This Week, June 24 - 28, 2013
CoJMC finishes fourth at Hearst National Championship
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln finished fourth in the Overall Intercollegiate Championship in the 53nd annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program. Three students from the UNL College of Journalism and Mass Communications were invited to compete in the National Championship Round June 3-7, 2013, in San Francisco.
Of the 29 finalists, UNL's three students placed as follows: Camila Orti took second place in television; Lanny Holstein won third in radio; and Faiz Siddiqui was a runner-up in writing. Of the 106 accredited schools that are eligible to compete, this is the third year in a row that Nebraska has placed in the top five (second in 2011 and fifth in 2012). Read more about this competition on the CoJMC website.
Browns earn B'Nai Brith award
Robert Brown, professor emeritus of educational psychology, and his wife Ann Brown received the National Safety Council Nebraska Chapter B'Nai Brith Award as Safe Community Champions. The award was presented during a May 23 luncheon in Omaha.
The Browns have heralded bike helmet safety for the past 19 years. The were recognized for success in campaigning for posting "Where's Your Helmet?" signs along Lincoln bike trails and for discouraging advertisers from printing ads that feature bikers not wearing helmets.
Ann has also delivered talks to hundreds of students about how a helmet saved her life. The Browns donated the stipend from the award to the Brain Injury Association of Nebraska and educational bike safety programs.
Clinical Psychology Training Program earns national honor
UNL's Clinical Psychology Training Program has been named a top program in the United States. David Hansen, professor of psychology and director of the program, was notified that the UNL program has been named the 2013 Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Outstanding Training Program. This recognition is given to only one program every two years. Representatives of UNL's program will be on hand at the annual conference in Nashville, Tenn., in November to formally accept the award.
The program is responsible for training graduate students to become clinical psychologists with expertise in behavior therapy. In an average year, eight or nine students are admitted and the same number graduate from the program. Hansen said this recognition demonstrates the high level of success that graduates have had through the program. Read more about this program 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.
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.
UNLedu 4.0 to launch in August
The Internet and Interactive Media Group and the UNL Web Developer Network are pleased to announce the fourth major revision to the look and feel of the UNL website.
Building on last year's Version 3.1 of the UNLedu Web Framework, which added support for smartphones and tablets by employing 'responsive' web technology, UNLedu 4.0 will include support for widescreen displays among the basic features available to any UNL web content provider.
Along with a unified, branded look and feel for UNL, the UNLedu Web Framework is built using valid markup, and it complies with federal accessibility standards. Its built-in features include integrated site and directory search, single sign-on authentication and user profiles, emergency alerts, news and event feeds, and constituent chat capability. In addition, more than 400 UNL sites are now published using UNLcms, a robust content management platform maintained in concert with the web framework.
The UNL Web Developer Network meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 2 p.m. in the Nebraska Union. In its June meeting, WDN members approved a launch date of August 12 for this '4.0' revision of the UNLedu Web Framework. A deadline for updating sites to this version will be determined in WDN's July meeting.
