The Prairie Schooner, the literary quarterly of the Department of English, has named a new managing editor, Marianne Kunkel, a third-year Ph.D. student in poetry. Kunkel, who specializes in women's and gender studies, has been the interim managing editor for six months. Continue reading…
Richard Edwards has been named director of the Center for Great Plains Studies, a universitywide interdisciplinary research center. The announcement was made Nov. 18 by David Manderscheid, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Continue reading…
University Communications will host a session on shooting effective videos for the Web at 2 p.m., Nov. 30 in the lower level auditorium of Andersen Hall. Attendees will learn how to create original videos and how to access existing videos. Registration is not required. Continue reading…
"Well on Your Weigh!" is a safe and fun weight loss program for UNL faculty, staff and students. Attend a free informational meeting about the spring 2012 session from noon to 1 p.m., Nov. 30 at the Campus Rec Center, room 230. The full program will run Jan. 23 to April 27. Continue reading…
Princeton University Press has published "The 1970s: A New Global History from Civil Rights to Economic Inequality" by Thomas "Tim" Borstelmann, the E.N. and Katherine Thompson Professor of Modern World History at UNL. Continue reading…
“Mutation and Evolution” will be presented by National Academy of Sciences member Michael Lynch, at 4 p.m., Nov. 30 at the Beadle Center. The seminar is free and open to the public. Lynch is a distinguished professor of biology at Indiana University. Continue reading…
The Nebraska Gateway for Nutrigenomics Seminar Series will continue at noon on Nov. 30 in the East Union, with a presentation titled “Unraveling Vitamin E Biosynthesis for Enhanced Antioxidant Content of Crop Plants” by Edgar Cahoon. Continue reading…