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18 Oct 2017    

Michael to Keynote Oct. 28 Workshop on Race in Schools

Ali Michael, director of the Race Institute for K-12 Educators, will be the keynote for a free workshop from 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Oct. 28 in Henzlik Hall, hosted by the College of Education and Human Sciences. “Raising Race Questions in Schools: Toward Wholeness of Self and Community” is open to all UNL students, faculty, staff and K-12 educators across Nebraska. Register at http://go.unl.edu/rrqs.



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Full STEAM Ahead

17 Oct 2017    

Young families invited to participate in Full STEAM Ahead Oct. 29

Families with young children are invited to Full STEAM Ahead, Oct. 29, 1-4 p.m. at the East Campus Union Arbor Suite. The free event, sponsored by the Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies, features interactive activities in science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics using nature and the outdoors. Education abroad students from East China Normal University will also share their culture while facilitating STEAM activities. Registration is not required.



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Full STEAM Ahead

17 Oct 2017    

Young families invited to participate in Full STEAM Ahead Oct. 29

Families with young children are invited to Full STEAM Ahead, Oct. 29, 1-4 p.m. at the East Campus Union Arbor Suite. The free event, sponsored by the Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies, features interactive activities in science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics using nature and the outdoors. Education abroad students from East China Normal University will also share their culture while facilitating STEAM activities. Registration is not required.



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12 Oct 2017    By Kelcey Buck

Sherri Jones selected for Big Ten Academic Leadership Program

Sherri Jones, chair of the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders, was selected to participate in the 2017-18 Big Ten Academic Alliance Leadership Development program.

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11 Oct 2017    By Kelcey Buck

2017-18 speech-language pathology, audiology graduate open house dates announced

The Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders will once again host four open houses this year to highlight the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s graduate programs in speech-language pathology and audiology. The first open house is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 17, at the Barkley Memorial Center on East Campus.



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Ruth Staples Child Development Lab children color on heart.

11 Oct 2017    By Brad Stauffer | CEHS

Home is where the heart is at Ruth Staples Child Development Lab

You got to have heart. No, really. We’ve got to get a heart! That was the spontaneous rally cry of the Ruth Staples Child Development Laboratory community last week at the Nebraska by Heart open house in Haymarket Park. Parents and staff of the child center, located on the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s East Campus and part of the Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies, decided at the last minute to bid on one of the hearts from the public art project that commemorates Nebraska’s 150th anniversary of statehood.



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Ruth Staples Child Development Lab children color on heart.

11 Oct 2017    By Brad Stauffer | CEHS

Home is where the heart is at Ruth Staples Child Development Lab

You got to have heart. No, really. We’ve got to get a heart! That was the spontaneous rally cry of the Ruth Staples Child Development Laboratory community last week at the Nebraska by Heart open house in Haymarket Park. Parents and staff of the child center, located on the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s East Campus and part of the Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies, decided at the last minute to bid on one of the hearts from the public art project that commemorates Nebraska’s 150th anniversary of statehood.



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02 Oct 2017    

Public Meeting Notice: Accreditation for audiology and speech-language pathology programs at Nebraska

The speech-language pathology master's program and the clinical doctorate in audiology program at Nebraska are undergoing an accreditation review this year. As part of the site visit, a meeting for public comment will be held at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 30, 2017.

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29 Sep 2017    

TMFD/WGS Gender, Fashion and the Media

Please join us for the next event in the TMFD / WGS Gender, Fashion and the Media series: "The Rise of Pop Culture Porn Chic: Media, Fashion and Emerging Paths to Gender Justice on a College Campus," a public talk by Dr. Annette Lynch (University of Northern Iowa) on Wednesday, October 4, 3:30 - 5pm in the Willa Cather Dining Complex, Red Cloud A. A reception and refreshments will follow the event. We think this talk will be of special interest to TMFD students: it is timely, relevant to your lives, and will likely be a lively and thought-provoking conversation!



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29 Sep 2017    

Janos Zempleni Recognized with Best Session Award

Janos Zempleni organized and chaired a session titled “Dietary Exosomes and their Cargos” at the 22nd International Conference by the Functional Foods Center, September 22-23, 2017, Harvard Medical Center, Beth Deaconess Hospital in Boston, MA. The session was recognized with the Best Session Award. In the session, Janos presented presented a talk titled “The communication of animal and bacterial kingdoms through exosomes and their RNA cargos in bovine milk,” which was co-authored by UNL faculty, staff and students, Fang Zhou, Di Wu, Jiang Shu, Henry Paz, Juan Cui and Samodha Fernando.



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