website. The workshop registration fee is $25 and includes a take-home GMAT prep book used during the workshop and a comprehensive GMAT information packet. All attendees will be entered into a drawing for a chance to take the GMAT for free, a $250 value. If you have questions, please call the MBA staff at (402) 472-2338.
Special report on groundwater levels released
Groundwater levels declined last year in five wells assessed by UNL’s Conservation and Survey Division. The findings, in a new Conservation and Survey Division report, offer a snapshot of water level changes during the 2012 drought at selected locations in Nebraska.
While the annual reports assess data from about 5,500 wells, only five wells were selected for this special report. The Conservation and Survey Division chose these wells because they are in regions with a high density of irrigation wells and because of their historically significant water-level changes. Read more about this report in Today@UNL.
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Swearer launches Empowerment Initiative
Susan Swearer, a professor of educational psychology whose research on bullying has yielded collaborations with the White House and Lady Gaga, has launched a new initiative to support personal, social and cultural acceptance from childhood through adulthood.
Swearer's "Empowerment Initiative" will facilitate translational research and outreach efforts designed to foster healthy communities, schools and families free from bullying and other negative behaviors. Read more about this initiative in Today@UNL.
Goddard is interim dean for Arts and Sciences
Steve Goddard has been appointed to the position of interim dean in the College of Arts and Sciences. Ellen Weissinger, senior vice chancellor for Academic Affairs, announced the appointment on May 15. Goddard will formally accept the appointment, which is pending Board of Regents approval, on July 1.
A member of UNL's faculty since 1998, Goddard has been chair of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering since August 2008. He has served on the Chancellor's Commission on the Status of Women, the ADVANCE-Nebraska Faculty Committee, the UNL Faculty Senate's Intercollegiate Athletics Committee and has for the past several months led a campuswide task force to study the potential role and impact of MOOCs - massive online open courses - at UNL. Read more about this appointment in Today@UNL.
Ross features 'No,' 'Room 237'
The Academy Award-nominated drama "No," starring Gael Garcia Bernal, and the documentary "Room 237," which focuses on the theories and supposed hidden messages surrounding Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining," continue at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center. Read more about these films at The Ross website.
