Wednesday March 31, 2010
Larsen Tractor Museum Celebrates 90th anniversary in April
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Larsen Tractor Museum will launch a month-long 90th anniversary celebration on March 31, with visitors to the museum during April receiving a commemorative photo of the tractor tested in the first performance test.
On March 31, 1920, the first successful Nebraska Tractor Test began on the Waterloo Boy Model N tractor. The pioneer Nebraska Tractor Tests became worldwide standards. For the past 90 years, tractor testing and performance data has contributed to more successful uses of tractors in agriculture. Hours for the museum are 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Monday - Friday and from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. on Saturdays. Admission is free but donations are accepted. more....
Lectures
NEBRASKA UNION 3:30PMWomen's and Gender Studies Program Colloquium - "Gender, Politics, and Identity in Post-Conflict Rwanda"
Dr. Chantal Kalisa, UNL professor in Modern Languages and Women's & Gender Studies; Laura Roost, UNL graduate student specializing in Political Science and Women's and Gender Studies; Meera Bhardwah, Nebraska Wesleyan undergraduate student majoring in English.
Spring 2010 Water Seminar Series - "Climate-Related Variations in Mixing Dynamics in Arctic Lakes"
Sally MacIntyre, University of California-Santa Barbara
Biotechnology/Life Sciences Spring 2010 Seminar - "Soybean Root Hairs: A Model for Single-Cell Plant Biology"
Dr. Gary Stacey, University of Missouri. A reception will be held at 3:30 p.m.
Ethics Scholar Runzo at UNL for Talks, Film Premiere
Joseph Runzo
Joseph Runzo, professor of philosophy and religious studies at Chapman University in Orange, Calif., and founding executive director and chairman of the Global Ethics and Religion Forum, will visit the University of Nebraska-Lincoln March 31 - April 2 for a series of talks on human rights and the premiere showing of his documentary, "The Sacred Planet."
"The Malevolence of Just War: Human Rights and Benevolent Killing" is the topic for a discussion led by Runzo 4 p.m. March 31 at the Nebraska Union. At 7 p.m. on March 31 Runzo's documentary, "The Sacred Planet," will be shown at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, for its North American premiere. Following the screening, Runzo will lead a discussion of the documentary, which he produced and directed, and filmed in southern California, Japan, Cambridge, England, and Yukon Territory, Canada. Both events are free and co-sponsored by the Robert J. Kutak Center for the Teaching and Study of Applied Ethics. more...
"Fill the Fountain" Food Drive is March 29 - April 2
The University Health Center Student Advisory Board and the Afrikan People's Union are holding a "Fill the Fountain" food drive the week of March 29-April 2. Non-perishable food items and personal care items will be collected daily from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. each day near the Broyhill Fountain, 15th and S streets (north side of the Nebraska Union), with all proceeds going to the Food Bank of Lincoln.
UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTER
Huskers
BASEBALL | HAWKS FIELD, HAYMARKET PARK, 1:35PMNebraska Cornhuskers vs. North Dakota FIghting Sioux
WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS | BOWLING STADIUM, HAYMARKET PARK, 3 & 5PMNebraska Cornhuskers vs. South Dakota State Jackrabbits
A Town Called Panic, The Oscar Nominated Short Films of 2010, Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents A Town Called Panic and the Oscar nominated short films of 2010. All films will screen through April 1.
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/.
