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Work continues on the expansion on the east side of Memorial Stadium. When finished, the project will include research space for a new center for brain, biology and behavior. The new research space inside Memorial Stadium will be incorporated into an updated UNL campus master plan (see story below). Since approval of the master plan in 2006, UNL has started or completed 33 construction projects. Foundations in place to support momentum Building for the future This special Scarlet Year in Review edition has become an annual tradition, a celebra- tion of our successes over the past year as a university. While it’s not an unabridged Work continues to meet new goals version of all of the accomplishments made Chancellor Harvey Perlman opened the Research Retention Reputation Recruitment Perlman said he looked at recent growth by faculty, staff and students, it helps us 2011-2012 academic year with a call for fac- in those four areas and extrapolated the look at the big picture and is an impres- ulty and staff to start thinking bigger. UNL’s new goals have been divided into figures to set the 2017 benchmarks. All of sive record of achieve- In his annual State of the University these four priorities. Watch for this graphic UNL’s academic units and programs have ment and service to address Sept. 1, 2011 at the Lied Center for identifying Year in Review stories related until spring semester to establish a target to Nebraska. Performing Arts, Perlman described UNL’s to these new goals. meet each of the proposals. This past year espe- move into the Big Ten Conference as, “an “I am confident that we can achieve cially has been one of opportunity to reset the table.” To the more positions, with an average growth rate of these targets if every academic unit on cam- positioning for further than 1,000 in attendance, Perlman outlined 2.25 percent each year between now and pus is involved,” Perlman said. “We have the growth. Across cam- four, six-year goals that will help define 2017. opportunity to reset the table — to now pus we are seeing the what it means for UNL to be a member of • A six-year graduate rate of 70 percent start anew to reformulate our ambitions manifestations of physi- the new conference. Those proposals — for undergraduates. The current rate is 64 and our aspirations, to set new goals and cal growth — the new each to be reached by 2017 — are: percent. objectives, to rise to the elevated expecta- Harvey Perlman Voelte-Keegan nanosci- • Increase enrollment by 20 percent, to • Total research expenditures of $300 tions in which we have been draped, to take ence building adjacent 30,000 students. Enrollment in recent years million. advantage of the opportunities to lie ahead, to Jorgensen Hall; new student housing has grown to nearly 25,000. • Double the number of faculty receiv- to learn from but also to lead our new peers, under construction; and the new East • Increase to 1,300 tenure track faculty ing national recognition and awards for to demonstrate that while we are in a new Stadium expansion that will house a nation- positions. That translates to an added 160 research and creative activity. place, there is still no place like Nebraska.” ally prominent research initiative known as the Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior. Through this center, UNL is leading an important national initiative to study head Success leads to new master plan Campus construction injuries in sports. Since 2006, the UNL master plan has helped guide the completion or start In addition, we are beginning con- UNL is updating its master plan start of 33 construction projects. of 33 campus construction projects. Those projects include: struction this fall on the core facilities at and creating a landscape master The new master plan will Nebraska Innovation Campus, the new • Jorgensen Hall • Henricks Training Complex plan due to construction successes, include identifying building sites, “launching pad” for marketable innova- • Nanoscience Metrology Facility • Abel-Sandoz welcome center property shifts, and the new set of mapping vehicle circulation (with tions. As you may recall, a $25 million • Whittier renovation • Lied Center addition goals to grow enrollment, faculty new data from the nearly complete investment by Nebraska’s Legislature and • Schorr Center for Computer • Outdoor Adventures Center hires and research funding. Antelope Valley Project) and an in- the governor has fueled $80 million from Science Engineering • East Campus Rec Center The current UNL Master Plan depth space study to see how UNL private and public investments in the Phase • Gaughan Multicultural Center • Morrison Virology Center was approved in 2006 and has will accommodate more students, I development. • Knoll Residence Hall • International Quilt Study Center played a role in the completion or faculty and staff. If you look across the Lincoln landscape, • Temple Building addition and Museum the ‘crane farm’ of construction surround- ing campus is a strong indicator of Lincoln’s momentum, and that can only enhance UNL’s opportunities for growth. UNL awarded a record 2,787 degrees in May http://go.unl.edu/spring2012 The new Pinnacle Bank Arena in the Haymarket, and the nearly completed Antelope Valley project, with new land Equal coverage domestic partners New method gauges reclaimed from the flood plain plus more hiker-biker trails and recreational oppor- Regents approve research productivity tunities near campus, add up to a more vibrant city and campus. UNL officials have started to look at “Go Big Red” is much more than an ath- ‘Plus-One’ benefit research funding totals from a new a perspec- letic rally cry. It summarizes our academic In November, University of Nebraska tive — one used by fellow Big Ten universi- momentum, our growing role in the Big Ten employees will be able to sign up domestic ties. and its academic arm, the Committee on partners for health insurance and other In his Sept. 1, Institutional Cooperation, and our commit- benefits. 2011 State of the ment to reaching our goals as a Big Ten On June 8, the NU Board of Regents — University Address, university. on a 5-3 vote — approved the “employee Chancellor Harvey Over the past year, not only have we built plus one” proposal that extends benefits Perlman set a goal some remarkable physical structures, we eligibility to an “adult designee”+1 who shares to increase UNL’s For more on research have also laid the foundation for UNL to be an employee’s household. The employee annual research at UNL, turn to Page 6. a better, stronger university. and adult designee must be financially inter- expenditures to I anticipate the achievement of many dependent. Family coverage would include $300 million. In notable milestones in the year ahead as the adult designee and their dependent previous years, UNL has used total grant dol- we take advantage of our year of building children. lars earned annually to gauge the strength of foundations. All NU benefits are included in the campus research. Thanks for your commitment to continu- coverage. The expenditures approach showcases the ing to make this university one of the best “We believe this is appropriate for posi- productivity of research at UNL rather than public universities in the nation. tioning the university competitively,” said just award totals. This new standard is also James B. Milliken, NU president. “I also used by Big Ten partners and the National think it is absolutely the right thing to do for Science Foundation. our employees.” Because of the complex nature of the fig- Harvey Perlman UNL was the only Big Ten university that ures, the totals reported usually lag one year Chancellor did not offer benefits to domestic partners. behind. UNL’s most recent annual research http://go.unl.edu/2mq expenditure figure is $191.3 million in 2010. 2| Monday, Sept. 10, 2012 Scarlet | The Year in Review Monday, Sept. 10, 2012 | 3 Water for Food Institute, UN group sign partnership Research Retention Reputation Recruitment The University of Nebraska’s Robert B. to tap into these resources will be highly ing programs, development of risk-based Daugherty Water for Food Institute has gained beneficial for the university and Nebraska.” drought preparedness strategies and pol- Students work to preserve history of North Omaha a partner to assist with research and education Areas of focus in the partner- icies, and stronger drought warning hey arrived with Tuskegee Airmen memorabilia, the state’s railroad history. efforts in water and food security. ship include: systems to better cope with water homesteading papers, a cup used by a slave, and The idea for the event grew out of a desire to In early July, NU President James B. Milliken • Sustainably increasing crop scarcity in a changing climate. several photographs depicting the jazz scene. They give students more hands-on experience, said Patrick signed a memorandum of understanding with yields and water productivity • Improving sustainable pro- Fourth Water for Food brought their treasures and their stories related to Jones, associate professor of history and ethnic studies. the Food and Agriculture Organization of the using mapping, modeling and duction under drought, stress and conference ends with African-American history to learn more about them Students get the chance to handle artifacts, conduct United Nations. The signing ceremony was in information systems such as the water-limited conditions through call to “think big.’ from UNL historians and contribute to an innovative interviews and photograph or scan items for a web- Rome, Italy, where FAO is headquartered. Global Yield Gap Atlas, NU’s ini- plant breeding, agronomic prac- http://go.unl.edu/wff4 effort to preserve North Omaha’s past. based digital archive that will be made public and could “The University of Nebraska and the Food tiative to provide estimates of tices, crop physiology, biotechnol- It was all part of “History Harvest,” held Oct. 22 at someday be the basis for educational lessons. COURTESY and Agriculture