Friday and Weekend, November 5 - 7, 2010
Quilt Exhibition Inspires Dance Performances Nov. 5 and 7
UNL dance students taught by professor Susan Levine will perform at 5:30 p.m., Nov. 5 in the International Quilt Study Center and Museum as part of the museum's First Friday exhibit. Their performances are inspired by the exhibition "South Asian Seams: Quilts from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh."
Repeat performances will take place at 6:15 p.m., Nov. 5; 2 p.m., Nov. 7; and 3 p.m., Nov. 7. Admission to the museum is free for UNL students, faculty and staff. On First Fridays, the museum also offers free public admission from 5-7 p.m. more...
GAUGHAN MULTICULTURAL CENTER, SAT 6PM
'Taste of Africa' Festival Takes Place Saturday
The African Student Association is embarking on a "Taste of Africa" excursion at 6 p.m., Nov. 6 in the Jackie Gaughan Culture Center. The event will feature native African cuisine, music and dance.
Tickets can be purchased Nov. 5 in the Nebraska Union at the organization's booth. For more information, e-mail alishatesfalem@yahoo.com.
Nov. 5 Lectures to Feature Evolutionary Psychologist
Paul Vasey
Evolutionary psychologist Paul Vasey will discuss evolutionary sexual behavior during two lectures this week. The first is set for 1:30 p.m., Nov. 5 in the Nebraska Union Regency room. The second is set for 4:30 p.m., Nov. 5 in 907 Oldfather Hall. These lectures are free and open to the public.
During the first lecture, Vasey will describe his research in Samoa examining why genes for males and androphilia - male sexual attraction and arousal to adult males - do not go extinct. The second lecture will address Vasey's long-term research on the development and evolution of non-conceptive mounting in Japanese macaques, an Old World Monkey species native to Japan. Since 2000, his work has been conducted at his field site in Arashiyama, Japan. He will also discuss the future direction of his research program. more...
Lectures
SHELDON MUSEUM OF ART ABBOTT AUDITORIUM, FRI 9:30AMEthics Seminar for Engineering and Architecture Students - "Ethics Theories and Contract Principles"
Arthur Schwartz, National Society of Professional Engineers. More information.
Geography General Seminar - "Social Services and Community Planning with GIS"
Kurt Elder, Urban Development for the city of Lincoln
Department of Agricultural Economics Seminar Series
Dr. Pierre Mérel, University of California, Davis
Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences Stout Lecture - "Golf Balls and Glass: An Investigation of Magmatic Processes in a Waning Icelandic Rift"
Brennan Jordan, University of South Dakota. Refreshments will be served at 3:15 p.m.
Physicists Finish Record Year at Large Hadron Collider
Proton running for 2010 in the Large Hadron Collier at CERN near Geneva on the Swiss-French border came to a successful conclusion Nov. 4.
Since the end of March, when the first collisions occurred at a total energy of 7 TeV (trillion electron volts), the machine and experiment teams have achieved all of their objectives for the first year of proton physics at this record energy, and new ground has been explored. For the rest of the year the LHC is moving to a different phase of operation, in which lead ions will be accelerated and brought into collision in the machine for the first time.
UNL researchers are involved in the Compact Muon Solenoid, one of the two largest experiments at the LHC. The CMS is designed to investigate a wide range of physics, including the search for the Higgs boson, extra dimensions and particles that could make up dark matter. more...
LIED CENTER, SAT 7:30PM
NPR's Peter Sagal at Lied on Saturday
Peter Sagal
Peter Sagal, longtime host of National Public Radio's "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!", makes his Lied Center debut at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 6. A radio host, author, humorist and long-distance runner, Sagal provides an eclectic and inquiring mind that will make for an entertaining night.
Sagal's show in Lincoln will take the audience behind the scenes of award-winning "Wait Wait..." to explore the show's beginnings, its more memorable moments and today's most bizarre but true news stories. Sagal applies his quick wit to radio show stories and jokes to create an uproarious and unforgettable evening. more...
LIED CENTER, FRI 7:30PM
'A Midsummer Night's Dream' at The Lied
New York's Aquila Theatre Co. will delight Lincoln audiences in its modern interpretation of Shakespeare's comedy, "A Midsummer Night's Dream," at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 5 the Lied Center for Performing Arts.
Tickets are available at the Lied Center, online at the Lied Center website or by calling (402) 472-4747. Tickets are $25 for adults and $12.50 for students. Discounts available for groups of 20 people or more by calling Cheri Beery at (402) 472-4725. more...
Never Let Me Go; Last Train Home Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Never Let Me Go and Last Train Home. Both films 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.
