Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Explore UCARE Academic Opportunities
The Office of Undergraduate Studies is sponsoring a research night, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Oct. 27 in the Nebraska Union. Laura Damuth, director of undergraduate research, will be on hand to discuss how students can become engaged in research through the university's UCARE program.
The Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experiences Program, supported by the Office of Undergraduate Studies and funded by the Pepsi Endowment and Program of Excellence funds, creates intellectual partnerships between UNL faculty and undergraduates by providing funds for research. more...
Volunteers Needed for EPA Gameday Challenge
Colleges nationwide are battling to be the college that recycles the most during football games. UNL will compete during the Missouri game Oct. 30 and needs at least 75 volunteers to pick up recyclables after the 2:30 p.m. game.
Refreshments will be offered. If interested, e-mail ercgdaychallenge@hotmail.com. The UNL Environmental Resource Center registered the university as Gameday Challenge contender with the Environmental Protection Agency to help increase positive environmental among the entire UNL community.
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!
Psychology Professor to Examine Eyewitness Identification Procedures
Gary Wells
Gary Wells, psychology professor at Iowa State University, will present "Mistaken Eyewitness Identification and False Certainty: Using Psychological Science to Combat Wrongful Convictions" at 3:30 p.m., Oct. 27 in Burnett Hall room 107. The lecture will be followed by a reception.
Wells is an internationally recognized scholar who has written over 170 articles and two books. Most of this work has been focused on the reliability of eyewitness identification. His conclusions about eyewitness identification have received national media attention in such outlets as the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times. more...
"Frame By Frame" Discusses History of Horror
In this episode of "Frame By Frame," UNL Film Studies professor Wheeler Winston Dixon talks about the past 100 years of horror at the cinema.
FRAME BY FRAME
Lectures
NEBRASKA EAST UNION GARDEN ROOM, NOONNebraska Gateway for Nutrigenomics Seminar Series - "What can organic chemistry offer to life seciences research?"
Patrick Dussault, Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska Lincoln
Grassland Conservation and Sustainable Communities Lecture - "Collaborating Across Fences: Law's Role in Managing Wildlife Resources in Ranch Country"
Anthony Schutz, Nebraska College of Law. Reception begins at 3 p.m.
Biotechnology/Life Sciences Fall 2010 Seminar - "Astrocyte function: critical determinant of neuronal survival following ischemia"
Dr. Rona Giffard, Stanford School of Medicine. A reception will be held at 3:30 p.m.
Department of Physics and Astronomy Lecture - "A Little Bit About Almost Nothing"
Cliff Bettis, UNL. This lecture is packed with demonstrations and experiments done under vacuum.
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.
