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UNL News Releases: Speakers

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02/6/2004
Former Irish President, U.N. Human Rights Official to Speak Feb. 17
WHEN: Tuesday, Feb. 17, 3:30 p.m. WHERE: Lied Center for Performing Arts, 301 N. 12th Street Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 6, 2004 -- Mary Robinson, the first woman president of Ireland and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, will speak …
02/10/2004
'Simpsons' Producer to Speak Feb. 18 at Nebraska Union
WHEN: Wednesday, Feb. 18, 7 p.m. WHERE: Ballroom, Nebraska Union, 1400 R Street Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 10, 2004 -- It won't be exactly like having Bart Simpson on campus, but it might be the next best thing Feb. 18 when "The Simpsons" producer Mike Rei…
02/19/2004
Feb. 19 Seminar to Take Insider's View of Opera Production
WHEN: Thursday, Feb. 19, 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Kimball Recital Hall, 11th and R Streets Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 12, 2004 -- The University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Music will present "Anatomy of an Opera: The Elixir of Love" at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19 in Kimb…
02/16/2004
Plains Humanities Alliance Research & Region Seminar Is Feb. 23
WHEN: Monday, Feb. 23, 3:30 p.m. WHERE: Nebraska Union, 1400 R Street Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 16, 2004 -- The Plains Humanities Alliance's Feb. 23 seminar on Research and Region will feature three graduate students presenting dissertation topics relatin…
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…
02/26/2009
Fall semester Deans' List/Honor Roll named
The link below is to a list of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln students named to the Deans' List/Honor Roll for the fall semester of the 2008-09 academic year. Qualification for the Deans' List/Honor Roll vary among the eight undergraduate colleg…
02/27/2013
Cosmologist to give talk Saturday on expanding universe
On March 2 at 4 p.m., Mueller Planetarium in the University of Nebraska State Museum of Natural History's Morrill Hall will present cosmologist Bharat Ratra, a professor of physics at Kansas State University. Ratra will give an…
10/1/2009
Mars Rover engineer Nagin Cox to speak Oct. 9 and 10 at UNL
Since the beginning of time, people have been entranced by the night sky and by our nearest planetary neighbor -- Mars. From the early missions to Mars (Viking in 1975 and Pathfinder in 1996-97) through the more recent missions, Mars has been -- and …
04/26/2013
College of Business Administration teams compete in Target competition
Nine students from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Business Administration pitched solutions based on case studies to a panel of professional judges at the Target Case Competition on April 19 at the CBA Building. The …
09/23/2011
Newsweek editor kicks off criminal justice lectures Sept. 29
Terrorism response, crime in New Zealand and stereotyping are among topics for the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice fall lecture series at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The series is free and open to the public. The speakers are know…
02/12/2014
Japanese textiles expert Elizabeth Wilson to speak Feb. 20 at UNL
Elizabeth Wilson, an expert on Japanese textiles and a successful business woman, will speak at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on Feb. 20. Wilson will share the history and workings of her unique busines…
03/12/2015
Expert: Americans' acceptance of climate change increasing
Everyone should take a course in climate change 101, a widely recognized expert on public opinion of the topic said Tuesday. Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication and research scientist in the School of Fo…
08/12/2015
E.N. Thompson Forum announces 2015-16 series, 'Activism'
The E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has announced its 2015-16 lecture series, “Activism.” This year the forum will welcome four well-known activists – Jose Antonio Vargas, Bill McKibben, Wes Moore and S…
10/22/2015
Buffetts discuss how to find hope in a hungry world
Through their travels to places such as Brazil, India, Ghana, Rwanda and Congo, Howard G. Buffett and his son Howard W. Buffett have come to recognize that it's important to understand the country-, culture- and environment-specific challenges every …
10/28/2015
UNL Speakers Bureau offers free presentations
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Speakers Bureau enters its 21st year in 2015-16 with 23 speakers and several topics from which to choose. This free service connects faculty and other university experts with Nebraska citizens through service organi…

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