Flying high During halftime of the Sept. 15 Huskers football game with Arkansas State, a collaboration between Strategic Air and Space Museum, Physics, University Communications, the NASA Nebraska Space Grant Consortium, Omaha Public Schools, Lincoln Public Schools, UNL 4-H and the University of Nebraska at Omaha launched two high-altitude balloons into “near space.” The balloons were embedded with experiments built by Nebraska high students and UNL physics pro- fessors Greg Snow and Dan Claes. The balloons were launched with the help of Clayton Anderson, a NASA astronaut from Ashland, Neb. Information from the experiments is being shared with hundreds of students through the National Science Olympiad. http://go.unl.edu/game_day_launch

www.unl.edu/scarlet The monthly newspaper for faculty and staff of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln­ Vol. 22, No. 9 Sept. 27, 2012 Regents approve new CBA building

By Sheri Irwin-Gish Inside: Q&A with CBA Dean Donde Plowman. Page 2 Business Administration “Building a state-of-the-art facility will help us attract The University of Nebraska Board of Regents approved world-class faculty and students and will help us estab- plans for a new College of Business Administration lish a major footprint in the Big Ten, home to some of building, making way for one of the most significant the best public business schools in the world. To achieve events in the history of the college, and the largest aca- our enrollment goals, we need state-of-the-art facilities demic building project in recent history at UNL. and more room to teach more students,” Plowman said. The announcement reflects the strategic vision “The new building will provide all of the things that of Donde Plowman, dean of the College of Business our students need to graduate from CBA best prepared Administration, to build a world-class college of busi- for the modern workforce.” ness. Plowman said the new building is essential in CBA| page 3 Concept drawing of the new CBA building proposed for the corner of 14th achieving that goal. and Vine streets. Chancellor: College of Architecture Community Design Studio ‘Size matters’ to UNL’s future University Communications

Size is the key to UNL’s future success, Chancellor Harvey Perlman said Sept. 11 in his annual State of the University Address. In the 45-minute address, Perlman said meeting growth goals PETER HIND|COURTESY in enrollment, research dollars and Architecture majors in the Community Design Studio will get the chance to generate a master plan for the National Museum of Bermuda. The museum faculty hires will provide greater recently expanded and includes barracks that were recently used as a prison. The project, which will be led by Peter Hind, assistant professor, covers 16 opportunities to students and allow acres around the oldest dock. the university to serve students bet- ter. A growing university will also benefit Nebraska, helping the state draw and retain talented young people. Increased research will gener- ate jobs necessary to keep those Bermuda bound talented young people in Nebraska. And, growth would help UNL increase its standing among Big Ten Hind, students land master plan project peers, he said. “Last year I proposed we set By Troy Fedderson By Troy Fedderson our sights on a university of 30,000 University Communications University Communications students, a $300 million level of research expenditures, a 70 per- eter Hind’s summer vacation is ush- cent six-year graduation rate, and ering a UNL program onto the world a significant increase both in the stage. number and recognition of ten- While visiting family in Bermuda, ured faculty,” said Perlman in the the assistant professor of architecture address. “Some of you might have inquired about expansion plans for the thought we would take a year or British protectorate’s maritime museum. two off and consolidate our gains, After discussions with the museum’s direc- or at least enjoy the fruits of our tor and governing board, Hind landed a labors. We are entitled to bask but group of UNL seniors in the College of The acquisition of the casemates, the former prison not pause in our new sense of place. Architecture’s Community Design Studio and barracks, will allow the museum to expand. “The things that come to those a job developing the museum’s new master who wait will be the things left plan. behind by those who get there first.” “This spring and summer we will take give something back to my home nation To achieve enrollment goals, students to Bermuda on a service-learning and a museum I grew up with.” Perlman said UNL must recruit trip to work with trustees and constituents UNL’s Community Design Studio was every Nebraska high school gradu- to organize and produce a new master plan resurrected by Hind six years ago. The ate, recruit more non-residents, and Dan Scott (left) and Peter Hind visited the for the National Museum of Bermuda,” senior-level architecture course has pre- National Museum of Bermuda earlier this said Hind. “This is very cool because it viously worked with Lincoln-area orga- CHANCELLOR| page 3 month. Scott, a masters student, is using the takes what has been a local community nizations to design various structures. design studio and expands it to interna- site and museum as the subject of his archi- BERMUDA| page 7 tectural thesis. tional. And, I also get the opportunity to

National Museum of Bermuda (http://www.bmm.bm) — Served as the primary mid-Atlantic naval yard for — Collection includes more than 30,000 objects span- the British Navy from 1795 to 1995. ning the 16th to 21st centuries — Run by a non-profit, non-government charity — Draws more than 50,000 visitors annually Greek mythology love stoked Hoff’s career path By Troy Fedderson ever wanted to were not allowed to go on digs. That University Communications be,” said Hoff. is something Hoff does not allow to “It’s what happen today. I dreamed One of U “I want our students to have Michael Hoff can trace the roots An ongoing Scarlet series that features of his archaeology career to a book about.” stories about the lives of faculty and staff the opportunity to participate in His parents purchased the Greek As an at UNL. Submit ‘One of U’ story ideas to a dig early in their undergraduate mythology book and Hoff, then a 8-year-old, [email protected] or 402-472-8515 career,” Hoff said. “It’s invaluable first grader, read it cover to cover, Hoff was experience to be able to go beyond repeatedly. inspired to the classroom and see what archae- Today, Hoff is a professor of art learn Greek archaeology program. ology is all about. For me, getting history and classics at UNL. He is after watch- Hoff “I wanted to work in the ancient down in the dirt is the best part.” also director of an excavation that ing the Mediterranean world of the Greeks His first dig, at the Roman Fort this summer unearthed a massive, Cinemascope film “The 300 and Romans,” Hoff said. “To do of Segedunum in England, came 1,600-square-foot Roman mosaic Spartans.” that, you needed degrees in classics the summer after college gradua- in southern Turkey (http://go.unl. And when it came time for col- or art history. I earned degrees in tion. He was there for six weeks and edu/hoff). lege he enrolled at the University of both.” never saw the sun once. “Being an archaeologist is all I’ve Missouri to be part of its respected At that time, undergraduates HOFF| page 7 2| Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012 Scarlet University of Nebraska-Lincoln Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012 | 3 Donde Ashmos Plowman Regents honor Dean of Business Administration State of the University Employee Service Awards RFP issued to replace Donde Ashmos Plowman is the James that we were able to place 100 percent of University Health Center Allen, Popoola Jr. and Susan Stuart Endowed Dean of our students in jobs. I would like to say our the College of Business Administration faculty are known around the world for the UNL has issued a request for and sustainability of the facility with Kudos and professor of Management. Plowman quality of their research. I would like to say proposals to determine if an out- represents a real concern as UNL’s was named the ninth dean of CBA in that Nebraska is a name associated with a side health provider would con- student numbers and program- Paula Allen and Zainudeen “Deen” Popoola February 2010. She started as dean on July high-quality business degree. struct a new building and assume ming needs continue to grow. received University Kudos Awards at the Sept. 1, 2010. Plowman sat down with University responsibility for the University “To replace the facility, we 14 meeting of the University of Nebraska Board Communications’ Troy Fedderson for this How important is it for the college to be Health Center. would have to impose a fee on all of Regents. Allen is administrative assistant for Q&A on Sept. 19 — the same day as her actively engaged with business colleagues Chancellor Harvey Perlman students — a fee students consis- the Association of Students of the University of 60th birthday. outside academia? announced the proposal in his Sept. tently have said they do not want,” Nebraska, a post she has held since 1987. Popoola 11 State of the University Address. Perlman said in a column in the It is essential that a business school is director of custodial services and has been with What drew you to apply for the CBA Juan Franco, vice chancellor for Lincoln Journal Star. have strong partnerships with the business UNL since July 2009. dean position at UNL? Student Affairs, outlined the ratio- According to details in the RFP, Allen’s nominator said community. We have some engagement nale for the proposal in a Sept. 12 the new health center would be she serves as the face at the Initially, when I was called about this job, initiatives that we want to undertake. We message to campus (http://go.unl. built by 2014 at the former Textron ASUN front desk welcom- I really didn’t want to leave Tennessee. But want to provide executive education courses edu/my7). Building, northeast of Antelope ing students and visitors. the more I learned about the position, the where professionals can come for two days “The increasing complexity of Valley Parkway and Vine Street. The She works with the ASUN more excited I became about the possibility. and learn about new accounting methods medical care suggests that connect- deadline to submit a bid is Oct. 5. executive officers and 35 This college wanted to change and I have or leadership skills. We want more com- ing our health center to a private The private provider would senators on legislation, elec- been fairly successful in my brief career in munity business leaders in our classrooms healthcare organization or group assume control of the UHC about tion rules, homecoming helping mobilize faculty around change. I as speakers. And, we want area businesses could benefit us through purchas- May 1. The RFP also includes a thought this position really fit my talents. I to offer more internships to our students. ing capabilities, electronic medial requirement that the provider must packets and keeps perma- Donde Plowman also have family roots in this state. My great We’ve begun to make great progress on this record implementation, regulatory keep the health center’s nearly 100 Allen nent record of ASUN leg- islation and formal actions. grandparents lived in a sod house in Broken front, but we still have work to do. compliance, and might provide our employees on payroll for at least 90 She also maintains financial Bow and my grandmother grew up there. The building will not make a great col- students access to a broader range days after the new contract begins. lege, but we will not be a great college What is the one thing you want every records for ASUN, Student TROY FEDDERSON|UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS