Promotion and tenure milestone for Wang
Dr. Wang’s Impactful Career in Special Education at UNL. Read the full article on UNL CEHS’s Website.
NSLHA’S 2020 VIRTUAL FALL CONVENTION
Dr. Wang will give a talk titled: “Neural Bases of Reading and Clinical Implications” at the NSLHA’S 2020 Virtual Fall Convention (9/18/2020). Here is the link for the talk: https://thewanglab.com/nslha2020/ NSLHA website
CB3 Tour for summer camp students from Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science & Management
Dr. Barlow and Dr. Wang gave 35 summer camp students from Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science & Management a tour at CB3. Dr. Mathur, Fatima and Cristal participated and demonstrated how the MRI simulator system works. When the group arrived at CB3, they were given a 30-minute introduction session about the center and…
NIH DP2 Symposium
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…
Dr. Wang Gave Talk at Department of Statistics
Title: The Reading Brain – White matter development in children at risk for dyslexia Abstract: Developmental dyslexia is a neurodevelopmental disorder with a strong genetic basis. Previous studies observed white matter alterations in the left posterior brain regions in adults and school age children with dyslexia. However, no study yet has examined the development of…
Scholar Enhancement Program-DC Trip
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…
Layman Fund supports research in the NL3 Wang Lab
Dr. 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…
Dr. Wang Presented at UNMC
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.
FreeSurfer Training Class in Boston
Dr. Wang went to the four-day FreeSurfer Training in Boston. This trip provided her the opportunity to get a deep understanding of structural MRI data analysis using FreeSurfer. FreeSurfer is a software package for the analysis and visualization of structural and functional neuroimaging data from cross-sectional or longitudinal studies. It is developed by the Laboratory…
Dr. Wang Gave a Talk at the “Cabin”
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.