Friday and Weekend, July 26 - 28, 2013
Fulbright award funds youth photo exhibit
A doctoral student's Fulbright award helped fund "Land in Focus," a University of Nebraska State Museum exhibition featuring photos of six Lincoln-area youth.
The exhibit was curated by doctoral student Victoria Chraibi in partnership with the Boys and Girls Club of Lincoln, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, and UNL doctoral fellows in the National Science Foundation Integrated Graduate Education and Research Training program. The interactive exhibit showcases the connections urban youth were able to make to the natural world through creativity and inter-generational storytelling. The project was funded by a grant Chraibi received from the Fulbright Canada-RBC Eco-Leadership Program. "Land in Focus" is on display through Sept. 30. Read more about this award and exhibit in Today@UNL.
Researcher assists in particle decay discovery at CERN
With the discovery of a rare particle decay at the CERN laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland, physicists have a new incentive to continue exploration of the standard model of particle physics — and campus scientists had a direct hand in the discovery. Jose Lazo-Flores, a postdoctoral researcher with UNL's high energy physics group, is stationed at CERN and helped analyze the data amassed as physicists observed a rare particle decay that had been sought for more than a quarter-century.
The observation follows last summer's discovery at CERN of the long-theorized Higgs boson particle and helps explain the origin of particle masses and the early universe. Read more about this research in Today@UNL.
Research seeks proposals for NIH program
The Office of Research and Economic Development is sponsoring an internal competition to identify the team that will develop the UNL proposal that will be submitted to NIH's Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) program in early 2014.
NIH allows only one application per institution per fiscal year. Faculty interested in developing a COBRE application must submit an expression of interest by Aug. 12, as well as an internal pre-proposal by Sept. 16.
The COBRE program is designed to strengthen an institution's biomedical research infrastructure by establishing an interdisciplinary, and sometimes multi-institutional, center and enhancing the ability of early-career investigators to secure independent external research funding. This program currently funds UNL's Nebraska Center for Virology and Redox Biology Center. Read more about this program in Today@UNL.
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Blue Man Group tickets on sale Monday
Advance ticket sales for Blue Man Group at the Lied Center for Performing Arts go on sale at 11 a.m. July 29. The theatrical tour features brand new content highlighted by classic Blue Man favorites. The new sound, set, and video design center around a proscenium-sized LED curtain and high-resolution screen create an entirely new, high-impact visual experience for Broadway houses across the nation.
The critically acclaimed troupe performs at the Lied Center Sept. 27-29. Tickets prices range from $45 to $58 for adults. Qualifying students with an ID are half price. Tickets will be available at the Lied Center box office, at http://www.liedcenter.org, or by phone to 402-472-4747 or 800-432-3231. Read more about this performance in Today@UNL.
Carson School freshman wins GE-Reagan Foundation Scholarship
Desiree Bartels of Tobias, an incoming freshman at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film, is one of 20 recipients nationwide of a GE-Ronald Reagan Foundation Scholarship.
Honoring the legacy and character of the 40th president, the GE-Reagan Foundation Scholarship rewards college-bound students who demonstrate exemplary leadership, drive, integrity and citizenship with financial assistance to pursue higher education. Each recipient received $40,000 in college scholarships and attended an awards ceremony in June in Simi Valley, Calif. More than 11,000 applied for the scholarship. Read more about Bartels and this scholarhip.
A Hijacking opens Friday at the Ross
The thriller A Hijacking opens today at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center. Also showing for a second week is Joss Whedon's modern take on Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.
Much Ado About Nothing is rated PG-13, while A Hijacking is rated R. Both films play through Aug. 1.Read more about these films on the Ross website.