of medical services,” said Franco. “Our effort here is to explore Legal Services, homecom- How did you react when UNL joined the without it. To attract world-class faculty and potential new student to know about the “If a partner is identified, the antici- whether there is a different model (Top) Tony Rathgeber, conference services and events ing, the Big Event and 475- Big Ten Conference? students we need something that is inspir- College of Business Administration? pated effect of this change will be that can improve health services manager for Housing, and Dodi Fearing, dining ser- RIDE. ing. We know we lose students who visit improved health care services for available to our students, in a facil- I actually missed the announcement. That this is a place where they can be vice supply team leader at Harper-Schramm-Smith “Paula’s ability to work campus because of this old building. Our our students for equal or lower ity that meets modern medical My husband and I were vacationing in the themselves and get a great opportunity Dining Service, cut and place watermelon slices on with students who are elect- new building will be inspiring. It will be a cost.” requirements,” Perlman said. “The Bahamas and, for the first time in my life, I that offers them opportunity to be what plates during the Sept. 11 all-university picnic. ed to serve UNL is only but turned off email for a week. When we land- vibrant place in a central location that all they want. I met with an alumna from Wells Perlman said the UHC is out- students’ interest in access to high one part of the outreach ed back in the United States, I had friends students will want to use and access. It will Fargo two weeks ago who came from a dated and inadequate for current quality health care services is the that she provides,” said who sent email congratulating me on being be a building that serves all of campus. Nebraska town of 1,000. She said she now programming. And that the age driver behind this effort.” Popoola Marlene Beyke, director of promoted to dean of a Big Ten business has 10,000 people reporting to her. That’s What are your long-term goals for the administration for ASUN. school before I even started the job. Big Ten something I want every Nebraskan to hear. I college? “Students, parents and campus visitors often find business schools are what others aspire to want Nebraskans to think that this is a place UNL among best universities our office first when coming to the Nebraska be like. They are where big research is being The five-year plan is singularly focused to they can come to and create opportunities Union. Her smile and ability to make them feel done. They have degree programs others raise the stature and visibility of this school. that are not possible at other places. UNL continues tied at 101st report among “A-Plus Schools for welcome is invaluable.” try to emulate. I was thrilled by the change. Every decision we make needs to be aimed among top national universities in B Students.” Popoola’s nominator said his leadership has at that goal. In five years, I would like to say What is something most people don’t the 2013 U.S. best colleges ranking U.S. News collects 15 indicators positioned Custodial Services as a top custodial How does CBA stack up against related know about you? in U.S. News and World Report. It is of academic quality and analyzes operation. Big Ten programs? tied with four other schools at 101. the data according to its method- “Deen has developed a team-oriented depart- I am named after three Methodist min- Among public, national uni- ology. Among the indicators are ment that values its members’ individual talents,” We are at the bottom overall, but we isters. Donde is a combination of the first versities, UNL remains ranked in student ACT scores and class rank, Popoola’s nominator wrote. “He encourages his have some programs that really stand out. names of Don Forsman and De Hinckley. the top 50 at 47. Last year UNL peer assessment, graduation and Actuarial Science is one of the 12 best In five years, I would like to And my middle name, Lee, is the same as was ranked 49th among all national retention rates, faculty resources, staff to be forward thinkers and empowers them (Above) Teresa Zahren (center), a counselor/trainer programs in the country. It is also one of Howard Lee Plowman, who is my father. public research universities. class size, faculty-to-student ratio, to unleash their talents.” say that we were able to with the Employee Assistance Program, hand out an four Big Ten programs named a center of For the second year in a row, financial resources and alumni giv- Under Popoola’s leadership Custodial Services employee service award on Sept. 11. More than 380 excellence by the actuarial society. Our eth- place 100 percent of our What do you do for fun? UNL is featured among schools that ing. has earned certifications with honors in the UNL employees received awards for years of service ics program stacks up very well and finance focus on student success through In the criteria, UNL’s academic cleaning industry management and green build- students in jobs. We love to cook and have people over for to the university. ing standards. UNL is the only Big Ten institution has a very strong ranking. We are strong dinner. I love to play the piano. I also love enriched offerings. The UCARE reputation score increased, so did in specific areas, but we need to raise our I would like to say our to earn these awards. to read. For the first time in 20 years I’m (Left) Chancellor Harvey Perlman opens his 13th State program, Undergraduate Creative graduation rate (from 64 to 67 per- reputation across the whole college. Custodial Services also won a third place “Best faculty are known around not in a book group. I’m currently reading of the University Address in the Lied Center for Per- Activities and Research Experiences, cent) the percentage of freshmen Practices” award from the Central Association of “11/22/63,” my first Stephen King novel. forming Arts on Sept. 11. In the speech, Perlman chal- is included among the 33 best uni- in the top 10 percent of their high What is your No. 1 accomplishment the world for the quality College and University Business Officers for the I picked it up because it involves the JFK lenged faculty, staff and students to think bigger. The versity programs in undergradu- school class (increasing from 25 to since becoming dean of CBA? creation and implementation of an online train- of their research. assassination and that is a day I certainly speech is available at http://go.unl.edu/gio. ate research and creative projects. 26 percent). ing program. Getting the new building proposal I would like to say that remember. UNL is also listed in the ranking The Kudos Award is a universitywide honor approved had to be the top accomplish- presented by the regents to celebrate staff who go ment. From the day I walked in here we Nebraska is a name If you had to vacate your office due to an above and beyond in their work for the university. started talking about the need for a new associated with a emergency situation, what is the one thing CHANCELLOR For more information, go to http://go.unl.edu/ building if we were going to continue grow- you could not leave behind? Campus enrollment totals decline 1.6 percent State of the University ukp. ing. high-quality business continued from page 1 I’d take the pictures of my kids and By Kelly Bartling “We graduated the largest class in the history of the Read Chancellor Harvey Perlman’s degree.” husband. I really would want to have them university last May, and we may be seeing the impact of entire State of the University Address How will the new building benefit CBA University Communications retain and graduate all students. He Next Scarlet publishes Oct. 25 with me. the 120 credit-hour limit on degrees on getting students said Amy Goodburn, associate vice at http://go.unl.edu/gio. and the university? Donde Plowman, dean of CBA The next edition of the Scarlet publishes Oct. Total enrollment at UNL is 24,207 for fall 2012, out more quickly,” UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman chancellor for Academic Affairs, 25. The deadline to submit items for publication is according to the Office of Institutional Research and said. “We continue to believe we are poised for signifi- and Alan Cerveny, dean of enroll- 4 p.m. Oct. 18. For more information, send email Planning. This is a decrease of 1.6 percent compared cant enrollment growth in the next few years.” ment management, are leading an cut combined with unspent salary to [email protected] or call 402-472-8515. The Scarlet Interview is a new monthly feature. For more information or to be featured in this column, to fall 2011. UNL’s colleges in recent years began decreasing the effort to increase UNL’s retention funds will help UNL account for contact Troy Fedderson at [email protected] or 402-472-8515. Colleges seeing the highest undergraduate enroll- number of hours required for graduation and in 2011 and graduation rates. And to help a deficit of approximately $6 - mil ment growth are Agricultural Sciences and Natural the Board of Regents implemented a policy standardiz- recruit new students, UNL is work- lion caused by enrollment declines Resources: 3.7 percent; Business Administration: 4.5 ing NU bachelor’s degrees at 120 credit hours. This is an ing with local firm Archrival to this year. percent; and Journalism and Mass Communications: effort to ensure students graduate in four years if they advertise to potential students. “I am confident that with focus Welcome • Dobrodošli • Willkommen • Vítáme vás • Fùnyìhng • Tervetuloa • Aloha • Selamat datang • Fàilte • Haykuykuy • Dobro požalovat’ • Hoan nghênh • E ku abo 3.8 percent. Largest increases in numbers of gradu- take class loads of at least 15 credit hours per semester And while growth will benefit we have the will and means to New Hires ate students are Hixson-Lied College of Fine and for eight semesters. UNL welcomes these new Elizabeth Enkin, Modern Languages Adrian Koesters, English, lecturer Mandy Petersen, Cather-Pound- Martin Stary, Modern Languages and the university, Perlman hoped fam- significantly increase enrollment Performing Arts, 26.8 percent; and in professional pro- Perlman said UNL enrollment increased in a year- ilies of prospective students will for next year,” Perlman said. “This employees hired in August. For and Literature, assistant professor Yar Kok, Selleck Dining Service, dining Neihardt Dining Service, checker/ Literature, lecturer grams, doctor of plant health, 22.2 percent increase; and to-year comparison in numbers of students from out- Adam Fuller, Mathematics, research service associate cashier Tammy Stuhr, Southeast Research not avoid UNL because it was too would turn this deficit from being more information on the “New doctor of audiology, 8 percent increase. side Nebraska, including a large increase in interna- Hires” list, contact Troy Fedderson assistant professor Russell Kraft, Building Systems Nora Peterson, Modern Languages and Extension Center, assistant exten- big. a permanent structural demand Mary Guttieri, Agronomy and Maintenance, zone preventative main- and Literature, assistant professor sion educator First-time, full-time freshmen decreased by 156 tional students. “UNL may not be the right for funds into a cash flow issue of at [email protected] or 402- students compared to fall 2011, at 3,937 students. First- The data comes from registrations on the sixth 472-8515. Horticulture, research technologist II tenance senior Liyan Qu, Electrical Engineering, Qiaozhu Su, Nutrition and Health place for every student, but those one-year dimension. Ingrid Haas, Political Science, assis- Haley Kranstuber, Communication assistant professor Sciences, assistant professor time transfer students decreased by two, to 1,031. day of class. These numbers are part