Monday, December 6, 2010
Engineering Students Host 'Incredible, Edible' Car Competition Tomorrow
UNL's East Campus engineering programs will host the fifth annual "Incredible, Edible Car Competition" from 2-4:30 p.m., Dec. 7 at the Great Plains Room in the Nebraska East Union. Senior students will present their Capstone design projects and alums representing companies will be in attendance.
The cars compete in distance and durability as they roll down ramps. The constraints are the components, which must be edible, and their cost, which must be less than $10 per team. Teams have several weeks to design, brainstorm, shop, build stereotypes, test and tweak. After the competition, teams must eat their creations while the judges tally the score. more...
Lectures
AVERY HALL ROOM 115, 4PMMathematics Dept. Colloquium - "The Singular Inverse Sturm-Liouville Problem"
Paul Sacks, Iowa State University. Refreshments will be served at 3:30 p.m. in Avery 348.
SVCAA Candidate Ortega at Public Presentation
Suzanne Ortega
Suzanne Ortega, a finalist for senior vice chancellor for Academic Affairs, will be on campus Dec. 6-8 and give a public presentation at a reception 3:30-5 p.m. Dec. 6 at Sheldon Museum of Art.
Ortega was appointed as the executive vice president and provost of the University of New Mexico in August 2008. Prior to her appointment at the University of New Mexico, she served for three years as vice provost and graduate dean at the University of Washington. Ortega's master's and doctoral degrees in sociology were completed at Vanderbilt University. She served as assistant/associate graduate dean from 1994-2000 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and as vice provost for advanced studies and dean of the Graduate School at the University of Missouri from 2000-2005. Her primary research interest is in mental health epidemiology, health services and race and ethnic relations. more...
Combined Campaign Contribution Period Extended
UNL's Combined Campaign has been extended through Dec. 17 and organizers announce giving has reached 78 percent ($334,000) of the $430,000 total goal. Combined Campaign chair Mike Zeleny reminds UNL faculty and staff that they can give online or download forms online because the campaign this year is going "paperless."
To date, 1186 donors have contributed to the campaign. Last year a total of 2,245 donors supported the campaign. Donors can pledge online at the Combined Campaign website. Paper pledge cards are available for download on the site as well.
Lebanon; 127 Hours Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Lebanon and 127 Hours. Lebanon will screen through Dec. 9, while 127 Hours will show through Dec. 23.
More information about each of the films and schedules, as well as online ticket purchasing, is available at the Ross website.
