The Faculty Senate and Academic Planning Committee are hosting two forums on opportunities and challenges in joining the Big Ten Conference and Committee on Institutional Cooperation. The forums are 2 to 3:30 p.m., March 17 (Nebraska Union) and April 18 (Sheldon Museum of Art). Continue reading…
Starting March 21, Landscape Services will be removing trees to make way for construction projects on City and East campuses. Approximately 60 to 65 trees must be removed before April 1. As many trees as possible will be replaced when the projects end. Continue reading…
The My.UNL identity management system is making changes over spring break to make accounts for new hires and new students more secure. It provides immediate user names and passwords to new hires and new students through a new account "claim" tool: http://id.unl.edu/claim. Continue reading…
The UNL Ethics Center will hold a brown bag discussion, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., March 16 in the Nebraska Union. The "Diversity and Collaborative Learning" session will be led by Jitender Deogun, professor; and Charles Riedesel, assistant professor of practice. Continue reading…
U.S. News and World Report released its 2012 "Best Graduate Schools" rankings tables today, and on the list are colleges of Business, Education and Human Sciences, Engineering, and Law.
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The UNL student group Global Friends of Japan is holding a relief/donation concert at 7 p.m., today in the Nebraska Union Ballroom. Donations will be used to assist earthquake/tsunami survivors in Japan. The student group has also set up a Wells Fargo account for donations. Continue reading…
The informational meeting about how East Campus and NU Central Administration will be affected by a summer construction project on Holdrege Street is 10 a.m., today in Varner Hall, room 19. The meeting is free and open to the public. Continue reading…
Information on teaching strategies that work with mobile devices will be presented during the Distance Education Faculty Demonstration and Luncheon, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., March 16 at the Gaughan Multicultural Center. The lunch is free, but registration at the website below is required. Continue reading…
The UNL Extension Stormwater Management Team and the UNL Water Center are co-sponsoring a lecture on "Porous Pavements in North America," 3:30-4:30 p.m., March 16 in the Hardin Hall Auditorium. The lecture, part of the Water Center's spring seminar series, is free and open to the public. Continue reading…