By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Lance Blythe was a 19-year-old college freshman on Sept. 11, 2001. The Overton native was sleeping in that morning, instead of attending class at Central Community College in Hastings, when his alarm clock radio delivered the horrific news. America was under attack. Blythe raced to campus, where he watched the tragedy unfold on a TV in the student union. Four commercial airplanes were hijacked by terrorists. Two … [Read more...] about 20 years ago, UNK senior Lance Blythe left college to serve his country
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‘Giant Grasshoppers and Two-Ton Potatoes’: Father-son research team studies history of state’s ‘exaggeration postcards’
By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Jason Combs discovered the first postcard at an estate sale in Funk, Nebraska. The subject matter immediately captured his attention, just as the creator intended. It featured a couple cows standing near an ear of corn with a garden in the background – a pretty common Midwest scene. Except the corn towered above the livestock, making it appear to be a good 10 feet tall with hoof-sized kernels. Combs was intrigued … [Read more...] about ‘Giant Grasshoppers and Two-Ton Potatoes’: Father-son research team studies history of state’s ‘exaggeration postcards’
UNK hosting presentations for Geography Awareness Week
KEARNEY – The University of Nebraska at Kearney Department of Geography is hosting a pair of events during Geography Awareness Week, a national campaign that encourages geographic awareness and literacy among students and the general public. Rex Rowley, an associate geography professor at Illinois State University, will present “A Tsunami, a Recovery, and a Shark Museum: Discovering a Sense of Place in Kesennuma, Japan” at 3:30 p.m. Monday (Nov. 12) in Copeland Hall Room … [Read more...] about UNK hosting presentations for Geography Awareness Week
Science Café guest Dillon to discuss Kearney landscape 23,000 years ago
WHAT: University of Nebraska at Kearney Science Café HOSTED BY: Sigma Xi The Scientific Research Society TITLE: “Geology and Paleoecology of the Kearney Area during the Last Glacial Maximum: Our Ice Age Landscape 23,000 Years Ago” TOPIC: During the last glacial maximum, the Kearney area looked very different than today. The familiar grassland prairies and riparian stands of cottonwood and other deciduous trees were not present. Instead, our landscape was mantled by … [Read more...] about Science Café guest Dillon to discuss Kearney landscape 23,000 years ago
UNK hosts special screening of tsunami film ‘The Impossible’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgw394ZKsis KEARNEY – The geography department at the University of Nebraska at Kearney is hosting a film about a tourist family in Thailand caught in the destruction and chaotic aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. A special screening of “The Impossible” is at 7 p.m. Tuesday (April 10) at Kearney’s The World Theatre, 2318 Central Ave. It is free and open to the public. UNK professor Jeremy Dillon will give a brief presentation … [Read more...] about UNK hosts special screening of tsunami film ‘The Impossible’