Organization have worked the gap between current average farm yields ogy and molecular biology. Love’s Jazz and Art Center in North Omaha. The event “This has been a hidden history. Sharing it is crucial together many times in the past and I could and the potential yield ceiling for major food Initial activities will include regular infor- Ann Tutwiler, director general of knowledge was organized by UNL’s History Department in part- for many reasons,” Jones said. “This will create a dif- not be more pleased that we are taking our crops; and AQUASTAT, FAO’s global informa- mation exchanges, joint research projects and for the Food and Agriculture Organization nership with the Great Plains Black History Museum ferent story about North Omaha and about the black partnership to the next level,” Milliken said. tion system on water and agriculture. joint workshops, conferences and symposia. of the United Nations, and NU President and the Malcolm X Memorial Foundation. experience there.” “FAO’s network and influence at the interna- • Improving drought management and http://go.unl.edu/oig James B. Milliken sign a memorandum of Ordinary Nebraskans were invited to share their Jones also recognizes how the experience has affect- tional level is unrivaled and the opportunity climate adaptation through drought monitor- understanding in July. artifacts and stories with UNL historians and advanced ed his students. For every one of them, it has altered students, who helped explain the items’ meaning and their perspective, profoundly affected their thinking Partnership Research Retention Reputation Recruitment how they connect to a broader national narrative of and their understanding of the world and their rela- 4-H Lego American history. tionship to it, he said. Previous “History Harvest” events were held in “For me as a teacher, as a person, it has been won- expands study, Nebraska City and Lincoln, with the latter focusing on derful to see them grow,” he said. research with robotics UNL student Ali Bousquet examines a photograph as part of the UNL His- tory Department’s “History Harvest.” The project is designed to preserve the http://go.unl.edu/history_harvest Brazil cohorts history of North Omaha. UNL and the University of Sao program is Paulo in Brazil are partners in a new program that will give faculty, Programs rank among 6 deans selected staff and undergraduate and grad- nationwide During the 2011-2012 academic uate students from the schools’ The UNL 4-H program ‘Best Graduate Schools’ year, UNL hired three new deans respective agriculture and natural Geospatial and Robotics and selected three others to serve resources campuses opportunities Technologies for the 21st Century U.S. News and World year in the Best Business interim dean roles. to study and do research together. has grown to reach thousands of Report released its 2013 Schools. Charles “Chuck” O’Connor is the The agreement has been youth across the nation, getting “Best Graduate Schools” Among Schools new dean of the Hixson-Lied College more than a year in the making. them interested in science, technol- rankings March 13. The College of Engineering, UNL was listed of Fine and Performing Arts. Read Administrators and faculty from ogy, engineering and math (STEM) of Education and Human Sciences at number 93 of 198. The UNL more at http://go.unl.edu/zdv. the University of Nebraska have disciplines. was ranked among Best Education College of Law was placed at 89th Charles “Chuck” Hibberd is made visits to Sao Paulo to iron GEAR-Tech-21 Schools at 34th, up from 50th last among law schools. the new dean and director of UNL out details. — which start- year. CBA’s Part-Time MBA rose http://go.unl.edu/3zk Extension. Read more at http:// The arrangement is with ed with a $2.5 from 50th last year to 28th this go.unl.edu/5pu. USP’s ESALQ campus in the city million grant Lance Pérez is the new dean of Piracicaba, which is roughly from the National of Graduate Studies. Pérez is also equivalent to UNL’s Institute of Science Foundation — an associate vice chancellor for Agriculture and Natural Resources. is based on the Nebraska Civil War Washington Chancellor Harvey Perlman shakes hands with Jeff Sotzing as academic affairs and a professor Both focus on issues in food, fuel Robotics and GPS/GIS Larry Witzer waves to the crowd during the Nov. 5 Husker football of electrical engineering. Learn and water. in 4-H program. game. Sotzing and Witzer are with the John W. Carson Founda- more about Pérez at http://go.unl. Under the agreement, faculty The initiative teach- tion. edu/403. Carl Nelson, professor of mechanical engineering, sits by the Intelligently Controlled Assistive Rehabilitation from each university will spend es robotics, GPS and GIS Kim Wilson, professor of land- Elliptical machine he helped develop in collaboration with Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital. The ICARE device up to a year at the partner uni- technologies through building and scape architecture, was appointed was a finalist for the international da Vinci Awards. versity teaching, attending confer- programming a robot, navigation Carson Foundation gives to a three-year interim dean positi- ences and conducting research. and mapmaking activities. ton at the College of Architecture. Undergraduates will take classes, Since its start, the program has Read more at http://go.unl.edu/6ks. while graduate students will con- expanded regionally to nationally $1M for scholarships James O’Hanlon was duct research in programs coordi- named interim dean of the with 60 programs across the coun- The John W. Carson port of Johnny Carson to his nated by advisers at both universi- College of Journalism and Mass Collaboration helps patients try. Foundation announced in home state of Nebraska. ties. Technical and administrative Communications. Read more at These programs include learn- November a $1 million gift “Once again, Johnny staff also will participate in the http://go.unl.edu/79j. ing in a variety of formats, includ- to the University of Nebraska Carson’s legacy lives on at exchange. And Nancy Busch was named ing 4-H Clubs, after school pro- UNL researchers are helping paint a fuller portrait of the slaves in Foundation to create the the University of Nebraska,” interim dean of the University grams, Scout groups or for teachers Washington, D.C., how they lived and how emancipation changed Johnny Carson Opportunity Perlman said. “He has dem- Libraries. Busch replaces Joan regain, improve walking ability to use in the classroom. their lives. The research is part of the Civil War Washington Scholarship Fund. onstrated time and time While the grant ends in 2013, digital research project and marks the 150th anniversary of the Giesecke who stepped down to echanical engineering professor Carl devices — they weren’t affordable, and at some The permanently again his love for his home the project’s team also continues to Compensated Emancipation Act. UNL scholars leading Civil War accept a new administrative assign- Nelson’s fascination with the mechanics $300,000 apiece, smaller treatment centers, clinics endowed scholarship fund state, and we are grateful look for ways to keep the program Washington are (left to right) Susan Lawrence, Kenneth Winkle, ment. Read more at http://go.unl. of human motion led him to a local col- and home users were lacking access. Her concept will annually benefit students to the Carson Foundation sustainable. Katherine Walter, Kenneth Price, and Elizabeth Lorang. For more edu/eaa. laboration that could have world-reaching was to make the ICARE device at a fraction of in the Hixson-Lied College Board for this generous gift http://go.unl.edu/r66 information, go to http://civilwardc.org. potential. the cost — $10,000 or less — and with the help of Fine and Performing Arts to help our students with NU is lead host for With Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital, of Nelson and a grant from the U.S. Department who are graduates of high much-needed scholarship Nelson’s work on developing a new Intelligently of Education’s National Institute on Disability schools in Nebraska, with support.” Parents group Brazil-based initiative Controlled Assistive Rehabilitation Elliptical sys- and Rehabilitation Research, they developed the Luthans’ article preference for students in The gift was announced Brazil’s “Science Without tem is helping rehabilitation patients regain or ICARE system. among top 50 UNL Extension creates drought info website the Johnny Carson School of Nov. 4 following the Carson honors 180+ Borders” group that is at the improve their ability to walk. The elliptical assis- ICARE uses customized propulsion so clients Theatre and Film. Lecture presented by “Mr. UNL Extension has created home and garden. It features the Chancellor Harvey Baseball” Bob Uecker. University of Nebraska this year is tive device was a finalist for an international da can maintain exercise in a walking-like movement most cited a website that offers resources latest weather forecasts from state faculty, staff the largest single delegation any- Vinci Award. pattern on the elliptical machine. The motorized Perlman said the gift dem- http://go.unl.edu/carson from the Institute climatologist Al Dutcher, The UNL Teaching Council and where in the United States. The UNL/Madonna collaboration began in control has a sensor that adjusts the level of sup- Management professor Fred onstrates the continued sup- of Agriculture and as well as links to pro- UNL Parents Association honored Most of the 28 students are 2006 when Nelson met Judith Burnfield, director port depending on the individual’s needs during Luthans received a 2011 Emerald Natural Resources and graming, UNL Extension more than 180 faculty and staff at majoring in STEM fields — science, of Madonna’s Institute for Rehabilitation Science exercise. Management Citations of others for dealing with publications, UNL news an annual recognition ceremony on technology, engineering and math- and Engineering, and the rehabilitation institute’s In July, Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital Excellence Award. Luthans’ arti- drought in the region. releases; and links to Feb. 3. ematics — and several are studying Movement and Neurosciences Center. He had partnered with SportsArt Fitness Inc., to launch cle, with former UNL Ph.D. stu- The site includes links resources outside the Nastasi is director of Center Certificates of recognition for agriculture. been drawn to visit the rehabilitative institute’s international distribution of the ICARE device. dent Carolyn Youssef, “Emerging to information on crops, livestock, university. contributions to students were given “Science Without Borders” initia- movement center because of his growing interest The ICARE will be sold throughout the U.S. positive organizational behavior” economics, water, families, and http://go.unl.edu/pn4 during the ceremony. This was the tive is part of Brazil’s larger goal in rehabilitative engineering. and 80 countries internationally. It includes parts (Journal of Management, 2007) for Energy Sciences Research first year 20-year awards were pre- to provide 100,000 students with Burnfield’s problem at the center was the auto- manufactured by SourceOne, a custom manufac- was one of the top 50 articles with Materials scientist Mike Nastasi is the new sented. Faculty receiving the 20-year scholarships to study at the world’s mated treadmill and robotic gait rehabilitation turing company in Lincoln. the most citations and impact director of UNL’s Nebraska Center for Energy best universities. among all business journals since 3 profs earn top honors Sciences Research. honor are Ronald Hanson, profes- Brazil is one of the countries NU its publication date. sor of agricultural economics, and http://go.unl.edu/icare UNL professors Chris Calkins, Watch videos stories featuring these three Nastasi also is a professor of mechanical is targeting for close cooperation. http://go.unl.edu/d83 Tiffany Heng-Moss and Carolyn universitywide award winners online: and materials engineering and holds the Elmer Donald Lee, professor of agronomy Pope Edwards were selected among Koch Professorship. He comes to UNL from and horticulture. Chris Calkins — http://go.unl.edu/94a the 2012 winners of the University Los Alamos National Laboratory. All award winners were nominat- Tiffany Heng-Moss — http://go.unl.edu/dox Website focused on University of Nebraska strengthens ties with China of Nebraska’s most prestigious In July, Nastasi received a $980,000 grant ed by parents of UNL students. See Carolyn Pope Edwards — http://go.unl.edu/bkk awards for research, teaching and to develop new composites that could lead the complete list of award winners refugee population engagement. to safer, more efficient energy production in at http://go.unl.edu/hq2. The College of Journalism and NU, Xi’an celebrate opening of exchange center The universitywide awards Department of Entomology, is nuclear reactors. Read more at http://go.unl. Nastasi Mass Communications has creat- The University of Nebraska and The celebration, co-hosted by recognize faculty whose work has the winner of the University of edu/4xq. ed “Nebraska Mosaic,” a commu- China’s Xi’an Jiaotong University UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman IANR’s China made a strong impact on students, Nebraska systemwide OTICA, In memorium nity news website that focuses on celebrated April 21 the opening and Xi’an Jiaotong University China rising the university and the state. Award given to honor excellence in teach- Larkins leads life sciences research Lincoln’s refugee population. of the American Exchange Center. President Zheng Nanning, capped UNL recruitment efforts are recipients are selected by commit- ing. OTICA stands for Outstanding Gerald Shapiro office to foster tees of outstanding peers. Teaching and Instructional Brian Larkins is leading efforts to strength- The website, http://cojmc/unl. The center is an NU-wide initiative an “American Culture Week” in drawing more students from Gerald Shapiro, 61, of Lincoln, died China. In the last seven years, Calkins, a UNL meat scientist, Creativity Award. en UNL’s life sciences research. edu/mosaic, launched Nov. 3. that aims to expose Chinese stu- Xi’an. Activities during the week Oct. 15. He was Cather professor of Tim Anderson, associate profes- dents and faculty to United States included a lecture from University enrollment of Chinese under- collaborations is a 2012 winner of the Innovation, Edwards, a Willa Cather The internationally recognized leader in graduates has increased about Development and Engagement Professor, teaching in the depart- the development of plant molecular biology English. sor of journalism, said the project is history, law, medicine, art, culture of Nebraska Medical Center stu- A new UNL office in Beijing Known nationally as a compiler of designed to give a voice to Lincoln’s and government. It is also designed dents, photography exhibits and 188 percent. Totals are from Award, a University of Nebraska ments of Child, Youth and Family and plant agricultural biotechnology became fall of each year. will open up new possibilities for systemwide honor that recognizes Studies and Psychology, received associate vice chancellor for life sciences at Jewish fiction and an author of several growing refugee communities. to strengthen Nebraska’s collabora- lectures from UNL faculty, and joint research and faculty and books including “Bad Jews and Other tion with China. performances by the University of Year Chinese undergrads faculty members who have extend- the University of Nebraska’s high- UNL on July 1. student exchanges between the ed their academic expertise beyond est honor for research — the He’s excited about the leadership and Stories” and “Little Men,” Shapiro’s The exchange center is one Nebraska at Omaha Jazz Quintet 2005 21 United States and China. writing and anthologies earned numer- component of NU’s overall global and a Xi’an Jiaotong student music the boundaries of the university in Outstanding Research and Creative vision at Nebraska, and about new possibili- 2006 24 UNL’s Institute of Agriculture ways that have enriched the broad- Activity Award. ties at Nebraska Innovation Campus. ous awards including the Ohio State engagement strategy to build rela- and dance troupe. 2007 46 and Natural Resources opened University Short Fiction Prize and the tionships with key nations that will The center will operate much er community. Read more about the awards at Larkins said life sciences research and Larkins 2008 100 the office June 11 at China’s State Heng-Moss, a professor in the http://go.unl.edu/u5a innovation at Nebraska is on its way up. Edward Lewis Wallant Award. He was This special edition of the Scarlet, benefit Nebraska and the world. like the Confucius Institute, which, 2009 171 Administration of Grain. also a finalist for the National Jewish the newspaper for faculty and staff Only 10 such centers won seed through a partnership with Xi’an 2010 335 A Nebraska delegation that Book Award for Fiction of the University of Nebraska— funding from the U.S. government Jiaotong University, promotes Lincoln, was published by: 2011 415 included representatives from UNL after a competitive application pro- Chinese language, culture and his- Civic engagement is new focus for undergraduates These obituaries were featured in the University Communications Data provided by Institutional Research and Planning and the Nebraska Department of 321 Canfield Administration cess. tory at UNL. Agriculture visited Beijing twice in A new civic engagement program at UNL is aimed at make a difference in the quality of life in a community, has been Scarlet during the 2011-2012 academic Building the past year to negotiate the open- sparking that reaction in undergraduates. The pro- high on the wish list for UNL for a number of years. year. All obituaries are available online at www.unl.edu/scarlet. P. O. Box 880424 ing of the office. gram, unique in the Big Ten, wraps co-curricular The new civic engagement certificate program will mentor Lincoln, NE 68588-0424 Chancellor named honorary professor at Xi’an Jiaotong The new office will pro- experiences within UNL’s general education curric- students through the process of applying what they have learned Rodney Dillon Harvey Loy Hinshaw Sr. Telephone: 472-8518 Chancellor Harvey Perlman In addition to being a rare honor, Perlman will travel occasionally to vide access to a network of lead- ulum and participants — regardless of their home to real-world experiences, helping them to analyze and reflect on Mary Doak James “Jim” Ihrig Fax: 472-7825 returned from China in September the professorship further strength- China to give lectures on intellectual ing Chinese university and state college or major — emerge with a Certificate in their experiences and complete a service-learning project. Judy Driskell Frederick Link Web site: www.unl.edu/scarlet Robert Fuller Terry Rae Nygren with a new title, Honorary University ens the strong relationship between property. partners for student and faculty Civic Engagement. The first cohort of students begins the program with the Civic engagement, loosely defined as connect- spring 2012 semester. The goal is to roll the project out in a small Barbara Gorski John Orr Troy Fedderson, Editor Professor at Xi’an Jiaotong Xi’an Jiaotong University and UNL. http://go.unl.edu/s6i exchanges and as well as for joint Janet Harkness Wally Peterson Kelly Bartling, News Director University. As a part of the appointment, research efforts. ing classroom learning with the opportunity to pilot class, eventually attracting many more undergraduates. Richard Harnsberger Meg Lauerman, Director, University Communications

