Nebraska’s African Poetry Book Fund takes lead on international award
After 10 years of celebrating the work of emerging African poets, the Brunel International African Poetry Prize, formerly supported by Brunel University London, will be renamed the Evaristo African Poetry Prize. The prize will be operated by the African Poetry Book Fund at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
Largest-ever International Education Week introduces students to new global opportunities
Every November, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln comes together to celebrate International Education Week and the benefits of a global education. 2021 marked the university’s largest-ever IEW celebrations with more than 100 events organized to highlight the wealth of global opportunities available to students and the international experiences of the Husker community.
Nebraska Extension expands global support, engages local international community
Several university offices, including Nebraska Extension, the Office of Global Partnerships & Initiatives, Student Affairs, and the African Student Association, partnered to provide sponsorship and support for the 2021 Afro Fest Omaha. The annual festival honors Omaha’s expanding community of African refugees, immigrants, local businesses and entrepreneurs that mark one of the largest African immigrant populations in the United States, while also connecting communities across Nebraska.
Cross-campus partnership supports STEM education in Senegal
For the last ten months, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has hosted several Senegalese faculty for a virtual training program on best practices for teaching science, technology, engineering and mathematics through the University Partnerships Initiative Senegal program.
Community partnership creates multicultural story repository for Lincoln children
For six weeks this summer, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln virtually engaged with 25 young African leaders from 17 countries as part of the U.S. State Department Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders in Civic Engagement Institute initiative. As part of the Leadership Institute’s community service component, each Fellow recorded childhood stories from their countries for providers from Lincoln Littles, a group supporting and advocating for high-quality early childhood education in the Lincoln community.
Ibrahimpasic, Kunzman nationally recognized for education abroad curriculum design
Emira Ibrahimpasic, assistant professor of practice in the School of Global Integrative Studies, and Kate Kunzman, Education Abroad coordinator in the College of Arts and Sciences, earned the 2021 Award for Excellence in Education Abroad Curriculum Design from The Forum on Education Abroad for their summer 2021 course, "Negotiating Peace: From Conflict to Coexistence."
Researchers analyze roadmaps toward larger, greener global rice bowl
Producing more rice on existing cropland, and doing so while minimizing the environmental impact, is a challenge. New research led by Shaobing Peng, a professor of agronomy at Huazhong Agricultural University, and Patricio Grassini, associate professor of agronomy at Nebraska and co-leader of the Global Yield Gap Atlas, provides an analysis of roadmaps toward sustainable intensification for a larger global rice bowl.
Grand Challenges scoping, diversity workshops planned
The Office of Research and Economic Development is hosting upcoming Grand Challenges events on diversity planning Dec. 9 and ideation and team development Jan. 11-13 to build upon the series of community-building events held this semester.
Husker team takes leading role at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln has received a five-year, $51 million grant from the National Science Foundation that will advance cutting-edge work in subatomic physics at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest, most powerful particle accelerator located near Geneva, Switzerland.
Two-month expedition at sea proves adventure of lifetime for Husker geologist
For geophysicist Irina Filina and fellow members of Expedition 396, time-traveling to the volcanically active sauna of prehistoric Earth meant drilling for long-cooled magma resting miles beneath the chop and churn of the North Atlantic.