Emily Schlichting, a junior majoring in communication studies and political science, is the 14th UNL student to earn a Truman Scholarship. The honors student is an advocate for health care reform, and plans to use the $30,000 award to pursue a master's degree in public health and public policy. Continue reading…
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Hamilton Hall chemistry labs are getting a much-needed upgrade. UNL is spending about $1.6 million to renovate four of the labs. Demolition started during spring break, with the renovations scheduled to open for the spring 2012 semester. Continue reading…
The 20th Annual Robert Mittelstaedt Doctoral Symposium begins at 7 p.m., March 31 in the Van Brunt Visitors Center. Emphasizing dissertation research, the symposium will run throughout the weekend. Doctoral students will present their dissertation research. Continue reading…
Douglas Futuyma, one of the world's leading evolutionary biologists, will present "Macroevolution and the Evolutionary Synthesis" at 3:30 p.m., March 31 in Love Library South room 102. The lecture is free and open to the public. Continue reading…
Wayne Hubert will present "Collaboration or Agitation? Efforts of the American Fisheries Society to Address Contemporary Environmental and Education Issues" at 11 a.m., today in Hardin Hall room 901. The lecture was rescheduled after a Feb. 2 cancellation. Continue reading…
Workshops on how campus educators can integrate systems-thinking techniques into the classroom are April 5 and 6. Registration is due today. The free sessions are designed for faculty, post-docs and grad students interested in using a systems thinking approach in the classroom. Continue reading…
David Eisenbud, of the University of California, Berkeley, will present his lecture "Plato's Cave" at 4 p.m., April 1 in 115 Avery Hall. Eisenbud is one of the world's foremost commutative algebraists. Continue reading…
The 54th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Junto for the History of Science is April 1-3 at UNL. The Junto meeting is devoted to bringing together historians of science, technology, and medicine from the Midwest region. The meeting will include 25 presentations. Continue reading…
The Office of Academic Success and Intercultural Services presents Omaha's Salem Baptist Church Gospel Choir, "Voices of Victory" at 7:30 p.m., April 1 in the Nebraska Union Ballroom. This event is free and open to the public. Doors open at 7 p.m. Continue reading…