The University of Nebraska-Lincoln and its surrounding community is constantly evolving to reach greater heights as a 21st-century, world-leading land grant institution.
This month, learn about the exciting developments involving new campus opportunities for students, the release of institution annual reports, and new university leadership joining in 2020.
Global Engagement Learning Community allows students to explore global issues and cultures
College of Journalism and Mass Communications Professor Sriyani Tidball leads the Global Engagement Learning Community at Nebraska. The community is made up of 10 freshmen, eight of which take part in the global engagement special topics course led by Tidball. The students, who are from different majors at Nebraska, live in the same dorm their freshman year and have similar interests in global and international issues.
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Coffee Talks bring together domestic, international students
Friendships and conversations are brewing through weekly Coffee Talks at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Launched as a pilot project in April 2016 by Student Involvement, the program brings together domestic and international students to explore life on campus, cultures and anything else that comes to mind during hour-long chats in the Nebraska Union.
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Water for Food Institute releases annual report
Ensuring water and food security for our growing world is an audacious goal – exactly what Bob Daugherty sought to achieve by creating the Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute (DWFI) at the University of Nebraska nearly 10 years ago. In collaboration with its dedicated partners, DWFI is making valuable contributions to meeting these challenges. As outlined in this year’s annual report, the institute is conducting innovative research, informing policy, convening stakeholders, sharing knowledge, cultivating new leaders and communicating our work to millions of stakeholders across the U.S. and around the world.
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Year(s) in review: Research report reflects on past 12 months, 150 years of global impact
Recent discoveries and innovations from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln — alongside tributes to the research pioneers who have broken fertile ground throughout its 150-year history — grace the newly released 2018-2019 Nebraska Research Report. Developed and published by Nebraska’s Office of Research and Economic Development, the annual report features more than two dozen recent advances in the natural sciences, social sciences, engineering, humanities and law that have had a global impact.
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UC Davis dean is Nebraska’s next executive vice chancellor
Elizabeth Spiller, a higher education leader and scholar who led the successful reorganization and financial restructuring of the University of California, Davis’ College of Letters and Science, has been named the next executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
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Regents approve Carter as 8th NU president
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents voted Dec. 5 to confirm Walter “Ted” Carter as the eighth system president. Carter, the immediate past superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy whose tenure included records in graduation rates and student diversity and a top national ranking by Forbes Magazine, will begin transition work as NU’s president-elect on Dec. 16. He will assume overall leadership Jan. 1, succeeding Interim President Susan Fritz.
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To submit a campus news feature for the next edition of the Global Nebraska newsletter, please contact Courtney Van Hoosen in the Office of Global Strategies at cvanhoosen2@unl.edu.