Tue, Feb 24, 2009
February 24, 2009
Harvard Bioengineer to Give Lecture
Harvard University professor Jeffrey Fredberg will give a lecture, "A Hard Day in the Life of a Soft Cell," at 11 a.m. today in the Walter Scott Engineering Center, room 237. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Fredberg is a professor of bioengineering and physiology in the Molecular and Integrative Physiological Sciences program with the Department of Environmental Health at Harvard’s School of Public Health. more...
Eating Disorders Awareness Week is Feb. 23-27
A week to "Be Real...Be True...Be You...Head 2 Toe!" is planned at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Feb. 23-27 in observance of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week.
The week continues with a panel discussion at 7 p.m. today on the "F Words: Food, Fear, Fitness, Fat Fads." more...
EDAW SCHEDULE
Creighton's Documentary Explores Academic Achievement Gap
University of Nebraska-Lincoln broadcasting lecturer Trina Creighton is giving African American men a voice that is helping others understand social stigmas attached to higher education.
Inspired by her graduate thesis, Creighton has created a documentary that features 10 African American men from north Omaha talking about their education paths. Four of the individuals are enrolled at UNL, another graduated in August, and the other five remain in Omaha, with two in prison. more...
327 SCOTT ENGINEERING CENTER, 11AM
College of Engineering Lecture - "A Hard Day in the Life of a Soft Cell"
Jeffrey J. Fredberg, Ph.D., Harvard bioengineering professor.
N172 BEADLE CENTER, 4PM
Center for Biological Chemistry/Redox Biology Center Seminar - "Mechanistic and Biophysical Studies of Hydrolases"
Cynthia M. Dupureur, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Missouri - St. Louis. Refreshments will be available.
NEBRASKA EAST UNION, 4PM
Entomology Seminar - "Population Regulating Factors for the Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica "
Kentaro Miwa, Entomology Graduate Student. Refreshments at 3:45 p.m.
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Three Films Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Slumdog Millionaire, Obscene, and The Pool. All three films will screen through February 26.
Oscar-award winning 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...
Obscene is the definitive film biography of Barney Rosset, the influential publisher of Grove Press and the Evergreen Review. He acquired the then fledgling Grove Press in 1951 and soon embarked on a tumultuous career of publishing and political engagement that continues to inspire today's defenders of free expression. Not only was he the first American publisher of acclaimed authors Samuel Beckett, Kenzaburo Oe, Tom Stoppard, Che Guevara, and Malcolm X, but he also battled the government in the highest courts to overrule the obscenity ban on groundbreaking works of fiction such as Lady Chatterley's Lover, Tropic of Cancer and Naked Lunch. Ultimately he won and altered the course of history, but not without first enduring lawsuits, death-threats, grenade attacks, government surveillance, and the occupation of his premises by enraged feminists.
The Pool is the story of Venkatesh, a "room boy" working at a hotel in Panjim, Goa, who sees from his perch in a mango tree a luxuriant garden and shimmering pool hidden behind a wall. In making whatever efforts he can to better himself, Venkatesh offers his services to the wealthy owner of the home. Not content to simply dream about a different life, Venkatesh is inquisitive about the home's inhabitants-indeed about the world around him-and his curiosity changes the shape of his future. Remarkably cogent and affecting, this is inspired storytelling distinctive for its ability to transmit a complete viewpoint in just a phrase or brief conversation. Working in Hindi with young actors and in a country obviously not his own, Smith has nevertheless created a superbly incisive portrait that will take a place on a global stage.
More information is available at the Ross website.
