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This Week, July 15 - 19, 2013

UNL's Jim Lewis talks during the July 15 $5.5 million grant announcement in Omaha. (Greg Nathan, University Communications)

UNL leads $5.5M effort 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 UNL'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 in Today@UNL.

 

Cather Hall to re-open to meet campus housing demand

In response to high demand for campus housing, UNL will re-open Cather Hall this fall.

The university had taken Cather offline in May in anticipation of the opening of the new 513-bed University Suites residence hall at 18th and R streets. However, based on the number of contracts received so far this summer, housing officials turned to the 50-year-old residence hall to handle the demand.

Housing contracts will continue to be accepted through August, making an exact number of students living on campus difficult to precisely calculate at this point — but officials presently have a clear enough picture to know they will need more space in the fall, said Sue Gildersleeve, UNL's director of housing. In previous years when housing requests have exceeded capacity, students were assigned temporary quarters in converted lounges in traditional residence halls. This year, the high number of students seeking on-campus housing makes that option impractical. Read more about this demand in Today@UNL.

UNL center hosting 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.

 

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Wals shows Mexican immigrants' politics are more diverse than pundits assert

Sergio Wals
Sergio Wals

In the 2012 presidential election, seven out of 10 Latino immigrants voted for President Obama. As news pundits dissected the defeat of Mitt Romney, they dismissed the Latino vote as unattainable for the Republican Party.

But UNL political scientist Sergio Wals says that's not necessarily the case. In a new study published in the journal Electoral Studies, Wals found that Mexican immigrants who are more politically invested are center or center-right in their political ideologies. Read more about this study in Today@UNL.

 

Sheldon offers free program exploring impact of museums, modernism

The Sheldon Museum of Art and the Lincoln chapter of the American Institute of Architects are offering a series of free programs that explore the impact of museums and modernism on our lives.

The program will feature three award-winning movies on renowned architects whose work includes museum design. The films show at 7 p.m., July 16, 23 and 30 in the Sheldon's Ethel S. Abbott Auditorium. Each screening will be followed by a discussion led by AIA members and other experts. Read more about this program in Today@UNL.

 

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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. The deadline for updating sites to this version is January 7, 2014.