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Friday and Weekend, June 21 - 23, 2013

Architectural drawing of the new Veterinary Diagnostic Center.
Architectural drawing of the new Veterinary Diagnostic Center.

Vet Diagnostic Center collects $100,000 donation

To help ensure livestock producers and others have access to the best available laboratory diagnostics, research, education and outreach services, Farm Credit Services of America has given $100,000 to support a new Veterinary Diagnostic Center at UNL.

The gift made to the University of Nebraska Foundation supports plans to replace an aging facility that no longer meets modern laboratory standards. The new facility planned to replace it will enable the university to better serve veterinarians, livestock producers, public health officials and others in Nebraska and around the country who depend on its services. Read more about this gift in Today@UNL.

 

May graduates invited to participate in Aug. 17 ceremony

UNL has invited graduates who were scheduled to receive diplomas in the May 4 baccalaureate ceremony to participate in the Aug. 17 commencement at Pinnacle Bank Arena. The May 4 ceremony was scheduled to be outdoors in Memorial Stadium due to the unavailability of the Bob Devaney Sports Center and Pinnacle Bank Arena. However, weather conditions forced cancellation of the ceremony and graduates received degrees in the Hawks Championship Center.

UNL's August commencement ceremonies are scheduled to be the first events in the new Pinnacle Bank Arena. Graduate degrees will be conferred on Aug. 16 and bachelor's degrees on Aug. 17. Read more about these ceremonies in Today@UNL.

 

NU Press partnership awarded $2.5 million

The University of Nebraska Press, in partnership with Western University and the American Philosophical Society, was recently awarded $2.5 million from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council to edit and publish a series of 17 volumes of the Franz Boas Papers over the next seven years.

Franz Boas was a founding figure of North American anthropology and a distinguished public intellectual until his death in 1942. His name no longer resonates beyond academic communities, but his concept of "cultural relativism" is a common term in the United States. Boas sought to understand the relationships between culture, language, songs, stories and religion among Native American and Canadian First Nations peoples. Read more about this award and partnership in Today@UNL.

 

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Study examines how uncertainty can affect political tolerance

Ingrid Haas
Ingrid Haas

It's a safe bet that in the course of perusing the news on a daily basis, you are confronted with political messages that differ from your own beliefs. But how open are you to those viewpoints? Are you in a frame of mind that allows you to at least consider their validity, or do they just reflexively bounce off your partisan hide?

Ultimately, your level of political tolerance may depend upon how safe, uncertain or threatened you may feel when considering those opposing views, new research from UNL suggests. A study authored by Ingrid Haas, assistant professor of political science, examined the situational effects of emotion on political tolerance. It found that though someone may be in a state of uncertainty — a condition that would typically lead to less tolerance — they show more political open-mindedness if they also perceive themselves to be out of harm's way. Read more about this study in Today@UNL.

 

'A Place at the Table' event is June 23

The Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center will host a "Place at the Table" event that includes information on healthy foods along with a movie screening and discussion starting at noon June 23.

"A Place at the Table," showing June 21-27 at the Ross, examines the issue of hunger in America through the lens of three people — Barbie, a single Philadelphia mother who grew up in poverty and is trying to provide a better life for her two kids; Rosie, a Colorado fifth-grader who often has to depend on friends and neighbors to feed her; and Tremonica, a Mississippi second-grader whose asthma and health issues are exacerbated by the largely empty calories her hardworking mother can afford. Read more about this film and discussion in Today@UNL.

 

Campus observatory offers public nights

The UNL Student Observatory's 16-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain domed telescope.
The UNL Student Observatory's 16-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain domed telescope.

The UNL Student Observatory is open to the public on alternating Friday evenings through Aug. 16. The next public night is 8:30 to 11 p.m. Friday (June 21).

The observatory is located on top of the Stadium Drive parking garage at 10th and T streets. The public nights will be cancelled on cloudy evenings. Other public nights — all 8:30 to 11 p.m. — are July 5, July 19, Aug. 2 and Aug. 16.