Thu, Feb 05, 2009
February 5, 2009
Dewey Treks to Arctic Circle to Witness Environmental Trends
Ken Dewey has a new passion. Storm chasing is out. Climate change is in. After building a career on pursuing storms and snapping severe weather photos, the School of Natural Resources professor is exploring deeper into the environment to see if the global climate is truly shifting.
"This is not a direction I anticipated. I came here to see storms," Dewey said. "Honestly, I'm almost burned out from storm chasing and more fascinated by this.
"How can you not be fascinated by the controversy and debate that stems from climate change?" more...
'Exposures of Landscape and Life' photography exhibit at Sheldon
Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln presents "Exposures of Landscape and Life: Photographs from the Permanent Collection" now through May 17.
The exhibition includes photographs by artists who through their work and teachings have influenced the three contemporary photographers -- Arno Minkkinen, Hans Eijkelboom and Edward Burtynsky -- whose artworks are on view in the museum's current exhibition, "Evolving Eden: Three Photographic Perspectives." more...
SHELDON MUSEUM OF ART
NEBRASKA UNION, 11:30AM
NU Technology Meeting - "What is Cloud Computing? Is Cloud Computing Safe? What are the advantages and disadvantages? The Future of Cloud Computing."
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E228 BEADLE CENTER, 3:30PM
Special Seminar - "Shedding Light on Soybean Seed Filling Metabolism"
Dr. Doug Allen, Michigan State University. A reception will be held at 3:00 p.m.
211 BRACE LABORATORY, 4PM
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium - "Digging in the Stellar Graveyard: What White Dwarf Stars Tell Us about the Age of the Universe"
Dr. Terry Oswalt of the Florida Institute of Technology. Refreshments at 3:30 p.m. in Brace Lab 201.
NEBRASKA UNION, 4:30PM
Norman and Bernice Harris Center for Judaic Studies Lecture - "Israel Behind the Headlines"
Mr. Gershon Kedar, The Deputy Consul General of Chicago (Midwest Region)
NEBRASKA UNION AUDITORIUM, 7:30PM
Physics & Astronomy General Public Talk - "Chicken Little Was Right, the Sky IS Falling!"
Dr. Terry Oswalt of the Florida Institute of Technology.