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George Flippin mural project Replacing windows in the Tractor museum tour led by Luis Vasquez Chancellor Harvey Perlman’s 2011 State Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas David Manderscheid on Textiles lab upgrade “Marriage of Figaro” opera of the University address at the College of Law Architecture Hall link “Dining with the Dean” 4| Monday, Sept. 10, 2012 Scarlet | The Year in Review Scarlet | The Year in Review Monday, Sept. 10, 2012 | 5 Swearer helps launch Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation On a typical Wednesday, Susan Swearer would be in her office in Bullying Research the basement of Teachers College Study led by Susan Swearer shows kids with behavior issues, Hall, preparing for classes and per- disabilities are bullied more, bully others more Lindsey Andersen Kaylee Barber Stephanie Herzog Alanna Hoffman Cara Morgenson Loni O’Grady haps chatting with co-workers about http://go.unl.edu/9uk her family or unseasonably warm weather. Instead, on Feb. 29, she was and Human Sciences, helped Gaga U.S. Secretary of Health and Human UNL ties record with 9 student Fulbrights in snowy Boston, on a Harvard launch the new foundation — which Services Kathleen Sebelius. University stage with Lady Gaga, ask- addresses issues like self-confidence, “It was, in many ways, a surreal The University of Nebraska– tries that the program operates. About ing the pop icon how best to empow- well-being, anti-bullying, mentor- day,” Swearer said. “But it was a great Lincoln tied a campus record in 8,000 grants are awarded annually, UNL among top producers of Fulbright scholars er young people during the kickoff of ing and career development through day. (Gaga’s) platform is huge — the 2011-2012 academic year with and about 1,600 of those grants are UNL was ranked among the top Gaga’s much-ballyhooed Born This research, education and advocacy which is the attraction for me, for nine students earning Fulbright awarded to U.S. students. 45 colleges and universities that Way Foundation. — by leading sessions at a morning linking academic research and find- Scholarships to study abroad. UNL is boosting its efforts to Brian Rentfro produced the most U.S. Fulbright Maybe not a typical day at the symposium at Harvard and then by ings to her voice, which has such far The Fulbright Program, estab- help students compete successfully Scholars in 2011-2012. The research office, but for UNL’s nationally participating on a select panel with reach.” lished in 1946 and funded by the for these prestigious scholarships by institutions list was announced by Panelists featured in the Born this Way Foundation launch were (from renowned anti-bullying expert, it’s the singer and others. Gaga’s representatives contacted U.S. Department of State, is designed identifying potential applicants early the Fulbright Program. ative activities. left) Harvard’s Drew Faust and Charles Ogletree; Alyssa Rodemeyer; starting to come with the territory. Those “others” included Oprah Swearer, who co-directs the Bullying to foster understanding between the in their college careers and coaching The news came on top of the The success of the top-produc- Kathleen Sebelius; Deepak Chopra; David Burtka; and UNL’s Susan Swearer, a professor of school psy- Winfrey, author Deepak Chopra, Research Network. United States and other countries. candidates to enrich their academic September 2011 announcement ing institutions is highlighted in the Swearer. (Photo courtesy Rose Lincoln, Harvard) chology in the College of Education TV personality David Burtka and http://go.unl.edu/gaga The U.S. Student Fulbright program credentials. that UNL was listed in U.S. News Oct. 24 edition of The Chronicle of gives recent graduates, graduate stu- Laura Damuth, director of nation- and World Report as one of the Higher Education, at http://chron- dents and young professionals the al and international fellowships for top 28 institutions in the U.S. for icle.com/article/Fulbright-Presses- Research Retention Reputation Recruitment opportunity to conduct research, the University Honors Program, over- undergraduate research and cre- Forward-/129499/. Nicole Searcey Awards Bartelt-Hunt uses CAREER study or teach in one of the 155 coun- sees all Fulbright applicants. &Honors award to study diseases UNL students who earned a Fulbright scholarship and where the award will take them are (clockwise, from top left): Lindsey Andersen, to Brazil to research the Paul Barnes, professor of piano, Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, assis- role of grassroots human rights movements in the nation’s transitional justice efforts; Kaylee Barber, to Germany to teach English; Stephanie Herzog, to Romania continued his collaboration with tant professor of civil engineering, to teach English and do educational advising at a university; Alanna Hoffman, to South Korea to teach English; Cara Morgenson, to Poland to teach English; Loni American composer Philip Glass is shedding light on the complex O’Grady, to Brazil to teach English; Brian Rentfro, to Germany to teach English; Nicole Searcey, to Chile to research the parasitology of ancient civilizations; and with a March 31 performance of interaction between prions and soil. Mallory Slama, to Czech Republic to teach English. “A Retrospective on Philip Glass at A five-year, $413,883 Faculty Early Mallory Slama 75” in the Bruno Walter Auditorium Career Development Program at Lincoln Center in New York City. award from the National Science Research Retention Reputation Recruitment http://go.unl.edu/akw Foundation supports this research. Music major This is NSF’s most prestigious Honored students Robert D. Brown, professor award for outstanding pre-tenure emeritus of educational psychol- faculty and supports their develop- Juan A. Colon Santana, an earns Truman ogy, was awarded the American ment as researchers and teacher- electrical engineering doctoral College Personnel Association- scholars. student, was recognized at Scholarship College Educators International’s Prion diseases — such as those the national level for research 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award. that cause chronic wasting disease excellence. The American On Nov. 21, Zachary Smith was http://go.unl.edu/dek and bovine spongiform encepha- awarded a prestigious Marshall Vacuum Society awarded him lopathy — are highly infectious and Bartelt-Hunt the 2011 Falicov Prize for out- Scholarship. Richie Graham, an associate can spread to soil through blood, standing research performed Each year, up to 40 Marshall professor in the University Libraries, saliva, feces, urine and even ant- by a graduate student in areas scholars are was nominated for a Will Eisner ler velvet. Once in the soil, infec- ing heat and moisture, alters the related to magnetic interfaces selected to Comic Industry Award. He was nom- tious prion proteins can persist and protein over time. Bartelt-Hunt said and nanostructures. receive these inated for the 2012 awards for his remain infectious for decades. her goal is to discover which fac- http://go.unl.edu/x4e scholarships, work on “Government Issue: Comics Her CAREER project involves tors may slow the prions’ ability to which allow for the People: 1940s-2000s” (2011, testing how exposure to changing replicate. Anastasia Czarnick, a winners to Abrams ComicArts). environmental conditions, includ- http://go.unl.edu/rgh fourth-year interior design spend two http://go.unl.edu/idw student, was selected by the years at a Angelo Donghia Foundation British insti- Priscilla Grew, professor in Harnisch helps teach teachers for a $30,000 scholarship as tution pursu- Earth and Atmospheric Sciences one of 13 winners of its 2012 ing any area Smith and director of the State Museum, As nations worldwide embrace teaching, learning and teacher edu- of study. Kwame Dawes, professor of English and the new editor of the Prai- an American view of education, cation in the College of Education Student Scholarship Program has been designated a lifetime rie Schooner, was named a Guggenheim Fellow. Dawes also received in Interior Design. Czarnick Smith, 20, will attend the School National Associate of the National teachers are in need of retooling and Human Sciences, will spend six of Oriental and African Studies at the 2011 Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers award, which recognizes their skills and approaches. A UNL months as a Fulbright Scholar at is the fifth UNL student in Research Council of the National writers who have given generously to other writers or to the broader the College of Architecture to the University of London. Academies. faculty member who is skilled in the University of George in Tbilisi. A senior music and political literary community. Read more about the award at http://go.unl.edu/ helping established teachers learn He is the second faculty member have won the Donghia schol- http://go.unl.edu/yg5 s6f. arship. science major from East Troy, Wis., the skill of “assessment literacy,” will from UNL to travel to Georgia on http://go.unl.edu/rej Smith is not new to receiving schol- Lesa Hoffman, an associ- spend the first six months of 2012 a Fulbright grant; Miles Bryant also UNL set a record with four students being named Goldwater Scholars. Four is also the maximum attain- arships. In May 2010, he received a in the Republic of Georgia, helping spent six months in the country in able through the Goldwater program. Winners (clockwise from top left) are: Rachel Coburn, Elizabeth Spring ate professor of psychology, won Sarah Jo Lambert, a Boren scholarship, which he used language teachers there to become 2010. Jaensch, Joseph Phillips and Jared Paul Ostdiek. the 2011 Cattell Award from the sophomore in the College to travel to Jordan for six months Society of Multivariate Experimental Dawes named a better teachers. http://go.unl.edu/efi of Journalism and Mass to study Arabic language and inter- Psychology. The honor is awarded Del Harnisch, a professor of Communications, was one of national studies. annually to a young researcher who 22 Americans selected to be has made outstanding contribu- a torchbearer for the sum- PNAS publishes tions to the field. Image earns NSF award mer Olympics in London. She Four Goldwater Scholars named http://go.unl.edu/357 Guggenheim Fellow was selected for her work on our UNL students have won highly com- was one of