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(1,'','Shane','Farritor','USA - Lincoln, NE',0,0,'Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering','','Shane Farritor, ''92, has conducted promising research on railcar derailment and surgical robots.','Dr. Farritor returned to his alma mater as a faculty member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in 1998. With a grant from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Farritor has created an autonomous railcar that may determine whether a track issue could cause a derailment. In another recent endeavor, Farritor has collaborated with UNMC''s Dmitry Oleynikov to create lipstick tube-sized mini surgical robots that may help doctors make surgery less invasive so patients can recover faster. '),
(2,'\0','Ann','Chang Barnes','Europe, Belgium',0,0,'Interim Executive Director, Lied Center for Performing Arts, and Artist-in-Residence, (Piano, Fortepiano)','','Ann Chang-Barnes champions performing arts for Nebraska - she even plays a little piano herself.','As a Fulbright Scholar during the summer of 2009, Ann Chang-Barnes researched the advancement of keyboard curriculum models, and performing in concerts, at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels. She had a lot to do upon her return, too, considering she is the interim director of the Lied Center for Performing Arts, which celebrated its 20th anniversary season in 2009-10. But then, leadership isn''t new to her either.'),
(3,'','Atorod','Azizinamini','South Korea',0,0,'Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of NaBRO','','Atorod Azizinamini is developing better ways to renovate existing bridges and to build new ones that last a century or longer.','Azizinamini and UNL civil engineers Maher Tadros and Andrzej Nowak, also leading bridge experts, are collaborating with international bridge designers to study whether high-performance steel and concrete materials can be used for individual bridge components. These new-generation materials, some of which were developed at UNL, are more resistant to corrosion. Researchers also will identify new construction strategies to renovate bridges without causing major traffic disruptions and examine new methods for predicting a bridge''s lifespan so governments can better plan for maintenance needs. '),
(4,'\0','Avery','Schwer','USA - Omaha, NE',0,0,'Associate Professor of construction systems','','Avery Schwer, associate professor of construction systems, is building the house of the future.','Avery Schwer leads the construction of a 2,000-square-foot house in Omaha that is designed to provide more energy than it uses. Called the ZNETH project, the zero-net energy test home is a collaborative research effort between Engineering, the Peter Kiewit Institute, the U.S. Green Building Council (Flatwater Chapter), and the Green Omaha Coalition.'),
(5,'','Bing','Chen','USA - Lincoln, NE',0,0,'Chair of computer & electronics engineering','','Bing Chen has taken his robotics-based curriculum to school - in Nebraska and across the U.S.','Bing Chen''s dream is to have one of his robots used in every K-12 science and math classroom in the U.S. It may just come true. UNL''s Silicon Prairie Initiative on Robotics in Information Technology Phase 2, or SPIRIT 2.0, provides flexible, interactive lessons and technical materials via the Internet for K-12 math and science teachers nationwide. Lessons guide students through building a CEENBoT, a rugged, customizable robot made of circuitry and wire on wheels. The UNL-developed robots are named for the Computer and Electronics Engineering Department. '),
(6,'','Bob','Thacker','USA - Chicago, IL',0,0,'Vice President for Marketing and Advertising, OfficeMax','','Bob Thacker (''70) is a legendary retail marketer whose secret is "Look before you leap - but leap!"','After 25 years as a legendary retail marketer for Sears, Target and several other blue-chip advertising and retail outfits, Bob Thacker came back from a brief retirement to stage his greatest promotion ever: Office Max''s stunningly successful Elf Yourself "viral marketing campaign," in which more than 250 million people have so far participated.'),
(7,'','Brett','Ratcliffe','Belize, Guatemala, Mexico',0,0,'Professor and Curator, University of Nebraska State Museum','','Brett Ratcliffe, who some call an extreme scientist, studies beetles in Central America.','Brett Ratcliffe is leading the five-year research project funded by a $481,000 National Science Foundation grant to study the dynastine scarab beetles in Mexico, Guatemala and Belize. Also known as rhinoceros beetles, they include some of the largest living insects, some reaching nearly 6 inches long. The most important thing for the new study, Ratcliffe said, is to help citizens in the three countries understand how important it is to them to preserve their local habitat.'),
(8,'','Charles','Wood','Africa - Zambia',0,0,'Lewis Lehr/3M University Professor of Biology and Director, Nebraska Center for Virology ','','Charles Wood empowers Zambians to fight the HIV/AIDS battle themselves.','For a poor and underdeveloped nation like Zambia, assistance from other nations is the only way to fight AIDS. But Charles Wood, UNL molecular virologist and director of the Nebraska Center for Virology, is offering assistance that empowers Zambians to fight the battle themselves. With funding from the National Institutes of Health Fogarty International Program, Wood provides programs that help Zambian researchers understand how HIV and AIDS-associated cancer viruses cause disease and train them to detect and prevent disease transmission.'),
(9,'','Christopher','Elbow','USA - Kansas City, MO',0,0,'Chef and Chocolatier','','Christopher Elbow, ''96, has developed a national reputation for his exquisite handmade chocolates.','Decorated with boldly colored splashes and swirls of cocoa butter, Christopher Elbow''s chocolates resemble miniature abstract expressionist paintings. Elbow, a ''96 UNL graduate in restaurant and business administration, recalls that in one of his first food science classes, he did an experiment about how differing temperatures affect the tempering of chocolate. Unbeknownst to him at the time, it was his entree into making Christopher Elbow Artisanal Chocolates in Kansas City, and how sweet it is for him and his loyal customers.'),
(10,'','Cindy','McCaffrey','USA - San Francisco, CA',0,0,'Retired Google Marketing Executive','','Cindy McCaffrey, ''80, shaped marketing blitz that helped make "Google" what it is today.','Among those first few Google staffers (the company employs tens of thousands of people worldwide today), none would shine with greater radiance than the new director of corporate marketing. Talk to the cyber-experts in Silicon Valley about the extraordinary marketing blitz that McCaffrey engineered for Google - a PR-based strategy that depended almost entirely on winning no-cost news media coverage, and not on buying expensive ads - and they''ll all tell you that the brilliant campaign was the brainchild of the former journalism student at UNL.'),
