Tom Christiansen took Howard Wiegers' Wildlife Management course in 1981. "At the time, I viewed it as an elective that would support my then-goal of being an outdoor writer," he said. It ended up being much more than just another class. "It was a life-altering experience," he said. Continue reading…
Geography Awareness Week will feature a seminar, documentary screening, the popular Geography Bowl and a student photo contest. The week-long activities are part of a campaign by the National Council for Geographic Education to spread and share the importance of geography. Continue reading…
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Nathan Watermeier, Nebraska state GIS coordinator, will present "Implications of the Nebraska Spatial Data Infrastructure (NESDI) to the Public, Local, State, and Federal Government" at 3:30 p.m., Nov. 19 in the Hardin Hall auditorium (room 107). The seminar is free and open to the public. Continue reading…
The Nebraska Master Naturalist program has announced its 2015 schedule of training sessions. The program offers participants the opportunity to get up close and personal with Nebraska's natural legacy. Participants will undergo sixty hours of in-depth training led by experts in their fields. Continue reading…
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George Ross, the first of four finalists vying to become the next University of Nebraska president, will visit UNL on Nov. 19. Continue reading…
The National Drought Mitigation Center is hosting a workshop/webinar on usability testing at 2 p.m., Nov. 19 in Hardin Hall, presented by Lana Johnson, EdMedia. You are invited to join the live audience or view it remotely. Continue reading…
UNL celebrates International Education Week with a weeklong series of events from Nov. 17-21. Continue reading…
Faculty and staff are invited to participate in a new personal and professional development program at UNL, "Dine, Dialogue and Pass It On," which is designed to encourage dialogue about race, diversity and inclusion. The November and January sessions will take place in Hardin Hall. Continue reading…
The process to seek and hire a new president and chief executive officer for the 25,000-member Nebraska Alumni Association is officially underway. Continue reading…
Karl Reinhard's research is shedding new light on the pathology of Chagas disease, a tropical parasitic disease caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi). It has recently been identified as an emergent disease in North America. Continue reading…
Kaycee Reynolds, aquatic ecology graduate student, earned second place at UNL's Big Data Symposium poster session. "It is a rare occasion to be able to discuss the focus of your graduate work with professional scientists from such a variety of backgrounds and career paths beyond academia," she said. Continue reading…
The 15th Research Fair is a campuswide celebration of research, scholarship and creativity. Events, held in the Nebraska Union and at locations across campus, are free, but some require online registration. 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…
City Campus emitted a boisterous, afternoon-long "hiss" Nov. 10 as the first cold front of the season approached. Continue reading…
With the first blast of winter chill, faculty, staff and students are encouraged to subscribe to UNL Alert to receive information for weather-related closings and campus emergencies. The alert system allows subscribers to receive up-to-the-minute details sent to a variety of devices. Continue reading…
"Plants that Eat Plants: Evolutionary and Functional Genomics of Parasitic Plants," will be presented by Claude dePamphilis of Penn State University at 4 p.m., Nov. 19 in E103 Beadle Center. The seminar is free and open to the public. Continue reading…