UNL News Releases: Speakers

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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 …
04/16/2013
Natural systems agriculture pioneer Wes Jackson to speak April 26
Life Magazine once predicted that Wes Jackson would be among the 100 "most important Americans of the 20th century," a listing based on his work since founding The Land Institute. Many would say the same might be true of the 21st c…
04/26/2013
04/15/2013
Quilt symposium features public events April 26 and 28
Quilt scholars from around the world will gather at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's International Quilt Study Center and Museum on April 26-27 for the center's sixth biennial symposium, "Quilts in Context: The Making of Meanin…
04/26/2013
04/5/2013
Director David Herskovits to speak April 11
The Interdisciplinary Arts Symposium at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln' Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts will celebrate its fourth season this spring with an exploration of "The Ancient World Seen Through Mod…
04/11/2013
04/3/2013
Filmmaker Julie Dash is keynote for Ethnic Studies' 'Spring Celebration'
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Institute for Ethnic Studies' "Spring Celebration 2013" will feature a keynote lecture by novelist and filmmaker Julie Dash. The talk, "Find the Good and Praise It," is 7 p…
04/4/2013
04/1/2013
College of Architecture to present exhibition about suburban/rural edge
The College of Architecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will present a new exhibition, "Shifting Thresholds," April 11-18, with an opening reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on April 11. Visitors wil…
04/11/2013
03/27/2013
Messina, Zeleny to analyze 2012 campaign at April 5 Hoagland Lecture
The main architect of the president's re-election and a political heavyweight reporter will team to deliver a free lecture April 5 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Jim Messina, the mastermind behind Pr…
04/5/2013
03/25/2013
Sociologist, CNN blogger to discuss singles' growing role in black middle class
Studies on the black middle class have focused mainly on married couples with children. Never-married singles who live alone, however, make up a rapidly growing part of the black middle class, a development that requires rethinking…
04/8/2013
03/21/2013
'Football: Its Physics and Future' is focus of spring Nebraska Lecture
Football fans appreciate tackling, blocking and high-impact movements for their playmaking ability. But the reason those plays work – and the resulting collisions are risky – comes down to physics. During the April 5 Nebraska Lecture, “Footbal…
04/5/2013
03/14/2013
'What Makes a Family?' with Zach Wahls March 28 at Nebraska Union
The University Program Council at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will present "What Makes a Family?" with Zach Wahls at 7:30 p.m. March 28. Wahls' presentation will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium o…
03/28/2013
03/8/2013
Belilove, Isadora Duncan Dance Co. at Interdisciplinary Arts Symposium
The Interdisciplinary Arts Symposium at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts will celebrate its fourth annual season this spring with an exploration of "The Ancient World Seen Through…
03/12/2013
03/6/2013
Decorator Mary Carol Garrity to headline Lied's Table Inspirations
The Lied Center for Performing Arts' Friends of Lied organization will host its biennial Table Inspirations event on April 16 and 17 with decorating and lifestyle personality Mary Carol Garrity as the featured guest speaker. …
04/16/2013
03/5/2013
Obama campaign chief, top political reporter to team for Hoagland Lecture
The main architect of President Obama's re-election and one of the nation's top political reporters will provide insight and retrospective on the historic 2012 presidential campaign at this year's Hoagland Lecture at the University…
04/5/2013
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…
02/21/2013
Election projections are topic of March Olson seminar
Election projections are sophisticated features of modern elections and electoral politics. They allow analysts to predict with considerable accuracy the outcome of key political races -- as demonstrated in the 2012 presidential ra…
03/6/2013

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