Wishart quoted in story on Homestead Act and Native Americans
Posted on: 5/22/2012 10:54:18 AM
As part of its coverage of the 150th anniversary of the Homestead Act, the Lincoln Journal-Star quoted David Wishart, SNR geographer, in a story May 20 on how the Homestead and Dawes Acts affected Native Americans. Wishart studies and writes about the historical geography of the Great Plains, with a focus on the dispossession of indigenous peoples and recent claims cases.
Read more at Lincoln Journal-Star.
Rauscher’s research on remediating toxins wins award
Posted on: 5/14/2012 9:44:25 AM
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.
Read more at Inside the SNR.
Swain dissertation defense at 8 a.m. May 17
Posted on: 5/14/2012
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.
Read more at Inside the SNR.
Nature Adventure Camp to help kids get back to nature
Posted on: 5/14/2012
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.
Read more at Inside the SNR.
11 Vietnamese taking short course on climate change
Posted on: 5/7/2012 11:11:17 AM
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.
Read more at Inside the SNR.
Vantassel’s Wildlife Damage Inspection Handbook available
Posted on: 5/7/2012
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.
Read more at Inside the SNR.
Employee Update: Welcomes and a Farewell
Posted on: 5/7/2012
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.
Read more at Inside the SNR.
Sign up for summer class: Understanding Quantitative Social Science Research
Posted on: 5/7/2012
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.
Read more at Inside the SNR.
Weather Camp 2012 to introduce students to weather-related careers
Posted on: 5/7/2012
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.
Read more at Inside the SNR.
Join us May 4 to congratulate 80 new SNR graduates
Posted on: 4/30/2012 11:16:20 AM
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.
Read more at Inside the SNR.
Nebraska Master Naturalist Training Open for June and July
Posted on: 4/30/2012
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.
Read more at Inside the SNR.
Snow measures vanishingly small levels of chemicals
Posted on: 4/30/2012
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.
Read more at Inside the SNR.
