News about lab, Wang, etc.
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…
Dr. Ronnie D. Green was appointed as the 20th chancellor of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln on May 8, 2016. The official installation ceremony took place on April 6, 2017. As a junior faculty, Dr. Wang was thrilled to have this opportunity to congratulate Dr. Green in person. She also had a great opportunity to meet…
Each March, the Brain Injury Association of America observes Brain Injury Awareness Month. At the same time, the Society for Neuroscience recognized Brain Awareness Week March 13-19. In conjunction with these two annual events, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders is highlighting the work of three faculty members whose research…
College of Education and Human Science (CEHS) organized a two-day ‘Meet Nebraska’ visit to the Nebraska communities of Grand Island, Madison, Norfolk, and one other community. The bus left Lincoln in the morning on February 23rd and returned to Lincoln by the end of the day on February 24th. On the first day, CEHS faculty…
Due to the need of a waiting room for the reading center at BKC, NL3 Lab physical location has moved to Barkley Memorial Center (BKC) Suite 113. With Heidi, Andy, and Matt’s help, the whole moving process went very well.
Dr. Wang’s Ph.D. thesis advisor: Dr. Scott K. Holland was invited to give a talk on November 21, 2016 at the Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior (CB3). His talk titled “Evidence that neurovascular coupling underlying the BOLD effect increases with age during childhood” covered one part of his research area and his findings raise…
Dr. Wang gave a talk titled “White Matter Development in at-risk children and typical controls” at Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences-Seminar in the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). After the talk, Dr. Wang went to have lunch with faculty members in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Dr. Norton came to CB3 and give a talk on happy money. He is the Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, and a member of Harvard’s Behavioral Insights Group. He holds a B.A. in Psychology and English from Williams College and a Ph.D. in Psychology from Princeton University. He…
Dr. Mike Dodd, Associate Professor from the Department of Psychology invited Dr. Wang to give a talk at the “Cabin” which is like a course in seminar format offered to graduate students.
Dr. Wang gave a presentation about her research plan at the MRI Users’ Meeting organized by Dr. Jennifer Nelson.