Fritz named co-chair of climate change body
January 4, 2016Sherilyn Fritz will direct PAGES, a global organization that sponsors research groups and hosts meetings dedicated to exploring causes and consequences of the planet’s climate shifts across millions of years.
UNL SciComm 2015 talks are online
December 10, 2015Talks from UNL SciComm 2015, UNL's first symposium on effective science communication, are available online. The event brought together professors and outreach experts from across disciplines.
Record 8 faculty named AAAS fellows
November 24, 2015A campus record eight UNL faculty members have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world's largest general scientific society. The new AAAS fellows are David Berkowitz, Scott Gardner, Ronnie Green, Andrzej Rajca, Mark Riley, Daniel Schachtman, Janos Zempleni and Tim Zhang.
UNL alumna traversing globe as CDC disease detective
November 16, 2015UNL alumna Alaine Knipes has earned a two-year placement with the CDC's elite Epidemic Intelligence Service. She credits mentoring from UNL's John Janovy and coursework in parasitology for her career successes.
Sci Pop Talk to focus on 'Nightmares of Spiders'
October 21, 2015A special Halloween Sci Pop Talk on "The Nightmares of Spiders" will take place at 7 p.m. Oct. 28 in the Peterson Room (Room 221) at Love Library, 13th and R streets.