Monday, October 11, 2010
Tom Osborne, athletic director, discusses the proposed expansion projects with members of the media on Oct. 8.
Proposed Athletics Expansion Includes Research Space
A proposed expansion of Memorial Stadium will provide a unique mix of increased seating for fans, facility upgrades for student athletes and extra space for campus researchers.
Announced Oct. 8 by Tom Osborne, athletic director, the Athletic Department will propose two expansion projects during the Oct. 15 meeting of the NU Board of Regents. The first project, estimated at $55.5 million, would expand Memorial Stadium's east stands, adding approximately 5,000 seats and 30 new indoor/outdoor suites, while setting aside 20,000 square feet for research space. The second proposed capital improvement, estimated at $3.75 million, would add a new baseball/softball indoor practice facility at Haymarket Park. more...
McLaughlin Memorial Lecture Tonight
Bonnie Wheeler
The Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program will honor alumna and internationally renowned medieval historian Mary Martin McLaughlin in a memorial lecture Oct. 11.
The Mary Martin Laughlin Memorial Lecture, 7:30 p.m. at the Great Plains Art Museum in Hewit Place, will feature Bonnie Wheeler, director of Medieval Studies at Southern Methodist University. The lecture, "Traces of Memory of Heloise: Woman, Lover, Abbess, Philosopher," and reception are free and open to the public. more...
'Extra Credit' Author Pratt to Talk About Students, Credit
Bill Pratt
Bill Pratt, a former credit card industry executive, will give a "Money Rules!" presentation, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Oct. 11 in the Nebraska Union Auditorium. Pratt is an teaches personal money management at East Carolina University and is author of "Extra Credit: Seven Things Every College Student Should Know about Credit, Debt and Cash."
Pratt will provide tips for making money decisions and offer advice on how students can keep more cash and have fun in college. The event is free and open to the public. more...
NU Press Author Wins Nobel Prize
Mario Vargas Llosa, winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature, contributed to "The Global Game: Writers on Soccer" (NU Press, 2008).
For the third consecutive year, a University of Nebraska Press author has won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, a contributor to "The Global Game: Writers on Soccer" (University of Nebraska Press, 2008), has been named the winner of this year's Nobel Prize in Literature. He contributed the essay "The Empty Pleasure" to "The Global Game." more...
Lectures
NEBRASKA EAST UNION, 3PMCenter for Grassland Studies Fall 2010 Seminar Series - "Working with Fire and Private Landowner Groups to Reclaim Rangelands"
Doug Whisenhunt, State Prescribed Burn/Grazing Specialist, Nebraska Natural Resource Conservation Service
Restrepo; Stonewall Uprising Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Restrepo and Stonewall Uprising. Stonewall Uprising will screen through Oct. 14, while Restrepo will show through Oct. 21.
More information about each of the films and schedules, as well as online ticket purchasing, is available at the Ross website.
