Monday, September 27, 2010
Whittier Open House, Dedication Sept. 28
After an extensive restoration, the Whittier Research Center has opened its doors and welcomes the public to an open house and dedication from 5-7 p.m., Sept. 28. The former Whittier Junior High School at 19th and Vine streets is now home to several UNL research teams as well as the University Children's Center.
UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman, Lincoln Mayor Chris Beutler, UNL Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development Prem Paul, and former Whittier principal and Lincoln Public Schools administrator Dave Myers will speak at the event. Tours of the facility will be conducted and refreshments will be served. Formal remarks begin at 5:15 p.m. on the main steps Whittier's south facade. more...
Scientists Examine Potential Uses of Camelina
There may never be huge expanses of camelina growing in Nebraska, but it just might fill a niche in the western part of the state as an oilseed crop well-suited for bio-based oil applications.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln scientists Ed Cahoon and Tom Clemente recently received a $500,000, three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to research the crop's potential for development of industrial lubricants. more...
Mid-Semester Check Is Sept. 27-30
The seventh-annual Mid-Semester Check for first-year and entering transfer students is Sept. 27 through Sept. 30. The program is offered in two sessions, 6-7:30 p.m. and 7-8:30p.m., each night in the Nebraska Union
Mid-Semester Check highlights and reminds students about academic expectations while providing information on advising resources. more...
MID SEMESTER CHECK
Frame By Frame Discusses Director John Ford
In this episode of "Frame By Frame," Wheeler Winston Dixon examines the films of Robert Bresson, a French director known for his spiritual, ascetic style.
FRAME BY FRAME
Lectures
BURNETT HALL ROOM 79, 3:30PMPsychology Colloquium - "Stress Reactivity in Marmoset Monkeys: Social Buffering and Early-life Programming"
Jeff French, Ph.D., UNO Department of Psychology. A reception will follow the talk.
Mathematics Colloquium - "Young measures associated with sequences in Morrey spaces"
Kyle Fey, UNL. The talk will be preceded by refreshments at 3:30pm in Avery 348.
Winter's Bone; Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Winter's Bone and Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo. Both films will show through Oct. 7.
More information about each of the films and schedules, as well as online ticket purchasing, is available at the Ross website.
