Monday, November 8, 2010
Truman Day Presentation, Workshops Today
UNL will hold a day of workshops Nov. 8 devoted to helping students compete for nationally competitive scholarships. Truman Day will culminate with UNL being recognized as one of two 2010 Honor Institutions by the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation.
The workshops will be led by UNL alumni and current students who successfully completed the application process. They include Truman Scholars, Truman finalists, a Marshall Scholar, a Goldwater Scholar and one alumnus who won both the Truman Scholarship and a Fulbright Scholarship. All were scholarship winners or finalists within the last 10 years. more...
Lectures
VETERINARY BASIC SCIENCES BUILDING ROOM 124, 2PMInstitutional Biosafety Committee Meeting - "Reviewing and approving biological research involving recombinant DNA and infectious agents on the UNL campuses"
TBA
Center for Grassland Studies Fall 2010 Seminar Series - "Role of Aphid Honeydew in Foraging Behavior of Ladybird Beetle Larvae"
Swapna Purandare, graduate student, School of Biological Sciences, UNL
UNL Research Council - "Topological Insulators and Joint Approximate Diagonalization of Matrices"
Terry Loring, University of New Mexico. Preceded by refreshments at 3:30 p.m. in Avery Hall 348.
Huskers
BASKETBALL | DEVANEY CENTER, 7PMNebraska Huskers vs. Bellevue Bruins (Exhibition Game)
UNL Student to Appear on 'Jeopardy!' College Championship Tournament
Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek and UNL's Timothy Relihan
A University of Nebraska-Lincoln senior majoring in international studies and history will soon get his 15 minutes of fame -- or rather, make that 30 minutes. Timothy Relihan is scheduled to compete in the two-week college championship tournament of "Jeopardy!" airing nationally Nov. 8-19 (check local listings, programming dates are subject to change).
The Stromsburg native landed a spot on the popular game show after performing well on an online test and an audition that included a written test, a mock game and an interview. While more than 10,000 people took the online test, just 15 students were selected to be on the show, he said. more...
NEBRASKA UNION, NOON
Council of Students to Discuss Women's Issues
The Council of Students, part of the Chancellor’s Commission on the Status of Women, is hosting a meeting from noon-1 p.m., Nov. 8 in the Nebraska Union. Students are invited to share their concerns, questions and ideas about issues affecting women at UNL.
Please bring lunch and take advantage of this opportunity to share thoughts. Students who live in the residence halls can request a brown bag lunch from dining services with 24 hours notice. If there is a time conflict, feel free to e-mail ccswstudents@gmail.com with any issues that need to be addressed.
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.
