"Being able to list more than your college degree on your résumé upon graduation is a point of emphasis at UNK." You don’t have to look very far to see progress at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Several areas of the beautiful campus are, or soon will be, under construction. Most notable are the all-new Village Flats apartments, Nebraskan Student Union renovations and the much-anticipated new STEM building on west campus. However, none of these top the list of most important … [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...]
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...]
Western Cattle Trail authors Kraisingers present Nov. 14
KEARNEY – Kansas authors and The Great Western Cattle Trail experts Gary and Margaret Kraisinger will speak at University of Nebraska at Kearney as part of National Geography Awareness Week. The Kraisingers will discuss their 2015 award-winning book “The Western Cattle Trail, 1874-1897, its Rise, Collapse, and Revival,” at 3:30 p.m. Nov. 14 at UNK’s Copeland Hall room 140. The event is free and open to the public. They also will discuss their book “The Shawnee-Arbuckle Trail, 1867-1870, the … [Read more...]
Allen Thomas awarded $399K for brain tumor drug delivery work
By TODD GOTTULA UNK Communications KEARNEY – Allen Thomas has received a $399,000 National Institutes of Health award for his research on treating brain cancer and selectively delivering drugs to brain tumors. An assistant professor of chemistry in the University of Nebraska at Kearney’s College of Natural and Social Sciences, Thomas is recognized for his project titled “Identification of New LAT-1 Transporter Substrates for Drug Delivery.” One of the challenges for treating brain … [Read more...]
