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2018/2019

Immigrant Stories: Michelle Warren’s work breaks down barriers

February 11, 2019 by gottulatm

By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications “You can’t hate someone whose story you know.” University of Nebraska at Kearney assistant Spanish professor Michelle Warren can’t take credit for this quote from writer Margaret Wheatley, but you’ll hear her say it a lot. It’s a message she definitely takes to heart. Nothing shows that more than her most recent project. Warren, whose research typically focuses on theater and performance, is stepping outside her area of … [Read more...] about Immigrant Stories: Michelle Warren’s work breaks down barriers

Filed Under: 2018/2019, Arts & Sciences, News Tagged With: cinema, Composition, Eduardo Rovner, grammar, Immigration, melodrama, Michelle Warren, neoliberalism, New Frontiers, Rick Najera, Spanish, theater, UNK@TheWorld, World Affairs, World Theatre

Living Right: Todd Bartee finds niche in public health

February 4, 2019 by gottulatm

By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications Most exercise science research occurs in a controlled environment. Professors and students design a workout regime, find subjects to monitor, then track their improvements over time. This works for some tests, but what happens when participants are off their scheduled routine and back to their regular habits? How do you get people to increase their physical activity and eat better on their own? This is the type of question Todd … [Read more...] about Living Right: Todd Bartee finds niche in public health

Filed Under: 2018/2019, College of Education, Faculty, News Tagged With: Columbus, Exercise Science, Fitness, public health, Rural Futures Institute, Todd Bartee, Wellness

The View from Here: Vail takes close look at aerial spraying’s impact on agriculture

January 30, 2019 by gottulatm

By JAN TREFFER THOMPSON From 30,000 feet above the Great Plains, you can’t actually see political boundaries. Just hills and valleys, fields and streams. But when people look at environmental issues in “flyover country,” historian David Vail says, too often all they see is a battle line with producers and their farm chemicals on one side and environmentalists on the other. Vail has a different perspective. The University of Nebraska at Kearney assistant professor … [Read more...] about The View from Here: Vail takes close look at aerial spraying’s impact on agriculture

Filed Under: 2018/2019, Arts & Sciences, New Frontiers, News Tagged With: Aerial Spraying, agriculture, David Vail, Environment, Farm Crisis, Grasslands, Great Depression, Great Plains, History, New Frontiers, Pesticides, Trains

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