(11,'','Granville','Coggs','USA - San Antonio, TX',0,0,'Retired Radiologist and Medical School Professor','','Granville Coggs, ''49, triumphed over 1940s racial discrimination to become part of a living American legend.','"I''m over 80 years old now," he says with a quiet smile, "but I can still remember that first solo flight as if it happened yesterday. I know I''ll never forget the moment when my wheels lifted off the runway and I realized that I was actually flying an aircraft by myself."'),
(12,'','David','Harwood','Antarctica',0,0,'Professor and Stout Chair in Stratigraphy','','David Harwood brings the entire continent of Antarctica into his UNL classroom.','David Harwood has gained firsthand perspective of the Antarctica''s role in past, present and future global climate change. In 2009, Harwood headed back into the classroom - and he brought the entire continent with him. In the spring semester, Harwood led a new geology course that lets students tour Antarctica without having to take an 11,500-mile trip or endure the Antarctic climate. The course employed the audio-visual power of the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center to bring the continent to UNL.'),
(13,'','Claude M.','Bolton, Jr.','USA - Washington, D.C.',0,0,'Defense Acquisition University Executive In Residence','','Air Force "Top Gun" Claude Bolton Thrives On New Challenge: Acquiring Equipment For The Army','Bolton''s military record shows that he isn''t exaggerating, when he talks about his natural talent for flying. During a distinguished career of 33 years, he served as a combat pilot, as a flight instructor, as a cutting-edge test pilot who flew a dozen different types of newly developed aircraft over the years, as the deputy program director for the B-2 Bomber System Program - and also as the director of the Air Force''s critically important Advanced Cruise Missile System Program Office.'),
(14,'','John','Janovy, Jr.','USA - Ogallala, NE',0,0,'Varner Professor of Biological Sciences','','John Janovy, Jr., is at his best teaching biology in the field.','John Janovy has been named a "Conservation Hero" by The Nature Conservancy. He''s been given the Clark P. Read Mentorship Award at the national assembly of the American Society of Parasitologists for his exemplary work with graduate students. He''s even written a book encouraging future and current college students to make the most of their college careers. But most people know him for his passion for working with students in the summer field program at Cedar Point near Lake Ogallala.'),
(15,'','John','Hoerner','Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary',0,0,'Chief Executive of Central European Clothing, Tesco ','','John Hoerner, ''61, has been a leader in European retail for more than 20 years.','John Hoerner graduated with a degree in business administration and is currently the chief executive of Central European Clothing for Tesco, the United Kingdom''s largest retailer. He has held numerous executive-level posts in stores and chains in the United States and since 1987 in the United Kingdom. As chief executive of clothing, Hoerner led the expansion of Tesco''s business in the United Kingdom. In his most recent role, he is developing a centralized buying operation for Tesco clothing in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary.'),
(16,'','Jeffrey','Raikes','',0,0,'Namesake of the <a href="http://raikes.unl.edu">Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management</a> and University of Nebraska Foundation trustee.','','Jeffrey Raikes, CEO of the Gates Foundation, is a major supporter of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.','Jeffrey Raikes is a great supporter of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, as evidenced by the name of the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Compter Science and Management. But even before the school was renamed in his honor in June 2008, Raikes was an advocate for the former J.D. Edwards Honors Program and a trustee of the University of Nebraska Foundation. He also makes time to speak on campus, as he did in May 2009 at The Future of Water for Food conference.'),
(17,'','Jay','Keasling','USA - San Francisco, CA',0,0,'Chemical Engineering Professor at the University of California Berkeley','','Jay Keasling, ''86, runs a lab that is creating a cure for malaria.','Keasling''s work may soon influence the health and well being of every person on the planet. He and his colleagues are developing an affordable malaria medicine that - in combination with an existing drug - appears to permanently eradicate the disease in an infected individual. In his "spare time," Keasling is also researching Prostratin, a medication that occurs in its natural form in trees grown on an island in the South Pacific. An ethno botanist took samples to the National Institutes of Health, where researchers purified the active ingredient and found that it was effective against HIV.'),
(18,'\0','Karen','Kunc','France, Poland and Ital',0,0,'Cather Professor of Art ','','Karen Kunc, ''75, is an artist whose work has been shown in galleries around the world.','Kunc has had one-person exhibitions at dozens of galleries throughout the United States and in the Czech Republic, Japan and Finland. Her works have been shown in more than 350 exhibits in the United States and 25 nations. In 2007, Kunc received the prestigious Printmaker Emeritus Award at the 36th annual conference of The Southern Graphics Council. It is one of the most prestigious national awards for printmakers. '),
(19,'','Juanita','Page','USA - Washington, D.C.',0,0,'Discovery Health Channel Network Manager and Advertising Sales Producer','','Juanita Page, ''04, is the network manager and advertising sales producer for Discovery Health Channel.','Page graduated from the J school with a broadcasting degree in December 2004. She credits the college with its hands-on courses and ability to prepare students with real world experiences. Those experiences helped her to learn the skills she applies now for success at the Discovery Health Channel in Washington, D.C., where she produces and writes commercials.'),
