ALWAYS ON
“A List of Our Favorite Coffee Spots in and Around Campus”
“It is not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.” -- Oliver Wendell Holmes ('The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table', 1858)
Cornbread & Grandma’s Chicken Soup
"A feel-good study by one of UNMC’s top researchers has proven to be comfort food for the media for nearly 30 years. Several years ago, Stephen Rennard, MD, one of UNMC’s top scientists, decided it would be fun to put the old folk wisdom to the test. Cultures all over the world have some version of the credo that if you’re sick, you should eat chicken soup. It’ll make you feel better. Grandma says so! So it must be true."
Top Deck View
The journey to the University by bus through one of the jewels of the English countryside.
Quadrivium: Winter
Educational settlements should be magical places. The stack informing the beauty of these "cities-within-cities" changes 100 to 1000 times per day globally. Titles are time-sensitive, copyright protected and land in public law. We monitor the action continuously to formulate response to public consultations. Topics appear on our CALENDAR and explored every day at 16:00 UTC. Recommend refresh of this web page once or twice to see timeliest information.
How students help to improve campus parking
Dr. Yunfei Hou presents an overview of a campus parking system which integrates IoT sensors and surveillance cameras to count vehicles. The system was deployed at the Parking Structure East in Summer 2019 and has proven reliable and accurate. [With link to Federal ADA Parking Lot Striping Standards]
Carolina North
The University moves forward with "Carolina North" -- approximately 230-acre satellite campus extension on the former Horace Williams Airport site. Located about 1.6 miles north of the main campus along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, this project is described as the university's largest development since the cornerstone of Old East was laid in 1793—over 232 years ago.
Current Issues & Recent Research
We examine the proposals for the 2028 National Electrical Safety Code; including our own. Public comment on proposed changes will be received until March 24th. The 2026 National Electrical Code which has recently been released for public use (public input on the 2029 revision will be received until April 9, 2026).