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Achievements | Student selected to attend world congress

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.

Achievements | Student selected to attend world congress

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.

National experts discuss virology Oct. 10

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

$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.