A renovation of Brace Labs is converting one of UNL’s oldest buildings into a center for innovative teaching. The $8 million project will bring the 107-year-old building into compliance with modern building/accessibility codes, upgrade the heating/cooling system, and create teaching spaces that allow faculty to incorporate technology into classroom lessons.
UNL paleoclimatologist Sherilyn Fritz is project coordinator for a large multidisciplinary team of North and South American scientists that recently won a five-year, $4.4 million Frontiers in Earth-System Dynamics grant from the National Science Foundation. The researchers will study how climate and geology interact to shape biodiversity in the Amazon and Andean forests through time.
Art and art history is offering a new class and residence program at Cedar Point Biological Station. Both begin summer 2014 at Cedar Point, which is near Ogallala. The class being offered is Photography 161 (Photography for Non-Majors). The residence is open to arts and creative writing faculty.
Art and art history is offering a new class and residence program at Cedar Point Biological Station. Both begin summer 2014 at Cedar Point, which is near Ogallala. The class being offered is Photography 161 (Photography for Non-Majors). The residence is open to arts and creative writing faculty.
Sherilyn Fritz, George Holmes University Professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and School of Biological Sciences, has been awarded the 2014 Hans Oeschger Medal from the European Geosciences Union.
Discovered just two decades ago, tiny molecules called microRNAs are now known to be powerful agents in regulating gene expression. Yet they aren’t well understood. A team of UNL biologists has uncovered important clues about how plant cells regulate microRNAs, a step toward better understanding how crops respond to stress, such as droughts.