Wed, Feb 13, 2008
February 13, 2008
NEBRASKA UNION CENTENNIAL ROOM, 11AM - 5PM
Spring Blood Drive Continues
In conjunction with the Community Blood Bank of the Lancaster County Medical Society, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Campus Red Cross will be holding a spring blood drive in the Nebraska Union Centennial room today from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. You can register on the web for a time that suits your needs best, and walk-ins are also welcome.
As a proud member of America's Blood Centers network of 500 community-based blood centers in 46 states, the CBB distributes a portion of the blood supplied to more than half of the nation's 6,000 hospitals.
BLOOD DRIVE REGISTRATION
NEBRASKA UNION, NOON
Peace Corps Brown Bag Lunch - "Learn more about the peace corps"
Nicolette Beller
ROOM 107 HARDIN HALL AUDITORIUM, 3:30PM
SNR & Water Center 2008 Spring Seminars - "Ecological Implications of Climate Change"
Rosina Bierbaum, University of Michigan. Hosted by Don Wilhite, Director of The School of Natural Resources at UNL
ROOM 118H NEIHARDT RESIDENTIAL CENTER, 3:30PM
UHON 395 Lecture - "Carbonomics: Could Bioenergy Save the World?"
Dr L. Fulginiti and Dr. R. Perrin
E103 BEADLE CENTER, 4PM
Biotechnology/Life Sciences Spring 2008 Seminar - "Plasma Membrane-Associated Degradation of Misfolded Proteins"
Dr. H. Johnny Fares, University of Arizona. Reception at 3:30 p.m.
THE CRIB, NEBRASKA UNION, 6PM
Black History Month Taste of Harlem 2008 Talk - "The Role of Race and Gender in the 2008 Election"
Byron D'Andra Orey, associate professor of political science
UNL Professor Features Physics of NASCAR in New Book
Tapping into the wave of making science more interesting for students, University of Nebraska-Lincoln physicist Diandra Leslie-Pelecky became a NASCAR fanatic by accident. On Feb. 14, Dutton will release a new NASCAR-licensed book, "The Physics of NASCAR: How to Make Steel + Gas + Rubber = Speed," that strips away the paint scheme and aura of today's high-performance stock car and addresses the engineering and physics of how its built, tested and raced both for speed and safety.
Leslie-Pelecky, an associate professor of physics and astronomy, said she had no interest in automobile racing until one night, channel-surfing past the Food Network, she happened upon a NASCAR race and saw a group of cars turning a corner. When one car slid and hit the wall while the others maintained their track integrity, she took notice. more...
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
War Dance and The Savages Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents War Dance and The Savages. Both films will show through February 14.
Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine's War Dance is a powerful documentary that follows a group of schoolchildren as they overcome nearly insurmountable odds in their quest to participate in the annual Kampala Music Festival. For over 20 years, Northern Uganda has been a war zone, as a vicious rebel force, the Lord's Resistance Army, has run rampant, destroying villages, kidnapping children, and murdering parents. Somehow, the children of the Patongo Primary School have qualified for the Kampala Music Festival competition for the first time, a feat unto itself; yet these children are determined to take home the championship prize.
Director Tamara Jenkins made audiences sit for nearly a decade for her follow-up to the hilarious dark comedy Slums Of Beverly Hills, but it's been worth the wait. Like her previous film, The Savages is a sometimes-funny, sometimes-sad look at family dynamics, but this time around the sense of humor is more wry than riotous. Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman play Wendy and Jon Savage, a pair of siblings on the cusp of middle age. Their estranged father (Philip Bosco) lives across the country, but the Savages reluctantly rush to see him when they learn that he may not be able to take care of himself any longer. Jon and Wendy bicker over problems old and new as they try to figure out what's best for a man they barely know.
More information is available at the Ross website.
