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.
Chancellor calls for focused pursuit of racial equity
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is joining the nation’s rising response to the death of George Floyd. In a June 5 message, Chancellor Ronnie Green called for the university to start a “journey” in pursuit of anti-racism and racial equity, a focus that will be ongoing and not a “one and done” initiative.
Hames fears how COVID-19 pandemic will affect the Amazon region
Ray Hames hasn’t seen his friends in the Amazon region for more than 20 years, but he finds himself worrying about them amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “It scares the hell out of me,” said Hames, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor of anthropology. Hames spent some 35 months total living among the indigenous Yanomamö and Ye’kwana tribal peoples until 1999 when political changes in the region-blocked visits by outsiders.
Grad launches website to promote coral reef education
Brighid Welchans used her love for the sea to help make a real change by designing an interactive website to promote education about coral reefs. Welchans’ Coral Reef Day website debuted on June 1. It features coral reef experts from Australia and from Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium answering previously submitted questions, interactive simulations to visualize reef responses to environmental fluctuations, tips on writing an exceptional Gilman Scholarship essay and much more.
Chancellor Green: ‘Racism in any form is wrong and has no place in our lives’
Chancellor Ronnie Green was among higher education leaders who responded to the national protests spurred by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The chancellor’s message, which is below, was released May 30 via his Twitter account to connect immediately with students, faculty, staff and the broader community.
Nebraska duo eyes end to costly swine diseases
Two University of Nebraska–Lincoln researchers have received $1 million in grant funding to continue research that could lead to the development of vaccines and genetic-selection tools to fight some of the world’s costliest swine diseases.
Nebraska duo eyes end to costly swine diseases
Two University of Nebraska–Lincoln researchers have received $1 million in grant funding to continue research that could lead to the development of vaccines and genetic-selection tools to fight some of the world’s costliest swine diseases. Huskers Daniel Ciobanu and Hiep Vu have each recently been awarded a three-year, $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture. It is the third NIFA grant for each.
Virtual ‘Grand Challenges’ workshops to begin June 5
The process to identify the university’s grand challenges — major societal issues that can only be solved through interdisciplinary approaches — is launching June 5 and will continue through mid-July. The campus community is encouraged to participate and offer perspectives that will help shape the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s trajectory for the next five years and beyond.
Bureau of Sociological Research, Modern Languages partner to offer translation services
The Bureau of Sociological Research is partnering with the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures to deliver translation capabilities to campus, government, community and non-profit partners. It also allows the bureau to offer the vehicle to pay university graduate students for their work while offering professional development through translation opportunities for students.