This Week, July 15 - 19, 2013
UNL center to host international digital humanities conference
From July 16-19, UNL's Center for Digital Research in the Humanities will host Digital Humanities 2013, an international conference organized by the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations. Held annually since 1990 and generally considered the most distinguished in the field of digital humanities, the conference will be attended by more than 425 people from 24 nations.
"This is a conference that has been held in places like the University of Hamburg in Germany and Stanford University," said Katherine Walter, co-director of the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities and professor in University Libraries. "To be selected as host recognizes both the importance of digital humanities at UNL and the tremendous amount of support digital research in the humanities has received from this administration." Read more about this conference.
$5.5 million grant adds up to improve math education in Omaha
Helping students improve their math skills by investing in outstanding math teachers is behind the logic of a $5.5 million grant made by two Omaha foundations.
The Sherwood Foundation and the Lozier Foundation have partnered to provide the grant to the University of Nebraska Foundation to support a three-year partnership between Omaha Public Schools and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Center for Science, Mathematics and Computer Education.
The funding supports the newly formed NebraskaMATH Omaha Public Schools Teacher Leader Academy, which involves a community of OPS mathematics teachers from grades K-12 dedicated to strengthening mathematics teaching and learning in Omaha. Through the program, teachers will have access to continuing education and graduate coursework centered on math education. Read more about this grant.
State Department invites Kebbel to conference in Russia
Gary Kebbel, professor of journalism and mass communications, has been invited by the U.S. State Department to attend the United States-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission Sub-Group on Mass Media in St. Petersburg, Russia.
The draft agenda includes discussions on citizen journalism, journalism education and training, and media coverage/perceptions of Russia and the United States. Kebbel is a member of the sub-group, which will meet July 25-28.
The State Department, in a press release, says the Bilateral Presidential Commission is "the premier forum between the U.S. and Russia to strengthen relations with each respective government and society." Read more about this conference in Today@UNL.
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71 UNL students to participate in Nebraska at Oxford Program
Seventy-one University of Nebraska-Lincoln students will participate in the 25th annual Nebraska at Oxford Program July 21-Aug. 17 at the University of Oxford in Oxford, England, the oldest university in the English-speaking world.
Sponsored by the UNL College of Business Administration, the program is open to students of all academic majors, including undergraduate students with at least sophomore standing. During the four-week program, students can take two lecture-tutorial courses on British political and international economic policy, Political Economy of Britain Since 1945 and International Economics, for six hours of UNL academic credit. Read more about the Nebraska at Oxford program.
68 Huskers earn Big Ten academic honor
Sixty-eight UNL student-athletes across all Huskers sports have been named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars. The annual high honor roll was announced July 10.
UNL's 68 student-athletes were among 637 student-athletes across 38 sports from all 12 Big Ten institutions to earn 3.7 or higher grade-point averages during the 2012-13 academic year. Among the distinguished scholars, 101 Big Ten student-athletes completed the year with perfect 4.0 GPAs, including 11 Huskers. Read more about these honors 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.
