October 10, 2005
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THAT'S THE POWER OF RED
New Video Series Highlights Campus Accomplishments
On football Saturdays at Memorial Stadium, the Huskervision screens come alive with the big plays on the field. But we also like to take time out to tell fans about the big success stories that take place off the field at Nebraska. It's a chance to brag about UNL's important research, our world-renowned faculty and our outstanding students and alumni. That's the Power of Red.
THE POWER OF RED
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UNL CAMPUS, 8AM - 3:30PM
Admissions Hosts Red Letter Day
Red Letter Days are Nebraska's
open-house-style campus visit option for high school seniors. From
about 8 am to 3:30 pm, high school seniors and family
members will be touring campus and attending information sessions.
The next Red Letter Day of the school year is scheduled for Monday,
October 10.
Visiting campus is the best way to learn more about the University – and
it's fun. Visitors meet current students, faculty and staff, receive
important information about majors, dine in a residence hall, and
more. Even if you've been to campus before, it's important to take
part in a Red Letter Day or Admissions Campus Visit. To learn more
about visit options and to print off a registration form for a Red
Letter Day, visit the UNL Undergraduate Admissions website.
ADMISSIONS | RED
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EAST UNION, 3PM
Center for Grassland Studies Seminar - "Conservation Buffers: UNL Research and Extension to Protect Water Quality"
Tom Franti, UNL
EAST UNION, 4PM
Entomology Seminar - "The Relationship Between Insect Vectors and Viruses"
Benjawan Siriwetwiwat, graduate student, UNL
MEMORIAL STADIUM, 4TH FLOOR, 7:30PM
Women's Studies Lecture - "Shattering the Glass: The Women Who Built Women's Basketball"
Pamela Grundy
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$10.6 MILLION IN FUNDING
University Announces Major Virology Grant
One of Nebraska's premier research centers has received a second multi-million dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health. The Nebraska Center for Virology has received $10.6 million, which will support the center over the next five years. The center links scientists engaged in studying viruses at Nebraska's three major biomedical research institutions: the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Creighton University.
Charles Wood, a molecular virologist and Lehr/3M University Professor at UNL, is principal investigator on the grant and center director. Howard Gendelman, director of UNMC's Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Disorders, and James Van Etten, William Allington Distinguished Professor of Virology at UNL, co-direct the center. Clinton Jones, UNL virologist, is associate director.
New scientists hired in the past five years have expanded the center's research into the study of human cancer viruses such as papilloma virus, a major cause of cervical cancer; Epstein Barr virus, which is linked to lymphomas, neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's; animal viruses, such as porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus, a major problem in the swine industry and new arenas of HIV research, including the evolution of the highly virulent clade C virus in Africa and creation of a novel mouse model used in vaccine development.
The center also is broadening its international work. Wood conducts extensive research programs in Zambia focusing on the transmission of HIV from mothers to their infants, the relationship between HIV and Kaposi's sarcoma associated human herpesviurs, which is linked to cancer, and the evolution of HIV. As a part of this work, Wood has built a laboratory and clinic at the Teaching Hospital of the University of Zambia and developed close ties with scientists there. This work was the impetus for the recent memorandum of agreement between UNL and the University of Zambia to collaborate in research and teaching programs.
Training the next generation of virologists is a critical component of the center's mission; a highly successful program to train Zambian researchers for work on AIDS and HIV-1, funded by the Fogarty International Program, was expanded to China in 2003. And the center won a five-year $1.3 million NIH grant for research training in comparative viral pathogenesis for recruitment and training of U.S. graduate students, particularly those from minority and underrepresented groups.
The center's educational mission extends beyond the scientific community. Work by Wood and his colleague John West on the evolution of HIV is included in the Explore Evolution exhibit at the Nebraska State Museum, which was funded by the National Science Foundation. more...
NEBRASKA CENTER FOR VIROLOGY
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MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Continuing This Week At The Ross: Aprês Vóus, The Beat That My Heart Skipped
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center
presents French films Aprês Vóus, a comedy starring several of France's most well-known actors, and The Beat That My Heart Skipped, the follow-up film from one of the country's most promising young directors.
In Aprês Vóus, two of France's most celebrated actors, Daniel Auteuil (The Closet, Girl on the Bridge) and José Garcia (Trouble Everyday, Jet Set), team up in a romantic comedy from director Pierre Salvadori (Wild Target) that begs the question: Can it actually be bad to be a Good Samaritan? Set in the most romantic city in the world, where the food is delicious and passions run deep, fate is about to step in and create an unlikely bond between two men. One will snatch the other from the brink of destruction then nearly push him toward it, and the other will take a surprising leap of faith that only a true friend can make.
Director Jacques Audiard and screenwriter Tonino Benacquista, who shared a 2002 Cesar Award for Best Original Screenplay for Read My Lips, team up again in The Beat That My Heart Skipped, a gritty psychological drama set in the dark, dank streets of Paris. The film is based on James Toback's cult favorite Fingers, in which Harvey Keitel played a tortured soul trapped between his love of the piano and his involvement with the mob. In this remake, Romain Duris stars as Tom, a ne-'er-do-well who works with two scheming real estate men, Fabrice (Jonathan Zaccai) and Sami (Gilles Cohen), who have little or no morals. When Tom sees his mother's old agent, he decides to return to the piano, practicing Bach's Toccata in E Minor for an important audition that he envisions could be a life-changing event. He hires a Vietnamese woman, Miao-Lin (Linh-Dan Pham), as his teacher, even though they speak different languages. While struggling to regain his mastery of the piano -- which he gave up after his virtuoso mother's tragic death -- he is called upon by his partners to participate in shady deals and even help one of them cheat on his wife (Aure Atika). He also has a troublesome relationship with his father (Niels Arestrup), who asks Tom to collect money he is owed, putting him in dangerous situations. The Beat That My Heart Skipped is an intelligent, involving film, told in long takes with a handheld camera to heighten the emotional impact of scene after scene.
More information is available at the Ross website.
MRRMAC | APRÊS VÒUS | THE BEAT THAT MY HEART SKIPPED |
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