Fri, Aug 11, 2006
August 11-13, 2006
FUNDING HAS MORE THAN TRIPLED IN TEN YEARS
UNL Research Tops $100 Million Milestone in 2006
External funding for University of Nebraska-Lincoln research continued to set records this year, topping $100 million, according to the UNL Office of Research and Graduate Studies. UNL's research funding, including all external funds awarded for university research projects, totaled $104.6 million for the fiscal year ending June 30. Of that, $71.1 million came from federal sources, including the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Department of Agriculture, Department of Education and other agencies. Total sponsored programs funding, which includes funds for research and other activities such as instruction, public service, administration and student services, increased to $165.9 million in the same period.
UNL's research funding has increased 113 percent since 2000, when total research awards hit $49.2 million, and has more than tripled since 1996. The $104.6 million marks a milestone in UNL's efforts to build its stature nationally and enhance research to better serve Nebraska, students and the nation, said Prem Paul, vice chancellor for research and dean of graduate studies. "Five years ago, we set a goal for reaching $100 million in research and we are pleased that our faculty members have reached this landmark," Paul said. "Growing our research capacity enables our faculty to explore solutions to societal challenges." more...
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DEVANEY SPORTS CENTER, SAT 9:30AM | WATCH LIVE
800 to Receive Degrees at UNL's Aug. 12 Commencement Exercises
Lilian R. Furst
Lilian R. Furst, a noted scholar and teacher at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill will deliver the address and receive an honorary doctor of letters degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln during Aug. 12 commencement exercises.
Chancellor Harvey Perlman will preside at the ceremony, which begins at 9:30 am at the Bob Devaney Sports Center, 1600 Court St. Approximately 800 students will receive degrees. Because of construction of the Antelope Valley Project south of the Devaney Center, those planning to attend commencement exercises are strongly urged to use the 27th Street entrance to State Fair Park to get to the Devaney Center.
A drop-off area for graduates and mobility-restricted guests will be available on the south side of the Devaney Center on Aug. 12. Sign language interpreters for hearing impaired individuals will be provided on-screen by HuskerVision. Guests in wheelchairs will be seated on the northeast corner of the arena floor. Golf carts will be located at the ramps on the exterior north and south sides of the Devaney Center to assist disabled guests entering and leaving the building. more...
800 to Receive Degrees at UNL's Aug. 12 Commencement Exercises
Lilian R. Furst
Chancellor Harvey Perlman will preside at the ceremony, which begins at 9:30 am at the Bob Devaney Sports Center, 1600 Court St. Approximately 800 students will receive degrees. Because of construction of the Antelope Valley Project south of the Devaney Center, those planning to attend commencement exercises are strongly urged to use the 27th Street entrance to State Fair Park to get to the Devaney Center.
A drop-off area for graduates and mobility-restricted guests will be available on the south side of the Devaney Center on Aug. 12. Sign language interpreters for hearing impaired individuals will be provided on-screen by HuskerVision. Guests in wheelchairs will be seated on the northeast corner of the arena floor. Golf carts will be located at the ramps on the exterior north and south sides of the Devaney Center to assist disabled guests entering and leaving the building. more...
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
The War Tapes, Stolen Show at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents The War Tapes, and Stolen. Both films will be showing through August 17.
Straight from the front lines in Iraq, The War Tapes is the first war movie filmed by soldiers themselves. Funnier, spicier, and more gut wrenching than news reports, this is Operation Iraqi Freedom as filmed by Sergeant Steve Pink, Sergeant Zack Bazzi and Specialist Mike Moriarty. Steve is a wisecracking carpenter who aspires to be a writer. Zack is a Lebanese-American university student who loves to travel and is fluent in Arabic. Mike is a father who seeks honor and redemption. Each leaves a woman behind - a girlfriend, a mother and a wife. Through their candid footage, these men open their hearts and take us on an unforgettable journey, capturing camaraderie and humor along with the brutal and terrifying experiences they face. These soldiers got the story that 2,700 embedded reporters never could.
In 1990, in the early morning hours after St. Patrick's Day, thieves disguised as Boston police officers gained access to Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner museum and successfully perpetrated the largest art heist in modern history. For those who loved these paintings, particularly a rare Vermeer, the theft felt almost personal. At the heart of the film is a very unlikely hero: Harold Smith, the most renowned art detective in the world. Despite his lifetime battle with skin cancer, the cunning and witty Smith has made this case his personal obsession. Now, with Dreyfus's camera in tow, Smith embarks on a final journey to crack a mystery that has confounded law enforcement officials for fifteen years. The mood is set through the reading by actors Blythe Danner and Campbell Scott of correspondence between the 19th century Grand Dame Isabella Stewart Gardner and her envoy to Europe, art aficionado Bernard Berenson. Their passion for great art, expressed in letters written during their pursuit of paintings for Gardner's great museum, is elaborated by contemporary art historians. Among them, Tracy Chevalier, author of Girl With a Pearl Earring, helps us understand the power and fragility of great art and appreciate just what the world has lost. Harold Smith's quest to recover the Gardner paintings takes him through the Boston criminal underground. It takes him to Ireland to investigate the theory that the Irish Republican Army, known to have a penchant for stealing Vermeers, may be involved. It takes him on wild goose chases, and precipitously close to the truth. Stolen takes the audience along on this thrilling journey through the worlds of art and crime, not only to solve a perplexing mystery, but also to understand the mysterious importance of art and beauty.
More information is available at the Ross website.
MRRMAC | THE WAR TAPES | STOLEN
The War Tapes, Stolen Show at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents The War Tapes, and Stolen. Both films will be showing through August 17.
In 1990, in the early morning hours after St. Patrick's Day, thieves disguised as Boston police officers gained access to Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner museum and successfully perpetrated the largest art heist in modern history. For those who loved these paintings, particularly a rare Vermeer, the theft felt almost personal. At the heart of the film is a very unlikely hero: Harold Smith, the most renowned art detective in the world. Despite his lifetime battle with skin cancer, the cunning and witty Smith has made this case his personal obsession. Now, with Dreyfus's camera in tow, Smith embarks on a final journey to crack a mystery that has confounded law enforcement officials for fifteen years. The mood is set through the reading by actors Blythe Danner and Campbell Scott of correspondence between the 19th century Grand Dame Isabella Stewart Gardner and her envoy to Europe, art aficionado Bernard Berenson. Their passion for great art, expressed in letters written during their pursuit of paintings for Gardner's great museum, is elaborated by contemporary art historians. Among them, Tracy Chevalier, author of Girl With a Pearl Earring, helps us understand the power and fragility of great art and appreciate just what the world has lost. Harold Smith's quest to recover the Gardner paintings takes him through the Boston criminal underground. It takes him to Ireland to investigate the theory that the Irish Republican Army, known to have a penchant for stealing Vermeers, may be involved. It takes him on wild goose chases, and precipitously close to the truth. Stolen takes the audience along on this thrilling journey through the worlds of art and crime, not only to solve a perplexing mystery, but also to understand the mysterious importance of art and beauty.
More information is available at the Ross website.
MRRMAC | THE WAR TAPES | STOLEN
