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01/17/2006
Roundtable on Indigenous Issues' is Jan. 23
The Plains Humanities Alliance's Jan. 23 Research and Region seminar, "A Roundtable on Indigenous Issues," will feature graduate students in an interdisciplinary colloquium. Students and their topics are Wynne Summers, English, "Women Elders' Life St…
01/23/2006
01/13/2006
'Lord of the rings' returns to Student Observatory Jan. 20
Saturn is back in evening skies and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Student Observatory will be open Friday, Jan. 20 (weather permitting), for public viewing of the ringed planet and other attractions of the winter sky. The observatory, on the roo…
01/20/2006
01/13/2006
Winter Festival for Winds and Percussion is Jan. 20-22
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Music will host the 19th annual Winter Festival for Winds and Percussion Jan. 20-22 at Westbrook Music Building and Kimball Recital Hall on the UNL City Campus. The festival will involve 90 high school jun…
01/20/2006
01/12/2006
Columbia scholar to deliver Roscoe Pound lecture Jan. 26
Jeremy Waldron, university professor and director of the Center for Law and Philosophy at the Columbia University Law School will deliver the 2006 Roscoe Pound Lecture at the University of Nebraska College of Law. His lecture, "Safety, Security and …
01/26/2006
01/10/2006
Hunter, Williams winners of Chancellor's 'Fulfilling the Dream' Awards
Amber Hunter, coordinator for multicultural student recruitment in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Office of Admissions, and Larry Williams, director of the Lincoln Commission on Human Rights and equal opportunity officer for the city of Lincoln, …
01/16/2005
01/10/2006
Speaker to address human rights and globalization in Jan. 24 talk
Micheline Ishay, director of the Human Rights Program at the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver, will speak on "Human Rights, Globalization & the U.S.: Spartacus v. Caesar?" Jan. 24 at the University of Nebraska-Linc…
01/25/2006
01/9/2006
Mexicanos, Latinos settling in Heartland is Jan. 18 Olson Seminar topic
"The Search for Space and a Sense of Place: Mexicanos/Latinos Settle in the Heartland" will be the topic Jan. 18 of the next Paul A. Olson Seminar in Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Miguel A. Carranza, professor of sociolo…
01/18/2006
01/6/2006
Marcher with King to give MLK Day address at UNL Jan. 16
A man who marched for civil rights with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s will give the keynote address at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's week-long celebration of the national holiday celebrating King. This year's events will be conducted…
01/16/2006
01/5/2006
Mueller Planetarium explores universe through Hubble Space Telescope
Since its launch in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has provided images in unprecedented detail to astronomers, and made an astonishing array of discoveries from nearby objects in the solar system to the most distant galaxies at limits of the observ…
01/4/2006
Kruger Collection to host 'Barns of Nebraska's Ethnic Communities' exhibit
The Kruger Collection of miniature furnishings and decorative arts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will host an exhibition that pays tribute to the history of barns in Nebraska's ethnic communities from Jan. 23 through March 9. The traveling ex…
01/23/2006
01/4/2006
Moon, Mars, nebulae to be in view Jan. 6 at Behlen Observatory
The first public night in 2006 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Behlen Observatory near Mead will be from 7 to 10 p.m. on Jan. 6. Provided the sky is clear, visitors will be able to view a variety of objects with the 30-inch telescope. The Moo…
01/6/2006
01/3/2006
Bloom using CAREER grant to bring physics to rural Nebraska schools
Kenneth Bloom grew up near New York City and has spent most of his life near metropolitan areas. The presence of schools in Nebraska's wide-open, rural spaces, far-removed from the facilities and expertise of the state's metropolitan universities, sp…
01/3/2006
Xiao Cheng Zeng named fellow in elite physics organization
Xiao Cheng Zeng named fellow in elite physics organization Xiao Cheng Zeng, Willa Cather professor and professor of chemistry at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has been named a fellow of the American Physical Society. Election to the fellowship …
01/3/2006
Mills earns 2005 UCEA Great Plains Continuing Education Student Award
Recent University of Nebraska-Lincoln doctoral graduate Shirley Mills was the recipient of the 2005 University Continuing Education Association's Great Plains Continuing Education Student Award. Mills, who received her Ph.D. in educational administra…
12/22/2005
5 to interview for vice chancellor of student affairs position
Five candidates have been selected to interview on campus for the position of vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. All five will visit UNL next month. The successful candidate will succeed James Griesen, who has…

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