Thu, Apr 03, 2008
April 3, 2008
ROOM 124 HENZLIK HALL, 7PM
Comedian Cham Is GSAW Keynote Speaker
All students and faculty are invited to come out to hear Graduate Student Appreciation Week Keynote Speaker Jorge Cham. He will give a talk in Room 124 of Henzlik Hall at 7 p.m. Cham is the author of Piled Higher and Deeper (PhD Comics) which is published in newspapers and online and is based on the lives of several graduate students.
The Graduate Student of the Year award and Outstanding Service to Graduate Students Award will also be presented at this time. Part of Graduate Student Appreciation Week (GSAW). For a complete list of events visit the the GSAW website.
NEBRASKA STATE MUSEUM
Forsberg's 'On Ancient Wings' Exhibit Celebrates Sandhill Cranes
An exhibit of photographs by Lincoln photographer Michael Forsberg at the University of Nebraska State Museum coincides with the sandhill cranes' arrival in Nebraska. Through 44 stunning color photographs, "On Ancient Wings," on exhibit through Aug. 14 in the museum's third-floor Cooper Gallery, intertwines the lives of cranes, people and their common places.
Forsberg engaged in an extraordinary five-year, 65,000-mile personal odyssey from the Alaskan tundra to the arid high plains of the American West, from Cuban nature preserves to suburban backyards in Florida to document the cranes' native habitat, flyways and annual journeys. more...
NEBRASKA STATE MUSEUM
Thomas Frank's UNL Visit Canceled
A scheduled University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus visit April 3-4 by author Thomas Frank has been canceled. Author of "What's the Matter with Kansas," Frank was scheduled to deliver a lecture April 3 and visit a UNL history class April 4.
Sixth Annual Research Fair Continues
The sixth annual UNL Research Fair continues today in the Nebraska Union. This three-day celebration of research collaboration, creativity and innovation features speakers from major funding agencies, educational workshops and recognition of faculty success.
The Office of Research hosts the fair. It offers opportunities for faculty, staff and students to interact with representatives from federal agencies, visit with colleagues and explore ideas for future research and collaboration. Graduate and undergraduate students will showcase their research and creative activities at poster sessions. The fair is free and open to the public but registration is required for some events. Check out the full events schedule at the UNL Research Fair web site, where you can register for events that require it.
FULL RESEARCH FAIR SCHEDULE
NEBRASKA UNION (ROOM POSTED), 3:30PM
School of Biological Sciences' Showcase Seminar - "Butterfly wings, evo-devo and exploring morphospace"
Dr. Paul Brakefield, Leiden University
BRACE LAB 211, 3:30PM
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium - "B Physics at CDF: What It Takes to Make a Flagship Measurement at a Collider Experiment"
Dr. Ilya Kravchenko of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Colloquium abstract. Refreshments in Brace Lab 201 at 3:30 p.m.
W183 NEBRASKA HALL, 3:30PM
Engineering Mechanics Seminar Series - "Networks of microchannels: mimicking the microvasculature, separating blood cells, and immobilizing worms"
Dr. Sergey S. Shevkoplyas, Postdoctoral Fellow, Whitesides Group, Harvard University, Dept of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cambridge, MA
ROOM 107 HARDIN HALL AUDITORIUM, 4PM
2008 Environmental Studies Seminar - "Community Crops Program in Lincoln, Nebraska"
Case Studies: Presented by Senior Seminar Student Teams. Dingman, Emanuel, Mobley, Rupe and Schmoker.
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
The Band's Visit and City of Men Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents The Band's Visit and City Of Men. Both films will show through April 10.
Israeli filmmaker Eran Kolirin's debut feature, The Band's Visit, is a subtle, heartfelt, and humane work that goes a long way toward dissolving the incredibly complex cultural divide that continues to plague the Middle East. Kolirin perfectly navigates his film's slice-of-life tone, blending comedy and drama and poignancy without ever succumbing to one completely. In the wrong hands, this material could turn into a quirk-fest that parodies everyday life. Yet under Kolirin's assured command, it becomes something that feels like life itself.The Band's Visit is funny, lonely, inspiring, sad, and beautiful all at once.
In City Of Men, producer Fernando Meirelles (The Constant Gardner) returns to the Brazilian favelas of his Academy Award-nominated film, City of God. Growing up in a culture dictated by violence and run by street gangs, teenagers Acerola (Douglas Silva) and Laranjinha (Darlan Cunha) have become close as brothers. With their eighteenth birthdays fast approaching, Laranjinha sets out to find the father he never met, while Acerola struggles to raise his own young son. But when they suddenly find themselves on opposite sides of a gang war, the lifelong friends are forced to confront a shocking secret from their shared past.
More information is available at the Ross website.