(20,'','Jorge Alberto','Rodriguez','Buenos Aires, Argentina',0,0,'Past Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers, Argentina ','','Jorge Rodriguez, ''79, ''80, is a past chief of the Cabinet of Ministers for the Republic of Argentina.','Jorge Rodriguez is a past chief of the Cabinet of Ministers for the Republic of Argentina. After completing a bachelor''s degree in agronomy at the University of Buenos Aires, he started his career as director of alfalfa genetics research. He later resumed graduate studies at UNL, earning both a master''s and a doctorate in agronomy before returning home to improve agricultural research and productivity. '),
(21,'','John','Yohe','Africa - Tanzania',0,0,'Associate Professor and Director, International Sorghum/Millet Collaborative Research Support Program (INTSORMIL) CRSP','','John Yohe is delivering higher sorghum and millet yields in Africa - and back home.','Thanks to John Yohe and INTSORMIL, women in Tanzania support their families selling bread made with sorghum flour and triga-resistant sorghum varieties help Ethiopian and Sudanese farmers save their crops from the parasitic weed. For nearly 30 years INTSORMIL has provided life-sustaining aid to developing nations, said John Yohe, INTSORMIL director at UNL. The U.S. also has benefited.\r\n "The role INTSORMIL played in bringing germplasm back to the U.S. to develop greenbug-resistant\r\nhybrids resulted in higher yields and reduced pesticide costs," he said.\r\n'),
(22,'','Betsy','O''Brien','USA - Washington, D.C.',0,0,'Retired Dept. of Energy Division Director','','Betsy O''Brien, ''67, made a career of quantifying future energy sources and costs.','As the longtime director of the Coal, Nuclear and Renewable Fuels Division at the DOE''s Energy Information Administration (EIA), the once-upon-a-time UNL math major directed a staff of 35 and a yearly budget of more than $4 million. Her assignment, as a senior executive manager for the EIA: running an immensely complex research program that applies high-tech computer tools to huge quantities of economic data in order to help the U.S. Congress, the White House and the American public better understand future energy sources and future costs.'),
(23,'','Nithal','Kuwa','Africa - Zambia, Kenya',0,0,'Graduate student, Biological Sciences','','Nithal Kuwa''s research could impact more than 1.8 million children in sub-Saharan Africa.','Nithal Kuwa received a Fulbright grant which took take her to Zambia. Her research could eventually have a profound effect on the medical treatment of the more than 1.8 million children in sub-Saharan Africa who are living with HIV and AIDS. Kuwa has spent the last three years conducting research in virology in the lab of Charles Wood, professor in the school of biological sciences and director of the Nebraska Center for Virology. '),
(24,'','Nancy','Andreasen ','USA - Iowa City, IA',0,0,'Andrew H. Woods Chair of Psychiatry and Director of its Neuroimaging Research Center','','Nancy Andreasen''s Breakthrough Research Changed The Way Modern Science Understands Schizophrenia ','Andreason, a globetrotting neuroscientist and author of 560 scientific papers and 15 books, says she simply doesn''t have time to get old - because she''s far too busy doing psychiatric research, collecting art (she''s got two Calder drawings on the wall and a Picasso print in the kitchen), gardening in her own backyard, and also tracking down the dozens of rare French vintages that she stacks on shelves in her 1,500-bottle wine cellar.'),
(25,'','Michael','Hoff','Turkey',0,0,'Professor of Art History','','Michael Hoff explores ruins of a Roman temple in Turkey - and takes students along for the ride.','Hoff spends his summers exploring the ruins of a Roman temple in coastal Turkey. A significant component of the field research is the assistance of undergraduate students. In exchange for their hard work, they receive an education in art history and engineering that cannot be duplicated in a classroom. Back at UNL, work continues during the academic year. Hoff and Erdogmus synthesize data collected in the summer, and attempt to assemble drawings of the blocks like puzzle pieces.'),
(26,'','Larkin','Powell','Africa - Namibia',0,0,'Associate Professor of Conservation Biology/Animal Ecology ','','Larkin Powell blogs about his year-long Fulbright experience in Namibia.','Larkin Powell, associate professor in the School of Natural Resources, is serving as a Fulbright Scholar at Polytechnic of Namibia in Windhoek, Namibia. Powell''s Fulbright is a lecture and research grant. He is currently teaching two courses - a distance course in research methodology taken by fourth-year students to complete a bachelor''s degree, and a team-teaching course in natural resources management for third-year students. At UNL, Powell''s research is focused primarily on avian wildlife, with a recent bend into the Nebraska Sandhills and grazing management. '),
(27,'\0','Dr. L Trey','Coleman','USA - Miami Gardens, FL',0,0,'Director of Grants and Sponsored Research, Florida Memorial University','','Football delivered Dr. L. Trey Coleman out of a troubled past to Nebraska. He left with a future.','The mustache is the dead giveaway. It cuts through any other disguise and makes you fairly certain that you''ve found Nebraska''s first out-of-state, walk-on football player from the early 1960s. How in the world did someone who grew up around gangs in Washington, D.C., and essentially willed himself to the University of Nebraska despite multiple academic deficiencies, end up in the President''s Cabinet of a 130-year-old university in Miami Gardens, Fla., with a Ph.D. in front of his name?'),
(28,'','Ken','Vogel','USA - Atkinson/Crofton, NE',0,0,'USDA-ARS plant geneticist at UNL','','Ken Vogel, ''74, studies what may become the next generation of biofuels - switchgrass.','Ken Vogel leads joint USDA-UNL research on switchgrass. His team sparked international excitement in early 2008 with results of the largest study of its kind that showed switchgrass grown for biofuel produces 5.4 times more energy than needed to grow, harvest and process it into cellulosic ethanol. Findings, reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, were from a five-year study involving 10 farms in three states that examined net energy output, greenhouse gas emissions, biomass yields, agricultural inputs and estimated cellulosic ethanol production from switchgrass grown for biofuel.'),
(29,'\0','Xun-Hong ','Chen','China',0,0,'Professor of Hydrogeology','','Xun-Hong Chen studies water in the Nebraska Sandhills in the fight against global water shortage.','By 2025, as much as two-thirds of the world''s population may face water shortages, which can lead to economic crises, disease, famine, and death, if people don''t take action in time. Xun-Hong Chen is exploring the hydrologic cycle in the Nebraska Sandhills, in the Platte and Republican River valleys, as well as in the Blue River basin and the Elkhorn River basin, Nebraska. He also is part of a team at UNL collaborating with Hohai University in China to develop a cyber-infrastructure for global water research.'),