of a system- who avoid us because they think we “I am extraordinarily blessed to UNL awarded a record 5,139 degrees in 2011-2012, wide announcement Aug. 31 from the University of Changbum Ahn, Durham School tant professor Studies, lecturer Amanda Ramer-Tait, Food Science Aaron Sutherlen, Art and Art History, are too big run the risk of a lifetime have been allowed to serve as your including 3,719 bachelor’s degrees. Nebraska central administration. Archictectural Engineering and Mary Hayes, Custodial Services, cus- Brett Kreifels, Animal Science, ag and Technology, assistant professor lecturer of thinking too small,” Perlman chancellor for these past 12 years. Construction, assistant professor todian II research technician II Malte Rehbein, History, assistant pro- Brigit Talkington, Communication said. Together we have done wonderous Megan Amundson, University Police, Derek Heeren, Biological Systems Todd Krier, Music, lecturer fessor Studies, lecturer Perlman also called for a .5 per- things. We now have the hard work building access associate Engineering, assistant professor Cynthia Kritenbrink, Center for Jennifer Rittenhouse-tenBensel, Casey Tallent, University Health CBA streets, just north of Kauffman administrators and students, and cent reduction in expenditures. The of growing this university.” Susan Helmink, Nebraska Forest Research on Youth, Families and Technical Agriculture, assistant profes- Center, psychologist David Arredondo, Cather-Pound- continued from page 1 Academic Residential Center. other targeted efforts, we let trans- Neihardt Dining Service, dining service Service, communications specialist lead Schools, lecturer sor Shandra Taylor, Harper-Schramm- Construction of the project will fers and high school students know Jenna Hilligoss, Architecture, admis- Ruth Lionberger, Academic Affairs, Mark Robertson, University Police, Smith Dining Service, dining service associate The College of Business begin after commitments for all that they belong here. This new Sue Bainter, Center for Research on sions associate international projects manager emergency preparedness coordinator team leader Administration has experienced an funding are in place and authoriza- building will provide a central area Youth, Families and Schools, lecturer Allison Hunt, USMARC, ag research Michael Litwa, University Libraries, James Rose, Athletics, fundraising Jonathan Templin, Psychology, associ- increase in enrollment, including tion to proceed is received from the for our students to learn, study and Michael Ball, Custodial Services, cus- technician I programmer analyst II officer ate professor president of the university. Source meet others.” todian II George Hunt, Civil Engineering, lec- Michael Maas, University Police, com- Erin Roth, Center for Research on Richard Tetherow, Campus Rec, cus- a 25.4 percent increase in fall 2012 in first-time freshmen, and a 4.5 of funding will be private dona- Plowman said CBA is gaining a Alexis Bass, Art and Art History, digi- turer pliance/accreditation manager Youth, Families and Schools, family- todian II tions. stronger presence on campus with Elina Sharlezovn Ibrayeva, Bernadette McCrory, Mechanical and school consultant Varkey Titus Jr., Management, assis- percent increase for the college as tal Instructional Specialist “Our main focus is to make its minor in business — new this Management, lecturer Materials Engineering, research assis- Patrick Rowan, Athletics, swimming tant professor a whole. Over the past six years, Neil Beaver, Custodial Services, cus- sure students feel welcome and hear fall — which is available to any Elizabeth Isaacs, Journalism and tant professor and diving assistant coach Jeremy Van Hof, Information Services, enrollment in CBA has grown todian II the message of what the College non-business students. The new Fran Benne, Agronomy and Mass Communications, lecturer Julie McManamey, Biological Shannon Rowen, Nutrition and Health teaching and learning tech service man- nearly 10 percent, to 3,172. The Katrina Jagodinsky, History, assistant Sciences, clerical assistant III Sciences, assistant professor of practice ager . college also plans to increase faculty of Business Administration has to building will serve not just CBA Horticulture, office associate offer,” Plowman said. “Through students but the entire university, Morgen Bills, TRIO Programs, math- professor Jennifer Melander, Biological Systems Leah Ruppanner, Survey Research Tara Warner, Sociology, assistant pro- from 111 (2011) to 140 in 2017 — personal phone calls by faculty, she said. ematics learning specialist Christiane Jensen, Modern Languages Engineering, extension assistant profes- and Methodology/Gallup, research fessor improving the student-to-faculty Mary Bothwell, Center on Children, and Literature, lecturer sor assistant professor David Warner, Sociology, assistant ratio to 35 to 1 and improving Families and the Law, administrative Amitkumar Jhala, Agronomy and Laurie Miller, Economics, assistant Shanell Sanchez, Arts and Sciences, professor instructional delivery. technician Horticulture, assistant professor professor of practice lecturer Steven Welton, Marketing, assistant Chancellor Harvey Perlman Steven Bowen, Construction Systems, Rachana Jhala, Plant Pathology, Melissa Moll, University Libraries, Amy Schmidt, Biological Systems professor of practice in fall 2011 set a goal to increase lecturer research technologist I assistant professor Engineering, assistant professor Susan Wendling, Human Resources, enrollment universitywide to Yu Jin, Mathematics, assistant profes- Destiny Mostek, Southeast Research Ty Schmidt, Animal Science, assistant administrative technician I Steven Burkey, Educational Media, 30,000 students by 2017. Increasing electronic media production assistant sor and Extension Center, UNL Extension professor James Whiting, Building Systems Matthew Jockers, English, assistant assistant Melody Scholl-Miller, Arts and Maintenance, zone assistant enrollment in CBA to 5,000 stu- Stacey Burling, Athletics, life skills dents is of primary importance in coordinator professor Scott Murray, Finance, assistant pro- Sciences, computer technician Carly Woods, Communication Antone Jones, Harper-Schramm-Smith fessor Matthew Schulte, Landscape Services, Studies, assistant professor reaching that goal, Perlman and Danielle Busboom, Athletics, volley- Plowman said. ball assistant coach Dining Service, dining service associate Sidy Ndao, Mechanical and Materials litter assistant Hongfeng Yu, Computer Science and “We are looking toward the Kimberley Cleveland, Abel-Sandoz Jessica Jurzenski, Entomology, post- Engineering, assistant professor Tiffany Schulz, Biological Sciences, Engineering, assistant professor Dining Service, dining service associate doc research associate Haley Oser, Plant Pathology, exten- research technician II Yuebin Yu, Durham School for business school to be one of the James Coltrain, History, lecturer Tricia Kehn, Outreach and Distance sion technologist Tara Scott, Law, accounting clerk Architectural Engineering and primary attractions if we are to Matthew Costello, Sociology, lecturer Education, instructional design tech Samuel Padilla, Research Daizaburo Shizuka, Biological Construction, assistant professor increase enrollment,” Perlman said. Joel Cramer, Nutrition and Health specialist Responsibility, export control coordina- Sciences, research assistant professor Jifeng Yu, Management, assistant “Its current building is inadequate Sciences, associate professor Mitchel Keller, Mathematics, research tor Monte Smith, Custodial Services, cus- professor for its current size and we expect it Nels Daily, Music, lecturer assistant professor Nicholas Park, Sociology, lecturer todian II Xin Zhao, Marketing, assistant pro- to grow. To be competitive it needs Jesse Dillman, Lied Center for Nam Kyu Kim, Political Science, assis- Larry Snyder, Custodial Services, cus- fessor a new building and we have sensed Performing Arts, ticket office supervisor tant professor todian II considerable enthusiasm among its alumni to raise the money to make it happen.” Published by the Office of University Communications How to submit news items The proposed $84 million 321 Canfield Administration Building Telephone: 472-8515 Submit news items, announcements, briefs and calendar project is 240,000 square feet that P. O. Box 880424 Fax: (402) 472-7825 events to [email protected] or 472-8515. The deadline is 4 p.m., includes space for interactive learn- Lincoln, NE 68588-0424 Web site: www.unl.edu/scarlet the Thursday before publication. Receipt does not guarantee ing, collaboration, conferences, Vol. 22, No. 9 Sept. 27, 2012 www.unl.edu/scarlet publication. Editors edit for space, clarity, grammar and style. 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‘Chicago’ makes 3-show University Theatre opens American Life new season with ‘Agravio’ in Poetry stop at the Lied Center University Theatre opens its new Doña Leonora being betrayed by “Chicago,” the longest running sellout This month at the Lied season with a new adaptation of Don Juan. Shamed and dishonored, By Ted Kooser on Broadway, comes to the Lied Center for “Agravio,” a play originally writ- she hides herself and servant Flora in U.S. Poet Laureate, 2004-2006 Gaelic Storm, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 3 Performing Arts for four performances, ten in the Spanish Golden Age. The a convent only to learn that Juan is It’s the time of the year for school Oct. 19-21. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Oct. Capitol Steps, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 12 play was written by Ana Caro and traveling north to Flandes. Leonora supplies, and here’s a poem by Daniel 19 and 20, and 2 p.m. Oct. 20 and 21. Ballet Folklórico of México, adapted by Ian Borden of UNL and vows to travel after Juan and kill him J. Langton about just one of the items Tickets for the performances are avail- 7:30 p.m. Oct. 13 Amy Williamsen of the University of to regain her honor. you’ll need to pick up. Langton lives in able at www.liedcenter.org, the Lied Center Time Capsule: A Century of Dance, North Carolina, Greensboro. The production is designed by San Francisco. Borden, assistant professor of undergraduates Aja Jackson (light- ticket office or 402-472-4747. 