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10/13/2004
Cather preview, alumni game watch set for Scottsbluff/Gering Oct. 23-24
The Nebraska Alumni Association and Nebraska Educational Telecommunications have joined forces to present a Cornhusker/Cather weekend in Gering and Scottsbluff, Oct. 23-24. A Huskers vs. Kansas State Wildcats game-watch party will be held in Gering o…
10/23/2004
10/12/2004
Nebraska Alumni Association management team changes announced
Kirk Cerny, senior vice president for membership services at the Kansas Alumni Association for the past five years, has accepted the position of associate executive director for membership and development at the Nebraska Alumni Association. He joins …
10/12/2004
Tim Gay to speak Oct. 28 on popularizing physics
Timothy Gay, professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will present the talk, "Football Physics," at 8 p.m. Oct. 28 at the Nebraska Union Auditorium, 1400 R St. Gay, who came to UNL in 1993, will discuss the series of …
10/28/2004
10/11/2004
Friends of UNL Libraries' goal: 'Save Our Treasures'
The sheepskin cover of a rare 1617 edition of Virgil's "Aeneid" has become detached. A 15th-century illuminated manuscript has water damage. A first edition of the diary of Corps of Discovery member Patrick Gass is showing signs of age. Those are som…
10/11/2004
African American opposition to Kansas-Nebraska Act is Oct. 25 lecture
African American opposition to the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 will be the topic of an Oct. 25 lecture at the Nebraska Capitol Building by Walter Rucker, a scholar of African American history at Ohio State University. The lecture, "Unpopular Sovereig…
10/25/2004
10/11/2004
Reading, book signing of 'Crazy Woman Creek' is Oct. 20 Olson seminar
A reading and book signing of "Crazy Woman Creek: Women Rewrite the American West," a collection of prose and poetry about real women of the West, will be the next Paul A. Olson Seminar in Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. T…
10/20/2004
10/10/2004
Lincoln, Lancaster County Residents Favor Kerry on Economy, Oppose Expanded Gambling, Want to Penalize U.S. Companies for Outsourcing
Lincoln and Lancaster County residents think John Kerry would do better at creating jobs, George Bush would better handle the war on terrorism and American companies should be penalized for outsourcing jobs to other countries. The results are the lat…
10/8/2004
Cather Circle announces new members
The Nebraska Alumni Association's Cather Circle, a mentoring network for alumnae and women students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has added 43 collegians and 22 alumnae to its ranks. The Cather Circle was formed in 1999 to connect outstandin…
10/8/2004
New learning community promotes diversity, leadership
Melvin Jones Scholars Learning Community supporters plan for students in this new University of Nebraska-Lincoln learning community to become leaders both in academic and off-campus settings. The community is named for former UNL Vice Chancellor Melv…
10/7/2004
University Health Center will not receive influenza vaccine
The University Health Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will be affected by the inability of the Chiron Corp. to distribute its influenza vaccine. As a result, the influenza vaccine will not be available for UNL students, faculty and staff…
10/7/2004
Behlen Observatory open to public Oct. 22, also Oct. 27 for lunar eclipse
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Behlen Observatory near Mead will be open to the public two evenings in October. The regular monthly public night will be Oct. 22 from 7 to 10 p.m. There will also be a special public night from 8 p.m. to midnight…
10/22/2004
10/6/2004
Poet Laureate Kooser to have first Library of Congress reading Oct. 7
The new poet laureate consultant in poetry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Professor Ted Kooser, will inaugurate the Library of Congress literary season with readings from his work Oct. 7. He will also be a featured author at the fourth National Book…
10/7/2004
10/5/2004
Oct. 11-15 events celebrate 'Week Without Violence'
Oct. 11-15 will mark the celebration of "Week Without Violence" at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Events for the week will focus around the theme, "I can make UNL a safer place for women." The following events will be sponsored by the UNL Women'…
10/11/2004
10/5/2004
Sports figures to kick off voter registration drive
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletic Director Steve Pederson and university athletes representing several sports will talk at a 10:30 a.m. Oct. 8 news conference about why it is important to vote. The news conference will be held in the Georgian S…
10/8/2004
10/4/2004
Entertainment, intellectual property law expert to speak Oct. 8
Dramatic changes have occurred recently in the practice of entertainment and intellectual property law, and a leading expert in the field will address those changes in a lecture Oct. 8 at the University of Nebraska College of Law. Robin Mitchell Joyc…
10/8/2004

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