KEARNEY – The University of Nebraska at Kearney is hosting its 32nd annual Criminal Justice Conference on Monday, Oct. 4. Scheduled for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Nebraskan Student Union Ponderosa Room, the event features two keynote speakers and a career fair with roughly 30 agencies represented. It’s free and open to the public. This year’s speakers are Danny Madrid, a doctoral candidate at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and Bobby Payne, lead chaplain for the … [Read more...] about UNK hosting 32nd annual Criminal Justice Conference next week
College of Arts and Sciences
Walker Art Gallery exhibit commemorates 9/11
An exhibit in UNK's Walker Art Gallery pays tribute to all the people impacted by the events of Sept. 11, 2001. "9/11, Remembering 20 Years" is a collection of artworks based on different story lines, heroic events and design interpretations of that turbulent day from UNK’s Art and Design students, faculty and alumni. Their art and design projects are an expression of their experience that day or years later. College of Arts and Sciences Dean Ryan Teten also … [Read more...] about Walker Art Gallery exhibit commemorates 9/11
UNK senior Sam Mercer receives Holland Future Scientist Award
OMAHA – University of Nebraska at Kearney senior Sam Mercer, a molecular biology major from Gibbon, recently received the Richard Holland Future Scientist Award from the Nebraska Coalition for Lifesaving Cures. Mercer and nine other undergraduate students from Nebraska colleges and universities were recognized last month during the virtual INBRE (Institutional Development Award Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence Program) conference. The students received cash … [Read more...] about UNK senior Sam Mercer receives Holland Future Scientist Award
Loughrin’s background benefits women’s, gender and ethnic studies program
By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Diversity. Equality. Inclusion. Empathy. Those are some of the words associate sociology professor Sandra Loughrin uses to describe the women’s, gender and ethnic studies program at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. As both an instructor and the program’s director, Loughrin wants students to examine the world from a different perspective, one that challenges preconceived notions and creates a better understanding … [Read more...] about Loughrin’s background benefits women’s, gender and ethnic studies program
UNK research project uses tiny trackers to improve South Dakota salmon fishing
By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota and salmon fishing don’t seem to go together. Northern pike. Of course. Walleye. For sure. But salmon? “Usually when we say salmon and South Dakota in the same sentence, people are kind of confused,” admits Dylan Gravenhof, a fisheries biologist with South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks. It’s true, though. The agency that manages the state’s recreational and outdoor resources has been … [Read more...] about UNK research project uses tiny trackers to improve South Dakota salmon fishing