only four universities in the country to senior’s paper wame Dawes, professor clear indication of the quality projects that affect local and petitive, national Goldwater Scholarships for have received four Goldwater scholarships. Shirpat Kamble, professor of of English and Glenna and significance of the work international communities. Before collecting his undergrad- their excellence in science. Because UNL is Both Coburn and Jaensch are biochemistry entomology, received the 2011 Luschei Editor of Prairie of American artists and art- http://go.unl.edu/z0c uate degree in May, Scott Bokemper Recognition Award in Urban limited to four nominees in the competition, majors. Ostdiek is a biological systems engineer- scored an achievement that even Schooner, received a John ists from around the world. I four winners is the maximum attainable — and ing major. Phillips graduated with a degree in bio- Entomology from the Entomological Simon Guggenheim Memorial waited until I thought I had a Kelleen Browning, Raina tenured faculty would be proud a record number of scholarships for UNL in this logical sciences and is studying toward a doctorate Foundation. The award is given for Foundation Fellowship. He is fit project before applying, and Keel, Thomas McHale to nab. annual competition. in ecology and evolutionary biology. outstanding extension, research among 181 scholars, artists and I am glad I did,” he said. and Karina Pedroza were The political science major was Winners are: Rachel Coburn of Papillion, The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and and teaching in urban entomology. scientists in the United States Dawes joined the UNL fac- named Gilman Scholars. among the co-authors of a paper Elizabeth Spring Jaensch of Naperville, Ill., Jared Excellence in Education Program was established http://go.unl.edu/djx and Canada who were selected ulty as a Chancellor’s Professor Each received scholar- examining the neural basis of egali- Paul Ostdiek of Columbus and Joseph Phillips by Congress in 1986 to honor Goldwater, who for the honor from nearly 3,000 in 2011 and took the helm of ships up to $5,000 to study tarian behavior published recently of Omaha. All are majoring in the biological sci- served his country for 56 years as a soldier and Kevin Lee, research associate applicants. the Prairie Schooner, UNL’s abroad. Browning, a junior in the Proceedings of the National ences. statesman, including 30 years of service in the professor in physics and astron- The fellowship will support quarterly literary magazine in the College of Education Academy of Sciences, one of the The scholarships are awarded annually to U.S. Senate. The Goldwater Foundation seeks stu- omy, received the 2012 David his work on the poem cycle, that for the past 85 years has and Human Sciences, stud- world’s most prestigious scientific future scientists, mathematicians and engineers. dents in mathematics or the sciences who display Halliday and Robert Resnick Award “August: A Quintet,” which is published the fiction, poetry, ied German in Berlin. Keel, journals. Joel Brehm, graphic and web designer for research and economic About 300 college sophomores and juniors receive intellectual curiosity and intensity and possess for Excellence in Undergraduate based on the work of August essays and reviews of talented a junior fisheries and wild- The major finding in the paper development, earned an honorable mention award for this scientific the scholarship nationwide. The awards are for up potential for significant future contributions in Physics Teaching. Wilson, an American play- writers of all levels. He is the life major, participated in the was that the insula, the part of illustration of variable diameter carbon nanotubes. The award came to $7,500 per year for educational expenses. UNL their chosen field. http://go.unl.edu/6x9 wright and Pulitzer Prize win- author of 16 poetry collec- International Studies Abroad the brain involved with instinctual from the International Science and Engineering Challenge, spon- ner whose work illustrated the tions, three works of fiction, sored by the National Science Foundation and the journal “Science.” Language, Culture and processes, also is associated with Mathias Schubert, associate egalitarian behavior. African-American experience and several anthologies, pro- Brehm designed the illustration to help visualize research by Yong- Economics program in Brazil. http://go.unl.edu/goldwater2012 professor of electrical engineering, in the 20th century. duced plays, and books of liter- McHale studied community http://go.unl.edu/pr7 feng Lu, Lott professor of electrical engineering, and his team. Read has been elected a fellow of the Dawes called the award a ary criticism and aesthetics, not more about the award at http://go.unl.edu/aeg. public health in Botswana. American Physical Society. Election tremendous honor, adding that counting forthcoming works. Pedroza participated in the to the fellowship is limited to no he’s grateful to all the writers His long list of accomplish- International Studies Abroad Lights, camera, action... Surgical robot team wins more than one-half of 1 percent of who wrote in support of his ments includes a 2009 Emmy Spanish, Business and Latin A team of graduate students Team members are Jack the society’s membership. selection. Award for a multimedia docu- America Studies program in from UNL’s Surgical Robotics Lab Mondry, Joseph Bartels, Thomas http://go.unl.edu/uvm “I have long regarded the mentary project on HIV/AIDS Argentina and Peru. won first place in the American Frederick and Eric Markvicka. Guggenheim Fellowship as a in Jamaica. Hibbing a AAAS fellow http://go.unl.edu/kri Ravi Sohi, associate dean of Society of Mechanical Engineers’ It was the second win in two Political scientist John Hibbing joined an elite graduate programs and research 2012 Student Mechanism and years for a UNL team at the com- group of scientists with his designation in December The Skyros String Quartet in the College of Business http://go.unl.edu/dawes Robot Design Competition, petition, following a team led by as a fellow in the American Association for the is the first graduate string Administration, was awarded the Graduate Student Robotics cate- Chi Min Seow that won the 2010 Advancement of Science — and the distinction of quartet to be recruited by 2012 Louis W. Stern Award by the gory, with their project, “Miniature graduate-level robotics division. being one of just 15-20 political scientists among UNL. The quartet is Sarah American Marketing Association. In Vivo Surgical Robot for Single- http://go.unl.edu/986 Award supports Jacobs’ new book the ranks. Election as an AAAS Fellow is an honor Pizzichemi, violin, from Seattle, Incision Surgery.” http://go.unl.edu/yd0 Wash.; James Moat, violin, bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers. Margaret Jacobs, Chancellor’s American Indian children within Hibbing was one of 539 new members honored in from Toronto, Ontario; Justin Gerald Steinacher, assistant Professor of History, has been non-Indian families. She intends 2011 for their scientifically or socially distinguished Kurys, viola, from Timmins, Campus Compact promotes professor of history, received the awarded a highly com- to use her yearlong fel- Ontario; and William Braun, efforts to advance science or its applications. 2011 National Jewish Book Award petitive fellowship from lowship, which started http://go.unl.edu/0ih Hibbing cello, from Tucson, Ariz. For service learning, civic engagement for “Nazis on the Run: How Hitler’s the American Council of Aug. 15, to write the their doctoral education, Twelve Nebraska colleges and The first project undertaken Henchmen Fled Justice.” Learned Societies. The book manuscript. The Skyros will study with the UNL students (from left) Corbin Groothuis and Neal Larson work universities are founding mem- by NCC is an AmeriCorps proj- http://go.unl.edu/5ra fellowship will support project will significantly Chiara String Quartet. Skyros with director of photography Craig Ladwig during filming of “Digs” Schleck wins Folger Fellowship bers of the new Nebraska Campus ect under which 36 students from her latest book project, contribute to studies of makes their Lincoln perfor- outside the Nebraska Union in May. The film is the second in the Compact, an affiliate of a national the 12 institutions will work either Janos Zempleni, professor of which continues a line American Indian histo- Julia Schleck, assistant profes- The Folger Shakespeare Library mance debut on Sept. 11 dur- Carson School Film Series. Organized through the Johnny Carson organization that promotes ser- in after-school projects for at-risk nutrition and health sciences and of research that in 2010 ry, gender history, family sor of English and acting director in Washington, D.C., has awarded ing the Chancellor’s State of School of Theatre and Film, the series is a unique project that teams vice learning and civic engagement youth or participate in Volunteer director of the Nebraska Gateway helped her win a top history, studies of colo- of UNL’s Medieval and Renaissance a short-term fellowship to Schleck to the University address. film industry professionals with students, faculty and staff from two among college students. Income Tax Assistance programs in for Nutrigenomics, received the honor in her field. nialism, and American Studies Program, has been awarded pursue her latest book project, “The http://go.unl.edu/ru4 colleges and Nebraska Educational Telecommunications to create a Nebraska is the 36th state to local communities. 2012 Outstanding Investigator Jacobs’ latest proj- Jacobs and world history over- a fellowship to pursue research next Genres of Early Capitalism.” 25- to 30-minute short film. Read more at http://go.unl.edu/frh. affiliate with the national Campus http://go.unl.edu/tg3 Award from the American Society ect explores the history all. spring at a world-renowned research http://go.unl.edu/bo5 Compact. of Nutrition. of the fostering and adoption of http://go.unl.edu/0u9 center on Shakespeare.