(30,'','Warren','Buffett','USA - Omahe, NE',0,0,'Chairman, Berkshire Hathaway','','Warren Buffett, ''50, has some investment advice for everyone: invest in yourself.','One of the wealthiest men in America today, Buffett earned a B.S. in economics at the University of Nebraska in 1950 before he attended the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania. Buffett, a native of Omaha, is chairman of the board of Berkshire Hathaway, a company whose business activities include underwriting of property and casualty insurance, newspaper publishing, and candy production and sales. Buffett returned to his alma mater with Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates in a rare public appearance to share business wisdom with UNL students in 2005.'),
(31,'\0','Trischa','Zorn-Hudson','Seoul, Barcelona, Sydney, Athens, Beijing',0,0,'Executive Director of the Indiana Pro-Bono Commission','','Trischa Zorn-Hudson, ''87, was an athlete at Nebraska. She may be the Huskers'' biggest fan, too.','The first visually impaired athlete to receive a Division I scholarship in any sport, Zorn-Hudson became an All-Big Eight and a three-time academic All-Big Eight swimmer at Nebraska before graduating in 1987. She has gone on to win a record 55 medals - 41 gold, nine silver and five bronze - in seven Paralympic Games, which are contested 10 days after the actual Olympic Games in the same cities.'),
(32,'','Ted','Sorensen ','USA - New York, New York',0,0,'Best-selling Author and Historian ','','Ted Sorensen spent 11 years as John F. Kennedy''s highly influential speechwriter and domestic policy adviser.','Theodore C. Sorensen (B.S. ''49; LL.B. ''51), today a best-selling author and historian, spent 11 years as John F. Kennedy''s highly influential speechwriter and domestic policy adviser. Among the veteran attorney and political commentator''s most compelling "New Frontier" stories was a riveting account of the "13 days that shook the world" - the harrowing Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, in which\r\nSorensen and his fellow-advisers at the White House worked with JFK around the clock to prevent a potentially catastrophic nuclear war.'),
(33,'\0','Sidnie','White Crawford','Israel, Palestine',0,0,'Willa Cather Professor and Chair, Department of Classics and Religious Studies','','Sidnie White Crawford''s work sheds light on Middle East conflict.','Sidnie White Crawford is in a unique position to point out details of the long-standing conflict in the Middle East because of her specialization in Hebrew Bible, her many visits to the Middle East and her status as one of the foremost authorities on the Dead Sea Scrolls. Many in the United States tend to side with the Israelis because of the closer relationship between Jews and Christians, but as the U.S. Muslim population grows, so does a greater understanding of the Muslim faith and Arab concerns.'),
(34,'','Sheri','Fritz','Bolivia - Lake Titicaca',0,0,'Willa Cather professor, Department of Geosciences','','Sheri Fritz studies lake mud to research climate change and human impact on the environment.','Fritz and her colleagues study lake mud and its contents to reconstruct the history of climate change and develop a long-term perspective on how humans impact their environment. "We know from the recent geologic record that 20th century environmental history is not representative of the full range of natural variability," Fritz said. "Developing our knowledge of what has happened in the past is critical to understanding how the environment works and thus for dealing with the unknown future."'),
(35,'','Scott','Killinger','China',0,0,'Founding principal of Kuang Xing International Design and Planning ','','Scott Killinger (''61) specializes in planning new housing and commercial buildings in China.','For globe-trotting architect Scott Killinger, designing urban communities in China is a thrilling challenge that requires him to use all the skills he''s developed during a 40-year career as a master-builder in this country and abroad. A passionate craftsman who loves the complexity involved in building new projects around the world, Killinger has launched a semester-long study program for UNL architecture students in the Chinese city of Tianjin. His remarkably ambitious goal: to help future architects - both American and Chinese - become better at their craft by learning together about each other''s history and culture.'),
(36,'','Rulon','Gardner','Sydney, Australia',0,0,'Olympic gold medal-winning wrestler','','Rulon Gardner, ''96, won Olympic gold, but he''ll never stop pushing.','Gardner is proud of his gold medal from the 2000 Olympics in Sydney and just as proud of his bronze medal from 2004 in Athens because for him, it was an even tougher personal path to take. "But medals are just symbols. They lose their luster. My teaching degree from Nebraska is more important to me than anything IÕve achieved," Gardner said. "It represents my most difficult journey of all and became the foundation for everything else I''ve ever accomplished."'),
(37,'','Pam','Dingman','USA - Lincoln, NE',0,0,'CEO of Engineering Design Consultants (EDC)','','Pam Dingman is one of a handful of U.S. women who manages and owns a civil engineering firm. ','From her UNL days as a fatigue-wearing engineering student to later Saturday mornings when she''d work with contractors while toting her son in a baby backpack, Dingman always has channeled her own course. She earned a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1991 and, 15 years later, surfacing at the top of the male-dominated industry. Today she is majority owner and CEO of Lincoln''s Engineering Design Consultants (EDC). '),
(38,'','Tom','Osborne','USA - Lincoln, NE',0,0,'UNL Athletic Director and legendary former coach','','Tom Osborne, college football coaching legend and former U.S. Congressman, leads the Nebraska Athletic Department.','From 1973 to 1997, Tom Osborne lead the Nebraska Cornhuskers to three national football titles and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999. Afterward, he served three terms as a U.S. Congressman and now serves as Athletic Director at UNL.');
