Men's basketball vs. Illinois

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Ronnie Green talks about math professor Mark Walker receiving recent national recognition that he's at the top of his field. He also talks about the National Drought Mitigation Center at home on campus and its continued work to advance the way it helps landowners and others manage drought.

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[00:00:00.258](mellow music)
[00:00:02.550]Welcome back inside our Husker Sports Network studios.
[00:00:04.790]Greg Sharpe joined by Chancellor Ronnie Green.
[00:00:07.170]One of the things that makes our university so special
[00:00:09.800]Chancellor is when a Husker comes on campus
[00:00:12.390]the great support resources that our athletes
[00:00:14.531]are exposed to to reach their potential.
[00:00:17.840]We've certainly seen evidence of that
[00:00:19.680]once again this year with the achievements
[00:00:21.427]of some of our student athletes, haven't we?
[00:00:23.700]Well Greg absolutely our Nebraska students
[00:00:26.620]get an opportunity to co create their experience.
[00:00:29.120]That's one of the things that's very special
[00:00:30.970]about the University of Nebraska-Lincoln amongst our peers.
[00:00:33.740]And certainly our student athletes get a chance to do that.
[00:00:37.840]We've had quite a year this academic year already.
[00:00:42.160]For in particular two of our student athletes
[00:00:45.130]were recognized nationally with what you would consider
[00:00:48.670]kind of the Heisman academic awards
[00:00:51.010]if you wanna think of it that way in the NCAA.
[00:00:54.520]Last fall Angela Mercurio,
[00:00:57.520]one of our track and field athletes a jumper,
[00:00:59.760]was named the NCAA 2019 Woman of the Year.
[00:01:03.930]Huge accomplishment in that for Angela.
[00:01:08.100]She's now off in the road to pursuing
[00:01:10.900]a medical degree and a medical education.
[00:01:14.730]So great award for Angela.
[00:01:16.710]And then just last month in January at the NCAA convention
[00:01:21.290]one of our former All-American men's gymnasts,
[00:01:24.930]Anton Stephenson who's now in med school at UNMC
[00:01:29.380]in Omaha pursuing his MD,
[00:01:31.790]was recognized as our 18th winner
[00:01:35.010]of the NCAA Today's Top 10 award recipient.
[00:01:38.640]That's considered kind of as I said
[00:01:40.620]the Heisman academically for students across the NCAA,
[00:01:45.800]and we're the record holder at the University of Nebraska
[00:01:48.880]in receipt of that award.
[00:01:50.470]They are both amazing young individuals.
[00:01:52.340]A bright, bright future ahead of them.
[00:01:53.880]Not only is this true for students and student athletes,
[00:01:56.290]but of course the folks that lead.
[00:01:58.410]The teach, the research,
[00:01:59.660]the creative work being done on campus.
[00:02:02.110]Yet another faculty member
[00:02:03.480]made some news recently for his achievements.
[00:02:05.850]What's the latest on this Husker professor?
[00:02:08.090]You know well Greg we've got
[00:02:10.260]world leading faculty across all of our colleges.
[00:02:13.050]And just one example recently,
[00:02:15.420]Mark Walker who is one of our mathematicians
[00:02:18.410]in the College of Arts and Sciences
[00:02:19.930]in our Department of Mathematics
[00:02:21.960]became the 10th Nebraska faculty member
[00:02:24.350]to be named an American Mathematical Society Fellow.
[00:02:27.460]It's the highest honor in the discipline
[00:02:30.120]to be named a fellow of that society.
[00:02:32.940]He was one of 52 nationally to be named this year
[00:02:36.680]to that class for the Society.
[00:02:39.040]And it's really a recognition by your peers
[00:02:41.820]that you're at the top of your field.
[00:02:43.970]And to be recognized that way
[00:02:45.340]I think we all can understand is quite gratifying.
[00:02:48.370]So for Mark to be named that's a big deal.
[00:02:51.210]He's an algebra person.
[00:02:53.150]His field is algebra.
[00:02:54.700]And he tells the story about how
[00:02:57.260]he had this actual moment of clarity
[00:02:59.540]that helped led him to the proof that he made
[00:03:04.330]that he's famous for when he was watching
[00:03:07.350]a Thursday night pro football game.
[00:03:09.330]Right, so just an example of how
[00:03:11.882]those kind of things happen.
[00:03:14.170]Congratulations to Mark this big award for him.
[00:03:17.720]He also has been recognized here locally.
[00:03:20.650]The university has earned our College of Arts
[00:03:22.560]and Sciences Distinguished Teaching Award.
[00:03:24.800]So he's not only a good researcher,
[00:03:26.430]he's also a top notch teacher.
[00:03:28.650]So congratulations to Dr. Walker.
[00:03:30.910]Fantastic, that's great.
[00:03:31.780]Well it's no surprise when a winning team
[00:03:33.263]attracts attention and support year in and year out.
[00:03:35.990]And so it goes with the University of Nebraska team
[00:03:38.260]behind the scenes at the National Drought
[00:03:40.240]Mitigation Center here on campus.
[00:03:42.210]What can you tell us about their plans
[00:03:43.440]to advance how they help landowners and communities
[00:03:45.880]manage the challenges of a drought?
[00:03:48.490]So the NDMC we call it,
[00:03:50.510]the National Drought Mitigation Center,
[00:03:52.180]has been here at the University of Nebraska for 26 years.
[00:03:55.370]It's part of the School of Natural Resources
[00:03:57.710]and our Institute of Ag and Natural Resources.
[00:04:00.530]It's considered the international
[00:04:02.310]leading authority on drought.
[00:04:05.240]The person that founded it, Don Wilhite,
[00:04:07.343]was originally known as Dr. Drought.
[00:04:09.480]We actually affectionately call Don Dr. Drought.
[00:04:13.150]And recently the NDMC has earned an $833,000 grant
[00:04:18.680]from the USDA that's part of supporting Climate Hubs
[00:04:24.200]which will help them
[00:04:27.602]to really develop new strategies
[00:04:29.890]for drought mitigation around the country.
[00:04:32.603]Things like for example,
[00:04:34.940]Grass-Cast that helps measure drought's impact
[00:04:37.340]on forage production on grass production.
[00:04:39.500]Or Forest Drought Response Index to predict in particularly
[00:04:44.800]increasingly important around wild fires.
[00:04:47.750]The NDMC is a huge deal.
[00:04:50.010]A lot of people might remember 2012-13
[00:04:53.390]when we had our last really major drought in Nebraska,
[00:04:57.590]and you saw on the national news
[00:04:59.250]every night the drought prediction map.
[00:05:01.960]That's produced right here
[00:05:03.420]at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
[00:05:05.610]by the National Drought Mitigation Center
[00:05:07.540]that does such important work every day
[00:05:09.800]in helping protect our nation.
[00:05:11.670]Fantastic, thank you so much for updating us on that.
[00:05:14.510]Always great to see you.
[00:05:15.710]Go Big Red.
[00:05:16.650]Second half action Huskers and Illini coming up next.

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