NU moves up ranks of world’s top 100 for U.S. patents
For the third consecutive year, the University of Nebraska system ranks among the top 100 academic institutions worldwide in earning U.S. patents.
Husker researcher helping develop COVID-19 antibody test
Antibodies left behind after COVID-19 are a signal that the body’s immune system fought the virus. But to reveal this information, antibody tests must separate the signal from the noise. It’s a defining concept for University of Nebraska–Lincoln chemist David Hage, whose research in affinity chromatography involves rapidly separating compounds from complex samples. He now joins a nationwide team, led by the company ni2o Inc., that is repurposing patented technologies to develop and manufacture a fast-acting COVID-19 antibody test.
New tool uses cultural lens to evaluate young children’s development in Brazil
The prevalence of children with developmental delays worldwide is estimated to be up to 18 percent. However, fewer than one-third of these children are identified by their health care providers. This is significant because children whose delays are not addressed early on are at risk for adverse outcomes, including emotional, behavioral and health problems later in life.
Until recently, Brazilians lacked a formal means to effectively monitor children’s developmental trajectories and flag those with possible delays. Global collaboration among early childhood researchers, which grew from the Nebraska–Brazil Early Childhood Partnership, is helping to close this critical assessment gap.
Soil Health Gap establishes benchmark for soil health management
Soil health advocates say interest is growing in nurturing the health of vital natural resource. But there’s no standard way to measure soil health or predict its potential for improvement. Now, Bijesh Maharjan, a soil scientist at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln is proposing a name and a concept that could help establish the parameters for measuring baseline soil health and its potential for improvement.
Virtual Study Abroad Day is June 23
The International Student and Scholar Office and the Education Abroad Office will host the university’s first-ever Virtual Study Abroad Day from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 23 on Zoom. The event will consist of multiple presentations from international students at Nebraska sharing about their home countries.
Virtual Study Abroad Day is June 23
The International Student and Scholar Office and the Education Abroad Office will host the university’s first-ever Virtual Study Abroad Day from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 23 on Zoom. The event will consist of multiple presentations from international students at Nebraska sharing about their home countries.
Pandemic prompts new six-college collaborative course
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln has launched a six-college interdisciplinary course exploring the world’s current circumstances due to COVID-19 through different disciplines and perspectives. Offered as a five-week, online class beginning July 13, it includes more than 30 faculty and staff — the most involved in teaching one course in recent university history. “The COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Industries, People and Society” (UGEP 291) will help students process the coronavirus pandemic and analyze its effects on their own lives and others’.
Empowering preschool teachers to reflect, talk about science
Tucked away from the busy city streets of São Paulo, Brazil, young learners are exploring a colorful garden with spades, magnifying glasses and other tools. They gather around their preschool teacher who is holding a freshly dug worm in her hands. They observe the wriggling creature together. After the excited shrieks subside, the teacher begins to ask them questions.
Their curiosity leads to a conversation — an opportunity to learn about science.
Faculty 101 gets the restaurant, hospitality dish from Ammachathram
In an episode of Faculty 101, a podcast that offers a listen into the pursuits and perspectives of Husker faculty, Ajai Ammachathram, assistant professor of hospitality, restaurant and tourism management, discusses the challenges his industry faces amid social distancing and the solutions that could help sustain it going forward.
Study reveals mental health challenges of Zika-affected caregivers
Nebraska researchers visited a school in northeast Brazil in June 2019 as part of a trip to mark the end of the first phase of research to examine the psychological well-being of primary caregivers to infants and toddlers born with Zika syndrome during Brazil’s 2015-16 Zika virus outbreak.