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…
Read MoreDr. Wang’s proposal titled “Identifying Neural and Behavioral Characteristics of Reading in Children with Hearing Loss” was favorably reviewed and awarded $10,000.00 from the Layman Fund, held at the University of Nebraska Foundation. The Layman Award project period will be from May 1, 2018, to April 30, 2019. Dr. Wang’s application to the Layman Seed…
Read MoreBefore 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:
Read MoreTwo-day onsite NIRx fNIRS Workshop was sponsored by the Barlow and Wang Laboratories. Thomas Johannsen (NIRx Medical Technologies, LLC) presented introduction about fNIRS and how to set up specific montage on the first day. On the second day, Thomas focused on fNIRS experimental design and setup. He also ran couple of demos and gave lots…
Read MoreDr. 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,…
Read MoreThe 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…
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