UNL News Releases: Speakers
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| release date | headline | event date |
|---|---|---|
| 11/17/2009 |
Monsanto official to speak Nov. 20 at UNLThe director of agriculture, economics and sustainability for Monsanto Co. will present a public lecture -- "Producing More While Conserving More: Can We Do It?" -- Nov. 20 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Michael Doane will present the talk a… |
11/20/2009 |
| 11/4/2009 |
Quilting celebrity Marianne Fons to present benefit lecture at quilt museumMarianne Fons, well-known to millions of quilters nationwide as co-editor in chief of Fons and Porter's Love of Quilting magazine and co-host of the public television series of the same name, will speak Nov. 14 at the International Quilt Study Center… |
11/14/2009 |
| 11/3/2009 |
Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize winner to speak Nov. 18The story of one of the most powerful native empires in North American History will be the topic of the next Paul A. Olson seminar in Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Pekka Hamalainen, associate professor of history at the… |
11/18/2009 |
| 10/29/2009 |
Wood presents fall Nebraska Lecture on HIV/AIDS Nov. 10HIV/AIDS is a public health crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa. The disease's widespread prevalence -- two-thirds of people living with the disease reside there -- has greatly affected the region's health and economy. During the fall Nebraska Lecture Nov.… |
11/10/2009 |
| 10/28/2009 |
'China: Fragile Superpower' is Thompson Forum topic at UNL Nov. 12Susan Shirk, a former deputy assistant secretary of state responsible for China and author of a 2007 book, "China, Fragile Superpower," will give a lecture of that same name Nov. 12 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the E.N. Thompson Forum on … |
11/12/2009 |
| 10/20/2009 |
'Christian Identity and Israel' subject of Nov. 5 Knoll LectureAchsah Guibbory (Ah-suh, ghi-BOR-ree), Ann Whitney Olin professor of English at Barnard College, Columbia University, will give the 2009-10 Robert E. Knoll Lecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her talk, "Christian Identity and Israel: The … |
11/5/2009 |
| 10/20/2009 |
Host of PBS' 'History Detectives' to give Geske Lecture Nov. 2Gwendolyn Wright, professor of architecture at Columbia University and host of the PBS television series, "History Detectives," will deliver the next Geske Lecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Wright's lecture, "Frank Lloyd Wright's Progre… |
11/2/2009 |
| 10/15/2009 |
Experts to gather at UNL to tackle human traffickingKevin Bales, one of the world's leading experts on modern slavery and child prostitution, will open a first-of-its-kind conference at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln focusing on human trafficking. Bales is the president of Free the Slaves, the U.… |
10/29/2009 |
| 10/9/2009 |
'Ancient Roman Religion and Nebraska Football' at Oct. 21 Olson SeminarMedia commentators on college sports have alluded to how football programs at some universities achieve such high status among fans that football almost becomes a religion. University of Nebraska-Lincoln scholar Michael Hoff will discuss that phenom… |
10/21/2009 |
| 10/8/2009 |
Alert: Axelrod lecture rescheduled to 8 p.m. Oct. 9The lecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln by David Axelrod, senior adviser to President Barack Obama, has been rescheduled to 8 p.m., Friday, Oct. 9. Due to demands in Washington, D.C., and Axelrod's schedule, the event will now begin two ho… |
10/9/2008 |
| 10/7/2009 |
TD Ameritrade chairman Moglia to speak Oct. 16 at UNL's Raikes SchoolJoseph H. Moglia, chairman of TD Ameritrade Holding Corp., will give a lecture at 2 p.m. Oct. 16 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management. His talk, "How WE got here -- and where YOU are head… |
10/16/2009 |
| 10/2/2009 |
Additional viewing for Obama adviser Axelrod at UNL Oct. 9Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 2, 2009 -- Additional locations have been organized to allow overflow viewing of the Oct. 9 lecture by David Axelrod, senior adviser to President Barack Obama, at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Axelrod will speak at 6 p.m. a… |
10/9/2009 |
| 10/2/2009 |
Best-selling author, sociologist James Loewen to speak at UNLJames Loewen, a sociologist and author of "Lies my Teacher Told Me: Everything Your High School History Textbook Got Wrong," will speak and sign books at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln at 7 p.m. Oct. 9 in the Nebraska Union Auditorium, 1400 R St.… |
10/9/2009 |
| 10/1/2009 |
'Tonight Show' producer, writers will host first Carson Lectureship Oct. 16Four insiders from "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson" will share behind-the-scenes insight into some of Carson's most legendary on-air moments when they present the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's first Johnny Carson Lectureship in October. Jeff… |
10/16/2009 |
| 10/1/2009 |
Mars Rover engineer Nagin Cox to speak Oct. 9 and 10 at UNLSince 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 … |
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