Events can be lab party, outreach activity, and etc.
On February 23rd, Morril Hall on UNL main campus held Sunday with a Scientist with Dr. Yingying Wang. Dr. Wang and her Neuroimaging for Language, Literacy and Learning Laboratory (NL3) team provided visitors the opportunity to learn about “The Science of Hearing”. From 12:30 to 3:30 pm, visitors self-toured four educational and interactive stations inside…
10.19.2018 4-6 p.m. City Campus Students Union – CEHS Showcase The NL3 Wang Lab presented at the showcase event. It was lots of fun. We got to talk to people about our research. We also ask visitors questions about the brain. Whoever came up with the correct answer received a Lab T-shirt. At the end…
The NIH Common Fund organized the 2018 High-Risk, High-Reward Research Symposium. The symposium took place June 6-8, 2018, at the DoubleTree Hotel in Bethesda, MD. The symposium brought together recipients of the NIH Director’s Pioneer, New Innovator, Transformative Research, and Early Independence awards to share their groundbreaking research and discoveries. Dr. Wang attended the symposium…
The College of Education and Human Science (CEHS) offers a scholar enhancement program which helps new faculty members navigator academic career. A team of 14 faculties went to Washington, DC and aimed to meet many officers from different funding agencies including the National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institution of Health (NIH), and Institute of Educational…
The Spring Research Fair (Undergraduate Research Conference) was held on April 11, 2018 at the Nebraska Union. UCare students Laura Munn, Ellie Watkins and Nicole Walters presented their research poster titled “Brain connectivity related to executive function in children with and without a familial risk for dyslexia”. They were able to present their findings as…
Before Christmas, the NL3 Wang lab had a gathering party at China Buffet & Monogolian Grille to celebrate the end of the year of 2017 and welcome 2018. Photo Gallery:
Dr. Wang and her husband participated in this event. The third annual Aphasia Awareness Walk, hosted by speech-language pathology students and professors in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders, took place at 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 17, on East Campus. Aphasia is a disorder of understanding and using symbols,…
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Grants Conference hosted by Kentucky EPSCoR was held in Louisville, KY (June 5-6, 2017). The two-day conference provided many essentials for succeeding in applying for NSF grants. The key message is to ask often and ask early. The program officers at the conference really encouraged faculty to communicate with them…
The 29th annual convention for APS took place in Boston from May 25-29, 2017. A student from Dr. Wang’s former lab presented her poster titled “Investigating protective and compensatory mechanisms in kindergarteners at risk for reading impairment who subsequently develop typical reading skills”. She found socioeconomic status (SES) was significantly higher among children who are…
The Spring Research Fair (Undergraduate Research Conference) was held on April 4, 2017 at the Nebraska Union. UCare students Katie Monson, Laura Munn and Ellie Watkins presented their first research poster titled “Investigating executive function in children at-risk for developmental dyslexia (DD) using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)”. Both Katie and Laura’s mother came to…