Friday and Weekend November 20 - 22, 2009
KAUFFMAN CENTER GREAT HALL, FRI 10:30AM
Monsanto Official Speaks Friday
Michael Doane, director of agriculture, economics and sustainability for Monsanto Co., presents a public lecture -- "Producing More While Conserving More: Can We Do It?" – today at 10:30 a.m. in the Kauffman Center Great Hall. Attendees should enter through the south doors. A question and answer session will follow his presentation.
Doane has worked for Monsanto Co. for 10 years in a variety of industry relations and sales management roles. In his current position, he is based at the company's St. Louis headquarters and works on issues related to the economic and environmental sustainability of agriculture systems. more...
WICK ALUMNI, FRI 4:30 - 7PM
Nebraska Alumni Hosts Football Friday
The Nebraska Alumni Association will host Football Friday from 4:30 to 7 p.m. on Friday, November 20 at the Wick Alumni Center, bringing together University of Nebraska alumni, fans, staff and former letter winners for food and football fun.
Featured guests for this week include Tommie Frazier, Matt Davison, Kevin Sjuts, (KOLN/KGIN); Jon Nyatawa, (Omaha World-Herald); Brian Rosenthal, (Lincoln Journal-Star). Admission to Football Friday is free. Food and drinks will be available for purchase.
FOOTBALL FRIDAYS
Demolition of Reunion Building Begins
Demolition of the Reunion building will begin Nov. 19. This will affect a small number of parking spaces in the West and North lots in the vicinity of the building. Parking will not be affected there on Saturday for the game.
Weather permitting, the building will be fully demolished by Nov. 30, and the parking spaces back in service by Jan. 15.
Huskers
SWIMMING | DEVANEY SPORTS CENTER, FRI-SUN ALL DAYHusker Invitational
WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS | MABEL LEE HALL, FRI 6PMNebraska Cornhuskers vs. Washington State Cougars
MEN'S BASKETBALL | DEVANEY SPORTS CENTER, SAT 1PMNebraska Cornhuskers vs. TCU Horned Frogs
FOOTBALL | MEMORIAL STADIUM, SAT 6:45PMNebraska Cornhuskers vs. TCU Horned Frogs
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL | DEVANEY SPORTS CENTER, SUN 2:05PMNebraska Cornhuskers vs. Washington State Cougars
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New Quilt Exhibition Showcasing Contemporary Artists Opens Saturday
Quilts of 21 contemporary artists will be on display at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's International Quilt Study Center and Museum in the new exhibition "Perspectives: Art, Craft, Design and the Studio Quilt," showing Nov. 21 through May 9 at the museum, 1523 N. 33rd St. The exhibition assembles quilts from the permanent collection of the IQSC complemented by several related works in various media owned by local collectors.
UNL scholar Michael James, internationally recognized studio quilter and chair of UNL's Department of Textiles, Clothing and Design, and fellow fiber artist and New York City-based art critic Sandra Sider curated the exhibition and wrote the accompanying catalog. more...
University Theatre Presents Shakespeare's King Lear
Behind and below the stage in the Temple Building's Howell Theatre, students have been working all fall on the production of William Shakespeare's King Lear. King Lear is the thesis show of Theron Seckington (technical director), Patric Vendetti (scenic) and Cecelia Sickler (costumes). It is also the thesis show for graduate acting students Tiffiney Baker, Kyle Broussard, Daniel Gilbert, Robie Hayek, Ryan Kathman, Beth King and Lucy Lockamy. Students in the Scene Shop work to build the set. Others in the costume shop sews garments from scratch. In a basement classroom, the stage makeup class hones their skills.
King Lear will be presented Nov. 20 & Dec. 2, 3, 4, 5 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 22 at 2 p.m. in Howell Theatre, first floor Temple Building, 12th & R streets. Tickets are available at the Lied Center Ticket Office, 301 N. 12th Street, 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and one hour prior to performances in Temple Theatre's Lobby.
UNIVERSITY THEATRE
Lectures
HARDIN HALL ROOM 228, FRI 2PMGeography General Seminar - "The Geography and Geopolitics of Genocide"
Dr. Steve Egbert, Geography, University of Kansas
Microbiology and Molecular Biology Seminar Series - "Molecular Evolutionary Dynamics of HIV-1 Subtype C"
Dr. Damien Tully, Postdoctoral Researcher, Mentor Dr. Charles Wood
Chemistry Seminar co-sponsored with Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience - "Fundamental Heterogeneous Catalysis: From Reaction Mechanisms to New Materials"
Dr. Manos Mavrikakis Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison
Mathematics Colloquium - "Hyperbolic PDEs of Plasma Dynamics"
Stephen Pankavich, University of Texas-Arlington. The talk will be preceded by refreshments in Avery 348 at 3:30 p.m.
Curator Gallery Talk - "Perspecitves: Art, Craft, Design, and the Studio Quilt Exhibition"
Michael James and Sandra Sider
An Education, Trucker Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents An Education and Trucker. Both films will screen through December 3.
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/.