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23 School theatre and film, also directs the play. ing) and Logan Caldwell (sound), “Chicago” is set in the razzle-dazzle Violinist Philippe Quint, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25 I was sent home the first day “Agravio” performances are 7:30 and graduate students Joshua Rajaee decadance of the 1920s and features mur- An Evening with David Sedaris, with a note: Danny needs a ruler. p.m. Oct. 4-6 and 10-13, and 2 p.m. (scenic) and Julie Douglass (cos- der, greed, corruption, violence, exploita- My father nodded, nothing seemed 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31 Oct. 14 in the Temple Building’s tumes). Graduate student Erica King tion, adultery and treachery. It tells the story so apt. www.liedcenter.org Howell Theatre. Tickets are $16 gen- is the technical director and the stage of Roxy Hart, a housewife and nightclub School is for rules, countries need rulers, eral admission, $14 faculty/staff and manager is undergraduate Fred Quilt exhibit dancer who maliciously murders her on- graphs need graphing, the world senior citizens, and $10 for students. Drenkow. the-side lover after he threatens to walk out is straight ahead. on her. Desperate to avoid conviction, she A pre-show talk will be offered in the Tickets are available at www.unl- The cast features undergraduate dupes the public, the media and her rival Lied’s Steinhart Room 30 minutes before theatretickets.com, the Lied Center theatre majors. Leonora is played It had metrics one side, inches the other. traces history TROY FEDDERSON|UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS cellmate, Velma Kelly, by hiring Chicago’s curtain. The talks will be led by Laurie ticket office (402-472-4747) or at the by Kayla Klammer, while Jennifer You could see where it started The Skyros Quartet after its Sept. 11 performance at the State of the University Address. Pictured (from left) is slickest criminal lawyer to transform her Martinez Lessman, Cris Rook, Alisa door one hour prior to curtain. Holm plays Leonora’s servant. The and why it stopped, a foot along, Sara Pizzichemi, James Moat, William Braun and Justin Kurys. of indigo dyeing crime into a barrage of sensational head- Belfower and Scott Anderson. The talks are “Agravio” is a play of courage, role of Don Juan is played by David how it ruled the flighty pen, lines, the likes of which might just as easily free to ticket holders. betrayal and revenge that opens with Michael Fox. which petered out sideways The exhibit “Indigo Gives America the Blues” be ripped from today’s tabloids. when you dreamt. is on display through June 2 at the International I could have learned a lot, Quilt Study Center and Museum. Skyros studies with Chiara String Quartet understood latitude, or the border The exhibition features 13 quilts ranging with Canada, from the early 1800s to the 1980s that illustrate The School of Music recruited its first intact grad- The Skyros Quartet attended the School of Music’s Heuermann Lecture to feature so stern compared to the South the history of indigo dyeing in the United States. uate string quartet this fall. The Skyros String Quartet Chamber Music Institute last summer, and after and its unruly river with two names. Also featured are a range of antique fabric comes to UNL for their doctoral education and will a rigorous audition process, became the inaugural But that first day, meandering home, samples, woven coverlets, and doll and crib former agricultural secretaries study with the Chiara String Quartet. graduate resident quartet this fall. They are pursuing I dropped it. quilts that display the versatility of indigo dye in The Quartet includes Sarah Pizzichemi, violin, Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in their respective Feeding the world is the topic when 402-472-4747. from Seattle, Wash.; James Moat, violin, from Toronto, instruments, with an emphasis in chamber music, Poem copyright © 2011 by Daniel J. Langton, whose American textiles. four former U.S. secretaries of agriculture Jeff Raikes, chief executive officer of Indigo dramatically changed the appearance Ontario; Justin Kurys, viola, from Timmins, Ontario; that will add to their degree programs a rigorous focus most recent book of poems, “During Our Walks,” is forthcom- discuss “The Land-Grant Mission of 2012 the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and William Braun, cello, from Tucson, Ariz. on quartet performance. They are under the guidance ing from Blue Light Press. Poem reprinted from New Letters, of European and American textiles after it was – Transforming Agriculture for the 2050 and Ronnie Green, University of Nebraska first introduced, giving a range of colorfast blues “We really just want to get out and just play for of the Chiara String Quartet. (Vol. 77, nos. 3 and 4), by permission of Langton and the World,” 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28, at the Lied vice president and Harlan vice chancel- publisher. Introduction copyright © 2012 by The Poetry to fabrics used in all sorts of household furnish- everyone, and really break down that formal barrier “The faculty, administration and staff in the Center for Performing Arts. lor, Institute of Agriculture and Natural between a performer and the audience,” Braun said. School of Music and Hixson-Lied College of Fine Foundation. This column is made possible by the Poetry ings, including quilts. It continues to influence The event is the first Heuermann Resources, will moderate the discussion. Foundation (www.poetryfoundation.org) and supported by textile fashions today, as evidenced by its use in “We just want to get out, meet people and perform and Performing Arts worked hard last year to cre- the UNL Department of English. This column does not accept Lecture of the 2012-2013 season. It fea- The lecture will stream live and be for them and really bring our music to lots of people.” ate this opportunity, positioning UNL as a leader in an American icon – blue jeans. “Indigo Gives tures these former agricultural secretar- archived at http://heuermannlectures.unl. unsolicited manuscripts. America the Blues” traces the history of indigo Jonah Sirota, Hixson-Lied Artist in Residence and advanced chamber music study,” Sirota said. “To the ies: Nebraska’s U.S. Sen. Mike Johanns, edu. All Heuermann Lectures are broadcast violist with the Chiara String Quartet, said the Chiara best of my knowledge, we are only the second institu- dyeing and brings one of America’s favorite Nebraska native Clayton Yeutter, John on NET2 World at a date following the colors to life. first heard Skyros in October 2010 while teaching a tion, along with the University of Maryland, to offer Block and Dan Glickman. lecture. The Sept. 28 lecture also will be guest artist masterclass at the University of Texas at a performance-based Doctor of Musical Arts degree ALMA CERETTA|THEATRIX Indigo, with its distinctive blue color, is one The lecture is free, but tickets are need- broadcast on RFD-TV and RURAL TV at a Actors (clockwise from left) Nate Releaux, Devon Schovanec and Mike Lee act of the oldest dyes used for textile dyeing and Austin. with chamber music emphasis to pre-formed cham- ed. Free general admission tickets are avail- date following the lecture. “We loved their exciting performances and their ber ensembles.” out a scene from the Theatrix production of “The Pillowman.” printing. A variety of plants in the indigofera able by calling the Lied Center ticket office, family have been used for centuries in many infectious positive spirit,” Sirota said. http://go.unl.edu/skyros parts of the world including Africa, Asia and go.unl.edu/pearl Central and South America. Its range of long- Theatrix presents ‘Pillowman’ lasting colors—from light sky blue to deep navy Series eyes issues facing women, girls Kooser’s poem A play by AcademyAward- suspect. Katurian’s brutal interroga- blue—made indigo hugely popular and highly Nebraska Educational “Coffee and Conversation” is winning and Tony-nominated play- tion by police exposes his secret past valued when it was first imported from India Telecommunications’ “Coffee and free and open to the public. A NU Press publishes Hull’s autobiography wright Martin McDonagh will open and unveils the bizarre world of “The inspires short film to the western world in the late 1400s and early Conversation in the Community” series community discussion in UNL’s A new autobiography explores the life of Ron In the book, Hull tells his life story, from Theatrix’s 2012-2013 season. Pillowman.” In this black comedy Ted Kooser’s poem “Pearl” has 1500s, resulting in the nickname “Blue Gold.” continues at 1 p.m., Oct. 21 at the Mary Van Brunt Visitors Center fol- Hull, senior adviser to Nebraska Educational playing a bellhop in a junior class play in The production of “The where fantasy and reality blur and inspired a short film by Dan Butler. However, Europe, the British Isles and North Riepma Ross Media Arts Center. The lows each screening. Telecommunications and professor emeritus of South Dakota to initiating the “American Pillowman,” runs at 7:30 p.m. Sept. where torture and compassion inter- The film, available at http://go.unl.edu/ America did not have this superior dyestuff in film discussion series will examine the Other films in the series are: broadcasting. Experiences” series for the Corporation of Public 27-28 in the Temple Building’s Lab twine, Katurian might be a monster, pearl, has been showing at film festi- great quantities until exotic commodities began Brad Lichtenstein’s documentary “As Nov. 18 — “Solar Mamas,” http:// The book, “Backstage: Stories from My Broadcasting. Theatre. It is directed by Dennis a victim, or a hero. vals. to be imported by the East India Companies in Goes Janesville.” go.unl.edu/2w7; and Dec. 16 — Life in Public Television,” is published by the “Ron Hull’s book is a compelling read,” said Henry as part of curriculum require- The content of this show is In the poem, Kooser tells the story the early 1600s. Today, synthetic indigo colors “As Goes Janesville” tells the story “Beauty is Embarassing,” http:// University of Nebraska Press. Dick Cavett. “It’s the story of a life filled with ments for a Masters of Fine Arts mature and not suitable for all audi- of an individual whose mother has more than one billion pairs of jeans; no other of Janesville, Wis., home of U.S. go.unl.edu/27d Hull was born in 1930 in “Diddlin’ Dora’s” richness of experience, personal and profes- director. ences. died and must travel to Elkander, Iowa dye can produce the special appearance we Congressman and GOP presidential The November film is part of establishment on the banks of Rapid Creek sional success, invaluable public service, and “Pillowman” follows a series of Tickets are $6 and available at to tell a cousin about the death. expect of blue denim. candidate Paul Ryan (R-Wis.). For more “Women and Girls Lead,” a multi- and was carried by the madam herself to a authentic high adventure.” gruesome child murders that are www.unltheatretickets.com or at the Kooser is professor of English and For more information, go to www.quiltstudy. information, go to http://go.unl.edu/ year public media initiative. Learn social worker at the Alex Johnson Hotel in For more information on “Backstage,” go to shocking similarity to short stories door starting at 6:30 p.m. served as U.S. Poet Laureate in 2004 org. msm. more at http://go.unl.edu/ava. Rapid City, S.D. www.nebraskapress.unl.edu. written by Katurian — the prime and 2006.

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Thompson Forum | Oct. 2 Quilt Demonstration | Oct. 13 Sunday with a Scientist | Oct. 21 Halloween-Inspired Lecture | Oct. 23 to “The Layered Landscape,” Rick Drake, author of “American Grace: How Religion Divides Us,” Robert Quilts for Community demonstration, 10:30 a.m., Hands-on activities and presentations about the Ogallala Aquifer led by UNL “Better Haunts: Victorian Houses and the Modern Imagination,” 5:30 “The Wild Garden,” 7 p.m., Hardin Hall Putnam, author, 7:30 p.m., Lied Center International Quilt Study Center and Museum researchers, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., Morrill Hall. p.m., Sheldon Museum of Art calendarevents | films | theater | exhibitions | lectures 5do Friday | Sept. 28 Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, Thursday | Oct. 4 Chemistry Colloquium, “Seeing the University Singers performance, 7:30 University, 5:30 p.m., Sheldon Museum School of Natural Resources Research Chemistry Colloquium, “How Can We Discipline-Based Education Research What’s in a Name? Inscribed Quilts, 3 p.m., East Union. Call 402-472-4101 Invisible by NMR,” Dr. G. Marius Clore, p.m., Kimball Recital Hall. Tickets of Art. Call 402-472-1850 Seminar, “An EU-Funded Project for All Become Better Ambassadors For Meeting, “Analysis of the Effect of through Dec. 3 Final day to apply for December com- Fall Career Fair, Agricultural Sciences National Institutes of Health, 3 p.m., required. Call 402-472-6865 Demonstrating Concepts and Technolo- Chemistry,” Marinda Li Wu, American Sequencing Lecture and Laboratory mencement Faculty Recital, University of Nebraska and Natural Resources, 10 a.m. to 3 Hamilton Hall. Call 402-472-3523 Performance, Symphonic Band, 7:30 gies of Precision Agriculture,” Stamatis Chemical Society, 3:30 p.m., Hamilton Instruction on Student Learning and Mo- SAQA Showcase: Studio Art Quilt Associ- Faculty Brass Quintet, 7:30 p.m., Kimball p.m., East Union. Call 402-472-3145 Workshop, NURAMP Module Four, “Re- p.m., Kimball Recital Hall. Tickets ates Invitational, through Feb. 24 Grand Rounds, “Current Mental Health Stamatiadis, Gaia Education and Hall. Call 402-472-3523 tivation Towards Learning Chemistry in Recital Hall. Tickets required. Call 402- First Friday, 4:40 to 7 p.m., International search Responsibility,” 9 a.m., Alexander required. 