September 8, 2005
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FRIDAY, 11AM, LIED CENTER
SERVICE AWARDS 10AM
Chancellor to Deliver State of the University Address
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman will deliver his annual State of the University address beginning at 11 am Sept. 9 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts, 301 N. 12th St.
Perlman will review the previous year's accomplishments and announce objectives and initiatives for the upcoming academic year. The address is free and open to the public and will be broadcast live on the UNL Web site (www.unl.edu), Lincoln Time Warner Cable Channel 21, NebSat 105, KRNU Radio (90.3 FM) and Campus Channel 4.
The program for this year's State of the University address will include a performance by the Chiara String Quartet, artists in residence at the UNL School of Music. The quartet (Rebecca Fischer and Julie Yoon, violins; Jonah Sirota, viola; and Gregory Beaver, cello) began its three-year residency at UNL this month after previously occupying the Lisa Arnhold residency in the Juilliard School of Music in New York City. The quartet was the Meadowlark Chamber Music Festival's artists-in-residence in Lincoln in 2004 in collaboration with the UNL School of Music's Chamber Music Institute.
The State of the University address will be preceded by UNL's annual Employee Service Award recognition program at 10 am in the Lied Center. Immediately after the address, the all-university picnic will be held in the Lied Plaza, sponsored by TIAA-CREF and University Dining Services and its vendors.
Lied Center doors will open at 9 am for the Employee Service Award ceremony. Because of the all-university picnic, two streets near campus will be closed from 7 am until about 3 pm. Sept. 9: 12th Street between Q and R streets and R Street between 12th and 13th streets.
Shuttle buses from East Campus to the Lied Center will depart from Ag Hall and the College of Law between 8:45 and 11:45 am. The buses will depart the Lied Center to return to Ag Hall and the College of Law between 12:30 and 2:30 pm.
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111 LOVE LIBRARY, 3PM
Electronic Text Center Workshop - "Introduction to Digital Projects"
110 HAMILTON HALL, 3:30PM
School of Biological Sciences Seminar Series - "Antiviral silencing in animals"
Dr. Shou-Wi Ding, University of California-Riverside
211 BRACE HALL, 4PM
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium - "Searching for Neutrino Oscillations: Early Results from the MiniBooNE Experiment at Fermilab"
Dr. Bill Louis, Los Alamos National Lab
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ROBERT HILLESTAD TEXTILES GALLERY
Hillestad Textile Gallery Showcases Two New Exhibitions
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Nancy Koenigsberg.
Bark (and detail). 66"x13"x13",
annealed steel wire.
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The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery will showcase two new exhibitions of woven and constructed sculptures composed of metal wire, beads, and natural materials. Nancy Koenigsberg: Line and Shadow and Lewis Knauss: Ledgers will be on display through September 30. The visiting artists will present slide lectures Sunday, September 18, beginning at 2 pm in Room 11 of the Home Economics Building, 35th Street north of East Campus Loop. Immediately after the lecture, a reception with the artists will be held on the second floor of the Home Economics Building, adjacent to the Hillestad Gallery. Both events are free and open to the public.
Through his work Knauss shares his experience of the landscape. He carefully selects materials that convey textures of the natural environment, and suggests delicacy and change over time. Maureen Pelta writes in the brochure essay accompanying the show that "each piece resonates with refined observations of place, accumulated and distilled over time...inviting us to contemplate the pleasures and menace of monumental vistas secured in the safety of microcosm." Knauss groups his work in this exhibition as Pages, Books and Markers. Seven examples of Pages, which capture seasonal change or time of day, are presented in this show.
Koenigsberg uses a monochromatic palette of wire and colorless beads to create volumetric sculptures. Dark Side of the Moon, is a multi-element configuration that expresses positive and negative space, light and shadow through carefully overlapping layers of wire. Writing in the Koenigsberg brochure essay, Jeannine Falino observes "The mind grapples with the appearance of thin wire that is simultaneously heavy and light, dense and empty, or strong and fragile. How is it that something as hard as metal can appear as ethereal as a cloud?" Falino goes on to describe how the sculptures contradict the rigidity and strength associated with metal wire and break away from the grid, creating a sense of openness, weightlessness and luminescence. Ironically, Koenigsberg's small works have a density and weight that contrasts with the seemingly floating large hangings. Nancy Koenigsberg holds a BA from Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland, 1949. She currently lives in New York City.
