http://snr.unl.edu/aboutus/what/newsarchive/index-newsarchive.asp?subjectarea=All%20Subjects The latest news from the School of Natural Resources en-gb Mon, 14 May 2012 09:49:46 GMT Copyright: (C) 2012 School of Natural Resources Rob Shepard, a geography Ph.D. student working with the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, has played a key role in developing the interactive map on the Civil War Washington web site which is now in the spotlight because April 16 is the 150th anniversary of the Compensated Emancipation Act. http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1222/7314 http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1222/7314 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 :: GMT Brian Wardlow grew up in a small farming town and got interested in how people use land. Academic experiences expanded that interest to the very big picture. Now now Wardlow uses remote sensing data from satellites and other sources to detect drought and other changes in land use and land cover. http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/stories/7283 http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/stories/7283 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 :: GMT On April 21, the University of Nebraska State Museum in Morrill Hall will open “Minerals & Meteorites,” an expansive display of rare minerals and meteorites in the museum's Cooper Gallery, curated by Matt Joeckel. It will be on display through November. http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/stories/7258 http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/stories/7258 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 :: GMT All are invited to the Environmental Studies Spring Showcase, Wednesday, April 18, 2012, in the second floor lobby of Hardin Hall. It will feature posters on senior thesis topics and from our high school Environmentors/Upward Bound program. Refreshments will be served. http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/stories/7258 http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/stories/7258 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 :: GMT Heidi Asbjornsen of the University of New Hampshire will present "Assessing the Ecohydrological Effects of Land Use Change Across Multiple Scales: From Leaves to Watersheds" on Wednesday, April 18, at 3:30 p.m. in the Hardin Hall auditorium. http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/stories/7266 http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/stories/7266 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 :: GMT Edward Sudicky of the University of Waterloo will present "A Physically-Based Approach to Assess the Impact of Climate Change on Canadian Water Resources," on Friday, April 20, at 3:30 p.m. in Bessey Hall 117. http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/stories/7315 http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/stories/7315 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 :: GMT B.J. Baule will present "A Climatological Analysis of the Warm-Season Wind Regimes of the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas Coasts, with an Emphasis on Sea Breeze Circulations," Thursday, April 19 at 3 p.m. in 901 Hardin Hall, an Applied Climate Science graduate student seminar. http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/stories/7241 http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/stories/7241 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 :: GMT U.S. Drought Monitor initiates moderate drought conditions across the Nebraska Panhandle http://torka.unl.edu:13581/DmWebServices/Data/Summary/dm_summary_20120417.htm http://torka.unl.edu:13581/DmWebServices/Data/Summary/dm_summary_20120417.htm Thu, 19 Apr 2012 :: GMT 115 Tornadoes reported across the country on April 14 http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/120414_rpts.html http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/120414_rpts.html Sat, 14 Apr 2012 :: GMT Congratulations to Monica Keep, senior fisheries and wildlife major and winner of this year's Brian Smith Outstanding Wildlife Student Award. After graduation, Keep plans to work with sharks in South Africa and extract Burmese pythons from the Florida Everglades. http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1246/7443 http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1246/7443 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 :: GMT Congratulations to Jocelyn Olney, a triple major in environmental studies, biology and anthropology, who just learned that she'll be continuing her studies this fall at UNL's School of Natural Resources with support from a three-year National Science Foundation Graduate Research Program fellowship. http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1246/7428 http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1246/7428 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 :: GMT The new Pinnacle Bank Arena should aim for diverting 75 percent of its waste stream from landfills by using recycling and in-house composting, Environmental Studies students recommended to the West Haymarket Joint Public Agency at its meeting in City Council chambers on Friday, April 20. http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1246/7476 http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1246/7476 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 :: GMT Scott Josiah, Nebraska State Forester and director of the Nebraska Forest Service, will present "Fire, Floods and Bugs: Nebraska's Forests - Past, Present and Future" on Wednesday, April 25, at 2 p.m. in 901 Hardin Hall, as a Geography general seminar. http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1246/7398 http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1246/7398 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 :: GMT Kody Unstad will defend his master's thesis, "Predictors of Insect Diversity and Abundance in a Fragmented Tallgrass Prairie Ecosystem," April 26 at 11 a.m. in Hardin Hall 901. Craig Allen is his adviser. http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1246/7406 http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1246/7406 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 :: GMT Tureniguli Amuti will present "Estimation of carbon balance in arid ecosystems of Northwest China" and Bo Dong will present "Evaluating the seasonal and interannual variations in water balance in the Upper Mississippi river basin using a land surface model," April 26, 3-5 p.m. in 901 Hardin Hall. http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1246/7407 http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1246/7407 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 :: GMT The Spring 2012 Water Seminar Series concludes with "Economics, Engineering and Law: The Realities of Moving Large Quantities of Water Long Distances," April 25 at 3:30 p.m. in the Hardin Hall auditorium. http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1246/7402 http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1246/7402 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 :: GMT The UNL Wildlife Club and the Lincoln Journal-Star presented the Howard L. Wiegers Nebraska Outstanding Wildlife Conservation Award to Rick Brandt of Roca at the club's banquet April 14. Brandt founded the Nebraska Big Game Society, working to help