Wed, Apr 01, 2009
April 1, 2009
Early Childhood Development Expert to Give Talk
The Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools presents a lecture from Jack P. Shonkoff, MD as part of their Creating Connections Series at 4 p.m. in the Nebraska Union. Shonkoff's talk is titled, "The Science of Early Childhood Development: Closing the Gap Between What We Know and What We Do" and is free and open to the public.
Jack P. Shonkoff is the Julius B. Richmond FAMRI Professor of Child Health and Development and Founding Director of the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. He currently chairs the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, a multidisciplinary collaboration comprising leading scholars in neuroscience, psychology, pediatrics, and economics.
Award-Winning Native Columnist and Activist Harjo to Visit Indian Center
Journalist, lecturer and activist Suzan Shown Harjo will speak at the Indian Center (1100 Military Road) at 7 p.m. as part of the College of Journalism and Mass Communications' 2009 "Native Daughters" depth reporting class. Students from the class will interview Harjo earlier in the day for a documentary, magazine, blog and Web site that will be produced during the spring and fall semesters.
Harjo is a veteran broadcaster and award-winning columnist and founded and co-chaired the Howard Simons Fund for American Indian Journalists. Harjo also founded The Morning Star Institute in 1984. The institute is a national, non-profit Indian rights organization that promotes cultural advocacy, the arts and research.
Powell blogs about year-long Fulbright experience
Larkin Powell, associate professor in the School of Natural Resources, is serving as a Fulbright Scholar at Polytechnic of Namibia in Windhoek, Namibia, through November. Also along for the journey are Powell's wife, Kelly, and their 11-year-old son, Tristan. The three have started a blog, "Nebraska to Namibia: From Sandhills to sand dunes," outlining their experiences at http://namibiafulbright.blogspot.com/.
The idea for the blog was planted by Kelly Smith, a specialist in drought resources in the School of Natural Resources. When Smith suggested it, Powell thought it was an insane idea. more...
HARDIN HALL AUDITORIUM, 3:30PM
Spring 2009 Water Seminar Series - "Thermal Effects of Large Water Bodies on Local and Regional Climate"
Ken Hinkel, University of Cincinnati
GREAT PLAINS ART MUSEUM, 3:30PM
Grassland Conservation and Sustainable Communities Lecture - "Global Developments in Private Conservation: Do They Apply to the Northern Great Plains?"
Jeff Langholz, Associate Professor, Monterey Institute of International Studies. A reception will be held at 3:00 p.m.
E103 BEADLE CENTER, 4PM
Biotechnology/Life Sciences Spring 2009 Seminar - "Emerging Biotechnologies and their Potential for Control of Termites and other Social Insect Pests"
Dr. Claudia Husseneder, Louisiana State University. A reception will be held at 3:30 p.m.
NEBRASKA UNION AUDITORIUM, 7PM
Honors Forum - a Nebraska Colloquium event - "Citizenship: The Significance of Borders, Rights and Identity"
Professor Anna Shavers
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
The Class and Che Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents The Class and Che. Both films will screen through April 9.
Winner of the Palme d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, master French director Laurent Cantet's The Class is an absorbing journey into a multicultural high school in Paris over the course of a school year. Francois Begaudeau--an actual teacher and the author upon whose work the film was based--is utterly convincing as Francois, an open minded teacher in charge of a classroom of youngsters from a wide variety of backgrounds. Of course, the mere fact that he's older and in a position of authority causes his students to challenge him on many occasions.
November 26, 1956; Led by Fidel Castro (Demian Bichir), a band of 80 rebels sails to Cuba. Among these young rebels is Argentine physician, Marxist, soldier, Ernesto "Che" Guevara (Benicio Del Toro). Nation-less, strapped for resources and fueled only by determination, the group engages in swift, bloody battle to free the Cuban people from the corrupt dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. Che and his soldiers wrestle the nation's resources and affection from Batista's grasp. Though considered a hero by some, Che becomes a hugely controversial figure. At the height of his fame and power, he disappears. Entering South America incognito, Che recruits another band of guerilla fighters in the harsh Bolivian jungles. They embark upon a mission to spark revolution throughout Latin America.
More information is available at the Ross website.