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Jesse Jackson Sr. Eddie Dominguez’s art outreach Susan Sheridan’s mission trip to Haiti Rhaniece Choice, MLK Day outreach University Health Center’s Raikes School students Teresa Virgil washes Richie Graham finds a note from 1963 Joseph “Andy” Anderson win app-development challenge residence hall bedding 6| Monday, Sept. 10, 2012 Monday, Sept. 10, 2012 | 7 Research Retention Reputation Recruitment Molfese assists Big Ten, UNL spearheads $25M Research Ivy League collaboration expanding The Big Ten Conference and E. coli research project the Ivy League, in conjunction with the Committee on Institutional UNL is the lead institution in Chancellor Harvey Perlman. “Beef Cooperation, will engage in a a $25 million project to reduce is big business in the state, and the cross-institutional research col- Research and throughout the beef production industry prides itself on delivering laboration to study the effects of chain the occurrence of E. coli strains a safe product to consumers. This head injuries in sports, continuing Creative Activity that pose a major threat to public project will help ensure the safety of efforts dating back more than two Stephen DiMagno, professor health. beef products, through the research years. UNL’s Dennis Molfese is the of chemistry, and his entrepreneur- The U.S. Department of conducted at participating institu- Big Ten/CIC research collabora- ial team were among the inaugural Agriculture’s National Institute of tions, the transfer of this knowledge tion director and will work on the recipients of the National Science Food and Agriculture announced the and extension projects on eight types to collaborators in the beef industry initiative. Foundation’s Innovation Corps grant Jan. 23. of STEC. Studies will include the and educational programs for con- This historic collaboration Awards. DiMagno used the $50,000 The project targets Shiga-toxin best-known STEC, E. coli O157:H7, sumers.” brings together two prestigious award to assess if his method for producing E. coli, or STEC, which along with seven strains that are not The $25 million grant is the larg- academic and athletic entities, Dennis Molfese producing imaging agents for staging cause more than 265,000 illnesses as well understood, partly because est-ever USDA grant to UNL and and allows for the coordination of Brainy study and managing certain cancers, includ- in the United States annually. Eating outbreaks due to these strains are one of the single largest grants it has ongoing efforts by each conference UNL’s Dennis Molfese is helping to ing pediatric cancers, cardiac disease, contaminated food or having direct rarely identified. ever received. to research and address various build a world-class center focused as well as various neurological dis- contact with fecal matter from UNL and Kansas State University Jim Keen, a UNL veterinary sci- aspects of head injuries in ath- on studying the brain. Read more orders, like Alzheimer’s disease and infected cattle and other ruminants – with 32 scientists — will conduct entist, is leading the project. letics, including concussions. The at http://go.unl.edu/98k Parkinson’s disease, can be brought cause most of these illnesses. most of the research, education and Keen said the first goal is to devel- world-class academic and research to the marketplace. UNL will lead a team of 48 scien- extension work for this project. op diagnostic techniques to deter- capabilities of the institutions http://go.unl.edu/9sr tists from 11 land-grant universities “This research has enormous mine the presence of STEC in cattle, will help to promote a collabora- oped and enacted a series of con- and other partner institutions to con- ramifications here in Nebraska both pre- and post-harvest. tive and collegial atmosphere to cussion-curbing measures in the Xiao Cheng Zeng (right) and postdoctoral researcher Hui Li with their computer-generated images of the creation of “ordered amorphous carbon clusters.” Peter Harms, assistant professor duct integrated research, education and across the nation,” said UNL http://go.unl.edu/zo6 address a burgeoning issue affect- sport of football after a year-long of management, co-authored a first- ing the welfare of athletes at all review. Since September 2011, the of-its-kind study that suggested one- levels of sport. two conferences have examined on-one mentorships are more potent In May 2010, the Big Ten the feasibility and benefits of col- NSF award fuels Hong’s nanoscience study in developing strong leaders than became the first collegiate con- laboration, while outlining the Zeng dents diamonds, crafts nanotubes, earns award formal group training. However, to be The key to making computers award for outstanding pre-tenure ference to establish a conference- framework and objectives associ- effective, the mentorship was effective and other electronics smaller, faster faculty to help them develop as wide concussion management ated with the initiative. only if protégés fully trusted their men- and less expensive lies in overcoming teacher-scholars and researchers. American Chemical plan. In 2011 the Ivy League devel- http://go.unl.edu/9tw the limitations of existing materials. With her award, Hong will com- Project creates new form of matter tor and were willing to handle blunt Xia Hong believes her research on bine two oxides to create a multifer- Society honors Zeng criticism, not just empty praise. hat do you get when you take buckyballs, soak smashed them, they lost their cage-like structure, nanoscale materials will help break ric nanomaterial with both mag- Xiao Cheng Zeng, Ameritas http://go.unl.edu/qsg them in a particular solvent and crush them as expected. What wasn’t expected was what they Research powers brain injury diagnostic device through current barriers. netic and ferroelectric properties. Distinguished University under the pressure of more than 300,000 turned into. Hong, assistant professor Ferroelectric materials have positive Professor of chemistry, has been A handheld tool is sor of chemistry. Julia McQuillan, professor of atmospheres? “It’s a new form of matter not seen before,” said of physics and astronomy and a and negative polarization directions. named the 2011 recipient of under development to Hage, a bioanalytical sociology, co-authored a study that The obvious answer is a bunch of crushed bucky- Zeng, Ameritas University Professor of Chemistry at researcher in UNL’s Materials Applying electricity can reverse the the Midwest Award from the diagnose traumatic brain chemist, develops meth- showed the classic figure of a distant, balls. But a team of scientists that included UNL UNL. “The buckyballs originally are ordered, but if Research Science and Engineering polarization. In a multiferric mate- American Chemical Society’s St. injury on the spot using ods to separate and career-focussed father who has little chemist Xiao Cheng Zeng has found that by using we crush them, it’s an ordered amorphous carbon Center, earned a five-year, $600,000 rial, electricity also can control mag- Louis section. The honor, given technology developed by measure specific com- time for his kids might be getting out- the right solvent at the right pressure, they created cluster. They become a mess, but they are still in a Faculty Early Career Development netism. annually, recognizes a scientist a UNL chemist. Such a pounds in complex flu- dated. The study found 75 percent of a new form of matter that they termed an “ordered long-range order. Program Award from the National The research promises to who has made “meritorious con- device could yield critical ids, and in some cases U.S. men rated being a good father as amorphous carbon cluster.” It’s so hard it can dent “And it turns out this new form of matter is super Science Foundation to continue her advance the understanding of mag- tributions to the advancement and in some cases life-sav- to do so quite rapidly. very important. Just 48 percent said diamonds, the hardest known substance. hard. It can indent diamonds.” research. Also known as a CAREER netoelectric coupling and could lead of pure or applied chemistry, ing information to guide In applications seeking the same about having a successful Like diamonds, buckyballs (technically buckmin- The discovery was announced in a paper pub- award, it is NSF’s most prestigious to novel materials and devices. chemical education, and the triage decisions from the to assess the severity of career. Xia Hong sterfullerenes) are made of carbon. They’re a well- lished in the Aug. 16 issue of the international journal profession of chemistry.” battlefield to the football a traumatic brain injury, http://go.unl.edu/4se ordered, cage-like structures of 60 carbon atoms that Science. Zeng is internationally field. his methods can measure look remarkably like soccer balls. When the scientists http://go.unl.edu/hqz USDA grant funds agriculture policy research known for his computational SFC Fluidics, a Fayetteville, Ark.- specific proteins in blood serum Timothy Nelson, assistant profes- studies of new phases of ice, based biotechnology company, that are released by the brain. In sor of psychology, was lead author All consumers are not the same. Neither are all agri- Partnership brings opportunity What is a buckyball? gold, and silicon clusters, and recently entered into a license agree- other words, the severity of brain of a study that found that physical cultural producers. Yet ag policy analysis typically has ment with UNL’s nonprofit affiliate, injury can be diagnosed with a UNL’s partnership with UNESCO-IHE brings international Buckyballs are carbon molecules arranged in a sphere shape with geometric patterns that resemble a soc- nanostructured materials. He is ailments are often an overlooked fac- assumed they are, which can result in ineffective or inef- NUtech Ventures, to use technology simple blood test. agriculture and water study opportunities cer ball. Also know as fullerenes, buckyballs come in all shapes and sizes meaning the number of carbon atoms the fourth chemist from UNL to tor in why youth end up in residential ficient policies. UNL is leading a new research effort to developed by David Hage, profes- http://go.unl.edu/xpe http://go.unl.edu/2jx in each one can vary. Some are so large that other atoms can get trapped inside of them. Buckyballs are also receive the award. treatment centers such as Boys Town. change that approach. resistant to damage from high speed collisions. Working in collaboration with Boys UNL received a two-year $766,166 grant from the Town, Nelson found that more than U.S. Department of Agriculture to establish a new policy responses to ag policies vary, too, depending on factors. a third of youths admitted to Boys research group within its Center for Agricultural and The research will build on work Giannakas and col- Lights, camera, action... Town in the last 10 years had physical Food Industrial Organization. leagues have been doing for a decade. Once developed, International team builds nanotube that mimics cell function maladies. The study was published in Traditionally, policy studies have imagined a “repre- this new framework will be used to analyze important An international team of scientists, including process called