Fri, Sep 26, 2008
September 26-28, 2008
NEBRASKA UNION, FRI 2PM | LIVE STREAM AVAILABLE AT START TIME
Raikes to Give Lecture During Raikes School Dedication Weekend
Jeffrey S. Raikes, chief executive of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and namesake of the new Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will present a lecture 2 p.m. Sept. 26 at the Nebraska Union, 1400 R St.
Raikes' lecture is titled "Business and Leadership Lessons." The one-hour lecture is free and open to the public. The lecture is in conjunction with a host of related activities Sept. 26-27 celebrating the dedication of the new Raikes School, formerly the J.D. Edwards Honors Program in Computer Science and Management. more...
JEFFREY S. RAIKES SCHOOL
NEBRASKA UNION, FRI 8:30PM
Student Involvement Hosts Rock The Vote
Campus Night Life presents Rock the Vote on September 26 at 8:30 in the Nebraska Union. The event includes free food and music (Darnell Levine, Jackson Waters, JV Allstars), T-shirt give-aways, voter registration and candidate information.
STUDENT INVOLVEMENT
FOOTBALL | MEMORIAL STADIUM, SAT 7PM
Nebraska Cornhuskers Vs Virginia Tech Hokies
SOCCER | NEBRASKA SOCCER FIELD, SUN 1PM
Nebraska Cornhuskers Vs Missouri Tigers
Computer Science and Engineering Celebrate 40 Years
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Computer Science and Engineering is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its founding with a series of events Sept. 25-27 that highlight the development and accomplishments of the department.
Celebration events include a keynote address by Richard Sincovec, a tour of the facilities, talks by other speakers, a formal dedication of the new Schorr Center for Computer Science and Engineering, and a pre-game party before the Nebraska-Virginia Tech football game on Saturday. more...
DEPT. OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
212 CBA, FRI 2:30PM
Marketing Department Visiting Scholar Lecture - "God & Mammon: The Influence of Religiosity on Brand Connections"
Dr. Aric Rindfleisch, Associate Dean for Research & Ph.D. Programs and Professor of Marketing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
210 FILLEY HALL, FRI 3PM
Agricultural Economics Seminar Series - "Is Dishonesty Contagious?"
Dr. Robert Innes, University of Arizona
NEBRASKA EAST UNION, FRI 3PM
Agronomy & Horticulture Seminar - "University of Nebraska's Plant Transformation Core Research Facility: A Status Report"
Tom Clemente, Associate Professor - Agronomy & Horticulture. Refreshments at 2:30 p.m.
112 HAMILTON HALL, FRI 3:30PM
Chemistry Colloquium - "The Chemistry-Medicine Continuum Part II: Synthetic and Biological Studies on Latent HIV/AIDS Virus, Cancer and Cognition"
Professor Paul A. Wender, Hamilton Award Lectureship from Stanford University
115 AVERY HALL, FRI 4PM
Mathematics Department Colloquium - "On Wave Equations with Interior and Boundary Interactions between Supercritical Sources and Dampings"
Lorena Bociu. The talk will be preceded by refreshments in 348 Avery.
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Tell No One and Man On Wire Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Tell No One and Man On Wire. Tell No One will show through October 9, while and Man On Wire will play for one week only, through October 2.
In the shortcut language of a movie pitch, Guillaume Canet's delicious contemporary thriller Tell No One is Vertigo meets The Fugitive by way of The Big Sleep. That is meant as high praise. This French adaptation of Harlan Coben's 2001 best seller is the kind of conspiracy-minded mystery almost no one seems capable of creating anymore, except David Lynch in his surreal way. Watching it is like gorging on a hot fudge sundae in the good old days when few worried about sugar and fat. There are no bogus geopolitics weighing it down with a spurious relevance. Beautifully written and acted, Tell No One is a labyrinth in which to get deliriously lost. - Stephen Holden, The New York Times
James Marsh's dazzling, invigorating documentary Man On Wire tells the story of a truly inspiring figure. In the early 1970s, a fiery young Frenchman named Philippe Petit wanted to shake up the world. When he saw the World Trade Center being built in New York City, he found his mission. After seven years of planning and many close scares, the time came for Petit to realize his dream--and the rest, as they say, is history. Marsh crafts Man On Wire like a heist film, presenting rare and fascinating footage of the actual event alongside flawless reenactments and modern-day interviews with the participants. The result is an immersive, emotionally gratifying motion picture, made all the more stimulating by Michael Nyman's electrifying score.
More information is available at the Ross website.
