Friday and Weekend, September 10 - 12, 2010
Nebraska Alumni Association Hosts Football Fridays
Former Husker football players, current Nebraska athletic coaches and other local celebrities headline the Nebraska Alumni Association's 2010 Football Friday event on Sept. 10. Doors open at 4:30 p.m., and the program is from 5:30 to 7. Football Friday is free and open to the public, and food and drink will be available for purchase. Fans in attendance have the opportunity to win football tickets, Champions Club passes and Husker memorabilia.
Featured guests this week include former players Dan Alexander, Matt Davison, and Steve Taylor, along with John Bishop (KLIN), Brian Rosenthal (Lincoln Journal Star), and Kevin Sjuts (KOLN/KGIN 10/11).
Huskers
VOLLEYBALL | NU COLISEUM, FRI 7PMNebraska Cornhuskers vs. Western Michigan Broncos in Ameritas Players Challenge
FOOTBALL | NU COLISEUM, SAT 11:30AMNebraska Cornhuskers vs. Idaho Vandals in Ameritas Players Challenge
VOLLEYBALL | NU COLISEUM, SAT 7PMNebraska Cornhuskers vs. Illinois Fighting Illini in Ameritas Players Challenge
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Chancellor Harvey Perlman delivers the 2010 State of the University Address.Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communications
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Ezinma Piano trio, with, from left, Meredith Ramsay on violin, Michael Glur-Zoucha on the piano, and Timothy Paek on cello is applauded by the crowd in the Lied Center. The trio performed to begin the 2010 State of the University Address by Chancellor Harvey Perlman.Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communications
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2010 State of the University Address by Chancellor Harvey Perlman.Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communications
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45-year employees are honored on stage before the 2010 State of the University Address by Chancellor Harvey Perlman.Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communications
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Kaleena Henning arranges watermelon for the all staff picnic crowd while protected from the rain showers.Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communications
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The picnic quickly moved inside the Visitors Center following Thursday morning's rains.Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communications
UNL Chancellor Perlman Presents Annual Address
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman delivered his annual State of the University address on Sept. 9 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts. Perlman reviewed the successes of the past year and described the challenges and opportunities offered by the 2010-11 academic year. The address is posted on the Chancellor's website.
The State of the University address was preceded by UNL's annual Employee Service Award recognition program at 10:30 a.m. in the Lied Center. more...
Knoll Residential Center Dedication Is Friday
The new Robert E. Knoll Residential Center will be dedicated at a ceremony 5 p.m. Sept. 10 at the second-floor lobby of the residence hall.
A memorial display featuring Knoll will be unveiled at the ceremony, with dedication speeches delivered by UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman, University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Juan Franco, and student government ASUN president Justin Solomon. Two of Knoll's children, Sarah Knoll German ('81) and Benjamin Knoll ('83) will also speak at the dedication. more...
UNL Space and Cyber Law Conference is Sept. 9-10 in Washington, D.C.
A host of national policy experts, including the vice-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, NASA's deputy administrator and a renowned security expert and cryptographer, will tackle a range of cyberwarfare and U.S. space strategy issues at the University of Nebraska College of Law's Space and Cyber Policy Conference on Sept. 9-10 in Washington, D.C.
The first day will feature experts on cyberwarfare strategies and will include a keynote conversation between security expert Bruce Schneier, chief security technology officer at BT Managed Security Solutions Group and author of the blog "Schneier on Security;" and Stewart Baker, former assistant secretary for policy at the Department of Homeland Security and author of "Skating on Stilts: Why We Aren't Stopping Tomorrow's Terrorism" (Hoover Institution Press, 2010). more...
Lectures
HARDIN HALL ROOM 228, FRI 2PMGeography General Seminar - "The Impacts of Soil Moisture on Different Plant Functional Types in California"
PhD Candidate Shishi Liu from the Department of Geography, University of California - Santa Barbara
Chemistry Colloquium - "New Electrolytes for Advanced Batteries and Fuel Cells"
Stephen E. Creager, Clemson University. Co-sponsored by Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience.
Wild Grass; I Am Love Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Wild Grass and I Am Love. Both films will show through Sept. 23.
More information about each of the films and schedules, as well as online ticket purchasing, is available at the Ross website.
