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UNL News Releases: Speakers

31 through 45 out of 593
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09/28/2015
Media advisory: Perlman to deliver State of the University on Sept. 30
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman will deliver his final State of the University address to faculty, staff, students and interested visitors on Sept. 30. The address begins at 11 a.m. at the Lied Center for Performing Arts, 301…
09/30/2015
09/21/2015
Media advisory: Leaders to discuss strategy to assist children
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is stepping up its commitment to early childhood in a big way. At 10 a.m. Sept. 24 at the Van Brunt Visitors Center, 13th and Q streets in Lincoln, UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman, University of Nebraska President Ha…
09/24/2015
09/8/2015
Journalist, immigration activist Jose Antonio Vargas to kick off Thompson Forum
Four years ago, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas "outed" himself as an undocumented immigrant in a New York Times Magazine essay, stunning media and political circles and attracting coverage around the world. Ever since, he has …
09/15/2015
08/26/2015
Environmental education pioneer to speak at Center for Great Plains Studies
In the middle of the NamibRand Nature Reserve, surrounded by oryx and herds of zebra, an innovative program to educate youths about the natural environment has taken hold. Viktoria Keding, the director of this program and a world-class environmental…
09/9/2015
05/4/2015
Musician, activist Buffy Sainte-Marie to perform at UNL May 15
Buffy Sainte-Marie -- singer-songwriter and member of the Cree Nation -- will perform at 7:30 p.m. May 15 at Kimball Recital Hall, 11th and R streets on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus. Sainte-Marie is best known for her 1960s protest anth…
05/15/2015
04/29/2015
UNL to award nearly 3,000 degrees May 8-9
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's May commencement exercises will be May 8-9 at Pinnacle Bank Arena and the Lied Center for Performing Arts. The arena, at 400 Pinnacle Arena Drive, will host the ceremony for students earning graduate and professi…
05/8/2015
04/27/2015
Conservationist Reading to speak at Center for Great Plains Studies
Look at a picture of the Mongolian steppe and you might swear it's the Platte River Valley in Nebraska. There are actually many similarities between the North American Great Plains and this Asian steppe, a temperate grassland covering 342,000 square …
05/6/2015
04/21/2015
Artist Kim Russo to speak at Sheldon April 28
Using her own studio work and professional path as examples, Kim Russo will share her thoughts on the importance of authenticity, sincerity and passion to an artist's studio practice during a talk April 28 at the Sheldon Museum of Art, 12th and R str…
04/28/2015
04/14/2015
Spring Affair plant and gardening event set for April 25
Spring Affair, the Midwest's largest plant sale and gardening event, will take place April 25 at the Lancaster Event Center. More than 500 perennials, herbs, grasses, trees, shrubs and other plants will be available at the sale, which runs from 9 a.…
04/25/2015
04/2/2015
World Food Prize Laureate to speak at Heuermann Lecture
Monsanto Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Robert Fraley will speak at the final Heuermann Lecture of the 2014-2015 season at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln April 21. Fraley, a 2013 World Food Prize Laureate, will speak at 3:…
04/21/2015
04/10/2015
Author seeks to re-dress America in the age of fast fashion
The Department of Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design will host a free public lecture and book signing by Linda Przybyszewski, author of "The Lost Art of Dress: The Women Who Once Made America Stylish," at 5 p.m. April 20 in the Nebraska Union…
04/20/2015
04/15/2015
College of Engineering to host E-Day Open House April 17
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering's annual E-Day Open House will take place Friday, April 17, at the Nebraska Innovation Campus Conference Center, 2021 Transformation Drive in Lincoln. The event, which runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p…
04/17/2015
04/8/2015
Civil War historian to speak at Great Plains lecture
UNL history professor Kenneth Winkle will speak about the Civil War at the final Paul A. Olson Seminar in Great Plains Studies lecture of the spring semester at 3:30 p.m. April 15. Before the Civil War, cotton production represented the foundation o…
04/15/2015
04/1/2015
Weatherfest and Severe Weather Symposium returns to UNL April 11
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's 15th Annual Family Weatherfest and Severe Weather Symposium will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 11 at Hardin Hall on the corner of North 33rd and Holdrege streets. The free event will explore the wonders …
04/11/2015
04/29/2015
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to address UNL College of Law graduates May 9
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. -- author, environmental activist and accomplished environmental attorney -- will deliver the commencement address to the graduates of the University of Nebraska College of Law at 3 p.m. May 9 at the Lied Center for Performing A…
04/9/2015

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