Tuesday February 23, 2010
OASIS and RHA Hold Benefit For Haiti
Starting at 6 p.m., the Office of Academic Support and Intercultural Services and Residence Hall Association will be hosting a Benefit for Haiti in the Nebraska Union Ballroom. Performers include: Results May Vary, Ashanti, Slam Poet Dominique Garay, Result Featuring XL, African Drummers, DJ DLuv, and others.
All proceeds from the event will go to help rebuild a primary school in the Fermathe area of Haiti (located in the mountains above Port-au-Prince, Haiti).
Lectures
SHELDON MUSEUM OF ART, 1:30PMSheldon's "Shrew'd: The Smart & Sassy, A Survey of American Women Artists" Discussion
Sharon Kennedy, Curator of Cultural and Civic Engagement
Engineering Mechanics Seminar Series - "Functionalizing Liquids by Nanoporous Materials"
Yu Qiao, Associate Professor of the Department of Structural Engineering, Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California – San Diego. There will be an informal reception in W317.7 Nebraska Hall at 3:00 PM, prior to the seminar.
Entomology Seminar - "Pest Risk Analysis in an Era of Globalization"
Silvana Moraes, Entomology Graduate Student
Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program - "A Program on Shakespeare's Wife"
Alicia Meyer, UNL Medieval and Renaissance Studies major
SHELDON MUSEUM OF ART, 5:30PM
Sheldon Museum of Art to Present Six Talks on Diverse Topics
To offer new and diverse views about the arts and society, Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will present six talks and lectures in February and March. Topics featured range from UNL alumnus Aaron Douglas's influence on Afrocentric Modernism to historical jazz films to current works on view in "Shrew'd: The Smart & Sassy Survey of American Women Artists." The talks are free and the public is welcome.
At 5:30 p.m., UNL assistant professor Peggy Jones will present a lecture on Douglas, the first African-American graduate of the UNL Department of Art, titled, "Aaron Douglas, UNL class of 1922: Visual Artist of the Harlem Renaissance." Funding is provided in part by the Nebraska Humanities Council.
SHELDON MUSEUM OF ART
Gigante, Oscar-Nominated Crazy Heart Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Gigante and Crazy Heart. Both films will show through Feb. 25.
More information about each of the films and schedules, as well as online ticket purchasing, is available at the Ross website.
H1N1 Page at UNL Monitors Flu
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/.
