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| release date | headline | event date |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 10/11/2004 |
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 |
| 10/13/2004 |
Cather preview, alumni game watch set for Scottsbluff/Gering Oct. 23-24The Nebraska Alumni Association and Nebraska Educational Telecommunications have joined forces to present a Cornhusker/Cather weekend in Gering and Scottsbluff, Oct. 23-24. A Huskers vs. Kansas State Wildcats game-watch party will be held in Gering o… |
10/23/2004 |
| 10/7/2004 |
Behlen Observatory open to public Oct. 22, also Oct. 27 for lunar eclipseThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Behlen Observatory near Mead will be open to the public two evenings in October. The regular monthly public night will be Oct. 22 from 7 to 10 p.m. There will also be a special public night from 8 p.m. to midnight… |
10/22/2004 |
| 10/11/2004 |
Reading, book signing of 'Crazy Woman Creek' is Oct. 20 Olson seminarA reading and book signing of "Crazy Woman Creek: Women Rewrite the American West," a collection of prose and poetry about real women of the West, will be the next Paul A. Olson Seminar in Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. T… |
10/20/2004 |
| 09/30/2004 |
Purchasing workshop is Oct. 19 at Nebraska East UnionBusiness owners or managers who would like to provide goods or services to schools, cities, government offices or other public entities can learn the procedures at a free workshop Oct. 19 in Lincoln. The workshop will occur from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 … |
10/19/2004 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 09/30/2004 |
Women Interested in Engineering Day is Oct. 11 at UNLThe University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering and Technology and the student chapter of the Society of Women Engineers will host Women Interested in Engineering Day on Oct. 11. The one-day conference was established in 1998 to educate you… |
10/11/2004 |
| 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 |
| 10/5/2004 |
Oct. 11-15 events celebrate 'Week Without Violence'Oct. 11-15 will mark the celebration of "Week Without Violence" at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Events for the week will focus around the theme, "I can make UNL a safer place for women." The following events will be sponsored by the UNL Women'… |
10/11/2004 |
| 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 |
| 09/28/2004 |
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 |
| 10/1/2004 |
UNL Symphony Orchestra to perform Haydn, Williams Oct. 8The School of Music at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will present the UNL Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8 in Kimball Recital Hall, 11th and R streets (extended) on the UNL City Campus. The orchestra will perform Symphony No. 104 in D majo… |
10/8/2004 |
| 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 |
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