This Week, June 24 - 28, 2013
Jazz in June concludes with Jackie Allen
The 22nd season of Jazz in June concludes Tuesday (June 25) with Jackie Allen performing in the Sheldon Museum of Art sculpture garden. The free concert series takes place every Tuesday in June at 7 p.m., with activities beginning as early as 5 p.m.
Allen has toured the world, including trips through Brazil, Germany, Italy, Morocco, the Netherlands, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and China, where she was the only jazz artist to headline at the Beijing Music Festival. Stateside, she has made appearances in Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco and elsewhere. She will joined by Hans Sturm on bass, Tom Larson on piano, Dane Richeson on percussion and John Moulder on guitar. Her latest release, "Sleepin' Bee," was released this spring. Read more about Jazz in June.
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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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.
Study examines how uncertainty can affect political tolerance
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.
Mail Services to end use of campuswide FedEx account
Use of the campuswide FedEx account maintained by Mail Services will end June 30. The change, which grew from conversations with FedEx account representatives, allows for more accurate billings to departments that use the delivery service.
To continue using FedEx services, individual departments are required to set up new accounts with the company. All new accounts take approximately seven days to become active. For information on setting up a new account, contact Candy McCown at 402-472-7834. Read more about this change in Today@UNL.
