Fri, Sep 05, 2003
Giacomo Oliva, dean of the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, said Ross' generosity "helped create one of the finest venues of its kind in the country."
"It would not have been possible for the university alone to elevate the media arts programs," Oliva said. "It's Mary Ross' generosity and vision that enabled us to create this state-of-the-art facility, strengthen our academic programs and improve the film offerings to the public."
Speakers at the dedication include Harvey Perlman, chancellor of UNL; Terry Fairfield, president of the University of Nebraska Foundation; Oliva and Ladely. Another scheduled speaker is former Nebraska governor and U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey, president of New School University in New York City and a founding member of the Friends of the Ross Media Arts Center.
The Ross Media Arts Center is home to a comprehensive exhibition program that acknowledges the moving image as a principal art form. The new facility features two auditoriums for film and video screenings, the most up-to-date screening technology, research library, film and video archives, classrooms for the film and new media program and offices.
The new media arts center is home to the Department of Theatre Arts' Film and New Media Program and will serve the future Center for Film and New Media Productions. Students use the auditoriums for various courses, including introduction to film history, introduction to film medium, documentary film, women filmmakers, film theory and criticism. The film program includes courses offered by various academic areas, including art, art history, history, music, theater, English, philosophy and journalism.
FRI-SAT Innocents to Celebrate Centennial
The UNL Innocents Society, the chancellor's senior honorary organization, is set to commemorate its inception 100 years ago with a reunion called "Innocentennial" this Friday and Saturday.
Friday's activities include campus tours led by the current 13 members of Innocents Society and a 6:45pm. dinner and program at the Cornhusker Hotel. The dinner features remarks by Bob Kerrey, president of New School University in New York City, former Nebraska governor and U.S. senator, and a 1964-65 Innocent. On Saturday, activities center around the Nebraska vs. Utah State football game.
The Innocents Society is unique to Nebraska and the activities of the society are among NU's longest-standing traditions: Ivy Day, the Missouri Bell exchange, Masters Week and campus forums. Membership is based on superior academic achievement, unparalleled leadership, and selfless service to the university and community.
Thirteen senior students have been inducted into the society each year with the exception of two years during World War II when no members were inducted and several years in the 1970s when 15 were inducted. Records show a total membership to date of 1,271. The Nebraska Alumni Association, sponsor of the reunion, was able to locate 713 living members and has received reunion reservations from 336.
80x93.gif http://www.unl.edu/innocent/innocent.htm Together Directed By: Chen Kaige Xiaochun is a 13-year-old violin prodigy who lives with his father, Liu Cheng, in a provincial Chinese city. Shy and sensitive, Xiaochun doesnt say much music is his way of expressing his feelings but his entire life changes when his father, wanting the best for him, takes him to live in immense Beijing. Liu Cheng is willing to sacrifice everything so Xiaochun can audition for a prestigious music school and take lessons that befit his talent.
http://www.togethermovie.com/ >> Directed By: Martin Doblmeier Bonhoeffer is a new 90-minute documentary film that tells the dramatic story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the young German theologian who offered one of the first clear voices of resistance to Adolf Hitler. Bonhoeffer openly challenged his church to stand with the Jews in their time of need, and eventually joined his family in the plots to kill Hitler. His books, Cost of Discipleship, Letters and Papers from Prison, and Ethics, were written during the struggle and are considered classics in the world of religion and ethics.
http://www.bonhoeffer.com/index.html http://www.theross.org/ CS&E RESEARCH FACILITY, FRI 1-5PM PrairieFire Tutorials, Tours to be Offered In events focused on UNL's PrairieFire supercomputer, the College of Computer Science and Engineering will offer tutorial sessions and an open house this Friday. All events are free, and will take place at the Computer Science and Engineering Research Facility, 121 S. 13th St., Suite 304.
The tutorials will teach how to use UNL's PrairieFire computer for research. From 1-2pm, a 'How To' session will be offered. From 2-3pm, a Parallel Programming 'How To' session will be offered (this session requires knowledge of C, C++ and/or Fortran). Pre-registration required for either session at this link.http://rcf.unl.edu/seminars/openhouse.html
From 3-5pm, the Computer Science and Engineering Research and Visualization Facility will host an open house. The event will feature an Access Grid/Tiled Wall Display, with display demonstrations at 3:15 and 4:15pm. Tours of the PrairieFire supercomputer will begin at 3:30, 4 and 4:30pm.
ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY http://www.nuengr.unl.edu/cet/
PRAIRIEFIRE http://rcf.unl.edu/computers/prairiefire/index.php
date:
9/5/2003
time:
3:30pm
location:
110 HAMILTON, 3:30PM
Chemistry Colloquium - 'Excited States of Bimetallic and Mononuclear Transition
Metal Complexes: Photoreactivity in Solution and with Biomolecules'
Claudia Turro, Ohio State University
HILLESTAD GALLERY, FRI 7-9PM
Opening Reception, Lecture to Kick Off Solo Exhibition
John Garrett of Albuquerque, New Mexico will be featured in solo exhibition at
the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery Sept. 8 to Oct. 17. An opening reception
and lecture will take place Friday at the gallery from 7-9pm.
Garrett interlaces such unlikely materials
as brushed and painted aluminum and hardware cloth in a vessel and makes nets
of metal, plastic, and glass. Process is central to this work where the artist
explores new and complex weaving processes and experiments with the aging and
decomposition of found metals.
Both his basketry and his two dimensional pieces have been featured at SOFA
an is included in the permanent collections of many museums such as the Renwick
Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the High Museum, the American
Craft Museum, the Detroit Institute of Art, the Carnegie Museum of Art and
the Albuquerque Museum. He was awarded fellowships from the National Endowment
for the Arts in 1983 and 1995.
88x64.gifJOHN GARRETT Baroque Boat.
http://textilegallery.unl.edu/
Football - Huskers vs. Utah State
date:
9/6/2003
time:
11:30am
location:
Memorial Stadium
admission:
Call for information
tickets:
Athletic Ticket Office
host:
Intercollegiate Athletics
contact:
Athletic Ticket Office; (402) 472-3111
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