Tue, Jan 27, 2009
January 27, 2009
NEBRASKA UNION, 11AM - 2PM
International Affairs Hosts Study Abroad Fair
Students and other interested individuals will get a chance to take a close look at University of Nebraska-Lincoln study-abroad programs today from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. in the Nebraska Union when the Office of International Affairs presents its semesterly Study Abroad Fair.
The event will provide information on UNL programs around the world and opportunities for financial aid and scholarships. Participants will also have a chance to win a scholarship to be applied to a study-abroad program. For more information, call International Affairs at (402) 472-5358 or visit its website.
N172 BEADLE CENTER, 4PM
Center for Biological Chemistry/Redox Biology Center Seminar - "Structural and Mechanistic Studies on the Reduction of Cysteine-sulfinic Acid in Peroxireduction"
Todd Lowther, Center for Structural Biology, Department of Biochemistry at Wake Forest School of Medicine. Refreshments will be available
N The Know Talks Credit Card Debt
"N the Know" is a series of mini-lectures by UNL faculty on a wide variety of topics created by University Communications. This week, Extension Family Economist Kathleen Prochaska-Cue discusses "How Can I Lower My Credit Card Debts?"
N THE KNOW | UNL MEDIAHUB
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Stranded and Slumdog Millionaire Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Stranded: I've Come From A Plane That Crashed On The Mountains and Slumdog Millionaire. Both films will screen through January 29.
In October 1972, a plane carrying a team of young rugby players from Montevideo, Uruguay, went down in a snow-covered valley in the Andes. The dramatic tale of the survivors' struggle to stay alive and be rescued, already told in a bestselling book and feature film, finds new depth and resonance in Stranded: I've Come From A Plane That Crashed On The Mountains. Director Gonzalo Arijón, a childhood friend of some of the survivors, takes them back to the crash site, where they go into agonizing detail as they tell their remarkable, heartbreaking story, aided by re-creations of pivotal events. Florencia De Concillo-Perrin's score adds to the tension, and the film plays out like a gripping procedural, including interviews with people who were leading the rescue effort. Both frightening and exhilarating, Stranded, which has won awards at film festivals all around the world, is an unforgettable documentary about an unforgettable story.
Slumdog Millionaire is the story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much? Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up, of their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show's questions. Intrigued by Jamal's story, the jaded Police Inspector begins to wonder what a young man with no apparent desire for riches is really doing on this game show? When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and sixty million viewers are about to find out…
More information is available at the Ross website.
