Thursday, April 14, 2011
U.S. Journalist to Give Voice to Iranian Human Rights
Roxana Saberi
Roxana Saberi, an Iranian-American journalist who attracted international attention in 2009 when she was imprisoned in Tehran after being falsely accused of spying for the United States, will share her experience during a free, public lecture April 14 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Saberi's presentation, "Courage Under Fire," will recount the 100 days she spent in Tehran's Evin Prison. She will also speak about Iranian society and human rights in Iran, share photographs detailing her experiences, and take questions from the audience. The talk will begin at 7 p.m. in the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 313 N. 13th St. Anyone is welcome to attend. more...
HENZLIK HALL ROOM 124, 7:30PM
Pigliucci to Give Public Lectures April 14, 15
Massimo Pigliucci
Massimo Pigliucci, a philosopher of science and evolutionary biologist, will present two talks this week. The first talk is at 7:30 p.m., April 14 in Henzlik Hall room 124. The second is at 12:30 p.m., April 15 in Manter Hall room 103. Both lectures are free and open to the public.
The April 14 lecture is based on Pigliucci's book "Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk." The lecture is part of the School of Biological Sciences seminar series and co-sponsored by the Nebraska Citizens for Science. more...
Student Involvement Offers Alternative Service Break
UNL Service-Learning and Campus Recreation are teaming up for this year's May Alternative Service Break to House Rock Valley, AZ. The trip will be working with the Grand Canyon Trust on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. The Grand Canyon Trust has extensive involvement in critical issues facing the southwest
While there, participants will take part in up to three different projects: building a native plant demonstration garden at our historic ranch house, restoration of a spring that has been degraded from years of cattle grazing and is dominated by non-native vegetation, and ground-truthing a cheatgrass model that's been developing over the last few years (cheatgrass is a highly invasive, non-native grass present throughout much of the western U.S.). Participants will be camping for the entire trip. Forms and more information is available on the Student Involvement website.
Lectures
HAMILTON HALL ROOM 110, 3:30PMSchool of Biological Sciences Seminar - "Grappling with the invisible community underground: Drivers and consequences of spatial distributions of microbes in soil."
Christopher Blackwood, Kent State University
NEBRASKA UNION AUDITORIUM, 3PM | LIVE STREAM
Nebraska Lecture to Explore Legacies of Removing Native Children
Margaret D. Jacobs will discuss the origins, consequences and legacies of indigenous child removal int he U.S. and Australia in the spring Nebraska Lecture at 3 p.m., in the Nebraska Union Auditorium. A reception and book signing will follow.
Jacobs' presentation is part of The Nebraska Lectures: Chancellor's Distinguished Lecture Series. The lectures, which feature distinguished UNL faculty, are designed for general audiences and provide insights about some of the university's leading research, scholarly and creative activity. Jacobs' lecture is sponsored by the Office of the Chancellor, UNL Research Council, Office of Research and Economic Development and the Nebraska Humanities Council. more...
Research Fair Closes With Undergraduate Research Conference
The UNL Research Fair wraps up today featuring undergraduate research, scholarship and creative activity.
The Undergraduate Research Conference is 3 to 5 p.m. in the Nebraska Union Centennial Room. Students will exhibit posters and be on hand to explain their research. The conference is sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Research. more...
TEMPLE BUILDING STUDIO THEATRE, 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 13-17 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.
