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28 Jan 2014    

International seed grant applications due Feb. 14

Wanting to go global? CEHS is accepting international seed grant applications through Feb. 14, 2014. A limited number of grants ranging from $500-5,000 will be awarded to CEHS faculty or staff. Proposals should support coursework that includes international perspectives, research/creative work that includes an international component, or professional development activities and environmental improvements that will promote CEHS’s international goals.



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17 Jan 2014    

Struthers to present next NGN Seminar, Jan. 22

Amy Struthers, associate professor in the Department of Advertising and Public Relations, will present the next Nebraska Gateway to Nutrigenomics Seminar. Struthers’ talk is entitled, “Science and health communication: The application of advertising methods to science and public health outreach.”

Stuthers’ talk will be held Jan. 22 in the Nebraska East Union at 12:00 p.m. This is a brown bag event, with dessert and coffee provided.

 



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16 Jan 2014    

"Capturing a Style" opens Jan. 22, 2014 in the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery

"Capturing a Style" opens Jan. 22, 2014 and continues on exhibition at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery through Feb. 14.  A public reception at the gallery will be held Friday, Feb. 7, from 6-8 p.m.  A gallery talk by the artist, Lindsay Ducey, will start at 6:30 p.m. in the gallery.

Lindsay Ducey, graduate student in the department of Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design, completed the collection of original garments and illustrations as part of her thesis work, with Dr. Barbara Trout serving as major professor.



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16 Jan 2014    

CEHS Staff Council offers presentation on positive psychology with Robert Portnoy

CEHS Staff Council has partnered with Arts and Sciences Staff Council to bring you a unique opportunity learn about the personal benefits of positive psychology.

Robert Portnoy, Licensed Psychologist and Department Head of Counseling and Psychological Services at UNL, will share his knowledge of positive psychology and offer practical tips from this theoretical perspective that can be applied to daily life.

The event is scheduled Jan. 30, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m., in the Colonial Room at City Campus Union.

 



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14 Jan 2014    

Meisels joins NET panel on science of brain development

Sam Meisels, executive director of the University of Nebraska’s Buffett Early Childhood Institute, is one of four early childhood experts scheduled to appear at 8 p.m. Jan. 16 on NET2 World Television’s broadcast of “The Science of Brain Development in Early Childhood.” The panelists will discuss how to ensure that very young children get the experiences they need to grow up capable, confident and ready for success. Meisels is part of the faculty of the Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies in the College of Education and Human Sciences.



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09 Jan 2014    

Quilt museum shares collection, knowledge online

The International Quilt Study Center and Museum expanded its global reach by launching a new digital project in December. With more than 4,000 quilts in its collection — too many to show in any physical gallery — the museum now shares its quilts and their historical and cultural contexts with visitors virtually.



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08 Jan 2014    

CEHS researcher Tim Carr featured BBC Radio 4 documentary, "Fructose: The Bittersweet Sugar."

Fructose has been much maligned by media reports and some research in recent years. Some have blamed the simple sugar for the obesity epidemic that has plagued the United States. Research by Carr, chair of UNL’s Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences, tells a different story.

In the BBC documentary, Carr discusses how the consumption of fructose in America has not changed in the last 40 years and, therefore, is not a unique casual factor in the spread of obesity.



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07 Jan 2014    

Harnisch gives keynotes at international conferences in Turkey and Ukraine

In late October, 2013 Del Harnisch, professor in Teaching, Learning, & Teacher Education, was invited by Ataturk University to give the keynote presentation for a seminar series entitled “The New Trends in Teacher Education.” The speech was opened the “Eurasian Silk Road Universities Consortium—Silk Road Science and Education Caravan” in Erzurum, Turkey.In November, 2013, Harnisch was also an invited speaker, giving a keynote speech at the International Education Week Round Table, “Opportunities and Challenges of Education.” Harnisch received a Certificate of Appreciation for his work w



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18 Dec 2013    

Candidates for Executive Director of Quilt House to offer public presentations

Three candidates have been invited to campus to interview for the position of Executive Director of Quilt House, home to the International Quilt Study Center and Museum in the College of Education and Human Sciences, located on UNL’s east campus. Each candidate will make a presentation as part of an open public forum in the Quilt House seminar room on the first day of his or her series of interviews. There will be ample time for questions and answers. The schedule for these presentations is as follows:

Leslie Levy: Monday, January 6, 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.



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