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'),(2,'\0','Ann','Chang Barnes','Europe, Belgium',0,0,'Interim Executive Director, Lied Center for Performing Arts, and Artist-in-Residence, (Piano, Fortepiano)','','Ann Chang-Barnes champions performing arts for Nebraska - she even plays a little piano herself.','As a Fulbright Scholar during the summer of 2009, Ann Chang-Barnes researched the advancement of keyboard curriculum models, and performing in concerts, at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels. She had a lot to do upon her return, too, considering she is the interim director of the Lied Center for Performing Arts, which celebrated its 20th anniversary season in 2009-10. But then, leadership isn\'t new to her either.'),(3,'','Atorod','Azizinamini','South Korea',0,0,'Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of NaBRO','','Atorod Azizinamini is developing better ways to renovate existing bridges and to build new ones that last a century or longer.','Azizinamini and UNL civil engineers Maher Tadros and Andrzej Nowak, also leading bridge experts, are collaborating with international bridge designers to study whether high-performance steel and concrete materials can be used for individual bridge components. These new-generation materials, some of which were developed at UNL, are more resistant to corrosion. Researchers also will identify new construction strategies to renovate bridges without causing major traffic disruptions and examine new methods for predicting a bridge\'s lifespan so governments can better plan for maintenance needs. '),(4,'\0','Avery','Schwer','USA - Omaha, NE',0,0,'Associate Professor of construction systems','','Avery Schwer, associate professor of construction systems, is building the house of the future.','Avery Schwer leads the construction of a 2,000-square-foot house in Omaha that is designed to provide more energy than it uses. Called the ZNETH project, the zero-net energy test home is a collaborative research effort between Engineering, the Peter Kiewit Institute, the U.S. Green Building Council (Flatwater Chapter), and the Green Omaha Coalition.'),(5,'','Bing','Chen','USA - Lincoln, NE',0,0,'Chair of computer & electronics engineering','','Bing Chen has taken his robotics-based curriculum to school - in Nebraska and across the U.S.','Bing Chen\'s dream is to have one of his robots used in every K-12 science and math classroom in the U.S. It may just come true. UNL\'s Silicon Prairie Initiative on Robotics in Information Technology Phase 2, or SPIRIT 2.0, provides flexible, interactive lessons and technical materials via the Internet for K-12 math and science teachers nationwide. Lessons guide students through building a CEENBoT, a rugged, customizable robot made of circuitry and wire on wheels. The UNL-developed robots are named for the Computer and Electronics Engineering Department. '),(6,'','Bob','Thacker','USA - Chicago, IL',0,0,'Vice President for Marketing and Advertising, OfficeMax','','Bob Thacker (\'70) is a legendary retail marketer whose secret is \"Look before you leap - but leap!\"','After 25 years as a legendary retail marketer for Sears, Target and several other blue-chip advertising and retail outfits, Bob Thacker came back from a brief retirement to stage his greatest promotion ever: Office Max\'s stunningly successful Elf Yourself \"viral marketing campaign,\" in which more than 250 million people have so far participated.'),(7,'','Brett','Ratcliffe','Belize, Guatemala, Mexico',0,0,'Professor and Curator, University of Nebraska State Museum','','Brett Ratcliffe, who some call an extreme scientist, studies beetles in Central America.','Brett Ratcliffe is leading the five-year research project funded by a $481,000 National Science Foundation grant to study the dynastine scarab beetles in Mexico, Guatemala and Belize. Also known as rhinoceros beetles, they include some of the largest living insects, some reaching nearly 6 inches long. The most important thing for the new study, Ratcliffe said, is to help citizens in the three countries understand how important it is to them to preserve their local habitat.'),(8,'','Charles','Wood','Africa - Zambia',0,0,'Lewis Lehr/3M University Professor of Biology and Director, Nebraska Center for Virology ','','Charles Wood empowers Zambians to fight the HIV/AIDS battle themselves.','For a poor and underdeveloped nation like Zambia, assistance from other nations is the only way to fight AIDS. But Charles Wood, UNL molecular virologist and director of the Nebraska Center for Virology, is offering assistance that empowers Zambians to fight the battle themselves. With funding from the National Institutes of Health Fogarty International Program, Wood provides programs that help Zambian researchers understand how HIV and AIDS-associated cancer viruses cause disease and train them to detect and prevent disease transmission.'),(9,'','Christopher','Elbow','USA - Kansas City, MO',0,0,'Chef and Chocolatier','','Christopher Elbow, \'96, has developed a national reputation for his exquisite handmade chocolates.','Decorated with boldly colored splashes and swirls of cocoa butter, Christopher Elbow\'s chocolates resemble miniature abstract expressionist paintings. Elbow, a \'96 UNL graduate in restaurant and business administration, recalls that in one of his first food science classes, he did an experiment about how differing temperatures affect the tempering of chocolate. Unbeknownst to him at the time, it was his entree into making Christopher Elbow Artisanal Chocolates in Kansas City, and how sweet it is for him and his loyal customers.'),(10,'','Cindy','McCaffrey','USA - San Francisco, CA',0,0,'Retired Google Marketing Executive','','Cindy McCaffrey, \'80, shaped marketing blitz that helped make \"Google\" what it is today.','Among those first few Google staffers (the company employs tens of thousands of people worldwide today), none would shine with greater radiance than the new director of corporate marketing. Talk to the cyber-experts in Silicon Valley about the extraordinary marketing blitz that McCaffrey engineered for Google - a PR-based strategy that depended almost entirely on winning no-cost news media coverage, and not on buying expensive ads - and they\'ll all tell you that the brilliant campaign was the brainchild of the former journalism student at UNL.'),(11,'','Granville','Coggs','USA - San Antonio, TX',0,0,'Retired Radiologist and Medical School Professor','','Granville Coggs, \'49, triumphed over 1940s racial discrimination to become part of a living American legend.','\"I\'m over 80 years old now,\" he says with a quiet smile, \"but I can still remember that first solo flight as if it happened yesterday. I know I\'ll never forget the moment when my wheels lifted off the runway and I realized that I was actually flying an aircraft by myself.