self-assembly. the journal Pediatrics. sentative consumer” or “representative producer” in ana- policy issues. UNL chemist Xiao Cheng Zeng, has created what Zeng’s group determined the size of the rings and http://go.unl.edu/xey lyzing ag policy, said Konstantinos Giannakas, UNL agri- The research, which also will use behavioral and is in effect a nanoscale sieve that is very selective in the distance between them to find the structure of cultural economics professor who will lead this research. experimental economic methods in policy analysis and what it will allow to pass through — and performs the devices, and found eight possible ways to stack Brian Pytlik Zillig, associate pro- However, there’s really no such thing. Consumers design, will involve about 11 faculty as well as graduate in much the same way as the potassium ion channels the molecules. Crucially, computations also showed fessor and digital initiatives librarian, respond to food policies in very different ways, driven and post-doctoral students. that are vital components of virtually all living cells. that the structures are stable at room temperature. is principal investigator of a $183,000 by preferences, income and other factors. Producers’ http://go.unl.edu/dm0 It’s also the first synthetic nanotube that possesses The success of the experiments, Zeng said, will grant from the Andrew W. Mellon a uniform diameter, as well as being self-assembling lead to continuing research and development. Foundation to fund completion of and hydrophobic, characteristics that could lead to “One thing people are interested in in this field Abbot, a software project designed industrial and medical breakthroughs. is desalination. Another is drug delivery,” he said. “In to improve the ability of humanities Zeng said the nanotube can be viewed as a stack the future, our direction, also supported by NSF, is to researchers to use the growing num- Natural of many rings. The rings come together through a functionalize the inner wall of the tube.” ber of digital archives and other digi- tal projects. Project partners include Discoveries UNL’s Stephen Ramsay, associate pro- http://go.unl.edu/nanotubes fessor of English. (big, small and Long) A team led by NET Television’s Michael Farrell and photographer Mi- http://go.unl.edu/o8t chael Forsberg is using cameras to capture the ebb and flow of the Giant snake Platte River Basin, showcasing how natural and manmade events Petronela Radu, assistant profes- Titanoboa is prehistoric change it over time. The cameras, positioned from the river basin’s sor of mathematics, was awarded snake discovered in Colombia Nebraska Latino study is breaking new ground beginning in the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming and Colorado, to its a Fulbright Scholar grant to teach by a research team that includes run across Nebraska to the Missouri River, capture a single photo A research team based at UNL wants to under- the Southwest and Northeast, where most of the factors associated with Latino youth outcomes. and conduct research at Trinity UNL’s Jason Head. Estimated an hour in every daylight hour of every day. The project grew from stand what factors predict Latino youth adjust- research has been conducted. As a result, we know Prior research with Latinos in other parts of the College in Ireland. Radu will work to have measured 49 feet long an NET documentary on Forsberg’s book “Great Plains: America’s ment by launching a large-scale study of Latino very little about the lives of Latino teenagers in country suggests that family and community alongside Trinity College’s Paschalis and weighed 2,500 pounds. Lingering Wild.” Read more at http://go.unl.edu/aq3. youth in Nebraska. other parts of the country and almost nothing characteristics influence developmental outcomes Karageorgis, an expert in the field of Longer than a modern school The goal is to understand the experiences of about Latino youth in Nebraska. in Latino youth. Those outcomes are also affected nonlinear wave equations. Together, bus, Titanoboa was featured Latino youth in the state, their strengths and chal- “We think the situation for Latino youth in the by personal characteristics and experiences such they will examine two areas of high UNL’s Alexandra Trout pictured on the Boys Town campus with Boys Town in a 90-minute, Smithsonian lenges, and the family and community supports Midwest is unique. Ours is the first study to focus as stress and discrimination, a sense of closeness interest in hyperbolic differential researchers (from left) Patrick Tyler, McLain Stewart and Ronald Thompson. Channel special. that help them succeed. Latinos are the fastest on these youth.” to one’s ethnic group, and coping skills. equations: instability and existence http://go.unl.edu/9ib Scientists discover drought growing ethnic group in Nebraska and the United Crockett said the study, funded by the National The research team also includes Maria de and uniqueness of solutions. States. Science Foundation, will involve structured inter- Guzman, associate professor of child, youth and memory helps plants survive http://go.unl.edu/hbw $3.5 million grant to assist “We know relatively little about Latino youth views with 250 families, starting in Lincoln and family studies and an UNL Extension specialist. Shrinking horses Plants subjected to a previ- Sifrhippus, the earliest known in the U.S., because few studies have focused then moving into other areas of the state. Schools The team will analyze the data from all par- NSF grant to guide irrigation Karl Reinhard, professor of foren- special needs teens, parents on them,” said lead investigator Lisa Crockett, and community agencies will be contacted to help ticipating families, then disseminate the research ous period of drought learn to management tool to market horse, weighed in at around 12 deal with the stress thanks to their sic sciences, was lead author of a Teenage kids “kind of get lost help special-needs teenagers and pounds when it pranced around professor of psychology at UNL. “What we do identify and contact potential research subjects. findings locally and nationally. http://go.unl.edu/m8i study that examined fossilized feces http://go.unl.edu/gwm memories of the previous experi- in the system.” They’re almost their parents be successful at home the forests of North America know about Latino youth is based on youth in The project focuses on ecological and personal from the American Southwest to see adults, and not really needing to and school. ence, UNL research has found. The more than 50 million years ago. findings could lead to develop- learned, often through hard expe- just what ancient Native Americans be protected like babies or young Trout’s program, “On the Way Research assisted by UNL’s Ross ate. The data, published in the journal children — or so it may seem. Home,” is family-centered aca- ment of crops better able to with- rience: Transplants do better when Secord discovered that the min- Knight Foundation grant Transportation grant extends stand drought. water is withheld for a few days to Current Anthropology, found that the Special education researcher demic aftercare services targeted iature horse got even smaller diet of ancient Natives may have Alexandra Trout of UNL disagrees to older children served in out-of- The research also confirms, drought harden them before the — down to about 8.5 pounds, the for the first time, the scientific move. made modern Natives more suscepti- with this conventional attitude home care. size of a small house cat — as supports drone journalism highway, rail safety research ble to diabetes as diets evolved to low- and wants to take a fledgling pro- The new grant will prove the basis for what home gardeners http://go.unl.edu/89f temperatures rose some 56 mil- A project to explore using er-fiber, higher glycemic index foods. gram nationwide. A $3.5 million efficacy of the On the Way Home UNL has won a $3.5 million and nursery professionals have lion years ago. drones to do reporting got a boost http://go.unl.edu/odo grant from the Department of program and replicate its model U.S. Department of Transportation http://go.unl.edu/3nt when UNL’s drone journalism Education’s Institute for Education for other agencies. The program grant promoting highway and lab received a $50,000 prototype UNL joins forces with private sector Kevin Smith and John Hibbing, Sciences will help her and a team of includes dropout prevention, par- railway safety. The award enables grant from the John S. and James L. professors of political science, pub- researchers, educators and family ent training and homework sup- Super Tongue UNL to continue hosting the Mid- Knight Foundation in June. America Transportation Center, a to further polling, survey research lished a study that found the amount service workers from UNL, Boys port. Nathan Muchhala led a of disgust you feel when looking at Matt Waite, a professor of prac- four-state regional center research- As society becomes more the next generation of survey tools. Town, and surrounding Lincoln http://go.unl.edu/syn research team that discovered gross images may lend insight into tice in the College of Journalism and ing various elements of transporta- dependent on polling and survey A UNL research team led by and Omaha agencies intervene to Anoura fistulata, a bat that Nebraska Transportation Center personal political beliefs. Mass Communications, leads the tion safety. data, the need to ensure accuracy Allan McCutcheon, professor of gained worldwide notoriety for http://go.unl.edu/tpw project. Waite and three undergrad- Since 2006, UNL has hosted and reduce errors becomes more statistics and survey research and an ability to snap its tongue the center for at least the next year. uate student assistants will study the Mid-America Transportation critical. methodology, will partner on this Study eyes worker dignity at Foxconn, Apple plants out one and a half times its The UNL center has overseen Greg Snow and UNL’s experimen- unmanned vehicles, or drones, as Center for transportation research A $2.97 million grant from the research with two private firms, A study led by Kristen Lucas, an the world’s most popular consumer own body length. The bat research on such issues as the use of tal high-energy physics team contin- potential tools for news and pub- Matt Waite in collaboration with universities National Science Foundation to a Gallup and Abt SRBI. assistant professor of communica- electronics — can safeguard employ- was featured in the National high-performance concrete, truck ues to work with physicists at CERN’s lic data collection. The university and state transportation agen- team at UNL will be used to find The grant aims to try to find tions studies, outlined ways in which ees’ dignity. Geographic Channel show safety improvements at railroad atom smashing Large Hadron Collider. will conduct live experiments and was established in November as part cies in Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri ways to reduce survey error and more cost-effective and accurate the Foxconn Technology Group — The study appeared in the “Untamed Americas.” crossings, and a variety of construc- On July 4, it was announced that the research the ethical and legal issues of a broad digital journalism and and Kansas. The Transportation look at ways to integrate technolo- ways to conduct the decennial U.S. the Taiwanese company whose Journal of Business Ethics. http://go.unl.edu/fgu tion materials for roads and rails. a new particle whose characteristics of drone usage in the civilian sector. innovation strategy. Department’s $3.5 million grant gies like the Internet and comput- Census, McCutcheon said. huge Chinese factories assemble http://go.unl.edu/84o http://go.unl.edu/mxi match the long-theorized Higgs boson UNL’s Drone Journalism Lab http://go.unl.edu/esb means UNL will continue hosting er-assisted telephone surveys into http://go.unl.edu/8i7 particle had been observed. http://go.unl.edu/aa9

