By UNK COMMUNICATIONS Today, technology plays an important role in every discipline and industry. Technology allows businesses to work more effectively and efficiently, but communication often creates challenges for businesses and organizations. Angela Hollman is determined to find solutions for improving the communication processes between information technology departments and business executives, especially with the emerging need to protect against cyber attacks. Her fascination … [Read more...]
Career in Chemistry: Exstrom builds up students, UNK’s research reputation
By JAN TREFFER THOMPSON UNK Communications Inside a University of Nebraska at Kearney laboratory, two chemical elements have just become tungsten selenide. Argon that surrounded the reaction has just been purged from the container. It’s time for a heat treatment. Later, scientists will check the compound’s composition in a Raman spectrometer and use an x-ray diffractometer to test its crystalline structure. If all the crystals are oriented in the same direction, the compound’s electrons … [Read more...]
18th Century Appeal. Van Renen integrates his passions: environment, land uses, written word
KEARNEY - Following in the footsteps of the distinguished 18th-century writer, Samuel Johnson, Denys Van Renen has taken his research to Scotland and Wales. Inspired by Johnson’s “A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland,” Van Renen set off on two separate journeys to study Scottish and Welsh representations of the environment in texts from the 18th Century. An associate professor of English at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, Van Renen’s research integrates his two passions – … [Read more...]
Educating Educators: Focused on relationships, Dick Meyer zeroes in on bullying, online learning
By TODD GOTTULA UNK Communications Deshler, Nebraska. It is where Dick Meyer grew up. In a house on Hebron Avenue, across from St. Peter Lutheran school. It is the town where he developed a love for math and science, and respect for his teachers – who put an emphasis on personal relationships and teamwork. “I had great relationships with my teachers,” said Meyer. “I emulated them, and I grew up wanting to be like them.” Deshler is tucked away south of Highway 136 in southeast … [Read more...]
Strength training, Nutrition, Exercise Science: Brown’s findings are practical to people, impact lives
By ANDREW HANSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – In the 2000s, video games as a source of exercise and physical activity were taking over American basements and living rooms. Dance Dance Revolution. Nintendo Wii and Wii Sports. Kinect for Xbox. It was a new phenomenon, said Greg Brown, professor of Kinesiology and Sport Sciences at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. But after four or five years of research on the subject, Brown’s work stymied. “Two things happened. One, those video … [Read more...]
