This Week, August 5-9, 2013
$3.2M grant to study program aimed at keeping kids in school
Kids with emotional and behavioral disorders are more likely to miss school, fail classes and drop out than any other group of students with disabilities. With support from a $3.2 million grant, UNL researchers are evaluating a unique new program that uses parent-to-parent support to encourage families to get the help they need to keep kids in school.
The four-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences enables UNL researchers to evaluate the Parent Connectors Program. The team, led by Kristin Duppong Hurley, research associate professor of special education and communication disorders, will assess the program's effectiveness and, if proven valuable, will help expand the program. Read more about this grant in Today@UNL.
3D printing forum is Tuesday
Information Technology Services is hosting a 3D printing listening session at 11 a.m. today (Aug. 6) in the Nebraska Union (room posted). Feedback from the forum will be used to gauge interest in 3D printing technology.
Discussion items will include future 3D printing plans/ideas and ways to move forward.
Dean's Days continue this week
Office of Admissions recruitment staff are embarking on a fact-finding mission across campus.
Continuing this week, Admissions will offer Dean's Days at UNL's colleges and the Exploratory and Pre-Professional Advising Center. The goal is to help recruitment staff learn more about academic opportunities on campus.
Dean's Days are hosted at the respective college. Meeting room information will be available at the Dean's Days website.
Housing offers suite-style open house
University Housing is holding open houses for faculty and staff to view single- and double-bedroom suites in the Robert E. Knoll Residential Center and the new University Suites. The open houses are 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. on both Aug. 8-9.
The tour starts in the entrance to University Suites. The event will showcase the amenities and conveniences offered in the two residence hall facilities.
Symposium to feature student research
The Nebraska Summer Research Symposium is 1 to 3 p.m. Aug. 7 in the Nebraska Union Centennial Room. The event will feature research findings by more than 100 high school and undergraduate student researchers from across campus.
The symposium is free and open to faculty, staff and students. Refreshments will be served. Research programs represented include the Nebraska Summer Research Program, UCARE, Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry Summer Research Program, and Nanotechnology High School Summer Internship Program.
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UNL in the national news: July 2013
National media outlets featured and cited UNL sources on a number of topics in the past month. Read a full list of appearances in Today@UNL.
Schroeder first to interview for Rural Futures Institute director
The first public presentation by a candidate vying to become the founding executive director of the University of Nebraska's Rural Futures Institute is 3 to 4:30 p.m. Aug. 7 at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. The session will be streamed live and archived at http://go.unl.edu/ziq.
The first candidate is Charles Schroeder, president and executive director of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. Read more about Schroeder in Today@UNL.
UNLedu 4.0 Go-Live Date Under Review
In order to optimize coordination across campus on the launch of UNLedu 4.0, the previously-announced August 12 release date for the UNLedu 4.0 Web Framework (the 'templates' ) upgrade is under review.
No sites other than those specifically authorized in writing by the Director of University Communications may be launched in the UNLedu 4.0 templates at this time. The sole exception is the Web Developer Network site, which -- for testing purposes and by tradition -- is a live site published in the latest codebase during each template transition. Discussions regarding a new deployment schedule are ongoing and will be communicated early in the fall semester.
Read more about UNLedu 4.0, which builds upon last years 'responsive' web technology release (3.1) and includes significant improvements in support for widescreen displays. On top of a strong base of valid markup, and in compliance with federal standards for accessibility, the UNLedu Web Framework includes built-in features such as integrated site and directory search, single sign-on authentication and user profiles, emergency alerts, news and events feeds, and a constituent chat service.
