University showcases research
Fair offers students, public chance to view projects at Lincoln campus
By John Hejkal
Staff writer
People interested in satisfying
either their brains or their bellies will
have their fill Saturday at the
University Research and Creative
Activity Fair.
Some of the most outstanding
research projects from the University
of Nebraska-Lincoln will be on dis
play at the fair, which will be held in
the Centennial Room of the
Nebraska Union.
Besides the research presenta
tions, attendees will be offered free
root beer floats or other ice cream
products.
The fair will run from 10 a.m. to
3 p.m. and will highlight faculty
research from about 35 departments.
It is part of the Centennial
Celebration of Graduate Education,
Research and Creative Activity.
Robert Stock, chairman of the
sub-committee for planning the fair,
said it was a good chance for people
to see the scope of faculty research at
UNL.
“This is the first time we’ve ever
done this - had a fair that emphasizes
graduate and faculty research,” he
said.
The fair is running in conjunction
with the Undergraduate Research
Conference and the Graduate
Student Research Symposium,
which start today in the College of
Business Administration Building
and the Wick Alumni Center, respec
tively.
Posters from the Undergraduate
Conference and the Graduate
Symposium will be on display
throughout the day.
Awards for the best presentations
will be given from 2:30 to 3 p.m.
Faculty will be at the fair to dis
cuss their research and creative proj
ects.
Areas represented will range
from the Dead Sea Scrolls and fic
tion writing to global positioning
systems and virology.
Stock said the event should be a
true celebration.
“We wanted to make it a fair-like
situation,” he said. “In other words,
not just an academic situation as
such but kind of a festive atmos
phere.”
Along with the ice cream, bal
loons and other decorations should
contribute to the festivities. Stock
said he hoped such additions would
help motivate students to attend.
Still, the main emphasis will be
on the progress the university faculty
has made in various fields.
Sidnie Crawford, professor and
chairwoman of the classics and reli
gious studies department, will be
presenting her work on the Dead Sea
Scrolls, which deal with the Hebrew
Bible or Old Testament.
Crawford, a member of an inter
national publishing committee for
the Scrolls, will be presenting texts
where the Scrolls have been pub
lished and photographs of the
Scrolls.
The classics and religious studies
department will present studies on
the Nag Hammadi, which are
Gnostic texts in the Coptic language
of ancient Egypt.
Crawford said the fair offers a
good opportunity for departments to
see what activities are going on
throughout the university.
“We want people to realize the
amount of research that we do for
such a small department,” she said.
“We want to shine our light a little bit
at the university.”
The department of classics and
religious studies has seven faculty
members.
Patricia Cox Crews, professor
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Sidnie Crawford
classics, religious studies chairwoman
and acting chairwoman of the depart
ment of textiles, clothing and design,
agreed it was a chance to see diverse
projects.
“It’s interesting to see the whole
scope and breadth of the whole uni
versity’s research and scholarly
activities,” she said.
Crews will be presenting her
book “Nebraska Quilts and
Quiltmaking” at the fair.
The department of textiles, cloth
ing and design will also feature a
presentation on home-based busi
nesses in textiles and apparel. In
addition, they will have a PowerPoint
presentation on sun-protective cloth
ing.
The fair will be free and open to
the public.
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