Fri, Apr 04, 2008
April 4-6, 2008
LIED CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS, SUN 2PM
All University Honors Convocation is Sunday at Lied Center
Outstanding students and faculty will be recognized at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's annual All University Honors Convocation April 6. Chancellor Harvey Perlman will preside over the event that begins at 2 p.m. in the Lied Center for Performing Arts, 301 N. 12th St. The convocation is free and open to the public and no tickets are required.
Among the students to be recognized include 25 Chancellor's Scholars who will receive their degrees in May and August who have maintained 4.0 GPA on all collegiate work. more...
UNL Announces New Energy Sciences Minor
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has created a new interdisciplinary minor in energy sciences, beginning in fall 2008. The minor can be declared by students in any undergraduate major, and will provide an opportunity for students to learn about the capture, production, storage and utilization of energy, and the associated energy choices societies must make related to economics and the environment.
"We want students to obtain an understanding of energy, what it has meant to societies historically, and how important energy is to our lives," said Ron Yoder, head of UNL's Department of Biological Systems Engineering and leader of the steering committee that developed the minor. more...
ENERGY SCIENCES MINOR
MEN'S TENNIS | NEBRASKA TENNIS CENTER, FRI 2PM
Nebraska Cornhuskers Vs Oklahoma State Cowboys
BASEBALL | HAWKS FIELD, HAYMARKET PARK, FRI 6:35PM
Nebraska Cornhuskers Vs Texas Tech Red Raiders
MEN'S TENNIS | NEBRASKA TENNIS CENTER, SAT 1PM
Nebraska Cornhuskers Vs Texas Longhorns
MEN'S GYMNASTICS | DEVANEY CENTER, SAT 2PM
2008 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships
BASEBALL | HAWKS FIELD, HAYMARKET PARK, SAT 2:05PM
Nebraska Cornhuskers Vs Texas Tech Red Raiders
BASEBALL | HAWKS FIELD, HAYMARKET PARK, SUN 1:05PM
Nebraska Cornhuskers Vs Texas Tech Red Raiders
Two Exhibitions Continue at Quilt Study Center
The "Nancy Crow: Cloth, Culture, Context" and "Quilts in Common" exhibitions continue at the International Quilt Study Center & Museum, located on UNL's East Campus at 33rd and Holdrege. "Quilts in Common" features works from nine different countries - Canada, France, Germany, India, Japan, Norway, Pakistan, the United Kingdom (Wales) and the United States - and from four centuries: the eighteenth through the twenty-first, while "Cloth, Culture, Context" features pieces from the last three decades of work from Crow.
Admission is free for UNL Students, Faculty & Staff. $5 for adults and $3 for children (under the age of 4 are free). Museum hours on Friday and Saturday are 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Sunday hours are 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
INTERNATIONAL QUILT STUDY CENTER & MUSEUM
CREAMERY BUILDING, 701 P ST, FIRST FLOOR, FRI 6-10PM
Event Highlights UNL Students' Study Abroad Experiences
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Office of International Affairs and College of Journalism and Mass Communications will team up April 4 to highlight UNL students' study-abroad stories through a collection of photographs, art, poetry and flamenco music.
This first-time event will take place at the Creamery Building, 701 P St. in the Haymarket from 6 to 10 p.m. April 4. The exhibit is free and open to the public and refreshments will be available. more...
707 OLDFATHER HALL, FRI 11:30AM
Sociology Department Colloquium - "Discourse Analysis as Mixed Methods: Studying the Deep Semiotic Structure of Deservingness While Fighting for Social Justice"
Dr. Sanford Schram, Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research at Bryn Mawr College.
707 OLDFATHER HALL, FRI 12:30PM
Sociology Department Colloquium - "To Disclose or Not Disclose: Coming Out as Gay or Bisexual to Parents and Its Mental Health Consequences"
Dr. Elbert Almazan, Epidemiology Department, University of California Los Angeles.
327 KEIM HALL, FRI 3PM
Agronomy & Horticulture Seminar - "The UNL NSF EPSCor Chromatin Biology Grant: Whole Genome Analysis of Histone Modifications in Arabidopsis During Water Deficits"
Michael Fromm, Director, NRI Center for Biotechnology. Refreshments at 2:30 p.m.
210 FILLEY HALL, FRI 3PM
Dept. of Agricultural Economics Spring Seminar Series - "Cash Prices and Captive Supplies in Fed Cattle Markets"
John Schroeter, Iowa State University
117 BESSEY HALL, FRI 3:30PM
Department of Geosciences Stout Lecture - "The Response of Squall Lines to Nocturnal Cooling"
Matt Parker, North Carolina State University
112 HAMILTON HALL, FRI 3:30PM
Chemistry Colloquium - "QM/MM Simulations: Recent Developments and Biophysical Applications"
Professor Qiang Cui from University of Wisconsin-Madison
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.
