Fri, Oct 20, 2006
October 20-22, 2006
INFORM YOURSELF
UNL Briefing Papers on Ballot Issues Available
University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty have prepared briefing papers about several ballot initiatives that will be before voters Nov. 7. The papers are posted as PDFs available for download below through UNL's Department of Agricultural Economics. Copies also are available at local UNL Extension offices. Individual papers have been written about the following issues:
BRACE LABORATORY, FRI 1:30PM
Nebraska Center for Materials & Nanoscience / NSF-MRSEC Seminar - "Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording"
Dr. Bin Lu, Seagate Technology, LLC
NEBRASKA HALL, FRI 3PM
Engineering Mechanics Seminar Series - "The Limited Extensibility of Elastomers and Some Applications to a Class of Dynamical Problems"
Millard F. Beatty, Professor Emeritus, Department of Engineering Mechanics, UNL. Preceded at 2:30 p.m. by a reception in W317.1 Nebraska Hall
327 KEIM HALL, FRI 3PM
Agronomy and Horticulture Fall Seminar - "RNA-Mediated Gene Silencing: Evolution, Mechanisms, and Applications"
Heriberto Cerutti, School of Biological Sciences/Plant Science Initiative, Refreshments at 2:30.
112 HAMILTON HALL, FRI 3:30PM
Chemistry Colloquium - "Selective Ring-fluorination of Aromatic and Heteroaromatic Amines and Amino Acids: Applications in Biomedical Research"
Dr. Kenneth Kirk, NIDDK/National Institutes of Health.
117 BESSEY HALL, FRI 3:30PM
Department of Geosciences Stout Lecture - "Linking biotic and abiotic controls in landform analysis and modeling"
Erkan Istanbulluoglu, UNL
NEBRASKA EAST UNION, FRI 4PM
Entomology Lecture - "Functional Genomics Approaches to (re-)Evaluate Mosquite Immune Responses"
Dr. Lyric Bartholomay, Assistant Professor, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
115 AVERY HALL, FRI 4PM
Mathematics colloquium - "Covering properties of normal affine monoids"
Winfried Bruns, University of Essen. The talk will be preceded by refreshments in 348 Avery Hall
NEBRASKA UNION AUDITORIUM, 10:30AM | LIVE STREAM
J.D. Edwards Program Presents Executive, Student Interactive Event
"Leaders of the Pack: Executive Vision" is the theme for an interactive program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln between UNL students and the executive board and corporate partners of the J.D. Edwards Honors Program in Computer Science and Management. Keynote for the Oct. 20 event is a speech by Microsoft executive Robbie Bach, 10:30 a.m. at the Nebraska Union Auditorium.
The Oct. 20 Executive Vision events bring world-renowned executives who are advisers to the J.D. Edwards Honors Program to campus to meet with and speak to the program's students. Attendees are Bach, president of Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft Corp.; Ed Zander, chief executive officer at Motorola; Michael Marks, partner at KKR; Larry Probst, CEO of Electronic Arts; and Warren Jenson, Chief Financial Officer of Electronic Arts.
At the 10:30 a.m. keynote at the Nebraska Union, the public and other students are invited to hear from Bach in an address, “Connected Entertainment,” about product development for Xbox 360 and the new MP3 player under development by Microsoft, the Zune. A drawing will be held at that lecture for a new Zune, which is due on the market in November. more...
J.D. EDWARDS HONORS PROGRAM
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
The Science Of Sleep, Los Lonely Boys: Cottonfields And Crossroads Show at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents The Science Of Sleep and Los Lonely Boys: Cottonfields And Crossroads. Both films will be showing through October 26.
The Science Of Sleep, a playful romantic fantasy set inside the topsy-turvy brain of Stephane Miroux (Gael Garcia Bernal) an eccentric young man whose dreams constantly invade his waking life. While slumbering, he is the charismatic host of "Stephane TV," expounding on "The Science of Sleep" in front of cardboard cameras. In "real life," he has a boring job at a Parisian calendar publisher and pines for Stephanie (Charlotte Gainsbourg), the girl in the apartment across the hall. While Stephanie is initially charmed by Stephane, she is confused by his childishness and shaky connection to reality. Unable to find the secret to Stephanies heart while awake, Stephane searches for the answer in his dreams. Written and directed by Michel Gondry, the boundlessly inventive creator of award-winning films ("Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"), music videos and commercials. The Science Of Sleep is a whimsical trip into a cut-and-paste wonderland fashioned from cardboard tubes, cellophane, and imagination.
After a childhood of playing cantinas and honky tonks from Texas to Tennessee, Los Lonely Boys rocked their way to the top of the American music industry, determined to fulfill their father’s long held dream. Los Lonely Boys: Cottonfields And Crossroads tells the story of three Mexican American brothers from San Angelo Texas who are creating a unique sound that melds the core of the early San Angelo music scene of the 1950s and 60s with a signature style they call "Texican." The film weaves a historical and cultural perspective on brothers Henry, JoJo and Ringo Garza, highlighting their Mexican American roots and musical influences. The Garza brothers come from a long line of working musicians-music has always been a way of life for them. Like work in the cotton fields, music brought the family a means of survival. The film traces the early days as the young family band cuts its teeth learning from their father as they play in country bars and Mexican cantinas in and around San Angelo, Texas. The film travels with them to Nashville where they endure turmoil and heartbreak. These life experiences captured so eloquently by Galan's camera reveal a compelling portrait of a young band of brothers who against all odds, break out of poverty and find the American rock n roll dream.
More information is available at the Ross website.
MRRMAC | THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP | LOS LONELY BOYS: COTTONFIELDS AND CROSSROADS
