Thu, May 07, 2009
May 7, 2009
UNL CAMPUS THIS WEEK
Final Exams Are Here
Final Examinations for Second Semester 2008-2009 will be given throughout this week (May 4 - 8).
View the university's official policy on Final Examinations and 15th Week, from Registration and Records, or see the full Final Exam Schedule.
ACADEMIC SERVICES HANDBOOK
UNL Monitors H1N1 Flu
UNL officials are actively monitoring the recent outbreak of H1N1 influenza that has sickened people in Mexico, Canada and other countries, and the U.S.
Up-to-date information can be found on the H1N1 Flu Update page at the UNL Emergency site.
Research Gives Clues for Self-Cleaning Materials, Water-Striding Robots
Self-cleaning walls, counter tops, fabrics, even micro-robots that can walk on water -- all those things and more could be closer to reality thanks to research recently completed by scientists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and at Japan's RIKEN institute.
Humans have marveled for millennia at how water beads up and rolls off flowers, caterpillars and some insects, and how insects like water striders are able to walk effortlessly on water. It's a property called super hydrophobia and it's been examined seriously by scientists since at least the 1930s. more...
N172 BEADLE CENTER, 4PM
Center for Biological Chemistry Special Seminar - "A Discriminating Guide to Carbon Concentrating Mechanisms: Photosynthetic Turbochargers for Food and Fuel Production"
Dr. Howard Griffiths, Professor of Plant Ecology, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, United Kingdon
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Fados, Everlasting Moments Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Fados, Everlasting Moments. Both films will show through May 7.
Fados completes the musical trilogy of award-winning Carlos Saura (Flamenco, 1995; Tango, 1998). Using Lisbon as a backdrop, he explores Portugal’s most emblematic musical genre (fado) and its haunting spirit of saudade (melancholy). Tracing its African and Brazilian origins up to the new wave of modern faudistas, he ingeniously deploys mirrors, back projections, lighting effects, and lush colors to frame each song, ranging from a campfire ringed by sinuous dancers to a balletic catfight between two jealous women to a thrilling desgarrada (musical duel) in a fado cafe. The result is a ravishing fusion of cinema, song, dance and instrumental numbers.
Inspired by a true story, Everlasting Moments focuses on Maria Larsson (Maria Heiskanen), a Finnish mother and housewife who devotes all of her attention, care, and consideration to the well-being of her family. Not that her dockworker husband, Sigge (Mikael Persbrandt), particularly deserves such consideration; a brutish, alcoholic lout, his evenings consist of making life hell for Maria and their daughter with tyrannical, abusive behavior. As the dockworkers go on strike and the family's economic situation plummets, a ray of hope appears, in the form of a Contessa camera won in a local lottery. Unsurprisingly, Maria at first attempts to pawn it to reel in extra monies, but store owner Sebastian Pedersen convinces her otherwise; he teaches her how to use it, and she begins taking gorgeous, haunting photographs with the unaffected, instinctive perceptions of a young child. As the woman's self-discovery builds and her identity takes on form and definition, Sebastian unofficially takes her on as a protegee. Meanwhile, Sigge's life falls to pieces when the authorities connect him with the catastrophic explosion of a British vessel. - All Movie Guide
More information is available at the Ross website.
