"Get Attached! (Combining Biology and Materials Science" by Susan Enders of the University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Refreshments: Brace Lab 201 @ 3:30 p.m. Lecture: Brace Lab 211 @ 4:00 p.m.

Colloquium abstract can be found at: http://physics.unl.edu/news/colloquium.shtml

For further information please call the Department of Physics and Astronomy at (402) 472-2770 or email paoffice@unl.edu

Dr. Patricia Foster, Indiana University, will present "Stress-induced Mutagenesis in Escherichia coll"

Dr. Patricia Foster, Indiana University, will present "Stress-induced Mutagenesis in Escherichia coll"

The History Department presents the Sixth Annual Carroll R. Pauley Memorial Lecture "Academic Freedom in the Age of Homeland Security" Professor Barbara Weinstein New York University President, American Historical Association

To showcase faculty and student research to other faculty members and others interested in water-related research. Oral presentations These will be 10-15 minutes long with 2-5 minutes for audience questions. All oral presentations will use a single projector with PowerPoint software. An overhead projector will be available if requested. Abstracts should include the PI or co-PIs, other collaborators, name of the presenting author, presentation title, and an abstract of the presentation not to exceed 300 words. Individuals may submit more than one abstract, either on their own or in conjunction with others. Deadline to submit an abstract for oral presentation is 5 p.m. Tuesday, July 31. Accepted authors will be notified in early August. Competition for oral presentations is expected to be strong; if you'd also like to have your abstract considered for the poster session please indicate this on your submission. We will have the capacity to bring in speakers via satellite, so faculty outside of Lincoln can present without being on East Campus. If you’d like to do a distance presentation, please mention this in your submission. Poster Presentations Poster size will be a maximum of 4 ft x 8 ft. Authors will need to put their posters on display by 8:15 a.m. on the day of the Water Colloquium. At least one author is required to be present during the poster session, which is scheduled for an extended lunch hour. Abstracts should include the PI or co-PIs, other collaborators, name of the author(s) who will be present during the poster session, poster title, and an abstract describing the research not to exceed 300 words. Deadline to submit an abstract is Noon Friday, September 7. Accepted authors will be notified no later than Friday, September 14. Students are invited to submit abstracts for poster presentations. All abstracts are to be submitted by email to lbenson2@unl.edu. Any questions please call Lorrie Benson @ 472-7372

Adam Houston, University of Nebraska-Lincoln "Criticality: A Theory for Understanding and Forecasting Deep Convective Initiation"

"Traversing Chemistry and Immunology: A Few Vignettes", Professor Kim D. Janda, The Scripps Research Institute. Supported by the Research Council.

"Getting Latino Parents & Adolescents in the Same Room to Talk About Sex: Cultural Influences on the Process" Celia Lescano, Asst Professor Brown University

Monthly Faculty Meeting

"Challenges in Development of Water Monitoring Plans for the National Park Service: Examples from the Northern Plains Inventory and Monitoring Network" The National Park Service is currently engaged in an inventory and monitoring program to facilitate long-term management of park resources. The objectives of our effort were to (1) define existing water quality, habitat and biotic data that would support an I&M effort within the Northern Glaciated Plains Network (NGPN), (2) establish baseline conditions against which future monitoring of water quality, habitat and biota might occur and (3) develop a draft water quality monitoring plan for the NGPN. Focus sessions with park staff and historical data have identified water quality concerns, providing the basis for the current water quality plan. The current version focuses monitoring efforts mostly on medium stream and large river drainages. Assigned beneficial uses, water quality standards and 303d listing all contribute to parameter selection for individual streams and rivers. While the final statistical design of the monitoring network is still under discussion, it will be probability-based. The network will likely need to partner heavily with other state and federal agencies to stretch limited resources and will likely use established U.S. EPA EMAP protocols. Those drainages already intensively monitored by other agencies would receive less attention, allowing the NPS to focus efforts to fill data gaps in other monitoring programs. A delicate balance must be reached between the monitoring needs of the network, individual parks and partnering agencies. Sustainable implementation of this effort will require continued communication and commitment from these partners. Nels Troelstrup, South Dakota State University