Thu, Apr 12, 2007
April 12, 2007
WICK ALUMNI CENTER, 8PM
Guest Speaker Explores Role of Science in Popular Films
Sidney Perkowitz, Candler professor of physics at Emory University in Atlanta, will speak as part of the "Communicating Science, Math and Engineering to Broader Audiences" conference at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
The conference, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the UNL Office of Research, will be held April 12-13. Perkowitz will speak at 8 p.m. this evening at the Wick Alumni Center, 1520 R St. His talk is free and open to the public. more...
NEBRASKA UNION, REGENCY ROOM, 7:30PM
Astronomer to ask 'Where Are They?'
Astrobiology, the study of life in the universe, is still a science without any extraterrestrial specimens. However, ongoing research in planetary science, biology and astronomy is sharpening scientists' estimates for the probability of life elsewhere and highlighting the weakest links in human understanding.
Debra Fischer, an astronomer at San Francisco State University, will discuss that research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in a lecture titled "Where Are They?" Her talk is geared for a general audience and will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Regency Room of the Nebraska Union, 1400 R St. It is free and open to the public. more...
UNL CAMPUS, APRIL 12-13
Symposium on Motivation at Focuses on Tobacco Dependence
The 55th annual Nebraska Symposium on Motivation will focus on smoking and nicotine dependence, the leading cause of preventable deaths in the United States.
The conference, hosted by the Department of Psychology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will be April 12-13 on the UNL City Campus more...
GREAT PLAINS ART MUSEUM, 3:30PM
Grassland Foundation Lecture Looks at Future of Rural Communities
Most rural areas of the northern and central plains are seeing an acceleration of the depopulation trend that began in the 1960s. While the farm and ranch economy remains financially uncertain, population growth around large urban centers has had an impact on the value of the land surrounding those cities.
Economic and policy analyst Larry Swanson will discuss these trends at the Grassland Foundation's second annual lecture on "Grassland Conservation and Sustainable Communities" at 3:30 p.m. in the Great Plains Art Museum, 1155 Q St. Swanson's talk, "Can the Path be Altered? Salvaging and Renewing Communities of the Rural Plains," and a 3 p.m. reception in the museum are free and open to the public. more...
LIED CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS, 7:30PM
'Freedom Sings' Tells Story of Music Censorship, Social Anthems
"Freedom Sings," a live multimedia performance celebrating freedom of expression in America, will be presented free at 7:30 p.m. this evening at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Using musical performance, film, photographs and narration, the critically acclaimed 90-minute program tells the story of three centuries of banned or censored music in the United States and invites the audience to take a fresh look at the First Amendment and the impact of freedom of speech.
The performance will be presented at the Lied Center for Performing Arts, 301 N. 12th St., in conjunction with the university's J Days programming. Sponsored by the UNL College of Journalism and Mass Communications in partnership with the ASUN student government, "Freedom Sings" is free and open to the public. more...
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER, APRIL 12-15
Film Festival to Celebrate Race, Identity, Revolution
A diverse range of films highlighting the African American experience will be shown in the upcoming African American and African Studies Film Festival at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The festival theme is, "Blacks In Film 1969-2006: Race, Identity and Revolution." Screenings will be April 12-15 at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 313 N. 13th St. All events are free and open to the public.
The festival will feature six films that highlight black experiences in the United States, the Caribbean, Latin America and Africa. It will open with two films representing the Blaxploitation tradition, "Superfly" and "Foxy Brown." Screenings continue with films that address revolutionary and post-colonial movements: "Sugar Cane Alley," "Burn!", "Flame" and "Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela." more...
AFRICAN AMERICAN AND AFRICAN STUDIES FILM FESTIVAL
GREAT PLAINS ART GALLERY, 7:30PM
Award-Winning Author Steve Stern to Speak
Award-winning author Steve Stern will give a public reading tonight at 7 p.m. in the Great Plains Art Gallery, 1155 Q St. The event is co-sponsored by the Norman and Bernice Harris Center for Judaic Studies and the Department of English. The reading is free and open to the public, and will be followed by a reception.
Stern is the author of several short story collections, including "The Wedding Jester" (winner of the National Jewish Book Award), "Isaac and the Undertaker's Daughter" (winner of a Pushcart Writer's Choice Award and an O. Henry Prize), and "Lazar Malkin Enters Heaven" (winner of the Edward Lewis Wallant Award for Jewish American fiction). He has also written three novels and two books for children. In 2004, Stern received a Fulbright grant to teach at Bar Ilan University in Tel Aviv, Israel. He currently teaches creative writing at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. more...
GREAT PLAINS ART MUSEUM, 3:30PM
Lecture on Grasslands Conservation and Sustainable Communities - "Can the Path be Altered?"
Larry Swanson, Director, O'Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West, University of Montana.
BRACE LAB, 3:30PM
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium - "Planet Formation and Evolution"
Dr. Debra Fischer, San Francisco State University Refreshments: Brace Lab 201 at 3:30 p.m. Colloquium abstract
HAMILTON HALL, 3:30PM
School of Biological Sciences Seminar Series - "Patterns and dynamics in grass genome evolution"
Jeff Bennetzen, University of Georgia
GREAT PLAINS ART MUSEUM, 7PM
2007 Krivosha Lecturer
Steve Stern, Professor of English and Creative Writing, Skidmore College
NEBRASKA UNION, 7:30PM
Astronomy General Public Talk - "Finding Black Holes in Space"
Dr. Debra Fischer, San Francisco State University Astrobiology
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.
