Ken Bloom, professor of physics and astronomy, has been selected to serve on the advisory board of the National Science Foundation-funded Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment. The initiative is the most advanced and robust collection of integrated digital resources and services in the world. It offers a single virtual computing system that scientists can use to interactively share resources, data and expertise. The advisory board is tasked with guiding the initiative so that it can provide a maximum impact across diverse scientific disciplines and communities.
Sheri Fritz, George Holmes Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Biological Sciences, received the Israeli C. Russell Awardfrom the Limnology Division of the Geological Society of America for her work in lake research.
Timothy Gay, Willa Cather Professor of Physics and Astronomy, received a 2018 Outstanding Postdoctoral Mentor Award from the Office of Graduate Studies.
Iker González-Allende, Leland and Dorothy Olson Professor of Spanish and graduate chair, published his monograph "Hombres en movimiento: Masculinidades españolas en los exilios y emigraciones, 1939–1999" ("Men in Motion: Spanish Masculinities in Exiles and Migrations, 1939-1999") with Purdue University Press. The publication delivers the first sustained study of how the Spanish masculine identity, of both homosexual and heterosexual men, is impacted when men are compelled to leave their country.
An excerpt of Amelia Montes' upcoming memoir was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. The prize honors the best poetry, short fiction, and essays published by small presses each year. Montes is an associate professor of English and ethnic studies.
Kristen Olson, Leland J. and Dorothy H. Olson Associate Professor and vice chair of sociology, was appointed to the National Center for Health Statistics Board of Scientific Counselors. The Board provides advice and makes recommendations to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and the Director of the National Center for Health Statistics regarding the scientific and technical program goals and objectives, strategies and priorities of the National Center for Health Statistics.
Student programming teams AllAccepted and Huskers 11 received first and second place at the Association for Computing Machinery's regional International Collegiate Programming Contest, which was hosted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering. The contest was comprised of 27 teams from across the Midwest. Team members of AllAccepted are Danner Li, Khang Phan and Trieu Hung Tran. Huskers 11 team members are Zack Warneke, Jordan Schmitz and Lambros Karkazis.
Mackensie Minniear, graduate student in communication studies, and Jordan Soliz, associate professor of communication studies, received a Top Paper award from African American Communication and Culture Division of the National Communication Association.
Mingyu Yang, doctoral candidate in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, received the best student poster award from the Sedimentary Geology Division of the Geological Society of America.
