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.
Talks 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.
A 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 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.
A 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.
New research led by UNL's Jay Storz has pinpointed changes in a single, mutation-prone gene site that ultimately allow wrens to breathe easy in the rarefied air of the Andes.
The Innovator of the Year award was presented to Paul Blum, professor of biological sciences, for advancing novel research into significant commercial utilization. Blum’s innovations make ethanol less expensive to produce and help progress hydrogen as a clean energy source.
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