September 9-11, 2005
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LIVE
WEBCAST
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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NEBRASKA STATEWIDE ARBORETUM EAST CAMPUS GREENHOUSE, SAT
10AM - 3PM
Nebraska Statewide Arboretum Plant Sale
A variety of hard-to-find plants including trees, shrubs, perennials and grasses will all
be available at the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum Plant Sale. The
sale will take place from 10 am to 3 pm Saturday in the Nebraska
Statewide Arboretum East Campus Greenhouse. To get to the Greenhouse,
take Huntington St. to 38th St. and turn south (north entrance to
UNL East Campus). Go 1 block south and turn east, the NSA banner
will be on the greenhouse.
The mission of the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum is to "enrich lives through the beauty and wonder of plants." Rather than bound to a single place, the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum is a remarkable network of arboretum sites, parks, historic properties and other public landscapes located in dozens of communities across the state. Linked together and supported by the Arboretum office at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, this unique statewide network makes the Arboretum accessible and relevant to citizens across Nebraska.
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NEBRASKA STATE MUSEUM, MORRILL HALL
Explore Evolution Exhibit Opens
Saturday at NU State Museum
Using cutting edge research, a new exhibit at the University of Nebraska State Museum gives a modern shine to Charles Darwin's 146-year-old theory on evolution. The permanent exhibit, Explore Evolution, which opens to the public Sept. 10, was developed by a consortium of six partner museums led by the NU State Museum and prominently features the work of two UNL scientists.
The project is made possible by a $2.8 million, three-year grant from the National Science Foundation's Informal Science Education program and consists of nearly identical permanent exhibit galleries at six partner museums in the Midwest and South -- regions where evolution education is controversial. Other components of the project include a Web site, inquiry-based activities for middle-school children in the form of a book titled "Virus and the Whale, Exploring Evolution in Creatures Small and Large," and collaborations with five statewide 4-H programs.
UNL's contributions to the project are significant. While the exhibit galleries were built by the Science Museum of Minnesota, a team from UNL played major roles in the creation of the artwork and content. Judy Diamond, professor at the NU State Museum, wrote the original grant request for the project and is the team leader on the project. Research from two UNL scientists -- virologist Charles Wood and geologist Sherilyn Fritz -- is featured in two of the seven sections of the exhibit.
Museums partnering with the UNL State Museum include the Exhibit Museum of Natural History of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor; the Kansas Museum and Biodiversity Center at the University of Kansas in Lawrence; the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History at the University of Oklahoma in Norman; the Texas Memorial Museum at the University of Texas at Austin; and the Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul.
"Explore Evolution features the latest science museum technology including multimedia and interactive exhibits that show how research is being done on evolution by scientists working today," Grew said. "It offers visitors engaging opportunities to learn about some of the most exciting recent discoveries and scientific questions in biological evolution. It brings Morrill Hall right up to date with the latest in natural history."
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA STATE MUSEUM | EXPLORE EVOLUTION
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UNL CAMPUS
Lincoln Symphony and Culture Center Present Czech Events
On Friday at 7:30 pm, the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra presents an evening of music celebrating Lincoln's rich Czech heritage. Concertmaster Anton Miller opens our 2005-2006 season with a Czech violin concerto, with Smetana's Ma Vlast on the second half of the program. This event will take place at Kimball Recital Hall.
On Saturday, A "Taste of Czech and Slovak Culture" Day will be held at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Culture Center, 333 N. 14th St. The event is free and open to the public and will be conducted from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Guests will include dignitaries from the Slovak embassy in Washington, D.C., and the Czech and Slovak honorary consuls from Kansas City, Mo.
Events include a Czech movie marathon, cooking demonstrations (kolaches, dumplings, rolls), clips of travel videos, displays of original Czech costumes, glass, pottery, photos and folk dance lessons. An authentic Czech luncheon will be served for a nominal charge, including pork, sauerkraut, and dumplings. Kolaches may be purchased as well. Visitors will also be able to view a History of Czech and Slovak Music display on loan from the Czech and Slovak National Museum in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and visit the Czech book collection in UNL's Love Memorial Library.
The event is sponsored by the UNL Department of Modern Languages, the award-winning UNL Czech Komensky Club, the Nebraska Czechs of Lincoln, and the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences, Nebraska Chapter. For more information, contact Joan Hruza at (402) 435-1296 or Mila Saskova-Pierce at (402) 472-1336.
LINCOLN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | DEPT. OF MODERN LANGUAGES
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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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222 CBA, FRI 12:30PM
Economics Seminar - "Teacher and Student Achievement in the Chicago Public High Schools"
Dr. Lisa Barrow, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
112 HAMILTON HALL, FRI 3:30PM
Chemistry Colloquium - "Vibrations of Molecules in Solids: Periodic DFT and Inelastic Neuron Scattering"
Professor Bruce S. Hudson, Syracuse University
NEBRASKA UNION, FRI 4PM
Geosciences Stout Lecture - "Evolution for Everyone"
David Sloan Wilson, Binghamton University
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WOMEN'S SOCCER |
FRI 6PM
Nebraska Cornhuskers vs Colorado College Tigers
NEBRASKA SOCCER FIELD
VOLLEYBALL |
FRI 6PM
Nebraska Cornhuskers vs Pepperdine Waves
NU COLESIUM
VOLLEYBALL |
SAT 2PM
Nebraska Cornhuskers vs Pacific Boxers
NU COLESIUM
FOOTBALL |
SAT 6PM
Nebraska Cornhuskers vs Wake Forest Demon Deacons
MEMORIAL FIELD
WOMEN'S SOCCER |
SUN 12PM
Nebraska Cornhuskers vs Rice Owls
NEBRASKA SOCCER FIELD
VOLLEYBALL |
SUN 3PM
Nebraska Cornhuskers vs Penn State Nittany Lions
NU COLESIUM
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