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Azizinamini to
lead bridge design seminar
Atorod Azizinamini, professor
of civil engineering at UNL
and director of the National Bridge
Research Organization, will
lead a seminar on "Steel Bridge
Design Using AASHTO LRFD
Bridge Design Specifications" in
November at the University
of Missouri-St. Louis. The seminar is
devoted to the design of
steel bridges using AASHTO LRFD design
specifications and will
also discuss seismic design issues and an
overview of recent
and important developments in the field of steel
bridges.
Project to fight violence earns $200,000 grant
A
project to prevent violence against women at the UNL campus
has
received $200,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of
Justice.
The project establishes a community- and campus-based task
force to prevent violence against women and is part of the 2001
Community Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Plan for Lincoln
and
Lancaster County. Partners include eight community law enforcement
and victims' services organizations, UNL administrators and several
UNL offices, including the Women's Center, Student Involvement,
University Police, Student Judicial Affairs, Health Center, Housing,
Employee Assistance, Greek Affairs and ASUN student government,
among others.
Professors receive
funds for Whitman archive
Two NU faculty members, Ken Price and Katherine Walter,
have
received a research and demonstration project grant of
$245,000
from the Institute of Museum and Library Services for a
two-year
project, "A Virtual Archive of Whitman's
Manuscripts."
Price is Hillegass chair in 19th
century American literature
in the Department of English. Walter is
special collections and
preservation chair in University Libraries.
UNL, in partnership with the University of Virginia, will
direct an effort to create a finding aid to an estimated 70,000
Walt Whitman manuscripts at more than 60 institutions.
The
project, which begins Nov. 1, will provide access to digital
images
of about 4,300 poetry drafts. It will also fund the creation
of a
search interface, the establishment of best practices for
Encoded
Archival Description implementation across collections,
and the
development of a model for scholar-archivist collaboration.
The project will make it possible to visit via a Web browser
all
libraries at which the manuscripts reside, Price said.
Weiss wins research
fellowship
Wendy Weiss, associate professor of textiles,
clothing and
design and director of the Robert Hillestad Textiles
Gallery,
received a research fellowship through the Advanced
Studies Office
of the Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library in
Winterthur, Del.
The title of the study she conducted at the
library was "Integrating
Handweaving and Electronic Technology
in Textile Art Based on
French, English, German and American
Weaving Manuals and Swatch
Books in the Downs Collection."
Winterthur supports research
on preindustrial crafts, Shaker
history and the fine and decorative
arts.
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