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UNL News Releases

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03/6/2012
Violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman to perform at Lied Center March 31
Undeniably the world's reining violin virtuoso, Itzhak Perlman returns to the Lied Center for Performing Arts at the University of Nebraska-Lincon at 7:30 p.m. on March 31. Perlman possesses four Emmy Awards…
03/31/2012
07/25/2008
Veteran professor offers students hints to 'outwit' teachers
Students, unplug your iPods. Unhand your cell phones. Log off of Facebook and spend some time visiting with your instructors. These are small but mighty acts suggested in "Outwitting College Professors: A Practical Guide to the Secrets of the System,…
04/22/2008
Veneciano selected as new Sheldon Museum of Art director
Jorge Daniel Veneciano will become director of Sheldon Museum of Art on July 1, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman announced today. For the past three years, Veneciano has been director of Paul Robeson Galleries at the Rutgers U…
09/20/2011
Vaughn's 'Passing America' opens Oct. 7 at Great Plains Art Museum
The Great Plains Art Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will welcome the return of Texas artist V….Vaughan and her plein air painting series documenting America “from the passenger seat” in an exhibition that opens …
10/7/2011
11/28/2005
Variety of celestial objects to be on view Dec. 9 at Behlen Observatory
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Behlen Observatory will be open for public observing on Dec. 9 from 7 to 10 p.m. Provided the sky is clear, visitors will be able to view a variety of objects with the 30-inch telescope and with smaller telescopes…
12/9/2005
10/5/2006
VanDerZee photos of Harlem Renaissance at Sheldon through Dec. 17
Eighteen prints, representing a cross-section of photographer James VanDerZee's work in the 1920s and 1930s, are on exhibit at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery now through Dec. 17. A superlative studio photographer, V…
02/15/2007
Vanderbilt professor to speak on 'black neoconservatism' and race
Houston 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
10/15/2013
Van Cliburn gold medalist brings virtuosic talent to Lied Center Oct. 23
On Oct. 23, Vadym Kholodenko, gold medal winner from the esteemed Van Cliburn International Piano Competition will appear at Nebraska's Home for the Arts, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Lied Center for Performing Arts, to…
10/23/2013
04/7/2014
Value of humanities topic of April 16 Nebraska Lecture
Albert 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
02/23/2006
Utah State's Franco named vice chancellor for student affairs at UNL
Juan N. Franco, vice president for student services at Utah State University in Logan, has been named vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, pending approval by the University of Nebraska Board of Regents. UNL Chan…
03/4/2015
UT's Ian Hancock to speak on Romani discrimination, history
Ian 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 floor
In 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
09/6/2005
UPC to show "Batman" Sept. 8 at Union Greenspace
The University Program Council at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will show a free outdoor viewing of the original "Batman" movie on Thursday, Sept. 8 on the Nebraska Union Greenspace (north side) from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Food will be provided. Di…
09/8/2005
02/16/2012
UPC to present trend-setter Josh Rubin Feb. 23 at Nebraska Union
The 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
10/18/2011
UPC to present classic horror double feature Oct. 26 at the Ross
The University Program Council at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is ready to jumpstart UNL's Halloween festivities on Oct. 26 with MonstROSSity: A Classic Double Feature at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 313 N. 13th St…

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