Friday and Weekend, April 23 - 25, 2010
(at right) Brian Halla
E-Week Open House Features Technology and Tradition
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering will celebrate a century of solutions at its E-Week Open House 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 23 in Othmer Hall. The guest speaker is Brian Halla, executive chairman of National Semiconductor and an alumnus of UNL's electrical engineering program. Halla will speak at 10:30 a.m. in 106 Othmer Hall.
This year's innovative senior project displays look to the future of electronics engineering with an I-phone "app" for controlling a robot, and tweak the past with a "stereolith" audio system using vacuum tubes for superior sound quality. Class assignments in civil engineering offer perspectives on preparing for Lincoln's West Haymarket redevelopment, and chemical engineering student teams will display refined water filters for use in undeveloped nations. more...
E-WEEK
Theatrix Closes Season With 3rd Annual New Artists Festival
Theatrix, the student run theatre organization at the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film, closes its 2009 - 2010 season with the 3rd Annual New Artists Festival. The event features a series of new works by student playwrights ranging from 10-minute shorts to full one act plays. The seven new plays will be divided into two separate groups and will be presented in repertory over four nights.
The New Arts Festival will run April 23- 25. Group A ("Tempest Trio," "Variations on a Police Line-up," "Los Pobrecitos," and "Love Vs.") will run April 23 at 7:30 p.m. and April 24 at 10:30 p.m. Group B ("L'Asile," "Writer's Block," and "Fairytale") will run April 23 at 10:30 p.m., April 24 at 7:30 p.m., and April 25 at 2:00 p.m. Individual show tickets are $6 via credit card (some user fees may be applied) at the UNL Theatre ticket website or at the theatre the evening of the performance (subject to availability).
THEATRIX
UNL's Behlen Observatory Holds Final Spring Public Night
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Behlen Observatory near Mead will be open for public viewing 7:30-10 p.m. April 23 in the last public night of the spring.
If the sky is clear, visitors will be able to view a variety of objects through telescopes, including the Moon, the planets Mars, Saturn and Venus (until about 8:30 p.m.), a globular star cluster and a double star. In addition to the observatory's 30-inch telescope, members of the Omaha Astronomical Society will set up telescopes outside the observatory. more...
BEHLEN OBSERVATORY
Academic Planning Committee Budget Hearing is April 23
An agenda has been released for the APC hearing on proposed budget reductions, to be held April 23 at 1 p.m. in the Colonial Room of the Nebraska Union. The task of the APC is to review the Chancellor's proposed cuts in light of their probable impact on the university's academic mission and approve them or suggest other ways of meeting the budget reduction goal. To accomplish this task, the APC welcomes information from all who may be affected by the proposed reductions.
Huskers
SOFTBALL | BOWLIN STADIUM, HAYMARKET PARK, SUN NOONNebraska Cornhuskers vs. Oklahoma Sooners
MEN'S TENNIS | NEBRASKA TENNIS CENTER, SAT 4:05PMNebraska Cornhuskers vs. Texas Longhorns
Prodigal Sons, Neil Young Trunk Show Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Prodigal Sons and Neil Young Trunk Show. Prodigal Sons will show through April 29, while Neil Young Trunk Show will screen through May 6.
More information about each of the films and schedules, as well as online ticket purchasing, is available at the Ross website.
UNL Campus NightLife to Host 'End of Year Bash'
The Campus NightLife program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will host an "End of the Year Bash" for all UNL students from 6 - 11 p.m. April 25 at the Nebraska Union Plaza, 15th and S streets. The "End of the Year Bash" is only open to current UNL students; attendees will need to show their N-Card identification to enter the party.
Highlights of the party will be a dunk tank, an airbrush tattoo artist, a photo booth, caricaturist and a student band. There will also be free food and free beverages from Pepsi. Campus NightLife will also offer prizes and give-away items for a few special contests. more...
NEBRASKA UNION CENTENIAL BALLROOM, FRI 7:30PM
Department of Textiles, Clothing and Design Hosts Student Biennial Fashion Show
Undergraduate and graduate students from the Department of Textiles, Clothing and Design will showcase their original apparel designs with models on the runway, commentary, and live DJ music on Friday, April 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the Centennial Ballroom in the Nebraska Union on city campus. Among the features of the show will be original crafted fabric, experimental garment shapes, hand woven and quilted textile treatments, and interpretations of current and future trends .
Twenty-seven students will present over 100 designs that acknowledge new directions in fashion and exemplify the many ways that dress can communicate. Tickets are $5.00 and will be available at the door.
NEBRASKA STATE MUSEUM, SAT 9:30AM - 4:30PM
State Museum Celebrates Space and Science on Astronomy Day
Astronomy Day will be celebrated 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. April 24 at the University of Nebraska State Museum. Prizes and a variety of hands-on activities about space, science and astronomy will be featured at this fun-filled event for all ages.
Activities and demonstrations will be on robotics, rocketry, planets, space travel, microgravity, physics, telescopes, meteorites, optics, the Moon and more. Other attractions include launching of rockets and presentations of the fulldome show "Earth, Moon and Sun." Outdoor activities will be conducted, weather permitting. more...
NEBRASKA STATE MUSEUM
(from l-r) Peggy Gomez, Sharon Hansen, John C. Stark, Harley Jane Kozak
Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts Hosts Alumni for Honors Weekend
The Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has announced the recipients of the 2010 Fine and Performing Arts Alumni Board alumni awards. The awards are selected by the college's Fine and Performing Arts Alumni Board and will be presented April 24 at the college's annual Honors Day dinner.
This year's award winners are Peggy Gomez of Lincoln, Sharon Hansen of Milwaukee, John C. Stark of Normal, Ill., and Harley Jane Kozak of Agoura Hills, Calif. Students Trent Stork of Urbandale, Iowa, and Candice Behrmann of Lincoln will also receive awards. more...
Lectures
NEBRASKA UNION, FRI 12:30PMSociology Department Colloquium - "Family Structure and Mothers' Mental Health: The Significance of Single Parenthood for Women's Lives"
Dr. William R. Avison - Department of Sociology, Social Science Centre, The University of Western Ontario
Pierson Lecture - "Anisotropic Thermal Property Measurements of Carbon Fiber-Epoxy Composites Using Analytical Green Function Solution and Steady-Periodic Heating Technique"
MABEL LEE HALL ROOM 265, FRI 3PMResearch Methodology Series - ""On the Conceptual, Methodological, and Statistical Distinctions Between Mediation and Moderation"
Kyongboon Kwon, Postdoctoral Fellow, Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools
Chemistry Colloquium - "Electrochemistry Using Synthetic and Biological Nanospores"
Henry S. White, University of Utah
Department of Geosciences Stout Lecture - "Global warming and floral change at the Paleocene-Eocene boundary"
Scott Wing, Smithsonian Museum. Refreshments will be served at 3:15 p.m.
Mathematics Department Colloquium - "Cubic Column Relations in Truncated Moment Problems"
Raul Curto, University of Iowa. The talk will be preceded by refreshments at 3:30 p.m. in Avery 348.
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/.
