Friday and Weekend, April 16 - 18, 2010
UNL Husker Spiritfest is April 15-18
The Nebraska Alumni Association welcomes the community to celebrate Husker Spiritfest, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's annual spring homecoming. A variety of events, including guided campus tours, lectures, luncheons, concerts and performances, the Red-White spring football game and other athletic contests are planned across campus for the four-day celebration April 15-18.
This year's schedule is highlighted by two special events on April 16: the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center dedication 5-6:30 p.m. and the alumni association's Football Friday Spring Game Edition 6:30-9 p.m. at the Wick Alumni Center, 1520 R St. (doors open at 5:30). Both are free and open to the public. The Wick Alumni Center will greet guests at check-in 10 a.m.-5 p.m. April 15, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. April 16, and 9 a.m.-noon on April 17, where maps and a list of events and special offers will be available. more...
HUSKER SPIRIT FEST
Students from the UNL Wildlife Club (left-to-right, Kelly Herlacher, Elyse Watson and Angie Rasmussen) pose with "Pebbles" of the Tern and Plover Conservation Partnership
Sunday Scientist Program to Explore Nebraska's Endangered, Invasive Species
The University of Nebraska State Museum will present a program for children and families about Nebraska's endangered and invasive species as part of its Sunday with a Scientist series 1:30-4:30 p.m. April 18 at Morrill Hall.
The program, "Conserving and Conquering: Increasing Endangered Species and Controlling Invasive Species," will help visitors of all ages learn about Nebraska's threatened and endangered species, as well as the science behind invasive species and the destructive impacts they have on the environment. Morrill Hall is south of 14th and Vine Streets on the UNL City Campus. Museum Sunday hours are 1:30-4:30 p.m. more...
APC hearing April 23
Deadline for submitting written responses or sending a notice to appear on the updated proposed recommendations from the Dean for the FY2010 budget reductions in the College of Arts and Sciences prior to the April 23 budget hearing is 3 p.m. April 16. The updated proposed recommendations are available for download.
Responses and notices to appear should be sent to Academic Planning Committee, c/o Dr. William Nunez, APC Secretary, 332 Canfield Administration Building, 0435, or wnunez2@unl.edu by 3 p.m., April 16.
Huskers
BASEBALL | HAWKS FIELD, HAYMARKET PARK, FRI 6:35PMNebraska Cornhuskers vs. Kansas Jayhawks
SOCCER | NEBRASKA SOCCER FIELD, SAT 9:30AMNebraska Cornhuskers vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers
FOOTBALL | MEMORIAL STADIUM, SAT 1PMRed-White Spring Game
SOFTBALL | BOWLIN STADIUM, HAYMARKET PARK, SAT 3PMNebraska Cornhuskers vs. Baylor Bears
BASEBALL | HAWKS FIELD, HAYMARKET PARK, SAT 4:05PMNebraska Cornhuskers vs. Kansas Jayhawks
VOLLEYBALL | NU COLISEUM, SAT 7PMNebraska Cornhuskers vs. Illinois Fighting Illini
SOCCER | NEBRASKA SOCCER FIELD, SUN 11AMAlumni: Spring Season
SOFTBALL | BOWLIN STADIUM, HAYMARKET PARK, SUN NOONNebraska Cornhuskers vs. Baylor Bears
BASEBALL | HAWKS FIELD, HAYMARKET PARK, SUN 1:05PMNebraska Cornhuskers vs. Kansas Jayhawks
Gaughan Multicultural Center Dedication is Friday
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln will celebrate diversity, students and family with a dedication event for the new Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center 1505 S St., on UNL's City Campus. At 6:30 p.m. on Friday, April 16, the public is invited to a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The event will feature performances from UNL student groups, remarks by Chancellor Harvey Perlman, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Juan Franco, University of Nebraska Foundation President Clarence Castner, Gaughan Center Director Andre Fortune and UNL students. more...
Students and Faculty to be Honored at All University Honors Convocation
Outstanding students and faculty will be recognized at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's annual All University Honors Convocation April 18.
Ellen Weissinger, interim senior vice chancellor for academic affairs, will preside over the event that begins at 2 p.m. in the Lied Center for Performing Arts, 301 N. 12th St. The convocation is free and open to the public and no tickets are required. Doors open at 1 p.m.
USC's Edwards to Discuss Life Beneath the Ocean Floor
In 1986, scientists with the Ocean Drilling Program made an astonishing discovery while sailing on the Pacific Ocean. In sediments collected from 850 meters (approximately 2,800 feet) below the seafloor, they identified that microbes were living and thriving in an environment not previously known or even thought by many to contain life. That discovery and those that have accumulated in the 24 years since will be the subject of a T. Mylan Stout Lecture April 16 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Katrina Edwards, professor of biological and earth sciences at the University of Southern California, will describe "Intraterrestrial Microbial Life Below the Bottom of the Ocean" at 3:30 p.m. in the auditorium of Bessey Hall, 12th and U streets [map]. The lecture is free and open to the public more...
Lectures
HAMILTON HALL ROOM 112, FRI 3:30PMChemistry Colloquium - "Mass and Charge Transport within Block-Copolymer-Derived Nanopores"
Professor Takashi Ito, Kansas State University
The Most Dangerous Man In America, A Prophet Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents The Most Dangerous Man In America and A Prophet. Both films will show through April 22.
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/.
