Alumni homecoming spotlights global Husker pride
In an effort to reconnect with alumni and exchange students in the global Husker family, the Nebraska Alumni Association launched the Global Alumni Virtual Homecoming celebration this year with support from the Office of Global Strategies. Huskers around the world shared special messages about UNL.
CUSP scholars find ‘pathway to excellence’ in Honors Program
When Aime Nishimwe arrived in Nebraska from his home country of Rwanda in the fall of 2018, he knew one thing for certain — he was not going to be content with merely attending classes. During his first semester, Nishimwe got connected with Madhavan Soundararajan, then an assistant director with the University Honors Program, who encouraged him to apply. The more Nishimwe learned about Nebraska Honors, the more he came to see it as a way to enhance his time at the university.
NHRI mentorship built on globally recognized program
Nebraskans may be less familiar with another Clifton brainchild, the NHRI Leadership Mentoring program.
The program was founded in 1949, after Clifton and William Hall, both pioneers in the field of positive psychology, conducted a study of Husker students who seemed to relate well to others. Clifton and Hall discovered that these students shared a common trait — they all had received encouragement from someone who recognized their skills and pointed them toward opportunities where they could put those skills to use.
Extreme Light Laboratory research advancing despite pandemic
Even though the COVID-19 pandemic has slowed much academic research across the nation, the Extreme Light Laboratory at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln is among facilities that are continuing to press forward. The laboratory, home to the powerful Diocles laser, is one of 10 high-intensity laser facilities in North America that recently formed LaserNetUS, a network that gives researchers from around the world significantly improved access to unique lasers. Last month, the U.S. Department of Energy announced that it would invest an additional $18 million in the network for the next three years, to be used to maintain and upgrade its lasers.
Annual report highlights early childhood efforts in Brazil
In a year unlike any other, the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools and its diverse partners in research, practice and policy have continued work to impact lives through research that enhances learning and development. The new CYFS annual report highlights the center’s efforts in the 2020 fiscal year to address social, behavioral and educational challenges facing society – including the international work of the Nebraska-Brazil Early Childhood Partnership.
Sustainability, resilience master plan earns final approval
University of Nebraska–Lincoln leaders have approved a first-of-its-kind master plan that links sustainability practices, teaching curricula, research expertise and wellbeing programming.
Report: UNL Ranked Among Top 20 in Agricultural Sciences in U.S.
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is among the top 20 U.S. institutions for academic research in the field of agricultural sciences, according to the 2021 U.S. News and World Report Best Global Universities Subject Rankings.
International Education Week brings the world (virtually) to Nebraska
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln will celebrate its international community and global opportunities for students from Nov. 9-20. The events, offered both virtually and across campus, are part of International Education Week. An annual celebration hosted at Nebraska and universities around the world, International Education Week is a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and Department of Education to celebrate the benefits of an international education. The official dates for the celebration run Nov. 16-20, but Nebraska has expanded its celebration to two weeks in order to accommodate students’ finals preparation for the shortened fall semester schedule.
‘Never again:’ Research helps raise impact of Holocaust education
Learning about the Holocaust — the atrocities, as well as the events that preceded it — can instill important lessons on civic engagement, human rights, antisemitism and xenophobia, but how do instructors make the coursework meaningful to their students, beyond just learning the facts? For Gerald Steinacher and Ari Kohen, the question is personal, as Steinacher grew up in a post-World War II Austria near a former concentration camp, and Kohen is the descendant of Holocaust survivors. To help answer it, the two University of Nebraska–Lincoln scholars launched a five-year study, gathering data from Steinacher’s History of the Holocaust course, which he teaches each year to 120-150 students.
Model could inform predictions of West Nile risk
Cases of the mosquito-borne West Nile virus in Nebraska first emerged in 2002. Roughly one in five people infected with West Nile develop fever, with about one in 150 experiencing more serious symptoms of the nervous system that can very occasionally turn fatal.