April 20, 2005
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ROOM 237, WALTER SCOTT ENGINEERING CENTER, 2:30PM
Former Dupont Executive Brightfelt to Give E-Week Keynote
Serving the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering & Technology and his community has been intertwined with Robert Brightfelt's instincts since his days as a mechanical engineering student at the university in the mid-1960s.
Brightfelt will return to his alma mater as this year's E-Week keynote speaker at 2:30 pm April 20 in Room 237 of the Walter Scott Engineering Center, 16th and W streets. His discussion is titled, "Market Driven Product Development -- A Proven Path to Commercial Success in Industry Leading Companies."
Throughout the years, Brightfelt has remained a supporter and advocate of the UNL College of Engineering & Technology. He and his wife Joell have made significant contributions for 32 consecutive years, creating opportunities for students who might not otherwise benefit from a Nebraska engineering education. Brightfelt also sits on the dean's advisory board. For more information about this event, contact Trish Fenster at (402) 472-7094.
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SOFTBALL |
6PM
Nebraska Cornhuskers vs Kansas Jayhawks
BOWLIN STADIUM, HAYMARKET PARK
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GREAT PLAINS ART MUSEUM, 3:30PM
Wildflowers of Fontenelle Forest is Olson Seminar Topic
The 275 species of wildflowers found in the Fontenelle Forest and Neale Woods nature centers of metropolitan Omaha will be the subject of the final 2004-05 Paul A. Olson Seminar in Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Roland E. Barth and Neal S. Ratzlaff of
Omaha will present "Wildflowers of Fontenelle Forest and Neale Woods" from
3:30 to 5 pm April 20 at the Great Plains Art Museum, 1155 Q St.,
Hewit Place. Their presentation and a 3 p.m. reception in the museum
are free and open to the public.
Barth and Ratzlaff recently published "A Field Guide to Wildflowers of Fontenelle Forest and Neale Woods Nature Centers." Their Olson Seminar will include a brief discussion of land use, natural and human history and the origin and purpose of their book, followed by a sampling of their favorite wildflower photos.
Fontenelle Forest and Neale Woods, both properties of the Fontenelle Nature Association, lie along the west bank of the Missouri River at the southern and northern edges of the Omaha metropolitan area. They consist of about 2,000 acres of woodlands, wetlands and restored prairies. For more information, visit http://www.fontenelleforest.org.
GREAT PLAINS ART MUSEUM
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MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Continuing This Week at the Ross: Head-On, Born Into Brothels
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center
presents director Fatih Akin's Head-On, and
Born Into Brothels, the 2005 Academy-Award Winning film for
best documentary.
Fatih Akin's Head-On (Gegen Die Wand) is a powerful film about sexuality and suicide, centering on two Turks living in Germany. Drunken loser Cahit (Birol Unel) drives his car into a wall; Sibel (Sibel Kekilli) slashes her wrist because she can't stand living with her traditional Muslim family. The two meet in the hospital and decide to join in a marriage of convenience in which he can get himself a cute young housekeeper and she can finally move away from home. They live together in Hamburg, where she begins to sleep around dangerously and he grows surprisingly jealous, leading to tragedy. To a soundtrack of 1980s music (Depeche Mode, Talk Talk, Sisters of Mercy), their lives continue to fall apart, lost to a world of lies and deception, drugs and violence, and emotional pain.
In Born Into Brothels, British-born photojournalist Zana Briski overcame barriers of language, culture, and ethnicity when she immersed herself into an impoverished and illegal neighborhood in the Third World metropolis of Calcutta, India. An award-winning photographer, Briski befriended the children of Sonagachi (the city's red light district), starting a photography workshop for them and equipping them each with their own camera. The transformative power of this simple object is remarkable; within weeks, the children show new spirit and several have discovered a talent for the art. Briski and her co-director, Ross Kaufman, follow the children as they filter their marginalized, forgotten world through the camera lens. Over the course of the film, a central narrative unfolds--the children's quest, fueled by their newfound hope and strength, to leave the brothels for a better life. The film won the 2005 Academy Award for best documentary feature.
More information is available at the Ross website.
MRRMAC | HEAD-ON | BORN INTO BROTHELS |
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438 OLDFATHER HALL, 12PM
Communication Studies Colloquium - 'Intercultural Communication and the Global Classroom'
Charles Braithwaite, UNL
237 WALTER SCOTT ENGINEERING CENTER, 2:30PM
E-Week Keynote Lecture - 'Market Driven Product Development - A Proven Path to Commercial Success in Industry Leading Companies'
Robert Brightfelt
NEBRASKA UNION, 3:30PM
Plains Humanities Alliance Research and Region Seminar - Panel discussion on Alliance's recently launched "Great Books of the Great Plains" interactive web site
Ted Kooser, UNL; Tom Averill, Washburn University, Topeka; Amy Fleury, Washburn University, and Michael Tate, UNO
L.W. CHASE HALL, 3:30PM
UNL School of Natural Resources Research Seminar - Williams Memorial Lecture - 'GIS in Water Resources'
David Maidment, University of Texas, Austin
E103 BEADLE CENTER, 4PM
Biotechnology/Life Sciences Seminar
Dr. Chris Staiger, Purdue University
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