\"'),(12,'','David','Harwood','Antarctica',0,0,'Professor and Stout Chair in Stratigraphy','','David Harwood brings the entire continent of Antarctica into his UNL classroom.','David Harwood has gained firsthand perspective of the Antarctica\'s role in past, present and future global climate change. In 2009, Harwood headed back into the classroom - and he brought the entire continent with him. In the spring semester, Harwood led a new geology course that lets students tour Antarctica without having to take an 11,500-mile trip or endure the Antarctic climate. The course employed the audio-visual power of the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center to bring the continent to UNL.'),(13,'','Claude M.','Bolton, Jr.','USA - Washington, D.C.',0,0,'Defense Acquisition University Executive In Residence','','Air Force \"Top Gun\" Claude Bolton Thrives On New Challenge: Acquiring Equipment For The Army','Bolton\'s military record shows that he isn\'t exaggerating, when he talks about his natural talent for flying. During a distinguished career of 33 years, he served as a combat pilot, as a flight instructor, as a cutting-edge test pilot who flew a dozen different types of newly developed aircraft over the years, as the deputy program director for the B-2 Bomber System Program - and also as the director of the Air Force\'s critically important Advanced Cruise Missile System Program Office.'),(14,'','John','Janovy, Jr.','USA - Ogallala, NE',0,0,'Varner Professor of Biological Sciences','','John Janovy, Jr., is at his best teaching biology in the field.','John Janovy has been named a \"Conservation Hero\" by The Nature Conservancy. He\'s been given the Clark P. Read Mentorship Award at the national assembly of the American Society of Parasitologists for his exemplary work with graduate students. He\'s even written a book encouraging future and current college students to make the most of their college careers. But most people know him for his passion for working with students in the summer field program at Cedar Point near Lake Ogallala.'),(15,'','John','Hoerner','Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary',0,0,'Chief Executive of Central European Clothing, Tesco ','','John Hoerner, \'61, has been a leader in European retail for more than 20 years.','John Hoerner graduated with a degree in business administration and is currently the chief executive of Central European Clothing for Tesco, the United Kingdom\'s largest retailer. He has held numerous executive-level posts in stores and chains in the United States and since 1987 in the United Kingdom. As chief executive of clothing, Hoerner led the expansion of Tesco\'s business in the United Kingdom. In his most recent role, he is developing a centralized buying operation for Tesco clothing in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary.'),(16,'','Jeffrey','Raikes','',0,0,'Namesake of the <a href=\"http://raikes.unl.edu\">Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management</a> and University of Nebraska Foundation trustee.','','Jeffrey Raikes, CEO of the Gates Foundation, is a major supporter of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.','Jeffrey Raikes is a great supporter of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, as evidenced by the name of the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Compter Science and Management. But even before the school was renamed in his honor in June 2008, Raikes was an advocate for the former J.D. Edwards Honors Program and a trustee of the University of Nebraska Foundation. He also makes time to speak on campus, as he did in May 2009 at The Future of Water for Food conference.'),(17,'','Jay','Keasling','USA - San Francisco, CA',0,0,'Chemical Engineering Professor at the University of California Berkeley','','Jay Keasling, \'86, runs a lab that is creating a cure for malaria.','Keasling\'s work may soon influence the health and well being of every person on the planet. He and his colleagues are developing an affordable malaria medicine that - in combination with an existing drug - appears to permanently eradicate the disease in an infected individual. In his \"spare time,\" Keasling is also researching Prostratin, a medication that occurs in its natural form in trees grown on an island in the South Pacific. An ethno botanist took samples to the National Institutes of Health, where researchers purified the active ingredient and found that it was effective against HIV.'),(18,'','Karen','Kunc','France, Poland, Italy',0,0,'Cather Professor of Art ','','Karen Kunc, \'75, is an artist whose work has been shown in galleries around the world.','Kunc has had one-person exhibitions at dozens of galleries throughout the United States and in the Czech Republic, Japan and Finland. Her works have been shown in more than 350 exhibits in the United States and 25 nations. In 2007, Kunc received the prestigious Printmaker Emeritus Award at the 36th annual conference of The Southern Graphics Council. It is one of the most prestigious national awards for printmakers. '),(19,'','Juanita','Page','USA - Washington, D.C.',0,0,'Discovery Health Channel Network Manager and Advertising Sales Producer','','Juanita Page, \'04, is the network manager and advertising sales producer for Discovery Health Channel.','Page graduated from the J school with a broadcasting degree in December 2004. She credits the college with its hands-on courses and ability to prepare students with real world experiences. Those experiences helped her to learn the skills she applies now for success at the Discovery Health Channel in Washington, D.C., where she produces and writes commercials.'),(20,'','Jorge Alberto','Rodriguez','Buenos Aires, Argentina',0,0,'Past Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers, Argentina ','','Jorge Rodriguez, \'79, \'80, is a past chief of the Cabinet of Ministers for the Republic of Argentina.','Jorge Rodriguez is a past chief of the Cabinet of Ministers for the Republic of Argentina. After completing a bachelor\'s degree in agronomy at the University of Buenos Aires, he started his career as director of alfalfa genetics research. He later resumed graduate studies at UNL, earning both a master\'s and a doctorate in agronomy before returning home to improve agricultural research and productivity. '),(21,'','John','Yohe','Africa - Tanzania',0,0,'Associate Professor and Director, International Sorghum/Millet Collaborative Research Support Program (INTSORMIL) CRSP','','John Yohe is delivering higher sorghum and millet yields in Africa - and back home.','Thanks to John Yohe and INTSORMIL, women in Tanzania support their families selling bread made with sorghum flour and triga-resistant sorghum varieties help Ethiopian and Sudanese farmers save their crops from the parasitic weed. For nearly 30 years INTSORMIL has provided life-sustaining aid to developing nations, said John Yohe, INTSORMIL director at UNL. The U.S. also has benefited.