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| release date | headline | event date |
|---|---|---|
| 09/14/2004 |
Lecture series to commemorate 150th anniversary of Kansas-Nebraska ActThe Nebraska Humanities Council and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will sponsor a four-part lecture series at the State Capitol to commemorate the passage and examine the legacy of the Kansas-Nebraska of 1854. The series begins on Sept. 20 with a… |
09/20/2004 |
| 09/16/2004 |
Book, lecture address 'greatest shortcoming of human race'What is the greatest shortcoming of the human race? A new book, published by the Center for Science, Mathematics and Computer Education at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, attempts to provide an answer to that question. In the book "The Essential … |
10/8/2004 |
| 09/21/2004 |
2nd lecture in Kansas-Nebraska Act sesquicentennial series is Oct. 4The second in a series of four lectures celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Kansas-Nebraska Act will examine why Nebraska was so much more peaceful than Kansas in the aftermath of the act's passage. In "Where Popular Sovereignty Worked: The Kans… |
10/4/2004 |
| 09/28/2004 |
New Republic editor Wieseltier to discuss U.S. foreign policy in Middle EastLeon Wieseltier, a literary editor of the New Republic since 1983, will speak at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Oct. 12 in the E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues and the Kripke Lecture Series. Wieseltier will discuss "Power and Virtue: American … |
10/12/2004 |
| 09/28/2004 |
Nobel Prize winner Richard Roberts to speak at UNL Oct. 8A Nobel Prize-winning chemist will speak at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Oct. 8. Richard J. Roberts discovered "split genes" and mRNA splicing for which he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1993 (shared with Phillip Sharp). Rober… |
10/8/2004 |
| 09/28/2004 |
Scholar to discuss 'What Makes a Region' in Oct. 5 seminarVisiting scholar Nicole Etcheson will discuss "What Makes a Region? Exploring the Intersection between Politics and Regionalism on the Great Plains" Oct. 5 in the first seminar in the 2004-05 Research and Region colloquium series. Presented by the Pl… |
10/5/2004 |
| 10/1/2004 |
NASA engineer to give insider's view of Cassini-Huygens Saturn missionEver since it arrived in orbit around Saturn in July, the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft has been sending back dazzling images of the ringed planet, as well as data that will keep scientists busy for years. The design and execution of the Cassini-Huygens… |
10/12/2004 |
| 10/1/2004 |
Speaker to discuss Benes' arguments on democracy vs. totalitarianismIn the winter of 1939 with World War II just a few months old, the exiled former president of Czechoslovakia, Edvard Benes, delivered a series of lectures at the University of Chicago that were later published in book form under the title "Democracy … |
10/11/2004 |
| 10/4/2004 |
Entertainment, intellectual property law expert to speak Oct. 8Dramatic changes have occurred recently in the practice of entertainment and intellectual property law, and a leading expert in the field will address those changes in a lecture Oct. 8 at the University of Nebraska College of Law. Robin Mitchell Joyc… |
10/8/2004 |
| 10/11/2004 |
African American opposition to Kansas-Nebraska Act is Oct. 25 lectureAfrican American opposition to the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 will be the topic of an Oct. 25 lecture at the Nebraska Capitol Building by Walter Rucker, a scholar of African American history at Ohio State University. The lecture, "Unpopular Sovereig… |
10/25/2004 |
| 10/12/2004 |
Tim Gay to speak Oct. 28 on popularizing physicsTimothy Gay, professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will present the talk, "Football Physics," at 8 p.m. Oct. 28 at the Nebraska Union Auditorium, 1400 R St. Gay, who came to UNL in 1993, will discuss the series of … |
10/28/2004 |
| 10/13/2004 |
Plains encyclopedia editor to give Nebraska Lecture Nov. 3What defines the Great Plains? That question was the first and most vexing for the editor of the recently published Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. In the next Nebraska Lecture on Nov. 3, David Wishart will explore how the Great Plains region was r… |
11/3/2004 |
| 10/21/2004 |
Jordanian ambassador to lecture Oct. 27 during Jordan WeekKarim Kawar, ambassador to the United States and Mexico from the Kingdom of Jordan, will give a free public lecture beginning at 3:30 p.m. Oct. 27 at the Nebraska Union, 1400 R St. on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus. The lecture is titled "… |
10/27/2004 |
| 10/25/2004 |
Former top Rehnquist aide to discuss 'Issues Facing Supreme Court' Oct. 29James C. Duff, former longtime aide to Chief Justice William Rehnquist, will speak Oct. 29 at the University of Nebraska College of Law on "Issues Facing the Supreme Court." Duff's talk will begin at noon in 112 Ross McCollum Hall (Law College), East… |
10/29/2004 |
| 10/26/2004 |
Nov. 8 panel discussion to conclude Kansas-Nebraska Act seriesThe last of a four-part lecture series sponsored by the Nebraska Humanities Council and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, "Nebraska and the Kansas-Nebraska Act: Celebrating the Sesquicentennial, 1854-2004," will be Nov. 8 from 7:30-9 p.m. in the Wa… |
11/8/2004 |
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