Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Nature Conservancy Prairie Expert to Speak Today
Chris Helzer
The School of Natural Resources Outreach Seminar Series continues with ecologist, writer and photographer Chris Helzer, 7 p.m. Sept. 21 in the Hardin Hall auditorium. He will present an up-close look at neighboring prairies, and the management practices used to preserve native grassland ecosystems - the subject of his new book.
Helzer is the program director for the Nature Conservancy's Eastern Nebraska Project Office in Aurora, where he oversees the management and restoration of approximately 5,000 acres of conservancy-owned land, as well as research and conservation programs in eastern Nebraska. He is also a regular contributor to NEBRASKAland magazine. more...
UNL Homecoming Royalty Finalists Selected
Twenty senior students have been selected as Homecoming royalty finalists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The Homecoming king and queen will be elected by a vote of the student body Sept. 23 and crowned Sept. 25 at halftime of the Nebraska vs. South Dakota State football game at Memorial Stadium.
Voting for king and queen will be conducted 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sept. 23 at the Nebraska Union and online. View a list of all nominees for royalty.
Former Jailed CFO of HealthSouth To Give Ethics Day Lecture
Aaron Beam
Aaron Beam, former chief financial officer of HealthSouth, will give the annual Ethics Day Lecture for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Business Administration Sept. 21. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is 3:30-4:30 p.m. in the Lied Center for Performing Arts, 301 N. 12th St.
Beam will explain how he and Richard Scrushy founded HealthSouth and developed it into a NYSE Fortune 500 company. It ended badly when fraud began in 1996. His talk will describe the corporate culture that allowed the fraud to continue for seven years. Aaron Beam will also discuss how to spot the signs of ethical collapse in any company. more...
Lectures
JORGENSEN HALL ROOM 251, 1PMNebraska Center for Materials & Nanoscience Seminar Series - "Application of Block Copolymer Patterning to Magnetic Materials"
BEADLE CENTER ROOM N172, 4PMDepartment of Biochemistry/Redox Biology Center Fall Seminar - "Analysis of Plant Complex Lipids and Their Roles in Stress Responses"
Ruth Welti, Professor, Division of Biology, Kansas State University. Refreshments will be available prior to the seminar
Entomology Seminar - "Insecticide resistance in stink bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)"
Wan Zaki Wan Mamat, Entomology Graduate Student
International Studies Presentation - "Careers with the State Department"
Edward J. Wehril, Represenative of the U.S. Department of State
Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program - "Goree, West Africa: European Sources and African Lives, 1444-1776"
Mark Hinchman, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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.
