We're using a Word Cloud to create a succinct way of describing what the College of Arts and Sciences is about, who we are, and what we have to offer.  (The cloud above is just an example.)

We want to use each student's unique experience to create it.

So, as you tell us how it is, you can watch the Word Cloud grow.

Go to our Word Cloud page to tell us how it is.

You'll find a new question each week on the Word Cloud page that you can answer in 365 characters or less.

The first week's question (no. 9) was: Describe the best club or organization in the College you're involved with.

We'll start the cloud on Facebook shortly and update it every Friday.

Thanks to everyone who wants to help build it!

To see more examples of 'word clouds,' check out wordle.net.

From the Daily Nebraskan, written by Kim Buckley:

A panel of three professors talked about how fiction affects the study of history.

Patrick Jones, associate professor of history, talked about using oral history to study racial justice in the urban north.

Ariana Vigil, assistant professor in English, discussed using Latino poetry and civil rights.

Kwakiutl Dreher, associate professor in English, talked about how celebrities write about themselves.

Read more in the Daily Nebraskan article.

Historicizing Fiction, Fictionalizing History was on Wednesday, November 18, 2009.

"Fundamental Heterogeneous Catalysis: From Reaction Mechanisms to New Materials" at 3:15pm on November 20, 2009 will feature Paul A. Elfers Professor Manos Mavrikakis from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

His fields of interest include thermodynamics, kinetics and catalysis, and fuel cells applications.

Read more about him here.

More than 20 UNL faculty are collaborating on the new program, including Sherilyn Fritz, geosciences professor; Ashok Samal, computer science professor, and Alan Tomkins, professor of psychology and law.

This is UNL's first Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program grant from the National Science Foundation.  It will fund a program that will integrate scientific, social, economic, and legal aspects of managing complex water issues.

Read more about it here.

From the Daily Nebraskan:

Author Susan Shirk discussed her 2007 book "China: Fragile Superpower" at the E. N. Thompson Forum.

Read the Daily Nebraskan article here.

Read more about the E. N. Thompson forum here.

The Office of Academic Support and Intercultural Services hosted a workshop led by Willis-Esqueda last night in the Nebraska Union. The workshop, “American Indians and Violence: Social and Legal Issues,” focused on the prevalence, attitudes and laws surrounding violence and domestic abuse in American Indian culture. 

Read the Daily Nebraska article.