Monday, March 14, 2011
Free Spring Break 'Survival Kits' to be Distributed March 14-16
The University Health Center and Campus Rec Centers are teaming up to distribute spring break survival kits on a first-come, first-served basis throughout the week of March 14-16. All kits consist of a BPA-free water bottle filled with useful travel items.
The kits will be distributed at the following times and locations:
- 8 a.m., March 14 - University Health Center
- 8 a.m., March 15 - East Campus Activities Building
- 10 a.m., March 16 - Campus Rec Center
- 11 a.m.-2 p.m., March 16 - Nebraska Union at the "Safe Spring Break Fair" sponsored by the University Health Center
NEBRASKA UNION, 3:30PM
Basolo to be Honored for Contributions to Women
Alexandra Basolo
The Chancellor's Commission on the Status of Women will present the 2011 Outstanding Contribution to Women Award to Alexandra Basolo during a 3:30 p.m., March 14 ceremony in the Nebraska Union. The event will include a performance by the University Chorale, directed by Rhonda Fuelberth.
Basolo is a professor in the School of Biological Sciences. Fuelberth is an associate professor of music. More information is available on the Chancellor's Commission on the Status of Women website.
Ming Han
Han Places in Navy Challenge, Earns $100K for Research
A UNL engineer's idea is among the top 10 winners in the U.S. Department of the Navy's national Chief of Naval Research Challenge.
Ming Han, assistant professor of electrical engineering, will receive $100,000 for his research initiative, "Miniature and Durable Fiber-Optic Microphone for Accurate Measurement of High-Level Noise." The Office of Naval Research selected 10 winners from nearly 100 proposals nationwide. more...
ANDREWS HALL ROOM 228 (DUDLEY BAILEY LIBRARY), 4PM
Lecture to Examine Expansion of the Definition of Sanctity
Nancey Murphy
Guest speaker Nancey Murphy will argue that it is possible to extend the idea of sanctity beyond humans to all of nature during a 4 p.m., March 14 lecture in Andrews Hall's Dudley Bailey Library. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Murphy is a professor of Christian philosophy at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, Calif. Taking a position she calls "eco-physicalism," Murphy argues that it is possible to extend the definition of sanctity if one takes a anthropological view of humans being essentially physical beings. Lied Center website
Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen; White Material at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen and White Material. Both films will screen through Mar. 17.
More information about each of the films and schedules, as well as online ticket purchasing, is available at the Ross website.
