William Cooney, communication studies doctoral candidate, had a Top Four paper award for his paper, “The Haecceity of Things: Toward a Coming Community of Immanent Obligations.” The award was presented by the Philosophy of Communication Division, National Communication Association's annual meeting in Dallas, Texas.
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Nebraska's International Genetically Engineered Machine team earned a gold medal and a safety award at an international iGEM competition, which was held the weekend of Nov. 10-12 in Boston. The team's winning project involved reducing Nebraska methane emissions by genetically engineering E. coli and testing it in ruminal fluid.
This is the second time the Department of Computer Science and Engineering has sent a team to compete in the iGEM Giant Jamboree. The 2016 team earned a silver medal.
Team members included students Tyler Barker, Danny Dooling, Nicholas Flaxbeard, Erome Hankore, Jessica Harms, Colton Harper, Nic Kite, Alexis Krepps, Jaroslaw Pankowski, Logan Uhlir and Crystal Xu. Faculty advisers are Myra Cohen, Jiantao Guo, Cheryl Immenthun, Wei Niu and Massimiliano Pierobon.
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Weatherfest, an annual weather information event designed to help keep families and communities safe, has been named a Weather-Read Ambassador by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The event, organized by Ken Dewey with support from the School of Natural Resources, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources and the College of Arts and Sciences, has been offered alongside the Central Plains Severe Weather Symposium for 17 years.
Weather-Ready National Ambassadors was created to formally recognize NOAA partners who are improving the nation's readiness, responsiveness and overall resilience to extreme weather, water and climate events. As an ambassadors, partner programs commit to working with NOAA and other programs to further strengthen national resilience to extreme weather. The initiative helps unify the severe weather programming offered by government organizations, non-profits, academia and private industry.
