Katie McCollum is the lead researcher on a conservation project in Botswana that aims to learn more about the population movements of kori bustards, a near-threatened bird species. To help offset her travel and research expenses, McCollum got creative and launched an online crowdfunding campaign. Continue reading…
More details at: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/kori-bustard-conservation-in-eastern-botswana
The information provided in this announcement is tailored and geared toward all SNR students. Whether it's important dates, job/internship postings or other helpful info, students can find news essential to their success. Faculty are welcome to read and share this information accordingly. Continue reading…
Paul Taylor, founder of Arborwear, an outdoor apparel company, will visit the School of Natural Resources on March 19. His visit is made possible by the UNL Agricultural Research Division's "Big Idea Seminar Series," which is housed in UNL's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources (IANR).
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Are you good with a paint brush, a rake or a hammer? Want to get to know your peers in the School of Natural Resources? Want to give back to the Lincoln community and make it a better place? Then take part in UNL's "The Big Event" on the morning of April 5. The deadline to register is March 21. Continue reading…
Several public lectures on a varied slate of state and regional water issues will form the University of Nebraska's spring semester water seminar series. The March 19 lecture will be presented at 4 p.m. in the Hardin Hall auditorium by Sujata Manandhar of Tohoku University in Japan. Continue reading…
Kelly Turek, graduate student, will defend her master's degree thesis, "Influence of Non-Native Trout on Native Non-Game Fish in Nebraska Headwater Streams," at 1 p.m., March 19 in the Hardin Hall auditorium (room 107). Continue reading…
Karen Jensen, software users group coordinator at the School of Natural Resources, regularly shares quick tips and tricks designed to make life a little easier for faculty, staff and students using Microsoft system software. Continue reading…
Don Wilhite, professor and climatologist, is organizing a one-day brainstorming session as part of the Climate Impacts Collaborative (CIC) national program that will promote the work on climate impacts currently underway in SNR and across UNL. The session will take place April 24. Continue reading…
Two graduate students will present at the March 21 geography seminar at 2 p.m. in 228 Hardin Hall. The seminar is an opportunity for students who will be presenting papers at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) to practice their presentations. All are invited. Continue reading…
UNL faculty can learn how to amplify the impact and reach of their research and creative work across the state through strengthened relationships with the university’s extension resources during a March 18 session sponsored by the university’s Cooperative Extension Division. Continue reading…
Trevor Hefley, doctoral student, will defend his thesis, "New Statistical Methods for Analysis of Historical Data from Wildlife Populations," at 9 a.m., March 21 in 901 Hardin Hall. Continue reading…
"Toward a Mechanistic Understanding of the Roles of Pentatricopeptide Repeat Proteins in Organellar Gene Expression," will be presented by Alice Barkan of the University of Oregon at 4 p.m., March 19 in E103 Beadle Center. The free, public seminar will be preceded by a reception at 3:30 p.m. Continue reading…