Contest Winners

Another day, another contest!
Here are the wonderful works that tied for places 1-4 in the "Dreaming in Black and White" contest!
You can see all the works at the link below. Congrats to the winners!

http://fineartamerica.com/contests/dreaming-in-black-and-white-panoramic-images-only.html?tab=artwork

New contest

A new contest for black and white panoramas

http://fineartamerica.com/contests/dreaming-in-black-and-white.html?tab=overview

First contest winners

We've just finished the first contest in the group I manage. The theme of the contest was "Vertical Panorama".
Here are the winners. Congratulation on your outstanding work!

Sharing first and second place:





Sharing 3rd and 4th place:





And just because I like them as well, places 5-7:

Updates

I know, I know, it's been a long while since I last posted. I could probably launch into explanations as to why that is, but I won't.

So, a few things happened lately that require some updates. First of all, I passed my comprehensive exam and was officially accepted into candidacy for PhD. I had fun writing the written proposal since it was on the subject that I would like to research in real life if/when I get a faculty position. This last semester I also sat in a class on grant writing and it was very helpful in preparations for the comprehensive.

I also received a fellowship from the Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience (NCMN), with a small press release on the subject. Always good for ego-stroking.

On with the updates!

The paper in Advanced Functional Materials finally got out in an issue (as opposed to a preliminary view). In addition, it got to be a front piece with an image designed by Joel Brehm.



The paper also received a press release from UNL, which is always nice.

Surprisingly, we got a very nice present for the end of the year, as our image was included among the images of the year by Nature. I think I will take this opportunity to post that nice image again :-)


I think that's about it for now. Hopefully, this blog will have more good news in the next year. Happy holidays to those who might happen to read this.

Cheers all

Bli Panika contest

Sorry for not updating earlier. I had finished and sent off the translation to the Bli Panika translation contest. Can't say I enjoyed the book excerpt too much. Pretty heavy handed, imo. Maybe it's just this chapter. I am not going to put up this translation at my translation web site because I am currently in the process of deciding how to proceed with it. Once I do, those who are interested and actually stumble on my bog/sites would be able to read it :)

Translation Competition

The "Bli Panika" sci.fi magazine is running a translation competition. See details here (Hebrew). I am entering. Even if I don't win, I'll put my translation up on my translation site and link to it here.

Something for Nothing goes to On the Premises

Yay! I finished editing Something for Nothing today so it'd meet the On the Premises length requirement. Sent it off. Holding my fingers crossed, now.