402-472-6865 Research Center in Athens, Greece, 3:30 an Organic Chemistry Lecture Course,” Challenges in China’s Universities,” Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar, World War II Quilts from the Sue Reich 472-6865 Quilt Study Center and Museum, free Building West. Registration required. p.m., Hardin Hall. Call 402-472-0232 Sunday | Oct. 21 Deblina Pakhira, postdoctoral research Robert Portnoy, director of Counseling Caitlin McAtee, noon, Beadle Center. Guest Artist, Anthony Arnon, cellist, 7:30 Collection, through Feb. 10 admission. Call 402-472-6549 Call 402-472-7003 Sunday with a Scientist: Ogallala assistant, 2 p.m., Bessey Hall. Call 402- and Pyschological Services, 8:30 a.m., Tuesday | Oct. 2 Call 402-472-2932 p.m., 119 Westbrook Music Building. Biotechnology/Life Sciences Seminar, Aquifer, 1:30 p.m., Morrill Hall. Call 472-3503 Indigo Gives America the Blues, through University Health Center. Call 402-472- First Friday Reception, “Westward Wednesday | Oct. 10 Call 402-472-6865 “Genome-Scale Prediction of RNA 7450 Fall Career Fair, College of Engineering, Seminar, “Reconceptualizing Social-Eco- 402-472-3779 June 2 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Nebraska Union Bound: Big Color,” 5 p.m., Great Plains Workshop, “HR Training for Supervi- Binding Proteins,” Yaoqi Zhou, Indiana Women and Gender Studies Colloquium, logical Relations — Is Resilience the New Museum. Call 402-472-6549 Friday | Oct. 12 HIV Testing, free and confidential, noon, Narrative,” Melinda Benson, 2 p.m., sors,” 8:30 a.m., Gaughan Multicultural University School of Medicine, 4 p.m., Choral Sampler featuring UNL choirs, 3 “Surgical Sterilization, Regret and Race,” Kruger Gallery Biochemistry/Redox Biology Center Last day to change a course to or from Beadle Center. Call 402-472-2635 Julie McQuillan, sociology, and Karina Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center. Hardin Hall. Call 402-472-7537 First Friday Reception and Opening, Center. Registration required. Call 402- p.m., Westminster Presbyterian Church, krugercollection.unl.edu | 472-3560 Seminar, “Stress and the Single Cell: Un- “Pass/No Pass” Shreffler, Oklahoma State University, Call 402-472-7498 “The Geometric Unconscious: A Century 472-8033 2110 Sheridan Blvd. Call 402-472-6865 derstanding Cellular Roles of the Hsp70 Discipline-Based Education Research E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues, 3:30 p.m., Nebraska Union. Contrast, through March 15 Molecular Chaperone Using Yeast,” of Abstraction,” 5 p.m., Sheldon Mu- Nebraska Gateway to Nutrigenomics Redox Biology Center 10th Annual “Violence, Religion, Financial Muscle Sister Circle meeting, support group for Meeting, “Statistics Education Re- seum of Art. Monday | Oct. 22 State Museum, Morrill Hall women of color, noon, Nebraska Union. Kevin Morano, University of Texas Medi- search,” Jennifer Green, statistics, 2 Seminar, “Vitamin D Transport Mecha- Symposium, “Molecular Mechanisms and Liberation: Can Africa Heal Itself,” Biological Sciences Seminar, Four Year of Redox Processes,” 8 a.m., Nebraska Charles Villa-Vicencio, Institute for Priority registration begins for spring Review, Chi Zhang, 3:30 p.m., Hamilton www.museum.unl.edu | 472-2642 Call 402-472-7450 cal School, 4 p.m., Beadle Center. Call p.m., Bessey Hall. 402-472-3503 UNL Parents Weekend opens, 5:30 p.m., nisms in Health and Disease,” Matt Union. Call 402-472-3173 Justice and Reconciliation, Cape Town, semester Hall. Call 402-472-2729 402-472-3173 multiple campus sites. Call 402-472- Rowling, Iowa State University, noon, Minerals and Meteorites, through South Africa, 7 p.m., Lied Center for Applied Ecology Seminar, “Improving School of Biological Sciences Seminar, 3755 East Union. Call 402-472-3862 Chinese Corner, practice for conversa- November 2013 Telemetry Technology for Wildlife Stud- School of Natural Resources Outreach Dai Shizuka, 3:30 p.m., Hamilton Hall. Architecture Open House for high school Performing Arts. Call 402-472-0074 Big Idea Seminar Series, “Scenery as seniors, 9 a.m., Architecture Hall. tional Chinese, 5:30 p.m., Nebraska a Natural Resource,” Steve Burr, Utah ies,” M. Can Vuran, computer science Seminar, “Tracking the 2012 Drought: Call 402-472-2729 Student Observatory Public Night, 7:30 Big Idea Seminar, “Scenery as a Natural Union. Call 402-472-5370 Sheldon Museum of Art Nebraska and Beyond,” panel discussion Resource,” Roopali Phadke, Macalester Thursday | Oct. 18 State University, 3:30 p.m., East Union. and engineering, 3 p.m., Hardin Hall. p.m., Stadium Drive Parking Garage. Sister Circle Meeting, support group for www.sheldon.unl.edu | 472-4524 with Mike Hayes, Mark Svoboda and Engineering Library Lecture Series, “Us- College, 3:30 p.m., East Union. Call Call 402-472-7082 Call 402-472-6825 Call 402-472-4728 women of color,” noon, Nebraska Union. Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar, Tuesday | Oct. 23 Kelly Smith, all of the National Drought ing Journal Impact Factors to Highlight 402-472-7082 The American Mountain Bicycle, through Call 402-472-7450 Anji Konda, noon, Beadle Center. Call Tuesday Talk, “The Big Picture: How We Friday | Oct. 26 Sept. 30 Mathematics Colloquium, “Nonlocal Mitigation Center, 7 p.m., Hardin Hall. Your Research,” 4 p.m., Nebraska Hall. Sunday | Oct. 7 402-472-2932 Models in Solid Mechanics: Overview, Call 402-472-2908 Call 402-472-3411 School of Natural Resources Research Use Photography at IQSCM,” Jennifer Grand Rounds, “Reclaiming, Restoring, Chamber Singers performance, 2 p.m., Applied Ecology Seminar, Wyatt Hoback, Women Call for Peace: Global Vistas, Applications, Challenges and Multi-scale Seminar,” Ecohydrological Change in Workshop, NURAMP Elective Two, Graham, noon, International Quilt Study Empowering and Connecting: Utilizing Sheldon Museum of Art. Call 402-472- University of Nebraska at Kearney, 3 through Jan. 13 Modeling,” 4 p.m., Avery Hall. Call 402- UNL Symphony Orchestra, 7:30 p.m., Young Entrepreneurs Across America in- Mesic Grasslands in the Dawn of the “Export Control,” 1 p.m., Alexander Center and Museum. Elements of Yoga in Trauma Counsel- 6865 p.m., Hardin Hall. Call 402-472-6825 472-7223 Kimball Recital Hall. Call 402-472-6865 formation session on paid and summer Anthropocene,” Jesse Nippert, Kansas Building West. Registration required. ing,” Tanya Razzhavaikina, Ph.D., 8:30 internships, 4 p.m., Nebraska Union. Biochemistry/Redox Biology Center Five Decades of Collecting, through State University, 3:30 p.m., Hardin Hall. Saturday | Oct. 13 Call 402-472-7003 a.m., University Health Center. Call May 5 Joseph and Dorothy Young Memorial E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues, Monday | Oct. 8 Call 402-472-0232 Seminar, “Novel Redox Enzymes in the Mary McLaughlin Memorial Lecture, Thylakoid Lumen,” Patrice Hamel, 4 402-472-7450 Lecture, “The Layered Landscape,” Rick “American Grace: How Religion Divides Men’s Choral Festival, 8 a.m., Kimball Sheldon Art Association Members Book School of Biological Sciences Seminar, The Geometric Unconscious: A Century “Out of the Past: Women of the ‘Middle p.m., Beadle Center. Call 402-472-3173 Darke, author of “The Wild Garden,” 7 and Unites Us,” Robert Putnam, author Recital Hall. Call 402-472-6865 Biotechnology/Life Sciences Seminar, Club, discussion for “Color: A Natural “Promotion and Tenure,” Sabrina Russo, Sister Circle meeting, support group for of Abstraction, Oct. 5 to Jan. 20 p.m., Hardin Hall auditorium. Tickets and political scientist, 7:30 p.m., Lied Period’ Re-imagined in Chinese Film and “Lipin/Phosphatidic Acid Phosphatase in History of the Palette,” 10 a.m., Sheldon 3:30 p.m., Hamilton Hall. Call 402-472- Entomology Lecture, “RNA Interfer- women of color, noon, Nebraska Union. required. Call 402-472-7921 Center for Performing Arts. Visual Culture, Mulan and her ‘Sisters,’” Drumbeat: Building Resilience Through Lipid Metabolism and Cell Physiology,” Museum of Art. Call 402-472-1454 2729 Call 402-472-7450 Cinema | UNL screenings Kristine Harris, SUNY/New Paltz, 5 p.m., Rhythm, a flexible therapeutic music George Carman, Rutgers University, 4 ence as a Tool for the Analysis of Gene Heuermann Lecture, “Land-Grant Mis- Wedneday | Oct. 3 Great Plains Art Museum. Call 402-472- program, noon, Leverton Hall. Call 402- p.m., Beadle Center. Call 402-472-2635 Quilts for Community demonstration, Friday | Oct. 19 Function in the Colorado Potato Beetle,” Applied Ecology Seminar, “Whole Lake Movies are at the Ross Media Arts Center 10:30 a.m., International Quilt Study Ashley Yates, graduate student, 4 p.m., unless otherwise noted. sion of 2012: Transforming Agriculture New Employee Orientation, 9 a.m., East 5370 472-8209 Research in Ohio,” Amy Burgin, natural for the 2050 World,” former U.S. Sec- Performance, Culture Shock Camp, 7 Center and Museum. LaserFest Weekend (through Oct. 21), East Union. Call 402-472-2123 Union. Call 402-472-3106 music-themed laser shows return for resources, 3 p.m., Hardin Hall. Call 402- 2 Days in New York, to Sept. 27 retaries of Agriculture John Block, Dan Faculty Recital, William McMullen, Workshop, NURAMP Module Three, p.m., Gaughan Multicultural Center. Call 472-6825 Opening, “Celebration of Youth XIX: one weekend, Mueller Planetarium. Call Halloween-Inspired Lecture, “Better for Glickman, Mike Johanns and Clayton Flu Shot Clinic, 9 to 11 a.m., East Union. Czech and Hungarian music for oboe “Budget Preparation and Development,” 402-472-5500 Exploding Boundaries Exhibition,” 5:30 402-472-3779 Haunts: Victorian Houses and the Mod- Sleepwalk with Me, to Oct. 4 Yeutter. Tickets required. Call 402-472- Call 402-472-7459 and piano, 7:30 p.m., Kimball Recital 1 p.m., Alexander Building West. Regis- Chemistry Colloquium, “Recent Progress Hall. Call 402-472-6865 tration required. Call 402-472-7003 Performance, UNL Jazz Orchestra and p.m., Hillestad Textiles Gallery, Home ern Imagination,” 5:30 p.m., Sheldon 4747 Screening, “Blue Alchemy: Stories of In- in Development of New Antibiotics,” Red Hook Summer, Oct. 5-18 Fall Career Fair for business, service, Big Band, 7:30 p.m., Kimball Recital Economics Building. Call 402-472-6318 Museum of Art. digo,” 10 a.m., International Quilt Study Norton Peet, international research government, liberal arts and science, Friday | Oct. 5 Institutional Biosafety Committee Meet- Hall. Tickets required. Call 402-472- Neil Young Journeys, Oct. 5-11 Saturday | Sept. 30 Center and Museum. Wesnesday | Oct. 24 and development consultant, 3:30 p.m., 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Nebraska Union. Call Agricultural Economics Seminar, “The ing, 2 p.m., Ag Warehouse 1 (Environ- 6865 Monday | Oct. 15 Hardin Hall. Call 402-472-3523 Faculty Recital, UNL Faculty Jazz mental Health and Safety offices). Call Searching For Sugar Man, Oct. 12-18 Ensemble, 3 p.m., Kimball Hall. Tickets 402-472-3145 Effects of Well Management and the Fall Break, UNL offices open Seminar, “EdMedia Offers Tech Train- Flu Shot Clinic at Wellness on Wheels 402-472-9554 Thursday | Oct. 11 Health Fair, 7 to 9 a.m., East Union. Call required. Call 402-472-5370 Nature of the Aquifer on Groundwater,” ing,” 11 a.m., East Union. Call 402-472- Exhibitions | By gallery Chicken with Plums (Poulet Aux Prunes), Monthly Tornado Alert Test, 10:15 a.m. Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar, Tuesday | Oct. 16 402-472-7459 Qiuqiong Huang, University of Minne- Grassland Seminar Series, “Overview of 2885 Oct. 19-25 Kyle Luttgeharm, noon, Beadle Center. Great Plains Art Museum Mid Autumn Celebration Party, 7 p.m., School of Natural Resources Fall sota, Filley Hall. Call 402-472-1913 the Nebraska Grazing Lands Coalition,” Fall Break, UNL offices open Nebraska Union. Call 402-472-5370 Call 402-472-2932 Sister Circle Meeting, support group for Interview Day for Educators, 9 a.m., http://go.unl.edu/9ti | 472-3082 Research Seminar, “Future Planning for Ron Bolze, Nebraska Grazing Lands Nebraska Union. Call 402-472-3145 Compliance, Oct. 19 to Nov. 1 Symposium in Virology, 8 a.m., Ne- Workshop, NURAMP Module Five, women of color, noon, Nebraska Union. Westward Bound: Big Color, landscape Nebraska’s Fish, Wildlife and Parkland braska Union. Call 402-472-4570 Coalition,” 3 p.m., East Union. Call 402- Discipline-Based Education Research “Administering the Award,” 9 a.m., Monday | Oct. 1 Call 402-472-7450 Biotechnology/Life Sciences Seminar photography by Michael Farrell, Oct. 5 Marina Abramovic The Artist is Present, Resources,” 3:30 p.m., Hardin Hall. Call 472-4101 Meeting, “Early Childhood Professional Alexander Building West. Registration Oct. 26 to Nov. 1 Deadline to apply for education abroad 402-472-0232 Sister Circle Meeting, a support group Development in Science,” Soo Young Geography Seminar, “Regional Differ- Series, “Genes, Jeans and Genomes: to Dec. 9 Education Mock Interviews, 4 p.m., required. Call 402-472-7003 scholarships for women of color, noon, Nebraska Hong, Child, Youth and Family Studies, 2 ences and Similarities in Novice Concep- Exploring the Mysteries of Polyploidy in Biotechnology/Life Sciences Seminar Se- Nebraska Union. Call 402-472-3145 Hillestad Textiles Gallery Planetarium | Morrill Hall Union. Call 402-472-7450 p.m., Bessey Hall. Call 402-472-3503 Open Forum, Chancellor’s University tions About Hurricane Formation,” Cotton,” Jonathan Wendel, Iowa State Flu Shot Clinic, 9 to 11 a.m., University ries, “Metabolic Pathway Manipulation http://textilegallery.unl.edu | 472-2911 www.museum.unl.edu Safety Committee, 3 p.m., Nebraska Leilani Arthurs, Earth and Atmospheric University, 4 p.m., Beadle Center. Call Health Center. Call 402-472-7459 in Phototrophic Microorganisms: Water Chinese Corner, practice conversational Sociology Colloquium, “Growing Impor- School of Biological Sciences Seminar, Union. Call 402-310-5117 Sciences, 2:30 p.m., Hardin Hall. Call 402-472-2635 Celebration of Youth XIX: Exploding Oxidation to Starch, Oils or Hydrogen,” Chinese for free, 5:30 p.m., Nebraska A Starry Tale, 2 p.m. Saturdays and tance of Education for Reducing Moral- Benjamin Martin, 3:30 p.m., Hamilton 402-472-7531 Boundaries, through Oct. 12 LGBTQA Brown Bag Discussion Group, Matthew Posewitz, Colorado School of Union. Call 402-472-5370 Real Talk Movie Series, “Bro Code,” 6 Sundays “Adjusting to College Life and Being Out ity in the United States,” Mark Hayward, Hall. Call 402-472-2729 Wednesday | Oct. 17 Mines, 4 p.m., Beadle Center. Call 402- University of Texas at Austin, 12:30 p.m., p.m., Gaughan Multicultural Center. Call Drawn to Fashion: The Illustrations of on Campus,” noon, Nebraska Union. Men’s Choral Festival Concert, 7 p.m., Olson Seminar, “Sustainable Farming Applied Ecology Seminar, “Expansion of Forces of Nature, 3 p.m. Saturdays and 472-2653. Nebraska Union. Actuarial Science Career Fair, 4 p.m., 402-472-5500 Mary Mitchell, Oct. 22 to Nov. 30 Call 402-472-7450 Kimball Recital Hall. Call 402-472-6865 and Food Systems in the Great Plains,” Tick Distribution in North America with Sundays, and 7 p.m. Thursdays Nebraska Union. Call 402-472-3145 Particular Reference to Lone Star Ticks Wind Ensemble, 7:30 p.m., Kimball Hall. Charles Francis, agronomy, 3:30 p.m., Geography/Applied Ecology Seminar, in Nebraska,” Robert Cortinas, 3 p.m., Thursday | Oct. 25 International Quilt Study Grassland Seminar Series, “Using Fire Tuesday | Oct. 9 Humanities on the Edge Lecture, “Real- Great Plains Art Museum. Call 402-472- and Tree Thinning to Manage Missouri Tickets required. Call 402-472-6865. Melinda Benson, University of New Hardin Hall. Call 402-472-6825 Biochemistry Graduate Student Seminar, Mexico, 2 p.m., Hardin Hall. Call 402- Flu Shot Clinic, 9 to 11 a.m., University ity in America: A Counter-Aesthetic for 3964 Center and Museum River Oak Woodlands,” Gerry Steinauer, Jennifer Catlett, noon, Beadle Center. www.quiltstudy.org | 472-6549 472-7531 Health Center. Call 402-472-7459 the Present,” Mark Grief, New School Call 402-472-2932

All events are from UNL’s online calendar, available at http://events.unl.edu/. • Access a complete list of show times for the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center at www.theross.org or 472-5353. • For more information about planetarium shows, go to www.museum.unl.edu/ or call 472-2641. 6| Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012 Scarlet University of Nebraska-Lincoln Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012 | 7 $3.2M grant to gauge if program can help struggling children Religion in society Group names By Scott Schrage Called “Getting Ready,” Because the inter- participate in the Getting Ready intervention. UNL a ‘Military Children, Youth and Family Studies the CYFS-designed vention approach Approximately 300 children deemed at is focus of Oct. 2 intervention aims to focuses on cultivating risk for developmental delays will take part in Friendly School’ The Nebraska Center for Research on strengthen parent-child relationships and pro- the study, which will draw participants from Thompson Forum UNL has been named to the 2013 list of Children, Youth, Families and Schools has relationships and foster moting home-school roughly 75 rural and suburban preschools in An acclaimed author and political scientist earned a $3.2 million U.S. Department of family-school partner- continuity, Knoche and Nebraska. Military Friendly Schools. The list honors the known for helping influence the way people top 15 percent of colleges, universities and trade Education grant to explore whether an inter- ships that improve the her colleagues will also Sheridan and Knoche unveiled Getting think about the fabric of American society will vention approach that bridges living rooms educational prospects examine how Getting Ready in 2004 with CYFS faculty affiliates schools that work to ensure campus success for deliver the first lecture of this season’s E.N. military service members, veterans and their and classrooms can also span the persistent of children at risk for Ready influences par- Carolyn Pope Edwards and Christine Marvin. Thompson Forum on World Issues. achievement gap facing disadvantaged chil- developmental delays. ents’ engagement with Pope Edwards is a co-investigator on the cur- spouses. Robert Putnam, Malkin Professor of Public The complete list of 1,739 schools is avail- dren. Disadvantaged chil- Sheridan Knoche children and collabora- rent study, and Marvin is serving as a train- Policy at Harvard University, will present Three of the intervention’s creators, CYFS dren who enter school tion with teachers. In ing and supervision consultant. CYFS affili- able at www.militaryfriendlyschools.com. The “American Grace: How Religion Divides and list includes a detailed list about UNL and two director Susan Sheridan, research associ- behind their more privileged peers tradition- turn, the researchers will determine how these ate Keely Cline has been named the project Unites Us” at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 2 at the Lied Center ate professor Lisa Knoche and faculty affil- ally fail to catch up — and often see those dynamics contribute to the intervention’s director. James Bovaird, director of the CYFS student testimonials. for Performing Arts. The lecture is this year’s Now in its fourth year, the 2013 list of iate Carolyn Pope Edwards are leading a peers widen the gap over time, Knoche and effectiveness. statistics and research methodology unit, is Governor’s Lecture in the Humanities. newly funded four-year study of its abil- Sheridan said. The study will consequently The study, which received funding serving as a co-investigator. CYFS research Military Friendly Schools was compiled through The talk will be based on Putnam’s book research and a data-driven survey of more than ity to help these struggling children close gauge Getting Ready’s impact on child out- through June 2016, will measure these out- assistant professor Brandy Clarke is filling the of the same title, which was co-authored with gaps in cognition, language skills and social- comes not only throughout two years of pre- comes by randomly assigning families and role of clinical and research supervisor. 12,000 Veteran Affairs-approved schools nation- David Campbell, University of Notre Dame. MIKE FARRELL|COURTESY wide. emotional maturity as they enter preschool. school, but also before and after kindergarten. teachers to groups that either do or do not It focuses on the role of religion in American This photo of a cottonwood tree in the bend of a river is included in Michael life and is based on data from two of the most Farrell’s upcoming exhibit at the Great Plains Art Museum. The exhibit features comprehensive national surveys on religion and Farrell’s transition to color photography. NUFCU to celebrate Jockers opens new door civic engagement ever conducted, the book won the American Political Science Association’s 2011 75th anniversary Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award for the best to classical literature study The University of Nebraska Federal Credit book on government, politics, or international Exhibit to feature Farrell’s photos Union celebrates its 75th anniversary on Oct. By Steve Smith apparent was that the next fron- affairs. Great Plains Art Museum will Communications at UNL. 22. The celebration, which is free and open to University Communications tier was analyzing large amounts This season’s Thompson Forum lectures present a new exhibition, “Westward The exhibition represents a turn- the public, will include cake and refreshments at of text to learn new things (about have been organized around the theme of reli- Bound: Big Color Landscape ing point in Farrell’s artistic career: both NUFCU locations. Mark Twain once said that all the books), and this is a way to do gion, rights and politics. Photographs,” by Michael Farrell. The the shift from black and white to The NUFCU was created in 1937 by seven ideas are second-hand, consciously just that.” To reserve free tickets, call the Lied Center exhibition will run Oct. 5 to Dec. 9 color. faculty members who wished to help fellow and unconsciously drawn from Using macroanalysis, Jockers at 402-472-4747 or 800-432-3231. Tickets may and the artist will be present for a “Michael Farrell is a precision faculty through the Great Depression. Today, the a million outside sources. Oscar processed digital versions of nearly also be picked up in person or ordered by down- First Friday reception 5-7 p.m. Oct. 5. technician when it comes to all credit union has more than 10,000 members. Wilde put it more bluntly when he 3,500 books from the late 1700s loading a form from the forum’s website, http:// Michael Farrell has been prac- aspects of landscape photography: said that talents imitate, but genius- through 1900 — everything from enthompson.unl.edu. ticing his fine art photography for from site composition to camera and es steal. giants like Jane Austen and Herman Forum lectures will be available live online at more than 40 years, and his works darkroom process to final print,” said Register for UNL Alert Matthew Jockers, an assistant Melville to lesser-known writers www.unl.edu as well as on Lincoln TimeWarner are included in collections of the Amber Hunter, museum curator. “He professor of English at such as Scottish novel- Cable Channel 21, UNL campus Channel 8 and Museum of Nebraska Art, the Joslyn has a high regard for the history and New students, faculty and staff can sign