Ken North cleans a campus chiller Earth Week tree planting Students work on Husker Motorsports’ Jason Head shows vetebra of Mark Awakuni-Swetland shows Michael James fits a dress Nine-Mile Prairie prescribed burn Marion Ellis (right) at Morrill Hall’s Michael Burton’s first Formula SAE car Titanoboa (left) versus a modern snake students how to build a tipi for the UNL fashion show Sunday with a Scientist Awesome Animation Summer 8| Monday, Sept. 10, 2012 Scarlet | The Year in Review Speech team wins UNL’s first Big Ten title The UNL speech and debate team became In their first Big Ten season, the Nebraska Cornhuskers earned conference champi- pionships included senior Jimmy Simpson Jr. the first Nebraska team to win a Big Ten title onships in women’s gymnastics, women’s indoor track and field and volleyball. Read of Lyons in persuasive speaking, senior Eli with its victory at the Conference Challenge more about the Huskers’ exploits at www.huskers.com. Barts of Bellevue in informative speaking, Tournament, Oct. 8-9 at Northwestern junior Lauren Schaal of Omaha in after- University in Evanston, Ill. In addition to the team championship of Omaha won conference championships in dinner speaking and sophomore Josh Planos UNL led the field with a two-day point in a conference that has a long tradition of prose interpretation, dramatic interpretation, of Omaha in program oral interpretation. total of 261 points, ahead of tournament host academic excellence and excellence in speech and duo interpretation with partner sopho- The team is part of UNL’s Department and second-place finisher Northwestern at and debate, UNL students captured seven more Grace Kluck of Lincoln. of Communication Studies in the College of 138 points. individual Big Ten titles. Senior Nick Herink Other students winning conference cham- Arts and Sciences. ‘Biology of Human’ Research Retention Reputation Recruitment Nebraska Innovation Campus education project earns NIH grant Recent biomedical research has transformed scientific understand- ing of human biology. But many of these advances haven’t filtered into public awareness, hindering our ability to make the best health- related decisions. A new educational program — Historic IAB Biology of Human — will help the public, particularly young to get life, people, better understand advances in biomedical research. University of Nebraska State Museum, the facelift Nebraska Center for Virology and Planners at Nebraska UNL sociologists are teaming with Innovation Campus unveiled a children, science writers and mul- new look and usage plan for the timedia developers to create edu- Industrial Arts Building, a historic cational materials for use nation- structure at the former Nebraska wide. The project is funded by a State Fair Park. A design con- five-year, $1.3 million grant from cept approved by the Nebraska the National Institutes of Health’s Innovation Campus Development Science Education Partnership Corp. maintains the historic Award program. footprint and external facade of http://go.unl.edu/jqp Greg Brown, chief preparator in the University of Nebraska State Museum’s division of vertebrate paleontol- the 99-year-old building while ogy, prepares fossils of an Ashfall Fossil Beds rhino. The museum and Henry Doorly Zoo worked together to enabling advanced greenhouse create an interactive Ashfall dig site at the zoo. The exhibit opened in May. space to be developed on the sec- CIC awards ond floor. The concept for the renovated Smithsonian IAB involves a first floor to be used for greenhouse mechanical space, Fellowship to NU Museum, Omaha zoo high bay research space needs and other functions. The second floor will house state-of-the-art green- Pesendorfer house space, greenhouse support Mario Pesendorfer, a doc- space and approximately 4,000 toral candidate in the School of collaborate on dig project square feet of office space. Biological collaboration allowed Greg Brown to pass http://go.unl.edu/8d8 Sciences, has his love for paleontology — and the Ashfall More new Ashfall digs been awarded State Fossil Beds — on to younger genera- Research has expanded at Ashfall with the a Smithsonian tions. opening of the Dickinson Fossil Heritage Center Institution The University of Nebraska State Museum and http://go.unl.edu/c3q Fellowship Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo worked together to through create an Ashfall-inspired dig site at the zoo. The sils unearthed at Ashfall, a research arm of the the Big Ten exhibit opened in May. museum and a national natural landmark located Conference’s “What we’re planning on doing at the zoo is near Royal, Neb. Committee on installing several of the baby (rhinoceros fossils) The dig site collaboration was initiated by Tim Pesendorfer Institutional in an area that they want to turn into a dig site,” Hubbard, a prominent Ashfall and Omaha zoo Cooperation. said Brown. “It will be mostly for kids, to sort of donor. Nebraska app launched The CIC nominates scholars experience the excitement of excavating a fossil.” “We had been looking at possibilities for show- UNL has launched the Nebraska from each member school to com- Brown, chief preparator in the museum’s divi- casing Ashfall at various venues across Nebraska App, a suite of mobile applica- pete for one of six Smithsonian sion of vertebrate paleontology, created several for a few years,” said Mark Harris, associate direc- tions that makes essential univer- predoctoral fellowships. plastic animal casts for the zoo dig site. The work tor of the museum. “But when the prospect of col- sity resources available on mobile The CIC/Smithsonian fellow- included three adult rhinos, two baby rhinos and laborating with the Omaha zoo came up in early devices. Students can check grades, ship will allow Pesendorfer to work a horse. All of the casts are exact replicas of fos- 2011, it trumped all other concepts.” access course content and browse with Scott Sillett at the Smithsonian the course catalog. Users can Conservation Biology Institute in access the public directory and get Washington, D.C. http://go.unl.edu/ashfall_dig in touch instantly, keep tabs on Husker sports, find places on the campus map, stay informed with the latest campus news, watch videos, Team’s discovery has implications for finding life on Mars and even listen to podcasts of popu- lar lectures in iTunesU. Moqui marbles, unusual balls of rock that have a hard, round shell made of iron oxide, or microbial life was present, active and played a http://go.unl.edu/uje can be found rolling around the southwestern rust, and a soft, sandy interior. Previous theories role in iron biomineralization.” U.S. sandstone regions, were formed roughly 2 of their formation had suggested a chemical The discovery demonstrates that life could million years ago with the help of microorgan- reaction devoid of life, but persist in this type of rocky, iron-rich environ- isms. This discovery by a UNL research team Weber’s team discovered ment. It provides a guide for searching for life Foundation has implications for finding life on Mars and for clear evidence that micro- elsewhere on Earth, or even on Mars, where better understanding Earth’s past. organisms played a role. similar structures have been found. collects The research by Karrie Weber, assistant pro- “We found iron oxide Weber’s team included David Loope and fessor of geomicrobiology and microbial biogeo- is associated with these Richard Kettler in UNL’s Department of Earth chemistry, and her colleagues is featured on the organic carbon structures and Atmospheric Sciences, research assistant record cover of the August issue of Geology, the journal that resemble microor- Trisha Spanbauer, and Matthew Kilburn and of the Geological Society of America. ganisms,” Weber said. “So David Wacey at the University of Western $172.1M Moqui marbles, which range in size from BBs all of the information Australia. Alumni and friends of the to cannonballs, weather out of sandstone and Weber put together tells us that http://go.unl.edu/w8z University of Nebraska demon- strated their generosity in 2011 by Explore Center ready to assist giving the most private support in India indepth history. Donors students undecided on major gave more A new center within Academic than $172.1 Affairs has been created to assist Setting a new course million to the undergraduate and pre-profession- Academic Affairs saw a number University al students who have not selected a of changes as it realigned to pur- of Nebraska major area of study. sue UNL’s new goals. Read about Foundation The center, called the Academic Affairs’ realignment at during the fis- Exploratory and Pre-Professional http://go.unl.edu/2zd and http:// cal year end- Advising Center, replaces the go.unl.edu/xmv. Information on ing June 30, Division of General Studies. The changes to International Affairs is making it the Brian Hastings is Explore Center features six advisers available at http://go.unl.edu/zw8. best year ever the new president to assist students and is led by Katie in its 75-year and CEO of the Kerr, assistant director. Further of the Arts and Sciences advising history. More NU Foundation. oversight is provided by Bill Watts, center). The center advisers also than $130.2 Read more at director of campus advising ser- assist students transitioning to new million was http://go.unl.edu/ Photojournalism students in the College of Journalism and Mass vices and the College of Arts and majors. transferred to ewv. Communications traveled to India in May as part of a depth-report- Sciences’ assistant dean for student “We want students to know the university ing trip. The students traveled to large cities, slums and villages in success. that, if they are undecided on a system during the same period, also India, recording the trip through photos, stories and video. The photo The Explore Center combines major, UNL has a place for them representing a record. above was taken by Morgan Spiehs and shows Muskan Salim and advising assistance for undecided to go to explore their academic This is the sixth consecutive his classmates singing in a slum school in Nangloi, New Delhi, India. undergraduates (formerly part of options,” said Kerr. year annual gifts to the foundation The trip was led by professors Bruce Thorson and Scott Winter. For General Studies) and pre-law and http://explorecenter.unl.edu exceeded $100 million. The previ- more information, go to http://go.unl.edu/indiareportage. pre-health students (formerly part ous best year was 2008 when $166.5 million was given.

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