Tue, Feb 26, 2008
February 26, 2008
UNL Hosts Eating Disorders Awareness Week
A week to Be Comfortable in Your Genes is planned in observance of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (EDAW), Feb. 25-29, 2008. This marks the 12th year the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has observed the week. The Eating Disorder Education and Prevention Student Association (EDEP) planned all activities sponsored on campus to foster healthy ideas and encourage students to develop self-esteem and self-respect based on wellness principles.
Today, Charlie Foster will give a talk titled, "Body Image in a Diverse Population" at noon, and Summer Allen-Portsche and Jim Haley will present on the topic of "Men and Body Image" at 7 p.m. Both talks will take place in the Nebraska Union (room posted).
EATING DISORDER AWARENESS WEEK
N172 BEADLE CENTER, 4PM
Center for Biological Chemistry & Redox Biology Center Seminar - "Mechanisms of Enzymatic Reactions from Isotope Effects and Molecular Modeling"
Piotr Paneth, Faculty of Chemistry, Technical University of Lodz Poland. Refreshments served prior to lecture.
NEBRASKA UNION BALLROOM, 7:30PM
Ward Connerly, hosted by The Nebraska Association of Scholars
SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY, 5 - 7PM
Sheldon Holds College Night
The Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery welcomes all students and faculty to its College Nights this semester. The museum invites individual students, class groups and instructors to enjoy its offerings during this special opening during the evening.
Sheldon's permanent collection and special exhibitions will be available for guided tours or informal visits. Pizza and beverages will be offered. Hours will be from 5 to 7 p.m. (or, to 8 p.m. by request).
SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
The Orphanage and The Diving Bell and The Butterfly Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents The Orphanage and The Diving Bell and The Butterfly. Both films will show through February 28.
A woman discovers dark secrets hidden within her cherished childhood home in the supernatural drama The Orphanage, the feature film debut of acclaimed young Spanish director Juan Antonio Bayona. A superbly atmospheric and emotionally powerful tale of love, loss and guilt, The Orphanage is the first film ever to be presented by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, who also produced.
Celebrated painter and filmmaker Julian Schnabel's third feature finds him reaching new artistic heights with the audacious and personal The Diving Bell and The Butterfly, based on the best-selling memoir of the same name. The film tells the remarkable tale of Jean-Dominique Bauby (Mathieu Amalric), the world-renowned editor of French Elle magazine, who suffered a stroke and was paralyzed by the inexplicable "locked in" syndrome at age 43. Bauby's only way of communicating with the outside world was by blinking with one eye, and after several dedicated helpers helped him to speak through this seemingly irrelevant gesture, he began to produce the words that would form his memoir.
More information is available at the Ross website.
