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14 RICHARDS HALL, 5PM Art Alum to Lecture Butler   James D. Butler (UNL MFA 1970), a Distinguished Professor of Art at Illinois State University in Normal, Ill., will present a free public lecture at 5pm today in Richards Hall Room 14 on the UNL city campus. Butler has been a member of the Illinois State University School of Art faculty since 1976. His work is included in more than 160 public collections in the United States and abroad, and has been reviewed in more than 80 books and articles throughout the world. He has had more than 30 solo exhibitions. Butler will receive the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts Alumni Achievement Award in Art at the Honors Day Awards Dinner on Friday. Both events are part of a special Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts Alumni Weekend. For a full schedule of Alumni Weekend events, please follow this link. FINE & PERFORMING ARTS

NEBRASKA UNION, 3:30PM White House Official to Open Research Fair   Flat Iron Lewis & Clark Neutron Redox Printmaking Genome Virology Flat Iron Lewis & Clark Neutron Redox Printmaking Genome Virology   A celebration of research-related activities begins this morning with the start of the UNL Research Fair. The event will feature a series of workshops with program officers from several federal agencies, who will talk about agency priorities and programs. Sponsored by the Office of Research and Graduate Studies, the fair will commence at 9am in the Nebraska Union. The Research Fair has several goals, according to Prem Paul, vice chancellor for research and dean of graduate studies. The main purpose is to highlight the benefits of research and creative activity. These benefits include direct enhancement of undergraduate and graduate teaching, economic and social development for the people of Nebraska, the nation and the world, and the promotion of a lively intellectual environment for faculty members. A second goal is to introduce UNL faculty to program officers and other officials from federal granting agencies, such as the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the National Institutes of Health so faculty can learn about agency priorities and upcoming opportunities. Program officers will meet UNL faculty, visit labs and learn about UNL research projects. Sessions with program officers will also allow faculty to meet and talk with each other to stimulate cross-disciplinary collaborations. A portion of the day will be devoted to recognition of faculty who have obtained major external grants during calendar year 2002. Faculty who won major funding for research or creative activity will be honored at a breakfast that kicks off the day's activities. A poster session and a research mini-fair highlighting graduate student research projects will be from 11:30am to 1:30pm. Research Fair events are free and open to the public. For a full listing of fair events, follow this link. RESEARCH

€€€ The Research Fair is occurring concurrently with the Downtown Technology Fair, co-sponsored by UNL and the Downtown Lincoln Association. Downtown Lincoln Technology Fair 2003 Thursday, April 24th, 3:00-6:00PM, Miller & Paine Bldg (13 & O), Suite 304. Come see UNL's Supercomputer take on three of the top chess players in the state, including the Nebraska State Champion. Other demonstrations and displays include: Robotics, I-Minds, NADSS, Robotic Safety Barrel Display and Access Grid. http://www.downtownlincoln.org
€€ €€ Fiesta de Libros From 11am to 1pm today at the Union Square, the Women's Center and the Mexican-American Student Association will be hosting "Fiesta de Libros", a read-in being held as a part of National Chicano Awareness Week. Please call 472-2597 if you have any questions or are interested in participating. http://www.unl.edu/involved/womens_center/library.shtml €€

110 HAMILTON, 3:30PM School of Biological Sciences Seminar - 'Molecular Evolution of Plant Defense Genes' Peter Tiffin, University of Minnesota EAST UNION, 4PM Environmental Studies Lecture - 'Palid Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) on the Platte River' Edward Peters, UNL 115 BURNETT, 4:15PM Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium - 2003 Rowlee Lecture - 'WWW: Waves, Water and the Web?' Mark Ablowitz, University of Colorado-Boulder

€€ Remedy Concert     date: 4/24/2003 time: 6:30pm to 9pm location: Greenspace by Sheldon Art Gallery detail: Concert with Pepsi products by the Sheldon Sculpture garden admission: free host: Student Involvement contact: Matthew Schmitz; (402) 436-7834 €€

W GYMNASTICS | 7PM NCAA Qualifier DEVANEY CENTER

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