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09/13/2005
Lessons from the holocaust, medical practices topic of Sept. 21 lecture
The role of Nazi medical practices in the development of medical ethics and the lessons today's physicians have learned from the period leading up to the Holocaust is the focus of a series of public lectures by the American Medical Association and Un…
09/21/2005
03/15/2006
Lesbian, gay, bisexual identities is motivation symposium topic
"Contemporary Perspectives on Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Identities" is the topic of the 54th Nebraska Symposium on Motivation March 30-31 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Presented by the UNL Department of Psychology, the two-day symposium in t…
09/5/2008
Lentz Center exhibit celebrates alumna's travels, Bhutan
The Lentz Center for Asian Culture's fall exhibition, "The Daily Arts of Bhutan" is a celebration of a gift of 50 items and 67 books to the Lentz Center. These gifts were given by University of Nebraska-Lincoln alumna Kay Kirby Dorji. Dorji was an…
09/5/2008
05/11/2010
Lentz Center director opens last exhibition: 'Director's Choice'
Barbara Banks is preparing for one final show. Retiring July 1, the director of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Lentz Center for Asian Culture unveiled the museum's final exhibition, "Director's Choice," May 7. The exhibit runs through June 27 …
07/30/2008
Leighton Pierce's 'Agency of Time' opens Aug. 12 at Sheldon Museum of Art
Artist Leighton Pierce uses film, video and sound to create transformative experiences for museum visitors. His new installation, "Agency of Time," opens Aug. 12 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Sheldon Museum of Art, with the artist presentin…
08/12/2008
03/30/2004
Legal Scholar to Discuss Women's Rights April 5 at Nebraska Union
Legal scholar Penelope Andrews will examine the state of women's rights in the turmoil of the modern world in a lecture April 5 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. In "From Cape Town to Kabul: Reconceptualizing Women's Human Rights," Andrews, a pr…
04/5/2004
02/21/2007
Legal scholar to discuss Supreme Court and tribal jurisdiction Feb. 23
Kevin Gover, a noted expert on Native American law, will speak Feb. 23 at the University of Nebraska College of Law. Gover's talk, "Congress, The Supreme Court and Tribal Jurisdiction," begins at noon in the Sherman S. Welpton Courtroom, East Campus …
02/23/2007
10/31/2011
Legacy of 'reprehensible' medical studies to be focus of Nov. 8 lecture
11/8/2011
02/17/2011
Legacy of 'reprehensible' medical studies to be focus of March 1 lecture
Two U.S.-conducted medical studies on hundreds of people without their informed consent decades ago will be the focus of a March 1 lecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The experiments -- one infamous and one brought to light last year -- s…
03/1/2011
09/18/2008
Left, Right; Obama, McCain: It may not be what you think
Why does it seem many people begin with political preferences and then try to find reasons justifying their inclinations? Why is it so difficult to sway people who care deeply about politics no matter how compelling the facts or persuasive the prose…
02/7/2014
Leeper Miller earns national teaching award
Jenny Leeper Miller, master teacher and assistant director at the Ruth Staples Child Development Lab at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has been selected as a Terri Lynne Lokoff/Children's Tylenol National Child Care Teacher Aw…
02/25/2008
Lecture, slideshow on Nebraska women artists March 4 at Sheldon
On March 4, Sharon Kennedy, curator at Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, will present a lecture and slideshow on the contributions of 12 women artists to Nebraska's early history. The presentation will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Ethel S. Abbott Auditorium…
03/4/2008
10/13/2014
Lecture to explore significant, but largely ignored history of WWI
People across the globe are remembering World War I as 2014 marks the centennial of its start. As the war raged, the United States avoided the conflict for three years and was involved in its own imperial holdings, a history that h…
10/23/2014
10/25/2013
Lecture to examine role of first interracial marriages in American West
An award-winning western historian and former University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty member will return to UNL to give a talk on the role relationships between whites and Native Americans played in the formation of the western Unit…
11/4/2013
09/14/2004
Lecture series to commemorate 150th anniversary of Kansas-Nebraska Act
The 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

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