November 8, 1996
Andrews Shares in International Award
A UNL agronomy professor's contribution to pearl millet research has been
recognized with an international award.
David Andrews, pearl millet and sorghum breeder in NU's Institute of
Agriculture
and Natural Resources, is among a team of scientists and project
personnel
that received the 1996 King Baudouin Award.
Before joining the UNL faculty in 1984, Andrews was program leader and
plant
breeder with the Pearl Millet Improvement Program, part of the
International
Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, for 11 years.
The global team of scientists working for ICRISAT is the recipient of the
King Baudouin Award. The Belgian government bestows this award once every
two years to recognize major national impacts on agricultural production
deriving directly from research done by one of the 16 Consultative Groups
for International Agricultural Research Centers.
ICRISAT received the award Oct. 28 from the Belgian ambassador during a
ceremony at the World Bank in Washington, D.C.
Two UNL Scientists Honored by AAAS
Two members of the UNL faculty have been elected to the rank of fellow of
the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Reuben Rieke, professor of chemistry, and Anthony Starace, professor of
physics and astronomy, will receive certificates of membership at the
AAAS
annual meeting Feb. 15 in Seattle.
Each year the council elects to membership as AAAS fellows a select group
of individuals whose "efforts on behalf of the advancement of
science
or its applications are scientifically or socially
distinguished."
Rieke was honored for the development and utilization of new
organometallic
reactants using highly reactive metals.
Starace was honored for "numerous and significant contributions to
atomic and optical theory and for equally important contributions to the
conduct of physics."
ETV's 'Oregon Trail' Wins Chris Award
"In Search of the Oregon Trail," a Nebraska ETV Network
documentary
challenging the common myths about the great western migration, recently
won a Chris Award at the 44th Columbus International Film and Video
Festival
in Columbus, Ohio. The Chris is the highest award given to film or video
productions in each of the nine production divisions in the competition.
To earn it, the documentary received a rating of seven out of a possible
seven points. Co-produced by Nebraska ETV and Oregon Public
Broadcasting,
in association with the Oregon Historical Society, "In Search of the
Oregon Trail" was broadcast nationally by PBS in April. The program
will be rebroadcast on the Nebraska ETV Network on Sunday, Nov. 17, at 2
p.m. and again at 6 p.m.
Michael Farrell of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Television Cultural
Affairs Unit produced and directed the documentary. Editor was Alexandru
Moscu, reenactment producer/director was Joel Geyer and historic visuals
researcher was Carl Milone.
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