Think Green' Exhibition Opens at Kruger Gallery

Think Green," will open March 26 at the Kruger Gallery in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Architecture Hall. This exhibition examines how past interior design styles parallel aspects of today's "green" design. "Think Green" features 15 miniature rooms exploring ideals in design trends, the impact interior spaces have on the environment and eco-friendly design materials.

The exhibition highlights a portion of the 20,000-piece collection of miniatures in the Kruger Collection. Lincoln resident Eloise Kruger collected the majority of these miniatures. Included in this exhibition are miniature room creations by College of Architecture architecture graduate student Emily Fleming and senior interior design student Stephanie Land. Also exhibited are designs by the winners of the third-year interior design studio project "Occupying Space: the Cardboard Chair." The design challenge winners are Megan Dowling, Katherine Fisher, Kara Mieth and Allison Wood. more...

KRUGER COLLECTION

Lectures

Grand Rounds Presentation - "Rural Mental Health: Perspectives and Needs of a Unique Population"
Amy Chatelain, M.A.

"The Data Conservancy: A Blueprint for Research Libraries in the Data Age"
G. Sayeed Choudhury, Associate Dean for Library Digital Programs and Hodson Director of the Digital Research and Curation Center at the Sheridan Libraries of Johns Hopkins University

Sociology Department Colloquium
Panel of Sociology Graduate Students - M.A. and Ph.D. Graduate Students, UNL Sociology Department

Nebraska Center for Materials & Nanoscience (NCMN) Seminar - "Physics of Ferroelectric Polymers"
Dr. Takeo Furukawa, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science

Geography General Seminar - "The Role of Geography in Public Health: Moving Beyond Mapping"
Mike Shambaugh-Miler, Assistant Professor of Geography, NU Medical Center

Pierson Lecture -"New Developments in Control and Optimization for Electric Energy Security and Sustainability"
Dr. Wei Qiao, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and NSF 2010 Career Award recipient

Research Methodology Series - "Propensity Score Matching: Advantages and Limitations"
Kevin Kupzyk, Statistics and Measurement Consultant, Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools

Department of Agricultural Economics Seminar Series - "Food Away from Home and Obesity: Public Perceptions vs Empirical Evidence"
Gayaneh Kyureghian, Food Processing Center, University of Nebraska Lincoln

Department of Geosciences Stout Lecture - "Yellowstone Hotspot: Past, Present and Future"
Bob Smith, University of Utah. Refreshments will be served at 3:15 p.m.

Mathematics Department Colloquium - "On the Kervaire Invariant One Problem"
Michael Hopkins, Harvard University. The talk will be preceded by refreshments at 3:30 p.m. in Avery 348.

IQSC Lecture - "Reflections on My Practice-Led Research in Quiltmaking"
British artist Lynn Setterington, the 2009 IQSC Fellowship Visiting Artist.