Wednesday October 14, 2009
Ewert To Deliver Research Seminar
Alan Ewert, the Professor and Endowed Chair in the Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Studies at Indiana University will give the lecture "Human Health, Quality of Life, and Natural Environments: What is the Connection?" today in the Hardin Hall Auditorium at 3 p.m. His lecture is part of the 2009 School of Natural Resources Research Seminar Series.
Ewert's talk will discuss the growing body of literature that points to specific ways in which nature and outdoor environments can positively impact the human condition. The seminar will explore some of the salient theories and research findings attendant to the human-natural environment interface and suggest some research and applications for future use and research.
UHC Holds Final Flu Shot Clinics
The University Health Center (UHC) has been notified that it will not receive its entire seasonal influenza vaccine order this year due to a national shortage. Because of the shortage, the UHC will have only two more seasonal influenza vaccine clinics, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009 and Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. Both clinics will be at the UHC (1500 U Street) from 12 - 2 p.m. All other scheduled seasonal influenza vaccine clinics have been cancelled.
The seasonal influenza vaccine manufacturers reduced production on the regular seasonal flu in order to produce the H1N1 influenza vaccine. If you are unable to get an influenza vaccine this year remember the your most important protection is to wash your hands, cover your cough, and stay home if you are ill.
Lectures
E103 BEADLE CENTER, 4PMBiotechnology/Life Sciences Fall 2009 Seminar - "Poliomyelitis deconstructed: from emergence to elimination"
Dr. Neal Nathanson, MD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. A reception will be held at 3:30 p.m.
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/.
