This Week, June 3 - 7, 2013
22nd Season of Jazz in June opens with Kendra Shank Quartet
The 22nd season of Jazz in June once again brings great music and great food to the great outdoors at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Sheldon Museum of Art. Organized by the Sheldon Art Association and Sheldon Museum of Art, the concerts take place every Tuesday in June at 7 p.m. with activities beginning at 5.
The Kendra Shank Quartet opens the of Jazz in June season. Shank and her group, pianist Frank Kimbrough, bassist Dean Johnson, and drummer Tony Moreno, combine jazz originals, standards, world music, and folk songs while focusing on improvisational group interplay. Read more about this season of Jazz in June.
Researchers develop first low-light organic photodetector
Work by a group of UNL researchers in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering and the Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience was featured on the cover of the April issue of the journal Advanced Optical Materials.
Jinsong Huang, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, December master's degree graduate Fawen Guo and graduate student Zhengguo Xiao, report the development of an organic photodetector that has the ability to function at low light levels. Read more about this research in Today@UNL.
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NU system partners with MOOC provider Coursera
The University of Nebraska system will begin working with Coursera, a leading provider of massive open online courses -- MOOCs -- to expand access to the university's course content and faculty to more people through distance learning, NU President James B. Milliken said Thursday.
The University of Nebraska system is one of 10 state university systems and public university flagship institutions to announce Thursday their intent to join Coursera. Coursera already partners with 70 leading universities in the United States and beyond, including seven Big Ten institutions. Read more about this partnership in Today@UNL.
UNL in the national news, May 2013
National media outlets featured and cited UNL sources on a number of topics in the past month. Read a full list of national media appearances in Today@UNL.
Great Plains Museum extends beadwork exhibit
The Great Plains Art Museum has extended the exhibition, "Relative Position: The Sculptural Beadwork of Molly Murphy Adams," until June 15. The exhibition, originally scheduled to close on May 26, has been extended for three weeks due to popular demand.
Murphy Adams was the 2013 Elizabeth Rubendall Artist-in-Residence and created a commissioned piece titled "Relative Position" for the museum's permanent collection between April 23 and May 3. The commissioned artwork has been added to her solo exhibition, and exhibiting concurrently in the West Gallery are works from prior Rubendall Residency commissions. Read more about this exhibit in Today@UNL.
