Thursday, March 31, 2011
MTV Filmmaker Andrew Jenks Comes to Campus
Andrew Jenks
The University Program Council presents Andrew Jenks from MTV's "World of Jenks" beginning 7:30 p.m., March 31 in the Nebraska Union Centennial Room. This event will be free for UNL Students with a valid NCard and $5 for public, faculty and staff.
As made famous by his hit MTV series, "World of Jenks," award-winning documentary filmmaker Andrew Jenks takes viewers on unforgettable journeys as he captures a wide range of voices and personal stories. Each week, Jenks immerses himself into a different person's world and reveals unique slices of American life, uncovering incredible stories and people along the way. His firsd two documentaries, "Room 335" and "The Zen of Bobby V," have both received critical acclaim, with the latter premiering at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival. more...
Reforming Midwest Higher Education Event Live Online
On Thursday, March 31, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs will release a report, "A Master Plan for Higher Education in the Midwest: A Roadmap to the Future of the Nation's Heartland," at a program co-sponsored by the CIC.
Thanks to significant interest, anyone will be able to watch the event via live streaming video on the CIC website. The program will open at 6 p.m. CDT and will include the presentation of the paper, a panel discussion, and a question-and-answer session. more...
Lectures
SHELDON MUSEUM OF ART, 5:30PMHumanities on the Edge series - "Criticism in the Age of Anti-Intellectualism"
Historian and author Sande Cohen
ACLU President to Discuss National Security Issues
Susan N. Herman
National security issues and their interplay with the court systems, such as surveillance, detainment of alleged terrorists in Guantanamo, and extraordinary rendition victims, will be the subject of the Winthrop and Frances Lane Foundation Lecture on March 31 at the University of Nebraska College of Law.
Susan N. Herman, president of the American Civil Liberties Union and professor at Brooklyn Law School, will present "How the Bush/Obama War on Terror Threatens Ordinary Americans, Constitutional Rights, and Democracy" at noon in the Hamann Auditorium in Ross McCollum Hall. Her lecture is based on her book, "Taking Liberties: The War on Terror and the Erosion of American Democracy," to be published in September by Oxford University Press. The talk is free and open to the public. more...
LOVE LIBRARY SOUTH ROOM 102, 3:30PM
Evolutionary Biologist Futuyma to Give Lecture Today
Douglas Futuyma
Douglas Futuyma, one of the world's leading evolutionary biologists, will present "Macroevolution and the Evolutionary Synthesis" at 3:30 p.m., in Love Library South room 102. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Futuyma is a distinguished professor of ecology and evolution at Stony Brook University in New York. His lecture is part of the the School of Biological Sciences seminar series. Futuyma's research focuses on speciation and the evolution of plant-insect interactions. more...
HARDIN HALL ROOM 901, 11AM
Water Seminar Series Holds Lecture
Wayne Hubert
Wayne Hubert will present "Collaboration or Agitation? Efforts of the American Fisheries Society to Address Contemporary Environmental and Education Issues" at 11 a.m., March 31 in Hardin Hall room 901. His lecture was rescheduled after a Feb. 2 cancellation.
Hubert is the unit leader at the Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit.
Phil Ochs: There But For Fortunte; The Films of Susan Muska and Gréta Ólafsdóttir at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Phil Ochs: There But For Fortunte and The Films of Susan Muska and Gréta Ólafsdóttir. The Films of Susan Muska and Gréta Ólafsdóttir will have various screenings through Mar. 29, including appearances by the filmmakers for Q&A with the audience. Phil Ochs: There But For Fortunte will play through Mar. 31
More information about each of the films and schedules, as well as online ticket purchasing, is available at the Ross website.
