Welcome to New Frontier

In this issue you will meet seven faculty members whose work exemplifies the innovative, interdisciplinary and international spirit of research at UNK. Their diverse projects–on subjects ranging from the migratory routes of bats to law and order in the wild west, international partnerships for...

A Real BaTman!

“That photo is of me at 5-years-old at Carlsbad (Caverns National Park),” said Keith Geluso, pointing to the image on 
the computer screen in his office in Bruner Hall of Science.Where else, but at the famous bat-filled New Mexico caverns, would the son of a long-time University of...

A Passion for Proust

It is a passion that has made Craig the international expert on Proust in the Spanish-speaking world. Considered one of the greatest novelists of the 20th century, Proust (pronounced Proost) is best known for his seven-part novel In Search of Lost Time (The Remembrance of Things Past). The French novelist...

Molten Master

In most labs across campus, audible “ooohs” and “awwwws” do not erupt as the work takes place, and certainly, observers do not break into spontaneous applause when the work is complete – unless you’re in Chad Fonfara’s glassblowing lab. There, the work&mdash...

Fruits Of A Family Tree

“I watched their family dynamics. If they went to church, I went to church with them and to the store,” she said. On the last Sunday of her visit, Asay, her husband Ted and their three sons were invited to the poor family’s home for dinner. As Asay tells the story 13 years later, it...

Shared Minds With A Global Impact

McFarland is a tall man, with white hair and a tan from working in his vineyard. Archwamety, a native of Thailand, is shorter with salt-and-pepper hair and a quiet demeanor. McFarland leans back in his office chair, cradles the back of his head in both hands before he speaks; Archwamety leans...

Finding Law & Order In The Wild West

At least that is the image Mark Ellis, like most of America, grew up with. His research, however, is helping to reshape the lawless reputation of the American frontier. The history professor has shown that while the West may have been wild, it was also a place where people made, enforced and valued...