Dan Snow at the University of Nebraska Water Sciences Laboratory helps find ways to detect and measure trace amounts of herbicides, pesticides, antibiotics, hormones, and their byproducts. Researchers are studying whether environmental antibiotics lead to more resistant bacteria. Continue reading…
UNL School of Natural Resources hydrogeologist Steven Sibray is using cutting-edge technology to map the shallow High Plains (or Ogallala) Aquifer -- technology that mining companies could also use to find uranium. Continue reading…
Jay Keasling from the University of California, Berkeley, will present “The Bold Future of Alternative Energy,” Tuesday, May 8, at 2:30 p.m. in the Hardin Hall auditorium. A reception begins at 2 p.m. This will be the final Heuermann Lecture for the 2011-2012 academic year. Continue reading…
The Call for Presenters is now open for the Water: Science, Practice and Policy symposium, Nov. 13. The planning committee for the Water Law Conference, Nov. 14, is developing the program and welcomes suggestions.
More details at: http://go.unl.edu/7b0
NUTech Ventures is offering an intensive weeklong "Boot Camp for Entrepreneurship and Technology," May 14-18. The session is designed for students and post-doctorates. Registration is due by May 5. Continue reading…
All SNR faculty, staff and students are invited to a reception Friday, May 4 at 2:30 p.m. in the second floor lobby of Hardin Hall, where we will celebrate the graduation of 80 SNR students in May and August. Continue reading…
Daniela Gurlin will defend her dissertation, "Exploration of near infrared-red models for the remote estimation of chlorophyll-a concentration in optically complex turbid productive waters: from in situ measurements to aerial imagery," at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, May 3, in 901 Hardin Hall. Continue reading…
Interviews are now being scheduled for the Summer 2012 Nebraska Master Naturalist Certification Trainings, June 17-23 at the Nature Conservancy Niobrara Valley Preserve, or July 22- 28 at Omaha and Lincoln area nature centers. Continue reading…