This Week, July 1 - 5, 2013
Post doc reveals spider's self-destructive mating habits
It's the ultimate nuptial gift — at least that's what Steven Schwartz calls it. Others may just be glad they aren't a male dark fishing spider.
Schwartz, a post-doctoral researcher in biological sciences, discovered that the mating habits of dark fishing spiders, which reside in most of North America, include both cannibalism and male self-sacrifice. Read more about this study in Today@UNL.
Spring semester Deans' List/Honor Roll named at UNL
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has announced its Deans' List/Honor Roll for the spring semester of the 2012-13 academic year.
Qualification for the Dean's List varies among the eight undergraduate colleges and the Honor Roll for undeclared students in Explore Center and pre-professional programs. Listed below are the minimum grade-point averages on a 4-point scale (4.0 equals A) for each entity and the name of its respective dean or director. All qualifying grade-point averages are based on a minimum of 12 or more graded semester hours. An asterisk (*) following a student's name denotes a 4.0 grade-point average. Students can be on the Dean's List for more than one college. Read the full list of Deans' List/Honor Roll members..
Slight increase in Leading Economic Indicator-Nebraska
The Leading Economic Indicator-Nebraska rose by 0.09 percent in May. This slight increase in the indicator, which is designed to predict economic growth six months in the future, followed a solid increase of 1 percent in April.
The Leading Economic Indicator-Nebraska is a composite of six components which predict future economic growth: single-family building permits, airline passenger counts, initial unemployment claims, manufacturing hours, value of the U.S. dollar, and business expectations gathered from the Survey of Nebraska Business. Read more about this report..
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UNL joins national strawberry research project
UNL is one of several universities participating in a new project that aims to boost strawberry production across the country. UNL's role in the project is to continue its research into low-cost, sustainable methods for growers to produce strawberries in a winter greenhouse.
Ellen Paparozzi, UNL horticulture scientist, will lead a project to develop and compare a real-time, commercial strawberry production system in a heated high tunnel with UNL's scientifically monitored prototype greenhouse production system. Read more about this project 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.