\r\n\"The role INTSORMIL played in bringing germplasm back to the U.S. to develop greenbug-resistant\r\nhybrids resulted in higher yields and reduced pesticide costs,\" he said.\r\n'),(22,'','Betsy','O\'Brien','USA - Washington, D.C.',0,0,'Retired Dept. of Energy Division Director','','Betsy O\'Brien, \'67, made a career of quantifying future energy sources and costs.','As the longtime director of the Coal, Nuclear and Renewable Fuels Division at the DOE\'s Energy Information Administration (EIA), the once-upon-a-time UNL math major directed a staff of 35 and a yearly budget of more than $4 million. Her assignment, as a senior executive manager for the EIA: running an immensely complex research program that applies high-tech computer tools to huge quantities of economic data in order to help the U.S. Congress, the White House and the American public better understand future energy sources and future costs.'),(23,'','Nithal','Kuwa','Africa - Zambia, Kenya',0,0,'Graduate student, Biological Sciences','','Nithal Kuwa\'s research could impact more than 1.8 million children in sub-Saharan Africa.','Nithal Kuwa received a Fulbright grant which took take her to Zambia. Her research could eventually have a profound effect on the medical treatment of the more than 1.8 million children in sub-Saharan Africa who are living with HIV and AIDS. Kuwa has spent the last three years conducting research in virology in the lab of Charles Wood, professor in the school of biological sciences and director of the Nebraska Center for Virology. '),(24,'','Nancy','Andreasen ','USA - Iowa City, IA',0,0,'Andrew H. Woods Chair of Psychiatry and Director of its Neuroimaging Research Center','','Nancy Andreasen\'s Breakthrough Research Changed The Way Modern Science Understands Schizophrenia ','Andreason, a globetrotting neuroscientist and author of 560 scientific papers and 15 books, says she simply doesn\'t have time to get old - because she\'s far too busy doing psychiatric research, collecting art (she\'s got two Calder drawings on the wall and a Picasso print in the kitchen), gardening in her own backyard, and also tracking down the dozens of rare French vintages that she stacks on shelves in her 1,500-bottle wine cellar.'),(25,'','Michael','Hoff','Turkey',0,0,'Professor of Art History','','Michael Hoff explores ruins of a Roman temple in Turkey - and takes students along for the ride.','Hoff spends his summers exploring the ruins of a Roman temple in coastal Turkey. A significant component of the field research is the assistance of undergraduate students. In exchange for their hard work, they receive an education in art history and engineering that cannot be duplicated in a classroom. Back at UNL, work continues during the academic year. Hoff and Erdogmus synthesize data collected in the summer, and attempt to assemble drawings of the blocks like puzzle pieces.'),(26,'','Larkin','Powell','Africa - Namibia',0,0,'Associate Professor of Conservation Biology/Animal Ecology ','','Larkin Powell blogs about his year-long Fulbright experience in Namibia.','Larkin Powell, associate professor in the School of Natural Resources, is serving as a Fulbright Scholar at Polytechnic of Namibia in Windhoek, Namibia. Powell\'s Fulbright is a lecture and research grant. He is currently teaching two courses - a distance course in research methodology taken by fourth-year students to complete a bachelor\'s degree, and a team-teaching course in natural resources management for third-year students. At UNL, Powell\'s research is focused primarily on avian wildlife, with a recent bend into the Nebraska Sandhills and grazing management. '),(27,'','Dr. L Trey','Coleman','USA - Miami Gardens, FL',0,0,'Director of Grants and Sponsored Research, Florida Memorial University','','Football delivered Dr. L. Trey Coleman out of a troubled past to Nebraska. He left with a future.','The mustache is the dead giveaway. It cuts through any other disguise and makes you fairly certain that you\'ve found Nebraska\'s first out-of-state, walk-on football player from the early 1960s. How in the world did someone who grew up around gangs in Washington, D.C., and essentially willed himself to the University of Nebraska despite multiple academic deficiencies, end up in the President\'s Cabinet of a 130-year-old university in Miami Gardens, Fla., with a Ph.D. in front of his name?'),(28,'','Ken','Vogel','USA - Atkinson/Crofton, NE',0,0,'USDA-ARS plant geneticist at UNL','','Ken Vogel, \'74, studies what may become the next generation of biofuels - switchgrass.','Ken Vogel leads joint USDA-UNL research on switchgrass. His team sparked international excitement in early 2008 with results of the largest study of its kind that showed switchgrass grown for biofuel produces 5.4 times more energy than needed to grow, harvest and process it into cellulosic ethanol. Findings, reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, were from a five-year study involving 10 farms in three states that examined net energy output, greenhouse gas emissions, biomass yields, agricultural inputs and estimated cellulosic ethanol production from switchgrass grown for biofuel.'),(29,'','Xun-Hong ','Chen','China',0,0,'Professor of Hydrogeology','','Xun-Hong Chen studies water in the Nebraska Sandhills in the fight against global water shortage.','By 2025, as much as two-thirds of the world\'s population may face water shortages, which can lead to economic crises, disease, famine, and death, if people don\'t take action in time. Xun-Hong Chen is exploring the hydrologic cycle in the Nebraska Sandhills, in the Platte and Republican River valleys, as well as in the Blue River basin and the Elkhorn River basin, Nebraska. He also is part of a team at UNL collaborating with Hohai University in China to develop a cyber-infrastructure for global water research.'),(30,'','Warren','Buffett','USA - Omahe, NE',0,0,'Chairman, Berkshire Hathaway','','Warren Buffett, \'50, has some investment advice for everyone: invest in yourself.','One of the wealthiest men in America today, Buffett earned a B.S. in economics at the University of Nebraska in 1950 before he attended the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania. Buffett, a native of Omaha, is chairman of the board of Berkshire Hathaway, a company whose business activities include underwriting of property and casualty insurance, newspaper publishing, and candy production and sales. Buffett returned to his alma mater with Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates in a rare public appearance to share business wisdom with UNL students in 2005.'),(31,'','Trischa','Zorn-Hudson','Seoul, Barcelona, Sydney, Athens, Beijing',0,0,'Executive Director