Both Knauss and Koenigsberg will conduct textile design workshops for elementary age children and students from the Lincoln Arts and Humanities Focus school. Seventy second grade students from Clinton Elementary School will visit the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery in the first of a two day experience with the visiting artists. On the second day of the program artist Nancy Koenigsberg will be in residence at Clinton School to conduct creative wire sculpture workshops with each of 3 second grade classes. The results of the workshop will be installed in the showcases on the second floor of the Home Economics Building the last week of September. The funding for this programming is provided by the Nebraska Arts Council, the Friends of the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery and the College of Education and Human Sciences department of the Textiles, Clothing and Design.
HILLESTAD TEXTILE GALLERY
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UNL CAMPUS
NU Opens Doors and Hearts to Hurricane-Affected Students
The University of Nebraska's campuses will offer assistance to the
hurricane-affected regions and do "everything possible" to accommodate
college students displaced by Hurricane Katrina, President James B.
Milliken said today.
"Thousands of college students in the Gulf Coast - including many students
from the Midwest - have seen their campuses closed indefinitely due to
hurricane damage," Milliken said. "This devastating storm has impacted
countless families across the United States. Our faculty, administration
and students stand ready to help in any way we can."
Faculty members and student organizations on all four NU campuses are
already organizing to help the stricken area through fund-raising and other
outreach, Milliken said. "The immediate reaction of our university
community has been to ask, 'how can we help?'" Faculty and students are
now discussing service-learning programs involving on-site assistance. NU
students, faculty and staff whose hometowns are in the affected area will
be encouraged to seek counseling and other assistance through existing
university programs.
In addition, Milliken said, "For those students eligible for admission who
are unable to return to their home campuses for an indefinite period of
time, we will immediately accept as many as we can at our campuses. We will
allow them to enroll this fall at in-state tuition rates, and provide
assistance in quickly registering them for classes, finding housing and
whatever additional help they need." Classes began August 22 in Omaha,
Lincoln and Kearney, so incoming students would have a reasonably small
number of class days to make up. Milliken noted that a number of Nebraska
students who were enrolled at Tulane University in New Orleans have already
contacted the university. "This is temporary assistance, and when their
institutions are able to re-open, we will also help facilitate an easy
transfer back home," Milliken said.
The university is also looking into providing space, to the extent
available, to faculty at affected institutions.
Students seeking assistance are urged to contact NU via email at
NUhelp@nebraska.edu. A 24-hour 800 # has also been set up to handle
inquiries: 1-800-742-8800. To list a Hurricane Katrina-related event on the UNL Calendar, please go to the event submission page.
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MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Continuing This Weekend at the Ross: Rize, Me And You And Everyone We Know.
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center
presents Rize, the debut film from famed photographer David LaChapelle
and performance artist Miranda July's debut film, Me And You And Everyone We Know
Photographer David LaChapelle gets behind a different kind of lens for Rize,
his feature film debut. LaChapelle heads to Los Angeles to make his mark in
the cinematic world, shooting a documentary about a style of hip-hop dance called "krumping." Dividing
his time between the personal lives of the dancers and some spectacular on-screen
demonstrations courtesy of the cream of the krumpers, LaChapelle's bright, vivacious
photographic style makes an impressive translation to the big screen. As the dancers perform a jaw-dropping array of moves, a deliriously infectious mixture of fun, intensity, and jubilant release pours from the screen. Playing out like a west-coast relative to fellow 2005 film, the New York-based Mad Hot Ballroom, LaChapelle's movie gloriously demonstrates the healing powers of dance.
Miranda July's debut feature film, Me And You And Everyone We Know, is a charming, quirky romantic comedy that is entertaining from start to finish. Writer-director July stars as Christine, an offbeat performance artist who becomes instantly smitten with Richard (John Hawkes), a brooding department-store shoe salesman who is having trouble dealing with his divorce and his separation from his two kids--the shy, private Peter (Miles Thompson) and the very funny Robby (Brandon Ratcliff). Christine is trying to get her latest work accepted at a major museum, but first she has to get through mean-spirited Nancy (Tracy Wright), who is not necessarily very interested in her submission.
Meanwhile, Natasha Slayton and Najarra Townsend are a riot as a pair of teenagers who think they're ready for sex as they tease neighborhood pervert Andrew (Brad Henke) and consider experimenting with Peter. Amid all the tender, comedic, well-acted, and well-written scenes, Ratcliff nearly steals the film as Robby gets involved in a dirty, hysterical online chat with a mystery person. July's marvelous, surprising movie won the Special Jury Prize for Originality of Vision at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival in addition to well-deserved prizes at the Philadelphia and San Francisco International Film Festivals.
More information is available at the Ross website.
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