Tuesday, April 2, 2013
CAREER award to help Sarma debug software development
Developing today's complex computer software can involve thousands of people working — sometimes at cross purposes — in numerous countries. Resolving inevitable glitches is expensive and time-consuming, but a UNL computer scientist thinks she can help programmers work more efficiently.
Anita Sarma, assistant professor of computer science and engineering, recently earned a five-year, $500,000 Faculty Early Career Development Program Award from the National Science Foundation to develop her software solution. The CAREER awards support pre-tenure faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research. Read more about Sarma and this award in Today@UNL.
Fourth 'Presidential Professor' lecture is today
The University of Nebraska's Visiting Presidential Professor, renowned scholar, curator and author Jonathan Fineberg, will conclude his 2012-13 lecture series on art and the mind today. The lecture - the last in a four-part series — is at the Sheldon Museum of Art, at 5:30 p.m. The lecture is free and open to the public, and will be followed by a reception.
Fineberg's lecture series is titled "The Language of the Enigmatic Object: Modern Art at the Border of Mind and Brain." His fourth lecture, "Desire Lines in the Mind," will speculate on the effects of art on the brain and set out an argument for the necessity of art, drawing on neuroscience and experimental psychology as well as the writings of artists to examine how visual thinking changes the brain, enhances creativity, and plays a central role in the creation of new knowledge. Read more about this lecture program in Today@UNL.
18 employees featured in art exhibit
The seventh annual UNL Staff Art Show is on display through April 12 in the Nebraska Union Rotunda Gallery. The exhibit features the work of 18 UNL employees. A First Friday reception is planned for 5 to 7 p.m. April 5 in the gallery.
Artists participating in the exhibition are Tarik Abdel-Monem, Valerie Bender, Eileen E. Bergt, Jennifer Brown, Cindia Carlson-Tsuda, Gretchen Cosier, Karin Dalziel, Keith Derickson, Julie Dexter, Rachel Garver, Jennifer Klein, Deanna Larson, Lacey Losh, Glenda Dietrich Moore, Melissa L. R. Sinner, Laura Wellington, Kelly White and Jody Wood.
Lectures
ENTOMOLOGY HALL ROOM 202, 4PMEntomology Lecture, "Over-summering (Green Bridge) Ecology of the Wheat Curl Mite"
Justin McMechan, graduate student
Biochemistry and Redox Biology Center Seminar, "Conformational Selection in Trypsin-Like Proteases"
Enrico Di Cera
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Stewart receives Fulbright to study, teach in Germany
Alison Stewart, professor of art history, has received a Fulbright Senior Lecturing/Research award to teach and complete research at the University of Trier in Germany from April to July 2014.
"I'm delighted. It's a wonderful opportunity," Stewart said.
Stewart will be conducting research for her book she is writing on the 16th century painter-printmaker Sebald Beham. The project is a continuation of Stewart's 2008 book "Before Bruegel." It will be the first full-length Beham book written in English. As part of the Fulbright, Stewart will also teach a seminar, "The Art of Sebald Beham and Contemporaries: New Subjects in early Modern Nuremberg and Frankfurt." Birgit Münch, an assistant professor of art history at the University of Trier, will assist Stewart with the seminar. Read more about Stewart and this Fulbright in Today@UNL.
East Campus garden plot registration is April 3
Register for an East Campus Agronomy/Horticulture garden plot at 5:30 p.m. April 3 in the Gooding Learning Center, second floor of Plant Sciences Hall. Returning gardeners have first choice for plot selection; remaining plots will be assigned through a lottery.
The gardens are open to faculty, staff and graduate students with a valid NCard. Use fees, which can be paid by cash or check, are $15 or $30 (depending on plot size). The garden plots are available on the south side of the Law College. For more information contact Aaron Young at 402-472-8339.
'Like Someone in Love,' 'Stoker' continue at Ross
The drama "Like Someone In Love" opens today at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center. The thriller "Stoker" will continue for a second week. "Like Someone In Love" is not rated. "Stoker" is rated R. Read more about these films at The Ross website.