elk, deer and bighorn sheep thrive here. http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1246/7417 http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1246/7417 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 :: GMT Congratulations to Dr. Kurt VerCauteren and Tammy VerCauteren, recipients of the 2012 UNL Wildlife Club Alumni Award, presented at the banquet on April 14. The Award recognizes the best and brightest of graduates from the UNL Fisheries and Wildlife Program. http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1246/7419 http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1246/7419 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 :: GMT Dessalegn Ejigu Berhane, Ph.D student, will present "Conservation of Walia ibex in Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia" at noon in 207 Hardin Hall on Wednesday, April 25. He has worked in Larkin Powell's lab this semester. Refreshments will be served and you may bring your lunch. http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1246/7453 http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1246/7453 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 :: GMT Dan Snow at the University of Nebraska Water Sciences Laboratory helps find ways to detect and measure trace amounts of herbicides, pesticides, antibiotics, hormones, and their byproducts. Researchers are studying whether environmental antibiotics lead to more resistant bacteria. http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1249/7519 http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1249/7519 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 :: GMT UNL School of Natural Resources hydrogeologist Steven Sibray is using cutting-edge technology to map the shallow High Plains (or Ogallala) Aquifer -- technology that mining companies could also use to find uranium. http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1249/7551 http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1249/7551 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 :: GMT All SNR faculty, staff and students are invited to a reception Friday, May 4 at 2:30 p.m. in the second floor lobby of Hardin Hall, where we will celebrate the graduation of 80 SNR students in May and August. http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1249/7521 http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1249/7521 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 :: GMT Jay Keasling from the University of California, Berkeley, will present “The Bold Future of Alternative Energy,&rduo; Tuesday, May 8, at 2:30 p.m. in the Hardin Hall auditorium. A reception begins at 2 p.m. This will be the final Heuermann Lecture for the 2011-2012 academic year. http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1249/7524 http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1249/7524 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 :: GMT Daniela Gurlin will defend her dissertation, “Exploration of near infrared-red models for the remote estimation of chlorophyll-a concentration in optically complex turbid productive waters: from in situ measurements to aerial imagery,” at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, May 3, in 901 Hardin Hall. http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1249/7522 http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1249/7522 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 :: GMT The Call for Presenters is now open for the Water: Science, Practice and Policy symposium, Nov. 13. The planning committee for the Water Law Conference, Nov. 14, is developing the program and welcomes suggestions. http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1249/7532 http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1249/7532 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 :: GMT Interviews are now being scheduled for the Summer 2012 Nebraska Master Naturalist Certification Trainings, June 17-23 at the Nature Conservancy Niobrara Valley Preserve, or July 22- 28 at Omaha and Lincoln area nature centers. http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1249/7531 http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1249/7531 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 :: GMT Enrollment is open for Weather Camp 2012, June 11-15, which will keep middle school-aged students busy with classroom, lab and field trip learning experiences that will introduce them to careers in meteorology, climatology and related sciences. http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1264/7638 http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1264/7638 Mon, 7 May 2012 :: GMT Joe Hamm, Public Policy Center, will teach Understanding Quantitative Social Science Research (NRES898) this summer. This course may be a one-time offering, so sign up now if you're interested. http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1264/7651 http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1264/7651 Mon, 7 May 2012 :: GMT Please join us in welcoming new colleagues to SNR and in saying farewell to those who are leaving during the month of April and beginning of May. http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1264/7658 http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1264/7658 Mon, 7 May 2012 :: GMT SNR welcomes a delegation of Vietnamese visitors May 7 and 8. Our 11 guests are from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and their Government Office. They'll be taking a short course on climate change during their visit here. http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1264/7636 http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1264/7636 Mon, 7 May 2012 :: GMT The Wildlife Damage Inspection Handbook: A guide to identifying vertebrate damage to structures, landscapes, and livestock, 3rd ed., by Stephen M. Vantassel , is now available at the Nebraska Maps and More Store. http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1264/7637 http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1264/7637 Mon, 7 May 2012 :: GMT Apply by June 1 for Nature Adventure Camp on East Campus, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., July 16-20, for kids 10-12. They'll practice outdoor skills such as tracking and orienteering and learn about habitat preservation on field trips to natural areas in and around Lincoln. http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1284/7695 http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1284/7695 Mon, 14 May 2012 :: GMT Congratulations to Lindy Rauscher, an environmental restoration science major, whose poster, “Using slow-release permanganate to remediate PAH-contaminated water,” was named the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources' best poster presentation at UNL's Spring Research Fair 2012. http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1284/7700 http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1284/7700 Mon, 14 May 2012 :: GMT Sharmistha Swain, geography Ph.D. candidate, will defend her dissertation, “Evaluating vegetation response to water stress using close-range and satellite remote sensing,” at 8 a.m. Thursday, May 17 in 228 Hardin Hall. Her advisors are Sunil Narumalani and Brian Wardlow. http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1284/7699 http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/1284/7699 Mon, 14 May 2012 :: GMT