Friday and Weekend, April 8 - 10, 2011
Husker Sunday Event is April 10
UNL will be at Westfield Gateway Shopping Center from noon to 2:30 p.m. on April 10 for Husker Sunday, a free and interactive event for families and future students to learn more about UNL during an afternoon at the mall.
Students of all ages and adults can attend to experience a glimpse of college life. Representatives from UNL undergraduate colleges and student affairs offices such as Scholarships and Financial Aid, University Housing and Admissions will be on hand. For a full list of events and giveaways, read the full article at Today@UNL.
Chancellor Outlines Budget Reduction Process
In an April 7 campuswide e-mail, Chancellor Harvey Perlman announced that UNL faces a projected budget reduction of $10 million to $15 million in the next two year budget period. For a complete overview of the proposed budget reduction process and the full letter from the Chancellor, go to 2011 Budget Reduction page.
Exhibition to Showcase Nebraska Quilts and Quiltmakers
The International Quilt Study Center and Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will present "Nebraska Quilts and Quiltmakers" April 8 through Oct. 2 at the museum, 1523 N. 33rd St. This exhibition of 15 quilts celebrates the work of the Nebraska Quilt Project team -- pioneering individuals who preserved an invaluable record of life in the state, told through the history of cherished quilts.
Twenty-five years ago, a dedicated group of 21 volunteers set out to document Nebraska quilts that remained in private hands, fearful that the rich heritage inherent in the family quilts would be lost forever if not documented. The Nebraska quilt project team, in numerous day-long events, collected information on 1,557 quiltmakers who made 3,216 quilts between 1870 and 1989. more...
Lectures
SCOTT ENGINEERING CENTER ROOM 237, FRI 10AMEngineering Mechanics Seminar Series - "Ultrasonic and Stereo-Optical Characterization Techniques for Applications in Mechanical Testing"
MS Thesis Defense by Jonathan Michael Hein. Adviser: Mehrdad Negahban.
Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience Seminar Series - "Novel magnetic separation nanotechnology for nuclear"
Dr. You Qiang, Department of Physics and Environmental Science Program, University of Idaho
Engineering Mechanics Seminar Series - "Probing Complex Interactions in Polymer-Clay and Cell-Microstructures"
Antonella Esposito, Associate Professor at the University of Rouen, France. There will be an informal reception in W317.7 Nebraska Hall at 1:30 p.m., prior to the seminar.
Department of Agricultural Economics Seminar Series - "Why Small is Still Beautiful: Establishing a Micro-Economic Agenda for Agribusiness Development"
Dr. Ralph Christy, Cornell University
Chemistry Colloquium - "DNA-mediated Signaling"
Jacqueline K. Barton, California Institute of Technology
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences' Stout Lecture Series - "Climate Change: What Can We Learn from Past Centuries?"
Michael Mann, director of the Penn State Earth System Science Center, and lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore in 2007.
Huskers
SOFTBALL | BOWLIN STADIUM, HAYMARKET PARK, SAT 2PMNebraska Huskers vs. Texas Longhorns
SOFTBALL | BOWLIN STADIUM, HAYMARKET PARK, SUN NOONNebraska Huskers vs. Texas Longhorns
Photo courtesy Dr. Ken Dewey
Weatherfest April 9 Focuses on Safety, Severe Weather
The 11th annual Central Plains Severe Weather Symposium and Family Weatherfest April 9 will feature information about safety and severe weather. The event will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Hardin Hall. The family-oriented event is free and open to the public.
Ken Dewey, a climatologist in the School of Natural Resources, organizes the symposium each year to share his passion for weather. "Besides sports, weather is the number one thing people talk about," Dewey said. "I moved here for the weather. The weather here in the center of the country is far more extreme than it is anyplace else." more...
College of Business Maintains Business, Accounting Accreditation
The College of Business Administration has maintained its business and accounting accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International. Founded in 1916, AACSB International is the longest serving global accrediting body for business schools that offer undergraduate, master's and doctoral degrees in business and accounting.
Only 607 schools of business - less than 5 percent worldwide - have earned this hallmark of excellence in business accreditation. Of those schools, only 175 have earned specialized accreditation for their accounting programs. more...
Rawley Graduate Conference in Humanities is Fri, Sat.
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
The History Graduate Students' Association will host the sixth annual James A. Rawley Graduate Conference in the Humanities on April 8-9 at UNL. Graduate students from across the globe will present their work and participate in panel discussions focusing on the theme of "Communities, Kinship and Culture: The Formation and Expression of Identities."
The event is free and open to the public. It aims to highlight major themes crossing academic boundaries and departments and offer the public an opportunity to meet future historians who have a wide range of interests and expertise. Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, a scholar in early American history, will present the keynote address on April 8. Ulrich is a professor of history at Harvard University and winner of the Pulitzer and Bancroft prizes for her book, "A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812." She's also a past president of the American Historical Association. more...
TEMPLE BUILDING STUDIO THEATRE, FRI; SAT 7:30PM
University Theatre presents 'Twelfth Night'
Aric Damm as Orsino and Calandra Daby as Viola. Photo by Doug Smith.
University Theatre completes its season with William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night." The production has performances at 7:30 p.m., April 8-9 in the Temple Building's Studio Theatre. It is directed by Ian Borden, assistant professor.
Set in the Old West in Illyria, the production is one of Shakespeare's most popular comedies of mistaken identity and love triangles. Twins Viola and Sebastian are separated during a shipwreck. Masquerading as a young boy in Duke Orsino's household, Viola finds herself in the hilarious web of the duke's relationship with Olivia and her various suitors. more...
Idiots and Angels; A Somewhat Gentle Man at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Idiots and Angels and A Somewhat Gentle Man Both films will screen through Apr. 14.
More information about each of the films and schedules, as well as online ticket purchasing, is available at the Ross website.