UNL, has assembled a ist Margaret Oliphant. UNL’s KRNU radio (90.3 FM). Art Museum, and the Great Plains traditional craft of photography, so I up for UNL Alert, the electronic emergency way to quantify the spirit The process affixed each Sign language interpreters will be available Art Museum. He holds a master’s was intrigued when he first told me notification system used on campus. During an of those sayings, particu- book with its own unique at each lecture for the deaf and hard of hearing. degree from the Institute of Design he would be working in color and emergency, subscribers receive notifications on larly when it comes to “signal,” allowing it to be The Thompson Forum is a preeminent lec- at Chicago, and has been a resident of utilizing digital technology. However, registered devices based on signup information certain authors and the plotted graphically near ture series and cooperative project of the philan- Lincoln since 1972. Farrell is televi- he incorporated the newer technolo- provided. impressions they left on other books that it was thropic Cooper Foundation, the Lied Center and sion production manager for NET gies very selectively. UNL Alert is a free service. It allows sub- other writers. And in closely related to, but UNL. It was established in 1988 with the purpose Television and also adjunct faculty in For more information, go to scribers to prioritize which devices receive noti- doing so, he’s opened farther away from books of bringing a diversity of viewpoints on interna- the College of Journalism and Mass www.unl.edu/plains/gallery/gallery. fications. a new door for literary exhibiting more dissimi- CRAIG CHANDLER|UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS Sign up for UNL Alert at http://emergency. The UNL research team involved in the discovery includes (left) Evgeny Tsymbal, Yong Wang (now at the Pacific tional and public policy issues to the University theorists to study classic Jockers lar styles and themes. of Nebraska and the residents of the state to unl.edu/unlalert. literature. The result was a stun- Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Wash.) and J.D. Burton. In the background is a portion of the Hol- Jockers combines programming ning graphical distribution that land Computing Center supercomputer. with text-mining to compare 18th- displays connections, insights and and 19th-century authors’ works trends both obvious and perhaps BERMUDA with one another based on their not so obvious about the period’s continued from page 1 stylistic and thematic connections. literary world. The systematic Team discovers new class of materials This is very cool The process, which he calls macro- method found that, unsurprisingly, Projects have included a house for analysis, crunches massive amounts the books of Austen and Sir Walter Find may lead to new types of data storage devices Neighborworks Lincoln and dis- because it takes what of text to discern systematically how Scott were highly original and influ- plays at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo. has been a local com- books are connected to one another ential; and that Melville’s “Moby By Tom Simons Materials Research Science and The zoo design, which earned a — from each work’s word frequen- Dick” was an outlier from much of University Communications Engineering Center. “This sig- design award from the American munity design studio cy and word choice to its overarch- the literary network of the period nificantly broadens the class Institute of Architects, included and expands it to inter- ing subject matter. while still being related to several An international team of sci- of known ferroelectric materi- a massive “zoo” sign and camel “We’ve known for some time works by James Fenimore Cooper. entists, including UNL physicist als and provides possibilities to exhibit. national And, I also get how to search these works electron- And, though gender was not includ- Evgeny Tsymbal, has discovered a design new ferroelectrics.” The scope of the Bermuda proj- the opportunity to give ically, and how to look for things ed in the comparison data, the pro- new class of materials that could The findings were reported ect is much larger, incorporating the something back to my we already know are out there,” said gram plotted a large majority of the prove to be very useful in devel- in the Sept. 18 issue of Nature world’s most complete Victorian- Jockers, a fellow at UNL’s Center for period’s books by female authors in oping new methods of creating Download a video of Evgeny Communications, the Nature era dockyard. Other parts of the home nation...” Digital Research in the Humanities. very close vicinity of one another. computer memory. Tsymbal discussing the discovery Publishing Group’s multidisci- project include a series of barracks “But the question became ‘How do http://go.unl.edu/rt4 The research team, led at http://go.unl.edu/yfa plinary online journal of research buildings that were converted into Peter Hind, we mine them to find something we by Christos Panagopoulos in the biological, physical and high-security prison and recently assistant professor of architecture don’t already know?’ What became of Nanyang Technological can be reversed by applying an chemical sciences. became a part of the museum; University in Singapore, explored electric field (from a battery, for The co-lead authors of the “The Keep,” a massive fortress built “The Queen opened it in 1975 layered heterostructures at the example). These two possible paper are Yong Wang, a former COURTESY to guard the naval base, and now or 1976, and I remember walking Awards and Honors atomic scale, in which differ- polarization orientations make graduate student in Tsymbal’s Researchers, students and workers spent more than two months unearthing and cleaning the mosaic at Antiochia the primary home of the museum; through the gates as a 5 year old,” ent materials were deposited in these materials attractive for group and now a postdoctoral fel- ad Cragnum this summer. Michael Hoff said work on the mural and a linked bathhouse will continue in the 2013 and the Commissioner’s House, a Hind said. “Going there as a kid is Klopfenstein earns task force on human trafficking. layers a few atoms thick. They developing computer memory low at Pacific Northwest National dig season. private quarters/ceremonial house one of my favorite memories.” discovered that the new class of because each orientation could Laboratory in Richland, Wash., career awards She will serve as co-chair of the built in 1823 that served as bar- The Bermuda project will research subcommittee. The task materials boasts a very attrac- correspond to zero or one. and J.B. Burton, a former gradu- racks in World War I and as the include up to 12 UNL seniors. The Terry Klopfenstein, professor force was established within the tive property — ferroelectricity, “Our discovery shows a pos- ate student and postdoctoral fel- Allied headquarters for North first group will go to Bermuda of ruminant nutrition, was hon- HOFF Nebraska Commission on Law which may be used to create new sibility that researchers could low and now a research assistant Atlantic submarine radio intercep- in February and collect data, hold ored with two of his profession’s continued from page 1 Enforcement and Criminal Justice. types of data storage devices. engineer properties at the atomic professor in Tsymbal’s group. tion in World War II. The house, meetings and gather data. The most prestigious awards this sum- It is tasked with investigating and A ferroelectric material exhib- scale and create new, artificial It’s the seventh time in last restored in 2000, was the first resi- information will be used by stu- mer. He received the American “The rain quickly made it an studying human trafficking, the its spontaneous electric polariza- materials exhibiting novel func- six years that research from dential building in history to utilize dents in the spring semester design Feed Industry Association’s New underwater archaeology project,” methods for advertising human tion, characterized by a positive tional properties not existing in Tsymbal’s lab has been published cast-iron framing. studio. Then, next summer, a sec- Frontiers in Animal Nutrition Hoff said. “I remember finding trafficking services, and the- vic electric charge on one side of their constituents,” said Tsymbal, in of the five highest-impact “This site has a rich history ond group of students will return Award from the Federation of some interesting things, mostly pot timization of individuals coerced the material and negative on the who is Charles Bessey Professor interdisciplinary journals. and existed long before Nebraska to Bermuda to produce the master Animal Science Societies and shards and a few coins.” to participate in human trafficking. opposite side. The polarization of Physics and director of UNL’s became a state. It indexes the plan in an intensive, month-long received the Cattle Feeders Hall of Hoff’s second dig was drier at an change of naval history, from sail studio program. Fame Industry Leadership Award. agora in Athens and he uncovered Read more at http://go.unl.edu/uqo. to paddle wheels to propellers,” Hind said the intent is to have The Federation of Animal Veterinary association an important architectural block. said Hind. “Some of the build- the master plan complete by the Science Societies cited “The excavators knew there was celebrates Smith ings are incomplete because they end of summer 2013. Klopfenstein’s “pioneering and going to be this building some- David R. Smith, professor and were being built as naval technol- The museum is providing fund- innovative research relevant to the where in the vicinity because an UNL Extension dairy/beef veteri- ogy shifted.” ing for the project, including travel nutrition of animals that benefits ancient author mentioned it,” Hoff narian, was awarded the Helwig- Speakers Bureau begins 18th year The museum is special to Hind, assistance, housing, food and travel mankind and the nutritional value said. “I was the first to find it.” Jennings Award from the American who remembers attending its needs (while on the island). of foods from animals.” The UNL Speakers Bureau is in — Daniel Claes, “What the Heck — Meg Lauerman, “Research, The stone was from an ancient College of Veterinary Preventive opening. Medicine at the American its 18th year this fall with 25 speak- is a Higgs Boson?,” “Are We Alone in Recruitment and the Big Ten Conference: building where Zeno taught his phi- ers and several topics from which to the Universe?,” “Comic Book Physics An Overview of What’s New at the losophy of stoicism. Shavers appointed to Veterinary Medical Association’s 101, Part 1: Secret Origins,” “Comic University of Nebraska-Lincoln” annual convention this summer. choose. This free service connects He continued to work at numer- human trafficking taskforce faculty and other university experts Book Physics 101, Part 2: Physics — Peter Levitov, “International The award, established in 1980, is Disassembled” and “What happened to Students in the United States” ous sites in ancient Athens, Greece, Anna Shavers, professor of law, presented to individuals who have with Nebraska citizens through Corinth and Crete. In 1997, Rice has been appointed by Gov. Dave the Faster-than-Light Neutrinos?” — Patrice C. McMahon, “For Good rendered outstanding and pro- service organizations, schools and — Donald Costello, “The Birth, or For Ill: The Return of Nation Building,” Townsend, a colleague who teaches Heinemann to serve on Nebraska’s longed services to the college. other groups who want knowledge- Death and Resurrection of Computers “U.S. Power in the Networked Era” and at Clark University, asked if Hoff COURTESY able, interesting speakers on a vari- in Banking,” “The Bronx in the Middle of “Partners in Peace: Nongovernmental would join a team searching for Detail of the