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Wednesday, May 1, 2013
UNL physicists to lead $7 million research collaboration
UNL will lead a new $7.125 million research collaboration involving six universities and an industry consortium to develop a new generation of electronic devices. Semiconductor Research Corp. and the National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded a UNL physics team a five-year contract to lead a new Center for NanoFerroic Devices as part of the Nanoelectronics Research Initiative.
"Our faculty's leadership of this collaborative research endeavor sponsored by a leading research consortium and the federal government is the latest recognition of UNL's strength in nanotechnology and materials science," said Chancellor Harvey Perlman. Read more about this collaboration in Today@UNL.
Two students earn fellowships to study in Germany
UNL Honors Program students Garrett Allen and Tanner Sorensen have been awarded fellowships from the Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Diesnst (DAAD) to study in Germany next year. Allen received a fellowship to conduct independent research and Sorensen received a fellowship to attend a Master's program at a German university. Allen and Sorensen were participants in UNL's German studies department exchange program Deutsch in Deutschland at Humboldt University in Berlin last year. Both students are from Omaha and will graduate May 4.
The DAAD is a private national agency that receives federal and state funding and represents 365 higher education instutitions in Germany. It offers competitive, merit-based grants for study and/or research at accredited German institutions. Read more about these students and fellowships in Today@UNL.
Woodward to be honored at reception
A retirement reception for Gordon Woodward, professor of mathematics, is 3 p.m. May 2 in 348 Avery Hall. Woodward, who is retiring at the end of the current academic year, has worked 38 years at UNL. The reception includes a brief presentation at 3 p.m.
Woodward joined the UNL faculty in 1975 as an associate professor of mathematics. He was granted full professorship in 2003. Read more about Woodward and this reception in Today@UNL.
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UNL to move Friday commencement ceremonies indoors
With inclement weather in the forecast for Friday, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate commencement ceremonies are being moved indoors. Separate ceremonies are now scheduled for master's and doctoral candidates.
Doctoral hooding and commencement will be at 4 p.m. Friday, May 3, at Kimball Recital Hall on the UNL City Campus. A separate master's degree commencement ceremony will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 3, at the Lied Center for Performing Arts, 12th and R streets. Both ceremonies will be live-streamed at http://www.unl.edu/. Each student will be photographed as they receive their degree. Read more about Commencement in Today@UNL.
All Stressed Out & Nowhere to Study?
Looking for a quiet place to study? Scarlet Guard will be hosting their annual All Stressed Out event through May 2. Come to the Wick Alumni Center for a quiet place to study and enjoy free food and drinks, free Wi-Fi, and late night study hours. There will be a Pepsi machine and food periodically from various vendors throughout Lincoln.
The Wick Alumni Center will be open: Monday through Wednesday from 8 a.m. to midnight and Thursday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.