Monday November 16, 2009
GSO Celebrates 100 Years of Geography at UNL
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln awarded its first Ph.D. in Geography 100 years ago, with the honor going to Joseph Allen Warren, whose dissertation was An Agricultural Survey of Nebraska. At the time, the University of Chicago had the only other graduate program in Geography in the Midwest, and UNL’s was the first to be established west of the Mississippi River.
Geography students and faculty will celebrate National Geography Awareness Week Nov. 16-20 with photo and poster displays, a Geography Bowl, and seminars by Steve Egbert, a geographer from the University of Kansas. For more information and schedule details, visit the UNL Geography Awareness Week 2009 website.
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER, WED 7PM
Ross Holds Advance Screening of When In Rome
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is one of 30 campuses chosen to receive a sneak peak at the upcoming romantic comedy from Touchstone titled When In Rome. The film starts Kristin Bell, Will Arnett, Danny Devito, Jon Heder, and others and will screen Wednesday, November 18 at 7 p.m. at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center.
Students can download exclusive passes for the film at When In Rome Student Screenings website.
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Mueller Planetarium Unveils Mural-Sized Images From NASA
Mueller Planetarium at the University of Nebraska State Museum will take visitors on a journey to the center of our galaxy when it unveils two new mural-sized images of the Milky Way's core, as seen by all three of NASA's Great Observatories: the Hubble Space Telescope, the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
The stunning photographs commemorate the 2009 International Year of Astronomy. NASA's Great Observatories represent the crowning achievements of astronomy four centuries later and museums and planetariums across the U.S. are honoring this legacy with a national image unveiling. more...
Lectures
NEBRASKA EAST UNION 3PMCenter for Grassland Studies Fall 2009 Seminar Series - "Differential Responses of Western Chinch Bugs to Neonicetinyl Insecticides"
Mitchell Stamm, Graduate Student, Dept. of Entomology, UNL. Refreshments availble.
Crude, Coco Before Chanel Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Crude and Coco Before Chanel. Both films 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/.
