Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Voting to Improve Rec Centers Begins Today
UNL students will begin online voting Oct. 26 for a referendum that calls for the construction of a new East Campus rec center and expansion of rec facilities on City Campus.
Votes will be accepted from 8 a.m., Oct. 26 to 8 p.m., Oct. 27. Student voters must log into MyRed and click "online voting." The referendum is sponsored by the ASUN Wellness Ad Hoc Committee. more...
Husker Pumpkin Stencils
Carve a little Husker spirit into your Halloween! Choose from five different stencils. Download a pattern, tape it to your pumpkin, cut along the dotted lines and Go Big Red!
Red Zone Tickets on sale for Husker Men's Basketball Games
Red Zone tickets for the final Big 12 men's basketball season can now be purchased. Student season package is $39 and includes the official Red Zone t-shirt and tickets to 17 regular season home games - highlighted by games against Creighton, Kansas and Texas.
For more information on the Red Zone, please visit the Huskers.com website.
'Physics Week' Celebration Kicks Off Oct. 26
Dan Claes, chair of the department of Physics and Astronomy, demonstrates in front of a class.
Faculty, staff and students are invited to participate in a week of physics-themed events when the Department of Physics and Astronomy celebrates the dedication of Jorgensen Hall. The week-long celebration culminates in the official dedication ceremony of the new building at 4 p.m., Oct. 29.
"Physics Week" kicks off with "Comic Book Physics 101," hosted by department chair Dan Claes at 7 p.m., Oct. 26 in Jorgensen Hall room 136. Claes will explore physics topics inspired by comic book characters, their superpowers and significant events in their history. more...
Lectures
BEADLE CENTER ROOM N172, 4PMDepartment of Biochemistry/Redox Biology Center Fall Seminar - "Weakly Positioned Nucleosomes Enhance the Transcriptional Competency of Chromatin"
Steve Ladunga, Professor, Department of Statistics, UNL
Entomology Seminar - "Natural history and pest potential of Colaspis species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)in Nebraska"
Kentaro Miwa, Entomology Graduate Student
World-Renowned Pianist Vladimir Feltsman at Lied Center
Vladimir Feltsman
Piano great Vladimir Feltsman comes to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Lied Center for Performing Arts Oct. 26 for a special one-night engagement.
In a season where Feltsman will be performing with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Nebraska music lovers will be thrilled by his program including Mozart's Fantasia in D minor, K. 397, Schubert's Four Impromptus, Op. 90, and Chopin's Four Ballades. The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. more...
Life During Wartime; Cairo Time Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Life During Wartime and Cairo Time. Life During Wartime will screen through through Oct. 28, while Cairo Time will show through Nov. 4.
More information about each of the films and schedules, as well as online ticket purchasing, is available at the Ross website.
