Monday April 5, 2010
UNL Research Fair Kicks Off With University-Industry Day
The eighth annual UNL Research Fair gets underway today with the first-ever University-Industry Day sponsored by NUtech Ventures. Jennie Hunter-Cevera of RTI International presents "Innovation to Commercialization: Is the Road Ever Straight and Short?" at 10:30 a.m. in the Nebraska Union auditorium and at 3:30 p.m. in the Hardin Hall auditorium on East Campus. Anthony Boccanfuso, executive director of The National Academies' University-Industry Demonstration project discusses "Why University-Industry Collaborations Matter" at 12:30 p.m. in the union.
The UNL Research Fair continues through Thursday. View a full schedule and speaker bios online.
RESEARCH FAIR 2010
Lectures
BURNETT HALL ROOM 79, 12:30PMCABIN Brownbag (Cognition and Biopsych in Nebraska) - "Stress Reactivity in Marmosets: Social Context and Early-life Programming"
Jeff French, University of Nebraska at Omaha
'Black Ocean,' Artist William Wilson at Hillestad Textiles Gallery in April
"The Black Ocean: Europe-Africa-America," an exhibition of appliqued banner narratives created by French artist William Wilson that document the complicated history of the infamous "triangle trade," will be on display April 5-30 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery.
The Paris-based multi-media artist will be on the UNL campus April 7-15, and will present a free public talk at 2 p.m. April 11 in Room 11 Home Economics Building, 35th Street north of East Campus Loop. A free, public reception in Wilson's honor will follow. more....
The Horse Boy, 35 Shots of Rum Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents The Horse Boy and 35 Shots of Rum. Both films will show through April 8.
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/.
