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Achievements | Student selected to attend world congress

November 7, 2014

Humphrey Kalibo, geography doctoral student, recently attended the 24th International Union of Forest Research Organizations World Congress held in Salt Lake City. He was among seven official bloggers selected to cover the event's technical sessions and sub-plenary meetings. Others featured in this Achievements column include Beth Lewis, Will Spaulding, Leilani Madrigal and parasitology research at Cedar Point Biological Station.

Cedar Point Biological Station photo featured in National Geographic Magazine

November 6, 2014

In the current November 2014 edition of National Geography Magazine, a photo of a thorny-headed worm taken at UNL's Cedar Point Biological Station is featured with the article Minds

Forgotten door décor returns to Brace Hall

November 6, 2014

The renovation of Brace Hall has returned a forgotten piece of campus history to prominence.

National experts discuss virology Oct. 10

October 10, 2014

The 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.

$2.3M NSF grant to transform life sciences teaching

October 6, 2014

UNL'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, 2014

For 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.