National experts discuss virology Oct. 10
October 10, 2014The Nebraska Center for Virology is sponsoring the 13th annual Symposium in Virology at the Nebraska Union on Oct 10. The free symposium includes presentations by national experts.
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$2.3M NSF grant to transform life sciences teaching
October 6, 2014UNL's Joe Dauer and Tomas Helikar have received a $2.3 million National Science Foundation grant to update life sciences education. The goal of the initiative is to transform Life Sciences 120 and 121 teaching into fluid classrooms where groups work together and students get more interaction with instructors. Lab sessions would also be taught differently, adding simulations and immersion into systems thinking.
Basolo collects national teaching award
September 19, 2014For more than 20 years, Alexandra Basolo has been a willing teacher and mentor to hundreds of students, and her efforts were recognized when she earned the 2014 Distinguished Teaching Award from the Animal Behavior Society. She received the career honor in August.
Brace Lab updates support undergraduate learning
August 19, 2014An $8 million renovation has converted UNL's 107-year-old Brace Laboratory into a facility dedicated to using innovative teaching methods to further undergraduate education.
Team receives $1.4M grant to research protein evolution
August 19, 2014A UNL research team led by evolutionary geneticist Jay Storz has received a $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for continued research into mechanisms of protein evolution.
Gardner leads discovery of four new tuco-tuco species
July 18, 2014A research team led by UNL's Scott Gardner has identified four new species of Ctenomys, a genus of gopher-like mammal found throughout much of South America. All four of the new species were found in the lowlands and central valleys of Bolivia.