The Robert and Ardis James Foundation has made a $7 million gift to the NU Foundation's Campaign for Nebraska for expansion of Quilt House, home to the International Quilt Study Center & Museum, plus a $1 million permanent endowment for salary, research or program support. Continue reading…
Eve Brank, associate professor of psychology, has been awarded a nearly $200,000 National Science Foundation grant to conduct research into why citizens consent to searches. She will work with Jennifer Groscup of Scripps College in Claremont, Calif., on the project. Continue reading…
Planning is under way for UNL’s annual steam outages. Dates for the outages are May 5-11 for City Campus and May 12-18 for East Campus. The steam distribution system must be shut down to conduct maintenance. Continue reading…
Author Joan Lippincott will discuss how, through campus collaborations, libraries can serve as a "one-stop" success center to better serve students and faculty. The free lecture is 10 a.m. April 25 in the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Cente,r room 212. Continue reading…
Molly Murphy Adams is the 2013 Elizabeth Rubendall Artist-in-Residence at the Great Plains Art Museum. She is in residence through May 3. Murphy Adams is creating a sculptural beadwork that will become a part of the museum's permanent collection. Continue reading…
The final writings of mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan are the focus of the 2013 Howard Rowlee Lecture, 4 p.m. April 25 in 115 Avery Hall. The talk, "Ramanujan's Lost Notebook and its Mysteries," will be led by George Eyre Andrews of Penn State University. Continue reading…