Mon, Apr 13, 2009
April 13, 2009
Leading Researcher Discusses Commercializing Research
Robert S. Langer, one of the world's leading innovators in biomedical and engineering research, will discuss the process for successfully commercializing research at a 1:30 p.m. video seminar in the Nebraska Union auditorium.
The UNL Office of Technology Development is sponsoring the free seminar featuring Langer, a chemical engineer and Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is highly qualified to speak about innovation and commercialization, as many of his more than 600 issued or pending patents have been licensed to more than 200 companies and have formed the basis for nearly two dozen start-up companies, earning him recognition as "one of history's most prolific inventors in medicine." more...
MFA Thesis Exhibition II Opens
The second of three MFA Thesis Exhibitions opens today at the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln city campus. Three Master of Fine Arts candidates in the Department of Art and Art History will show their work in the exhibition.
MFA Thesis Exhibition II will run April 13-17 and features the work of Sarah Barnard Blitz, Jewel Noll and Kelly Manning. A closing reception will be held April 17 from 5-7 p.m. in the gallery. Gallery hours for these three MFA Thesis Exhibitions are Monday-Friday, noon to 4 p.m.
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Wendy And Lucy, Gomorrah Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Wendy And Lucy, Gomorrah. Wendy And Lucy will screen through April 16, while Gomorrah will show through April 23.
On the heels of her critically lauded Old Joy, Kelly Reichardt delivers another deeply resonant portrait of a dying America with Wendy And Lucy. This time, the film is centered on a young woman, played with utter conviction and selflessness by Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain). Williams is Wendy, a down-on-her-luck woman who has driven across-country with her dog, Lucy, in search of a better life in Alaska. Wendy can barely support this journey, and when her car breaks down in Oregon and she becomes separated from Lucy, her predicament becomes even more dire. Wendy And Lucy is a tribute to marginalized characters that the movies, and the real world, would usually rather ignore.
Based on the book by Roberto Saviano, Matteo Garrone's Gomorrah is a powerful indictment of the corruption that is running rampant in Italy. His decision to present such a wide spectrum of characters enables him to show just how deeply everyone is impacted by this terrifying, unchecked display of criminal power. Cinematically, he employs a dizzying array of styles in order to further establish the frighteningly ungoverned atmosphere that pervades this community. Gomorrah succeeds as both visceral entertainment and thoughtful social commentary
More information is available at the Ross website.
