Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Concert Series Nov. 3-4 Exhibits Original Student Work
Composition students from the School of Music will present original works in a two-day series of "Wet Ink!" concerts at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 3-4 in Westbrook Recital Hall room 119. This event is free and open to the public.
These concerts take place each semester and showcase student compositions to the university and local community. Each concert is a culmination of individual work brought out from the practice rooms and the creative muses of the musicians. more...
UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTER CONFERENCE ROOM A,B and C, NOON & 6PM
UHC's In-Depth Insurance Seminar is Today
The University Health Center is offering information on "Insurance 102: The Details" in two sessions at noon and 6 p.m., Nov. 3. The sessions are at the Health Center in conference rooms A, B and C. Food and refreshments will be served.
The presentation will offer a in-depth look at how the UNL Health Option plan pays benefits and an explanation of insurance terminology. Enrollment for the spring coverage period (Jan. 1 to Aug. 13) is open on MyRED. The plan provides health and dental insurance plus a pharmacy program. more...
Lectures
BEADLE CENTER ROOM E103, 4PMBiotechnology/Life Sciences Fall 2010 Seminar - "New Insights In The Biosynthesis Of Phenylalanine In Plants"
Dr. Natalia Doudareva, Purdue University. A reception will be held at 3:30 p.m.
Book discussion, "Taking Science to the People"
Carolyn Johnsen, assistant professor of practice, Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication
UNL Teams With Harvard on Life on Earth Project
The "Life on Earth" project will develop a multi-touch table top evolution exhibit like the one shown here.
A UNL team is collaborating with Harvard University, the University of Michigan and other institutions to develop an innovative evolution exhibit for five U.S. museums, including the Nebraska State Museum.
"Life on Earth" is expected to be open to the public at the University of Nebraska State Museum (Morrill Hall) by 2012 as a permanent display. It will be integrated with the museum's educational programs for schools and the general public. Life on Earth will also be installed at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, California Academy of Sciences, Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History and Boston Children's Museum. more...
VAN BRUNT VISITORS CENTER, 4:45PM
Puchner to Discuss Modern Rivalry
Martin Puchner
Martin Puchner, author and English professor at Harvard University, will present "Actors and Puppets - A Modern Rivalry" at 4:45 p.m., Nov. 3 in the Van Brunt Visitors Center. This lecture will be given in conjunction with the Orlan exhibition at the Sheldon Museum of Art, Sept. 17 - Jan. 30, 2011, as part of the Interdisciplinary Arts Symposium.
Puchner's writing and research fall under three broad rubrics: drama, philosophy and world literature. In "Stage Fright" (2002) and "Against Theatre" (ed. 2006), he uses drama and theater to highlight the values and contradictions of modernism. This interest also informs his editorial work in drama, including an edition of "Six Plays of Henrik Ibsen" (2003), a new edition of Lionel Abel's "Metatheater" (2003), a four-volume collection of critical essays on modern drama, "Critical Concepts: Modern Drama" (2008), "The Norton Anthology of Drama" (2009) as well as his editorship of "Theatre Survey." more...
HARDIN HALL AUDITORIUM, 7PM
Paul Alan Cox
Ethnobotanist to Speak on Modern Medicine, Indigenous Knowledge
Ethnobotanist Paul Alan Cox promotes preserving natural resources by preserving traditional ways of life and believes new cures might be found by studying patterns of wellness and disease among indigenous peoples. Cox, executive director of the Institute for Ethnomedicine in Jackson Hole, Wyo., will give a presentation at the School of Natural Resources.
At 3:30 p.m., Cox will present "Linking Environmental Health to Human Health: Cyanobacterial Blooms and ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease)," which will be a more technical presentation. The event will be in the Hardin Hall auditorium at 33rd and Holdredge streets and are free and open to the public. more...
Never Let Me Go; Cairo Time Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Never Let Me Go and Cairo Time. Cairo Time will show through Nov. 4, while Never Let Me Go will screen through Nov. 11.
More information about each of the films and schedules, as well as online ticket purchasing, is available at the Ross website.
