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| release date | headline | event date |
|---|---|---|
| 04/1/2015 |
Weatherfest and Severe Weather Symposium returns to UNL April 11The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's 15th Annual Family Weatherfest and Severe Weather Symposium will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 11 at Hardin Hall on the corner of North 33rd and Holdrege streets. The free event will explore the wonders … |
04/11/2015 |
| 03/10/2015 |
Water for Food Director Roberto Lenton to speak March 18Earlier this month, media outlets across the country covered the release of new analysis that says the Great Plains is poised for an exceptional megadrought sometime between the years 2050 and 2100. Drought preparedness and management will be exceed… |
03/18/2015 |
| 09/1/2005 |
Warren Buffett, Bill Gates to talk to UNL students Sept. 30Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 1, 2005 -- Berkshire Hathaway chairman Warren Buffett and Microsoft Corp. chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates will speak to University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Business Administration students at a student foru… |
09/30/2005 |
| 10/25/2005 |
War and ethics philosopher Walzer to give Thompson/Kripke LectureMichael Walzer, one of the world's eminent philosophers on the subject of war and ethics, will deliver the talk "The Paradox of National Liberation: India, Israel and Algeria" at 7 p.m. Nov. 2 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts, 301 N. 12th St. T… |
11/2/2005 |
| 09/12/2013 |
Wall Street Journal economics editor to lend expertise to Thompson ForumA Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist will offer insights on the economy and Washington's role in it during the first lecture of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's 2013-14 E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues. … |
09/24/2013 |
| 03/16/2009 |
Wai Chee Dimock to give Robert E. Knoll lecture April 2 at UNLWai Chee Dimock, William Lampson professor of American studies and English at Yale University, will give the next Robert E. Knoll lecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her lecture, "Three Wars: Henry James and Others," will be 7:30 p.m. Apri… |
04/2/2009 |
| 02/15/2005 |
Virginia's McGann to address digital scholarship and publishing March 3Jerome McGann, the John Stewart Bryan university professor at the University of Virginia, will deliver this year's Knoll Lecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. McGann will present "Culture and Technology: The Way We Live Now, What is to be Do… |
03/3/2005 |
| 02/15/2007 |
Vanderbilt professor to speak on 'black neoconservatism' and raceHouston Baker, distinguished university professor at Vanderbilt University, will deliver this year's Robert Knoll Lecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Baker will speak at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 27 in the Great Plains Art Museum, 1155 Q St. The titl… |
02/27/2007 |
| 04/7/2014 |
Value of humanities topic of April 16 Nebraska LectureAlbert Einstein once declared that imagination was more important than knowledge. The value of imagination, and how it inspires critical thinking and new ideas, is the focus of the University of Nebraska-Lin… |
04/16/2014 |
| 03/4/2015 |
UT's Ian Hancock to speak on Romani discrimination, historyIan Hancock, one of the world’s foremost scholars on Romani history and human rights issues, will visit the University of Nebraska-Lincoln March 16 to present a public lecture entitled "Gypsies vs. Roma: The Price of Identity." A professor of Engl… |
03/16/2015 |
| 04/12/2010 |
USC's Edwards to discuss life beneath the ocean floorIn 1986, scientists with the Ocean Drilling Program made an astonishing discovery while sailing on the Pacific Ocean. In sediments collected from 850 meters (approximately 2,800 feet) below the seafloor, they identified that microbes were living and … |
04/16/2010 |
| 02/16/2012 |
UPC to present trend-setter Josh Rubin Feb. 23 at Nebraska UnionThe University Program Council at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will present Josh Rubin, the founder and editor of the blog, Cool Hunting, on Feb. 23 in the Nebraska Union Auditorium, 14th and R streets. … |
02/23/2012 |
| 11/7/2011 |
UPC presents Miss America Teresa Scanlan on eating disorders Nov. 17University of Nebraska-Lincoln's University Program Council presents the crowning achievement of its fall 2011 slate of events: Miss America, Teresa Scanlan. Scanlan will speak about her platform, “Eating Disorders: A Generation at Risk,” in the … |
11/17/2011 |
| 08/21/2008 |
UNL's Nebraska Colloquium to open dialogue on democracyThe second yearlong Nebraska Colloquium will engage the entire University of Nebraska-Lincoln community in discussion on a topic of importance: Democracy. Also the theme for this season's E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues, the colloquium lectures a… |
09/9/2008 |
| 04/29/2015 |
UNL to award nearly 3,000 degrees May 8-9The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's May commencement exercises will be May 8-9 at Pinnacle Bank Arena and the Lied Center for Performing Arts. The arena, at 400 Pinnacle Arena Drive, will host the ceremony for students earning graduate and professi… |
05/8/2015 |
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