mural uncovered at Antiochia ad Cragnum in southern Turkey. ety of topics. the Last Century,” “Computer Games,” Organizations in Peace Building” Roman sites in southern Turkey. The 2012-13 Speakers Bureau “Information Technology — Yesterday, — Tapan Pathak, “Current and Future “I thought about it for a day and Antiochia ad Cragnum, a city place in which archaeologists have features speakers available on Today and Tomorrow” and “Systems Global Climate Change: What it Means decided this could be a good shift in founded in the middle of the first spent a lot of time, so everything Thinking in an Apple-like World” for Nebraska?” STOP a year-round basis or during the my career path,” Hoff said. “I real- century. we find adds more evidence to our STOP academic year only. This website, — Kenneth Dewey, “Chasing — Wes Peterson, “A New Age of ly wanted to participate in a pure “We realized this would be a understanding of this area of the Icebergs,” “North to Alaska and Across Colonialism? Land and Resource Deals in www.speakersbureau.unl.edu, pro- archaeology project. That wasn’t longer term project, probably the Roman Empire. the Canadian Arctic: A Photographic Low-Income Countries,” “The 2012 Farm Auto Loan Rates vides access to each speaker’s topic Journey,” and “Severe Storms 101” Bill: Prospects for Reform” and “The possible in Athens and Greece any last of our careers,” said Hoff. “But “We’re beginning to understand information with a form to submit — Robert F. Diffendal Jr., “New Implications of Increased Regional and longer. So I decided to go over to we had questions that could only be now that it was more Romanized, as low as to book a speaker for your event. Mexico Geology and Life in the Art of Bilateral Trade Agreements for World Turkey.” answered through excavation.” more in line with the rest of the For questions, please contact Mitzi Georgia O’Keeffe,” “Pleasures and Perils Trade” That decision has led to a mas- The team has been excavating Roman world than was suspected Lenz at [email protected] or 402- of Owning Beach-Front Property” and — Paul Read, “Gardens of the World” sive project that will probably be the the remains of the city since 2005. before. (The nature of the mosaic) 472-0088. “The Past, Present and Future of the and “Grape Expectations: Nebraska’s last of Hoff’s career. The site includes a temple (which hammers home how Roman this 1.95% APR* The members of the 2012-13 Platte River System” Developing Grape and Wine Industry” The group spent the first eight Hoff is working to rebuild), market, city truly is.” — Stephen Ducharme, “Can a Photon — John Richmond, “Does Music Speakers Bureau and their topic(s) seasons surveying the hills and val- bath buildings (linked to the mural Next season Hoff and his team Call or visit us are: Wave?” and “Nano-scale Science and Make You Smarter? It Depends on What leys on the south coast of Turkey, find this summer), churches and will return to continue work on — Sylvana Airan, “My Life Growing Technology” You Mean!,” “Finding the Next Mozart! the site. online for more information. — Galen Erickson, “How Ethanol and Music Composition Education in the finding Roman cities and villages colonnaded streets. 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They have window cranks, are Nebraska when it comes to using electrical “Really this is a nice way for UNL to go great visibility for under warranty vehicles,” Barrett said. green in another area,” said Barrett. “We use the driver. fuel-efficient subcompacts now. But it will be “They are UNL has purchased two Mitsubishi MiEV electric cars. The vehicles, nice to reduce our emissions further through actually so quiet numbered 110 and 220, will be used to deliver items across campus. this electric option.” that they are set East Campus Agricultural Research and Development Center 50th anniversary celebration Activities Bldg. transitioning to temporary space By Christopher Dulak Campus Recreation After 86 years of continuous use, prepa- rations are beginning for the East Campus Activities Building to be renovated into part of the new East Recreation Center complex. During the week of Oct. 13, the Activities Building will close while UNL Campus Recreation relocates the strength training equipment and cardio workout machines to a temporary fitness center in the Fleming Fields Annex Building, 2301 N. 33rd St. The facility is adjacent to both East Campus and Fleming Fields Softball Complex. Students and members will need to use the City Campus rec center for workouts during the move. The Fleming Fields Annex Building will open for fitness workouts on Oct. 22. It will remain in use as a fitness center during con- struction of the new East Recreation Center. The new East Recreation Center is sched-

uled for completion in summer 2015. NICK MANES|IANR NEWS SERVICE Campus Rec is hosting open house events Visitors play with an interactive screen that provided information about ecosystems and wildlife during the Agricultural Research and De- at the Fleming Fields Annex Building 4 to 6 velopment Center’s 50th anniversary celebration on Sept. 23. The event, held at the ARDC site near Mead drew more than 500 visitors who p.m. Sept. 26, and 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 27. participated in various activities, exhibits and presentations. See more photos at http://go.unl.edu/zey. The sessions are open to the public. The facility will have six treadmills, six ellipticals, eight bikes, two stair climbers and fourteen strength machines/racks, plus dumb- bells and benches. A stretching mat area, day- Master plan shaped by interactive, online map use lockers, changing rooms, restrooms, a shower room, and air-conditioning are also Information submitted through a new Associates of Watertown, Mass., is leading prominent components of the facility. On-site interactive, online mapping tool will be the master plan project. The firm spent permit parking is available as well as nearby used to help shape UNL’s new master physi- the summer gathering information about on-street parking. cal and landscape master plans. The tool is UNL. That information was presented dur- The Activities Building will stay open until designed to allow individuals to enter spe- ing open houses on Sept. 12 and 13. Project cold weather and/or the new construction pre- cific information about their City and East leaders from Sasaki also collected additional cipitates a permanent closure. It will be closed campus habits. information during those open house ses- Oct. 13-21 for the equipment relocation and “The interactive mapping tool allows sions. re-open Oct. 22. Open hours will be posted. people to enter information on a wide The consultants will return to campus For more information, contact Christopher range of topics,” said Jennifer Dam, assis- in October and/or November to present Dulak 402-472-8749 or Sherri Tompkins 402- tant director of campus planning and space Access the online map at findings and gather additional information 472-9036. management. “That information will be http://sasakistrategies.com/UNL to finalize the plans. Final public presenta- put graphically on a map and used by the tions are planned for spring. consultants to get a sense of where people The website allows individuals to iden- The plans will also be presented online park, the routes they take across campus, tify important landmarks, areas they like to for feedback in the fall. New acquisition places that people see as significant, etc. socialize, favorite outdoor recreation areas, Dam said campus administrators hope “It will provide the consultants with a preferred parking spaces, transportation to have the plans ready for presentation variety of information that they can use as routes, and campus areas where they do or to the University of Nebraska Board of they look at how to plan the campus for the do not feel safe. Regents by late spring or early summer. future.” The planning/design firm Sasaki Game day volunteers NET project allows Nebraska recycle nearly 1,200 lbs. voters to voice, record opinions While more than 90,000 fans were watching or It’s an election year. The candi- sent in for the project. tailgating in and around Memorial Stadium dur- dates have plenty to say. But NET Participants are asked to dis- ing the Sept. 1 Huskers home football game against News wants to hear from the voters. cuss an issue that matters to them, Southern Mississippi, volunteers were making sure Partnering with the Nebraska why it’s important and what helped the tailgaters recycled. Library Commission, NET News guide their opinion. Participants After contributing more than 70 hours for the is offering “Campaign Connection are also asked to end the video effort “Go Green for Big Red,” the 31 student volun- 2012: Voter Voices.” with a question for teers saved some 1,200 pounds of recyclables (plastic, The unique election- candidates in the U.S. aluminum and bottles) from entering the landfill. year project aims Senate race. The effort focused on offering tailgaters free to gather citizen NET will edit and green bags at different parking lots and collecting thoughts, perspec- present this content them when full. Recycling bins were also located tive and questions on several platforms, next to waste containers along high-traffic pedestrian on issues at libraries including YouTube, walkways leading to Memorial Stadium. Recycling across Nebraska, including four in Facebook, the website for the proj- “Invocation,” a 1970-71 abstract expression- Enterprises collected the recyclables from the park- Lincoln. ect (netNebraska.org/votervoices), ist painting by Lee Krasner, is currently on ing lots. B&R Stores donated lunch to the volunteers. NET News has set up locations radio and television. display at the Sheldon Museum of Art. The The effort needs volunteers for the remaining for participants to record quick The following Lincoln City painting was recently purchased by the mu- home football games. For more information, contact and easy videos, using web cameras Libraries branches are participating seum and the Sheldon Art Association. UNL Recycling at [email protected] or 402-472- and a YouTube channel. Videos can in the “Voter Voices” project: 9139. also be recorded independently and Bennett Martin Branch (136 S. 14th St.) — Voter Voices record- ing is available: Mondays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.; and Sundays, noon to 5:45 p.m. April 5-6, 2013 Eiseley Branch (1530 Superior Kearney, Nebr. St.) — Voter Voices recording is Kozol in Kearney! available: Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to noon; Thursdays, 6 to 7:30 p.m.; Keynote speaker at a symposium on and Sundays, 2 to 4 p.m. Gere Branch (2400 S. 56th St.) School Consolidation in the Great Plains — Voter Voices recording is avail- able: Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to noon; Efficiencies, Change, and Community Identity Thursdays, 6 to 7:30 p.m.; and Sundays, 2 to 4 p.m. Additional Keynote and The 39th Interdisciplinary Walt Branch (6701 S. 14th St.) Featured Speakers: CALL FOR PAPERS Symposium presented by — Voter Voices recording is avail- • Marty Strange the University of Nebraska’s able: Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to noon; Proposals deadline: Center for Great Plains Wednesdays, 6 to 7:30 p.m.; and • Paul Theobald November 1, 2012 Saturdays, 2 to 4 p.m. • Gary Green Studies will be held in 2013 For a complete at the University of Nebraska For more information on other “Voter Voices” locations and the Jonathan Kozol • Virginia Moon at Kearney and the Younes Call for Papers, see the overall project, go to http://net- • Stephen Swidler Conference Center. • Eric Thompson web site listed below. nebraska.org/votervoices, or con- tact Mike Tobias, NET News senior producer/reporter, at mtobias@ 402-472-3082 netnebraska.org or 402-472-9333, www.unl.edu/plains [email protected] ext. 735.