Mon, Jul 06, 2009
July 6-10, 2009
Geosciences Students 2nd in World Petroleum Geology Competition
A team of geosciences graduate students from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln was awarded second place honors in the international finals of the Imperial Barrel Competition, an annual contest sponsored by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. The team members were presented with a trophy and $10,000 on June 8 in Denver.
This year's competition attracted teams of graduate students from 89 universities from around the world. Students are given a subsurface geoscientific dataset and have to develop and present their interpretation of its prospectivity for oil or gas discovery. A series of 10 regional competitions was held to determine the finalists that competed at the annual AAPG meeting. The UNL team won its regional competition in April, defeating last year's champion team from the University of Oklahoma. It was narrowly defeated at the finals in Denver by a team from Lomonosov State University in Moscow, Russia, in a contest that judges announced was almost too close to call. more...
Flu Update
The university's emergency Web site has been updated with new H1N1 information. Please see http://emergency.unl.edu/ for more information. To prevent the spread of illnesses, University Health Center director Dr. James Guest advises everyone to cover your mouth and nose when you cough or sneeze, wash your hands or use hand sanitizer, avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth, and stay home if you don't feel well.
Depression-era films featured in UNL's 2009 'Movies on Green' series
Every Thursday night from July 9 through Aug. 13, a movie that debuted from 1937 through 1946 will be screen on the lawn in front of Kimball Recital Hall, 12th and R Streets. The movies will begin at dusk (approximately 9 p.m.) and are free and open to the public.
This week, the Frank Capra-directed "You Can't Take it with You" will screen. The film stars Jimmy Stewart and was Oscar winner for best picture in 1938. more...
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Treeless Mountain and Anvil Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Treeless Mountain and Anvil. Both movies will show through July 9.
When their mother needs to leave in order to find their estranged father, seven year-old Jin and her younger sister, Bin, are left to live with their Big Aunt for the summer in Treeless Mountain. With only a small piggy bank and their mother's promise to return when it is full, the two young girls are forced to acclimate to changes in their family life. Counting the days, and the coins, the two bright-eyed young girls eagerly anticipate their mother's homecoming. But when the bank fills up, and with their mother still not back, Big Aunt decides that she can no longer tend to the children. Taken to live on their grandparents' farm, it is here that Jin comes to learn the importance of family bonds in this beautiful, meditative, and thought-provoking second feature from So Yong Kim, the acclaimed director of In Between Days.
Anvil! The Story of Anvil is a timeless tale of survival and the unadulterated passion it takes to follow your dream, year after year. The story follows Steve "Lips" Kudlow and Robb Reiner and their heavy metal band, Anvil, which released one of the heaviest albums in metal history, 1982's Metal on Metal. The album influenced an entire generation of rock bands, including Metallica, Slayer, and Anthrax, who went on to sell millions of records. Anvil, on the other hand, took a different path -- straight to obscurity. A wonderful and often hilarious account of Anvil's last-ditch quest for elusive fame and fortune, the film features appearances by an array of heavy metal icons, including Metallica's Lars Ulrich, Guns N' Roses' Slash, Anthrax's Scott Ian, and Slayer's Tom Araya, among others.
More information is available at the Ross website.
