Friday and Weekend, August 16-18, 2013
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The Nebraska N hangs in the background as the newly opened Pinnacle Back Arena fills with family and friends. Photo by Greg Nathan / University Communications
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Husker Pride shows through with decorated mortar boards Photo by Greg Nathan / University Communications
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Chancellor Perlman leads the procession of deans and dignitaries to the stage to begin the first Undergraduate Commencement in the new arena. Photo by Greg Nathan / University Communications
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Jacob Lind of Eagle Nebraska waves to the crowd after receiving his diploma. Photo by Greg Nathan / University Communications
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Family and friends gather in the lobby of Pinnacle Bank Arena, waiting to congratulate their graduate. Photo by Greg Nathan / University Communications
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Beth Lorraine Kalnins of Lincoln receives big hugs from her grandkids after receiving her degree from the College of Education and Human Sciences. Photo by Greg Nathan / University Communications
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Daniel Riley and Sabrina Buckwald both of Lincoln pose in front of the Nebraska wall as a fellow graduate takes a photo. Photo by Greg Nathan / University Communications
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Matt Murphy kisses his fiancé, Katie Whelden, congratulating her on receiving her degree from the College of Education and Human Sciences. Photo by Greg Nathan / University Communications
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Kimberly Schumacher, College of Education and Human Sciences graduate, poses for a photo with her parents in front of the Pinnacle Bank Area. Photo by Greg Nathan / University Communications
August commencement is first event in new arena
August commencement exercises were the first events in the newly opened Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln's Haymarket area.
The arena, at 400 Pinnacle Arena Drive, immediately west of Lincoln's central post office at Eighth and R streets, hosted a ceremony for students earning graduate and professional degrees at 3 p.m. Aug. 16 and one for those earning bachelor's degrees at 9:30 a.m. Aug. 17. Approximately 775 degrees were awarded, nearly evenly divided between the two ceremonies. Read more about commencement in Today@UNL.
Three journalism faculty receive teaching awards
Three journalism and mass communications faculty earned four of seven awards in the 2013 edition of Teaching News Terrifically in the 21st Century. The awards were announced during an Aug. 9 business meeting of the Newspaper and Online News Division of the Association of Education for Journalism and Mass Communication.
Sue Burzynski Bullard won the full-time faculty division with a teaching idea titled, "Short and Tweet." Carla J. Kimbrough took second place with "ProWatch: Critically Thinking about Reporters' Work." Michelle Carr Hassler tied for third place with the article "The Amazing Twitter List Race." Read more about these awards in Today@UNL.
Arendt, Kato documentaries play the Ross
Margarethe von Trotta's biopic focusing on the German-Jewish philosopher and political theorist "Hannah Arendt" and the documentary "Call Me Kuchu," about gay rights activism in Uganda, open today at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center. Both films are unrated and play through Aug. 22. Read more about these films at The Ross website.
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DeLong helps confirm bird migration theory
Scientists have long suspected that birds' migratory speeds and pathways are ultimately affected by their body size, rather than their physical limitations. UNL ecologist John DeLong played a significant part in a newly published study that has confirmed that theory.
The work, in which DeLong collaborated with researchers at Cornell University, confirmed that larger birds are much slower in their migrations. It also formed a broad outline of the migration patterns of 102 bird species in the lower 48 states by using data from Cornell's eBird database, where bird watchers record their observations. Read more about DeLong and this study in Today@UNL.
OLLI open house is Sunday
The Osher Lifelong Learning Center is hosting an open house 1:30 to 3 p.m. Aug. 18 at the Cornhusker Hotel, 333 S. 13th St. The program will include a 2:30 p.m. music performance, "Songs from Broadway and Beyond," by Mary Carrick and Todd Brooks.
The event, which is free and open to the public, will include information on OLLI programs. Parking will be available in the garage adjacent to the Cornhusker Hotel or on the street. More information is available at the OLLI website.
UNLedu 4.0 Go-Live Date is January 10
In order to optimize coordination across campus on the launch of UNLedu 4.0, a deployment window from January 10 - May 15, 2014 has been announced.
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.
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.
