Earth Day is today, but it's a year-round pursuit for students in the College of Engineering working on the I-SAVE project. Their plan is to make going green as easy as pushing a button, with results that reduce emissions and save money - starting at home. Continue reading…
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Eighty-one retiring faculty were honored on April 21 at a special reception recognizing and celebrating faculty achievement, where Chancellor Harvey Perlman shared his appreciation with longtime faculty for their many years of service. Continue reading…
Spring Affair, the Midwest’s largest plant sale, celebrates its 25th anniversary, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., April 23. The sale is at the Lancaster Event Center, 84th Street and Havelock Avenue, Pavilion 1. The sale includes more than 900 plant varieties for sale and free plant talks. Continue reading…
The Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center will host a live broadcast of Strauss's "Capriccio" at noon April 23. An encore performance is at 1 p.m., April 24. The opera is part of "The Met: Live in HD," a series that features live broadcasts from New York City's Metropolitan Opera House. Continue reading…
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The Department of Mathematics Colloquium will feature Zoran Grujic, associate professor at the University of Virginia, at 4 p.m., April 25 in Avery Hall room 115. The lecture, "Energy Cascade in Physical Scales of 3-D Incompressible Flows," is free and open to faculty, staff and students. Continue reading…
The Plant Pathology spring seminar series continues April 25 with a lecture by graduate student Tania Toruno. The lecture, "Pseudomonas HopA1 Effector Suppresses Plant Immunity and Resembles Phosphothreonine Lyases from Animal Pathogens," is 4 p.m. in 264 Keim Hall. The lecture is free. Continue reading…
The Lied Center for Performing Arts announced a 22nd season (2011-2012) schedule that includes 45 performances of 33 shows from a wide range of categories. Nineteen of the 33 scheduled shows are Lied Center debuts. Continue reading…
More details at: http://www.liedcenter.orgCarl Hutchison, associate director of Procurement Services, is retiring after 38 years at UNL. A reception is 2 to 4 p.m., April 28 in the Selleck Dining Hall Presidential Room. Letters of congratulations can be sent via campus mail to 1700 Y St., 0645. Continue reading…
The Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center is hosting filmmaker and critic Gerald Peary this weekend. Peary will participate in a question and answer session on April 22 and a movie talk on April 23. His film, "For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism," plays April 22-26 at the Ross. Continue reading…
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