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01/18/2005
Poet Laureate Kooser is Feb. 8 Nebraska Lecture speaker
Ted Kooser, 13th poet laureate consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress, will read from his works and discuss poetry in a special Nebraska Lectures event Feb. 8. The event, co-presented by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the City of Lin…
02/8/2005
09/3/2008
Poet Gizzi among featured readers at Clean Part Poetry series at UNL
Peter Gizzi, one of the leading figures in contemporary American poetry, is among the poets who will present their works in the Clean Part Poetry Reading series this fall at Sheldon Museum of Art. Now at home for a third year in the museum's Ethel S…
11/6/2008
Poet and Prairie Schooner award winner Guest to speak at UNL
Poet Paul Guest, winner of the 2006 Prairie Schooner poetry prize, will give a reading from his book, "Notes for my Body Double," at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 12 at the Great Plains Art Museum, 1155 Q St. The event is sponsored by Prairie Schooner, the nation…
11/12/2008
03/13/2009
Poet and essayist Naomi Shihab Nye will be writer in residence at UNL
Palestinian-American poet and essayist Naomi Shihab Nye will visit the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus for a two-week residency from March 22 through April 4. While on campus, she will teach a graduate workshop for poets and nonfiction writers…
03/25/2009
02/2/2010
PNAS paper cites discovery of small RNA 'quality-control' mechanism
When a person is exposed to a cold virus, whether he or she actually becomes ill may come down to how well short snippets of RNA in the person's defense response system interact with the RNA-based cold virus. If the small RNA (ribonucleic acid) mat…
11/27/2013
Platte Basin Timelapse project co-founders to present on Dec. 3
What if you could follow a drop of water from the top of the Platte River basin in the Colorado Rockies through Wyoming and into Nebraska, where it reaches the confluence with the Missouri River? The Platte Basin Timelapse project …
12/3/2013
11/11/2004
Planetarium Web site has photos of Sunday's aurora
Sky watchers in Nebraska Sunday evening were treated to a beautiful display of the aurora (often called the "northern lights"), and Mueller Planetarium. at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has posted a set of photographs of it taken between 11 p.m.…
01/30/2009
Planetarium to add mural-sized images from orbiting Great Observatories
Mueller Planetarium at the University of Nebraska State Museum will celebrate Galileo's birthday and the International Year of Astronomy at 1 p.m. Feb. 14 when two new mural-sized images taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope…
02/14/2009
11/24/2010
Planetarium sets schedule through January, adds extra holiday shows
Mueller Planetarium in the University of Nebraska State Museum's Morrill Hall will update its schedule effective Nov. 27, including the addition of afternoon fulldome showings Dec. 27-30 for the holidays. Audiences can explore new worlds with "Extrem…
11/27/2010
01/16/2004
Planetarium Offers Free Big-Screen Viewing of Jan. 24 Mars Landing
WHEN: Saturday, Jan. 24, approximately 11:05 p.m. (Morrill Hall doors open at 10 p.m.) WHERE: Ralph Mueller Planetarium, University of Nebraska State Museum (Morrill Hall), 14th & U Streets Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 16, 2004 -- Opportunity, the second of …
09/10/2015
Planetarium features sea monsters, planet exploration, constellations
Mueller Planetarium at the University of Nebraska State Museum in Morrill Hall, south of 14th and Vine streets on the UNL City Campus, announces its fall schedule. Through Nov. 29, the schedule will feature shows exploring prehistoric sea monsters, …
09/10/2015
03/30/2010
Planetarium adds April shows; State Museum in 'Week of Young Child'
Mueller Planetarium at the University of Nebraska State Museum will add a limited run of fulldome shows to its schedule Thursday nights in April. On April 15, the planetarium will present a special showing of "Enchanted Reef" at 7 p.m. as part of th…
10/28/2013
Planet Uranus featured at Nov. 8 at Behlen Observatory public night
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Behlen Observatory near Mead will be open to the public from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Nov. 8. If the sky is clear, visitors will be able to view a variety of objects with the …
11/8/2013
04/20/2004
Plains Song Review Writers to Read at Great Plains Art Collection
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Center for Great Plains Studies will celebrate the publication of Volume 6 of Plains Song Review with a reading and reception on April 23, beginning at 7 p.m., in the Great Plains Art Collection, 1155 Q St. Joy Ar…
04/23/2004
04/14/2009
Plains Song Review writers to read April 22 at Great Plains Art Museum
"For me, Nebraska keeps finding a way into poems, even when I was living in California. I'd write about my environment, but it was kind of my environment paired against or with Nebraska," poet Matt Mason writes in the latest issue of Plains Song Revi…
04/22/2009

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