Wed, Dec 27, 2006
December 23, 2006 - January 1, 2007
OFFICES REOPEN TUESDAY, JAN. 2
Holiday Closedown in Effect
UNL is officially closed during the annual holiday shutdown period. Offices will reopen at 8 a.m. Jan. 2, 2007. However, many university buildings across campus will have special hours over the holiday break. Your best bet is to call ahead.
HOLIDAY SCHEDULE
DEADLINE JAN. 5
MLK Day Planning Committee Sponsors Essay Contest
In recognition of Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, the MLK Day Planning Committee at UNL is sponsoring an essay contest. They invite UNL students to share their experiences and perspectives regarding the impact that the Civil Rights movement has had on them while growing up. The theme for the essay contest was inspired by the piece All Deliberate Speed, created as part of the Lincoln Arts Council "Stories of Home" project.
The deadline for the essay contest is January 5, 2007, and all currently enrolled UNL undergraduate or graduate students are eligible to participate. For more information on the contest, visit the MLK Week 2007 website.
REACHES 1000 METERS
ANDRILL Project Breaks Antarctic Drilling Record
The Antarctic Geological Drilling (ANDRILL) Program drilled to a new record depth of 1,000 meters below the seafloor from the site on the Ross Ice Shelf near Scott Base in Antarctica Dec. 16. The depth made ANDRILL the most successful Antarctic drilling program in terms of depth and rock core recovered, breaking the previous record of 999.1 meters set in 2000 by the Ocean Drilling Program's drill ship, the Joides Resolution.
The operations team of 25 drillers, engineers and support staff are justifiably thrilled, ANDRILL Project Manager Jim Cowie said. Antarctica New Zealand, which managed the Cape Roberts Drilling Project, a highly successful predecessor to ANDRILL, is also managing the on-ice drilling operations and logistics on behalf of the ANDRILL partner nations -- Germany, Italy, New Zealand and the United States. more...
ANDRILL
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA STATE MUSEUM
Hollestelle Retrospective Continues At NU State Museum
Fans of wood carving and wildlife art in general, and of Lincoln artist Cliff Hollestelle in particular, are in for a once-in-a-lifetime treat, when the exhibit "Cliff Hollestelle: A Retrospective" will be showing at the University of Nebraska State Museum.
The exhibit in the museum's Cooper Gallery on the third floor of Morrill Hall, 14th and U streets on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln City Campus, will include approximately 100 pieces of Hollestelle's work, most from the last 20 years. Because the individual pieces come from the private collections of more than 50 owners in a five-state area, the exhibit will provide a one-time chance to see the works in the same room. The objects will be returned to their owners after the show ends its four-month run March 31. more...