of the Indiana Pro-Bono Commission','','Trischa Zorn-Hudson, \'87, was an athlete at Nebraska. She may be the Huskers\' biggest fan, too.','The first visually impaired athlete to receive a Division I scholarship in any sport, Zorn-Hudson became an All-Big Eight and a three-time academic All-Big Eight swimmer at Nebraska before graduating in 1987. She has gone on to win a record 55 medals - 41 gold, nine silver and five bronze - in seven Paralympic Games, which are contested 10 days after the actual Olympic Games in the same cities.'),(32,'','Ted','Sorensen ','USA - New York, New York',0,0,'Best-selling Author and Historian ','','Ted Sorensen spent 11 years as John F. Kennedy\'s highly influential speechwriter and domestic policy adviser.','Theodore C. Sorensen (B.S. \'49; LL.B. \'51), today a best-selling author and historian, spent 11 years as John F. Kennedy\'s highly influential speechwriter and domestic policy adviser. Among the veteran attorney and political commentator\'s most compelling \"New Frontier\" stories was a riveting account of the \"13 days that shook the world\" - the harrowing Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, in which\r\nSorensen and his fellow-advisers at the White House worked with JFK around the clock to prevent a potentially catastrophic nuclear war.'),(33,'','Sidnie','White Crawford','Israel, Palestine',0,0,'Willa Cather Professor and Chair, Department of Classics and Religious Studies','','Sidnie White Crawford\'s work sheds light on Middle East conflict.','Sidnie White Crawford is in a unique position to point out details of the long-standing conflict in the Middle East because of her specialization in Hebrew Bible, her many visits to the Middle East and her status as one of the foremost authorities on the Dead Sea Scrolls. Many in the United States tend to side with the Israelis because of the closer relationship between Jews and Christians, but as the U.S. Muslim population grows, so does a greater understanding of the Muslim faith and Arab concerns.'),(34,'','Sheri','Fritz','Bolivia - Lake Titicaca',0,0,'Willa Cather professor, Department of Geosciences','','Sheri Fritz studies lake mud to research climate change and human impact on the environment.','Fritz and her colleagues study lake mud and its contents to reconstruct the history of climate change and develop a long-term perspective on how humans impact their environment. \"We know from the recent geologic record that 20th century environmental history is not representative of the full range of natural variability,\" Fritz said. \"Developing our knowledge of what has happened in the past is critical to understanding how the environment works and thus for dealing with the unknown future.\"'),(35,'','Scott','Killinger','China',0,0,'Founding principal of Kuang Xing International Design and Planning ','','Scott Killinger (\'61) specializes in planning new housing and commercial buildings in China.','For globe-trotting architect Scott Killinger, designing urban communities in China is a thrilling challenge that requires him to use all the skills he\'s developed during a 40-year career as a master-builder in this country and abroad. A passionate craftsman who loves the complexity involved in building new projects around the world, Killinger has launched a semester-long study program for UNL architecture students in the Chinese city of Tianjin. His remarkably ambitious goal: to help future architects - both American and Chinese - become better at their craft by learning together about each other\'s history and culture.'),(36,'','Rulon','Gardner','Sydney, Australia',0,0,'Olympic gold medal-winning wrestler','','Rulon Gardner, \'96, won Olympic gold, but he\'ll never stop pushing.','Gardner is proud of his gold medal from the 2000 Olympics in Sydney and just as proud of his bronze medal from 2004 in Athens because for him, it was an even tougher personal path to take. \"But medals are just symbols. They lose their luster. My teaching degree from Nebraska is more important to me than anything IÕve achieved,\" Gardner said. \"It represents my most difficult journey of all and became the foundation for everything else I\'ve ever accomplished.\"'),(37,'','Pam','Dingman','USA - Lincoln, NE',0,0,'CEO of Engineering Design Consultants (EDC)','','Pam Dingman is one of a handful of U.S. women who manages and owns a civil engineering firm. ','From her UNL days as a fatigue-wearing engineering student to later Saturday mornings when she\'d work with contractors while toting her son in a baby backpack, Dingman always has channeled her own course. She earned a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1991 and, 15 years later, surfacing at the top of the male-dominated industry. Today she is majority owner and CEO of Lincoln\'s Engineering Design Consultants (EDC). '),(38,'','Microgravity','Students','USA - Houston, TX',37.0625,-95.6771,'','','UNL students in the College of Engineering participated in the highly selective NASA Microgravity University.','In spring of 2009, two teams from UNL\'s College of Engineering conducted experiments with NASA\'s Microgravity University. Both projects involved students in a series of parabolic reduced-gravity flights that departed from Ellington Field in Houston, Texas, and reached 35,000 feet above the Earth\'s surface. NASA\'s Microgravity University engages students from several colleges and universities in scientific research that helps our nation\'s space program to refine its efforts. The teams decide their members\' roles including flight preparation, participation, and follow-up reporting.'),(39,'','Jerry','Hudgins','USA - Houston, TX',0,0,'Electrical Engineering professor','','Electrical Engineering professor Jerry Hudgins believes in the future of wind power.','Jerry Hudgins thinks it\'s only logical that a state graced with vast open spaces and a steady year-round breeze should become a leader in wind energy. But despite Nebraska\'s potential as the sixth-largest wind producer in the country, wind energy development here has lagged. Hudgins hopes a new educational initiative for rural areas will motivate K-12 students to become future leaders in the wind energy movement. '),(40,'\0','Tom','Osborne','USA - Lincoln, NE',0,0,'UNL Athletic Director and legendary former coach','','Tom Osborne, college football coaching legend and former U.S. Congressman, leads the Nebraska Athletic Department.','From 1973 to 1997, Tom Osborne lead the Nebraska Cornhuskers to three national football titles and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999. Afterward, he served three terms as a U.S. Congressman and now serves as Athletic Director at UNL.');
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