Tue, Feb 10, 2009
February 10, 2009
KIMBALL RECITAL HALL, 7:30PM
School of Music Presents Faculty Recital
Faculty artist Scott Anderson, trombone, will be joined by Michael Cotton, piano, and Craig Fuller, tuba, in a recital of classical music at Kimball Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. The repertoire will include Reciprocity for Trombone and Contrabass Tuba by James Meador, Sonata for Trombone and Piano by Eric Ewazen, and other pieces.
This event is free and open to the public.
INTERNATIONAL QUILT STUDY CENTER & MUSEUM, NOON
Tuesday Talk - "Yikes! Stripes"
Graduate student curator, Elizabeth Andrews. Free with Admission.
BAILEY LIBRARY ANDREWS HALL, 3:30PM
WGS Colloquium - "Meet Dr. Dickinson: Probably the Most Influential Sexologist of the 20th Century About Whom You've Never Heard"
Rose Holz & Sarah Rodriguez
NEBRASKA EAST UNION, 4PM
Entomology Seminar - "Use of Neem (Azadirachta indica) to Control Bruchids on Cowpeas (Vigna unguiculata)"
Bamphitlhi "Banks" Tiroesele, Entomology Graduate Student. Refreshments at 3:45 p.m.
LIED CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS, 7PM | LIVE STREAM
Former South African President de Klerk to Give Thompson Lecture
F.W. de Klerk, former president of South Africa, will give the next E. N. Thompson Forum lecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His talk, "Bridging the Gap: Globalization without Isolation," at 7 p.m. Feb. 10 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts, 301 N. 12th St., is also the Lewis E. Harris Lecture on Public Policy.
During his time as president of South Africa, de Klerk released Nelson Mandela from prison, and initiated and presided over the dismantling of apartheid, the adoption of South Africa's first fully democratic constitution, and the country's first multiracial elections. In 1993, Mandela and de Klerk shared the Nobel Peace Prize. One of the most influential statesmen of our time, de Klerk founded and is chairman of the Global Leadership Foundation, a consortium of former heads of state dedicated to promoting peace, democracy and development worldwide by providing confidential peer-to-peer advice to governments. more...
E.N. THOMPSON FORUM
Nebraska Engineering Teams to Experiment at NASA Microgravity University
This spring, two teams from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering will conduct experiments with NASA's Microgravity University.
Both projects will involve students in a series of parabolic reduced-gravity flights that depart from Ellington Field in Houston and reach 35,000 feet above the earth's surface. NASA's Microgravity University engages students from several colleges and universities in scientific research that helps our nation's space program to refine its efforts. The teams decide their members' roles including flight preparation, participation and follow-up reporting. more...
