Thursday November 12, 2009
VAN BRUNT VISITORS CENTER, 11AM
IGERT Grant Celebration Today
UNL celebrates a $3.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation for a new, multidisciplinary graduate education program that will prepare future scientists, policymakers and natural resource managers to address increasingly complex global water issues.
The campus community is invited to the grant celebration at 11 a.m. today at the Van Brunt Visitors Center. Chancellor Harvey Perlman, Prem Paul, vice chancellor for research and economic development, Craig Allen, professor of natural resources and program leader, and Sherilyn Fritz, professor of geosciences and a program co-leader, will outline the program.
The five-year grant from NSF's Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program, known as IGERT, will establish an education project focused on resilience and adaptive governance in stressed watersheds. This collaborative program will integrate scientific, social, economic and legal aspects of managing complex water issues and will train graduate students from many disciplines. More than 20 UNL faculty are collaborating on this program. They will work closely with participating students who will study stressed watersheds in the U.S. and abroad.
20th Annual Math Day Event at UNL
As many as 1,400 students from 100 Nebraska high schools will participate in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's annual Math Day today, when the mathematical sciences will be promoted to students who will participate in recreational and competitive mathematical activities and explore math careers.
Math Bowl competitions, in a quick-thinking, head-to-head, double-elimination tournament, will be held for teams based on school divisions. Students will tour campus and participate in fun and enrichment activities presenting other academic areas including physics, chemistry and others. more...
International Education Week Noted at UNL Nov. 12-19
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln will celebrate International Education Week with a variety of activities focusing on international education on campus Nov. 12-19.
An initiative of the U.S. departments of State and Education, International Education Week was first held in 2000, and today is celebrated in more than 100 countries. It promotes the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide by promoting international understanding and building support for international educational exchange through programs that prepare students to live and work in a global environment and to attract future leaders from abroad to study in the United States. International education, according to the federal government, is a vital service industry contributing more than $15.5 billion to the U.S. economy. more...
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LIED CENTER, 7PM | WATCH LIVE STREAM
'China: Fragile Superpower' is Thompson Forum Topic
Susan Shirk, a former deputy assistant secretary of state responsible for China and author of a 2007 book, "China, Fragile Superpower," will give a lecture of that same name at the Lied Center for Performing Arts at 7 p.m. It will be preceded by a pre-talk at 6:30 p.m. in the Lied Center's Steinhart Room by Andrew Wedeman, associate professor of political science and chair of Asian Studies at UNL.
Shirk will give an update on the state of China's internal politics and the fears that motivate its leaders. She is director of the University of California's Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, and professor at UC-San Diego's Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies. A leading authority on China, she has written numerous books and articles on the country, including pieces in the Washington Post, Financial Times, and Wall Street Journal. more....
E.N. THOMPSON FORUM
LAB THEATRE, TEMPLE BUILDING, 7:30PM
Theatrix Continues Season With Speech and Debate
Theatrix, the student theatre organization under the auspices of the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film (JCSTF) continues its 2009-2010 season with Stephen Karam's Speech and Debate, a glimpse into the life of three high school teens as they fight stereotypes and make discoveries of sexuality and identity.
Speech and Debate will run tonight at 7:30 p.m., November 13th at 7:30 p.m., November 14th at 7:30 p.m., and November 15th at 2:00 p.m. in the Lab Theatre on the 3rd floor of the Temple Building, 12th and R St. in Lincoln, Nebraska. Individual Show Tickets are $6 (some user fees may be applied) at UNL Theatre Tickets website or at the theatre the evening of performance (subject to availability).
THEATRIXHARDIN HALL ROOM 901, 1:30PM
Nanogeoscientist to Discuss Nanomaterials and Nature
Nanogeoscientist Mike Hochella will highlight concerns about nanomaterials in the environment in a talk at 1:30 p.m. in Hardin Hall room 901. Hochella, the University Distinguished Professor of Geochemistry and Mineralogy at Virginia Tech, will present "Environmental Nanogeoscience: What Nature Has Already Taught Us," a School of Natural Resources research seminar.
Hochella is also the Principal Investigator of The EIGER Project at Virginia Tech, a $3.5M program centered around interdisciplinary graduate student education covering all aspects of interface science in natural systems.
Lectures
NEBRASKA UNION, 12:30PMBrownbag Lunch Discussion; Ethics Across the Disciplines - "Teaching About Plagiarism"
A monthly conversation about ethics in context. Sponsored by UNL's Robert J. Kutak Center for the Teaching and Study of Applied Ethics. Led by Dr. Deborah Minter
School of Biological Sciences Seminar Series - "Epigenetics, RNA Interference and Gene Expression – Lessons From Pond Scum"
Heriberto Cerutti, UNL
Public Information Seminar
Dr. Luz Marina Vaxquez, Director of the Office of International Relations at the University of Costa Rica - Western Campus
Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program Lecture - "Anxiety and Epistolarity: The Lovers' Letters in Boccaccio's Filostrato and Chaucer's Troilus"
Maura Giles-Watson, UNL
Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program Lecture - "Allegory and Ars Moriendi: Defining the Good Death from Everyman to Dr. Faustus"
Katie Sisneros, UNL
The Beaches of Agnes, Coco Before Chanel Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents The Beaches of Agnes and Coco Before Chanel. The Beaches of Agnes will show through Nov. 12, while Coco Before Chanel will screen through November 19.
More information about each of the films and schedules are available at the Ross website.
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/.
