Wed, Apr 11, 2007
April 12, 2007
NEBRASKA UNION, 8AM
Research Fair Features NSF Speaker
The fifth annual University of Nebraska-Lincoln Research Fair continues today, and will feature a talk by Nathaniel Pitts, director of integrated activities for the National Science Foundation. He will discuss "Managing Science at the Frontier" in his 8 a.m. presentation at the Nebraska Union (room posted). Pitts speaks nationally and internationally on issues concerning science and technology policy and the evaluation of the U.S. basic research enterprise.
The Research Fair features presentations by representatives from foundations and federal funding agencies on research needs, opportunities, priorities and funding; events celebrating faculty achievements; displays of graduate- and undergraduate-conducted research and creative activity; and opportunities for undergraduate students to learn about graduate school.
UNL RESEARCH FAIR
NEBRASKA UNION, NOON
Peace Corps Representative Hosts Brown-bag Lunch
Individuals interested in the Peace Corps will have a chance to visit with Gretchen Mills today at noon in the Nebraska Union (room posted). Mills served in the Peace Corps in Pokrovka, Kyrgyzstan, in Central Asia.
Mills will present a short film and answer all Peace Corps questions. She will talk about her daily life as a Peace Corps volunteer and the projects that she worked on in Kyrgyzstan. Interested individuals are invited to bring their lunch and questions.
PEACE CORPS
Rhonda Willers - "Close Three"
THROUGH APRIL 18
MFA Thesis Exhibition II Opens
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Art and Art History Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition II opens April 9 and continues through April 18 at the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall on the UNL city campus.
The exhibitions includes work by MFA candidates Wendy Bantam, Jennifer Brant, Xiaomiao Wang and Rhonda Willers. A reception will be held April 13 from 5 - 7 p.m. in the gallery. Special gallery hours for the MFA Thesis Exhibitions are Monday - Friday, noon to 4 p.m.
EISENTRAGER-HOWARD GALLERY
HARDIN HALL - SCHOOL of NATURAL RESOURCES, 3:30PM
Water Center, Water Resources Research Initiative, School of Natural Resources Seminar - "Salinity Issues in the Wheat Belt Area of Western Australia"
Robert Sudmeyer, Dept of Agriculture and Food-Western Australia, Esperance, W. Australia. Hosted by James Brandle, School of Natural Resouces.
BEADLE CENTER, 4PM
Biotechnology/Life Sciences Spring 2007 Seminar - "Are microbial eukaryotes different? Recognition and persistance of fungal species"
Dr. John Taylor, University of California, Berkeley. A reception will be held at 3:30 p.m.
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
The Namesake, China Blue Show at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents The Namesake and China Blue. Both films will show through April 12.
The Namesake is the story of the Ganguli family whose move from Calcutta to New York evokes a lifelong balancing act to meld to a new world without forgetting the old. Though parents Ashoke and Ashima (Irfan Khan, Tabu) long for the family and culture that enveloped them in India, they take great pride in the opportunities their sacrifices have afforded their children. Paradoxically, their son Gogol (Kal Penn) is torn between finding his own unique identity without losing his heritage. Even Gogol's name represents the family's journey into the unknown.
China Blue takes us on a poignant journey inside a blue-jeans factory, where the working conditions Jasmine and her teenage friends must endure are harsh beyond imagination. They are also unlawful by international standards, and tensions in the factory are running high. So when the factory owner strikes a deal with a Western client and demands around-the-clock production to meet the deadline, a confrontation becomes inevitable. Shot clandestinely in China, under difficult conditions, this is a deep-access account of what both China and the international retail companies don't want us to see - how the clothes we buy are actually made.
More information is available at the Ross website.
