Tuesday October 13, 2009
Ferraro to Present 'Reflections of a Nebraska Herpetologist'
Dennis Ferraro will offer 'Reflections of a Nebraska Herpetologist' - accompanied on stage by live snakes, other reptiles, and amphibians - at 7 p.m. in the Hardin Hall Auditorium, at 33rd and Holdrege. The talk will be free and open to the public.
Ferraro, the resident herpetologist at the School of Natural Resources of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, spends his summers crisscrossing the state, checking on the communities and populations of various species. He typically drives 3,000 to 4,000 miles each summer. more...
Lectures
QUILT STUDY CENTER, NOONTuesday Talk - "Caring for Your Quilt"
Collections Manager, Janet Price
American Harmony and American Casino Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents American Harmony and American Casino. Both films will show through October 15.
More information about each film and schedules are available at the Ross website.
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Nebraska Press Author Awarded With Nobel Prize
For the second year in a row, a University of Nebraska Press published author has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. German writer Herta Müller, whose short story collection Nadirs was published by the University of Nebraska Press in 1999, was announced as the winner on October 8 and will receive her prize at a Dec. 10 ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden.
Müller was born in 1953 in the Banat, a German-language region of Romania, and the stories of Nadirs are based on her experiences growing up there. Nadirs, Müller's first published work, was originally published in Romania under the title Niederungen in a censored format. The complete manuscript was smuggled to German in 1984 and published in full. Müller herself immigrated to West Berlin in 1987. She has received numerous literary awards, including the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. more...
UNL to Note Week Without Violence Oct. 12-15
In this year's observance of Week Without Violence, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will remind students and the broader community to make the choice not to hurt others. Week Without Violence takes place Oct. 12-15, with a series of events to better understand and eliminate violence.
"This week reminds the UNL community that the power to end violence is in all of our hands," said Jan Deeds, UNL associate director of Gender Programs for Student Involvement and director of the UNL Women's Center. The Women's Center has coordinated Week Without Violence events for more than 10 years, and collaborates with other UNL and Lincoln groups to raise awareness about the affect violence has on all of us, and to empower us to create a safer environment for everyone. more...
H1N1 Page at UNL Updated for Fall
The university continues to closely monitor the worldwide and local impact of H1N1 flu. At this time there is no immediate impact on UNL, its community or operations, except heightened alert and awareness, and efforts to communicate the necessity of proper hygiene and stemming the spread of the virus.
For more information, including Student and Employee attendence policies, visit the H1N1 Information page at http://emergency.unl.edu/.
