Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Public Guided Tour
Enjoy a guided tour of current exhibitions with a trained docent. Exhibitions covered include Marseille: White Corded Quilting, the first major display in the world of all-white quilted and corded French needlework, and Nebraska Quilts and Quiltmakers.
Tour is free with admission.
Quilt Center Website
NEBRASKA EAST UNION, 6:30PM
'Celebrating the Good Life in Nebraska' Fundraiser
The students of Hospitality, Restaurant and Tourism Management are hosting a fundraiser, "Celebrating the Good Life in Nebraska," 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Nebraska East Union Great Plains Room. Admission is $50 per person and includes a free gift. more...
HEWIT PLACE, 10AM-5PM
Elizabeth Rubendall Artists-in-Residence
Allen and Patty Eckman's cast paper sculptures
Renowned cast paper sculptors Allen and Patty Eckman will be working in the lobby of the Great Plains Art Museum to create two commissioned artworks for the museum's permanent collection. Visitors are welcome to come and observe their work, interact with the artists, or contact the curator to schedule a tour group.
This event is free and open to the public. Hours 10-5 Tues-Sat, 1:30-5 Sun. more...
Lectures
NEBRASKA EAST UNION 12:00PMNebraska Gateway for Nutrigenomics Seminar Series presents:
Dietary gene interactions: Polyunsaturated dietary fat uncovers a novel role for 12/15 lipoxygenase
John S. Parks, Ph.D., Professor of Pathology-Lipid Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Spring 2011 Water Seminar Series presents:
Watershed Ecohydrology: Hydrology, Vegetation, and Land-Atmosphere Interaction
Ryan Emanuel, North Carolina State University
Biotechnology/Life Sciences Spring 2011 Seminar:
Cowpea: Genetic Improvement for Marginal Environments
Dr. Timothy Close, University of California
Law and Psychology Conference Opens Today
The conference is free and open to faculty, staff, students and the public. Distinguished social science and law scholars will speak about discrimination based on race/ethnicity, mental disability and sexual orientation. more...
WICK ALUMNI CENTER
Final Day for Cap and Gown Distribution
Graduates participating in May commencement exercises can pick up regalia today at the Wick Alumni Center. All graduates who participate in commencement must wear cap, gown and (if appropriate) an academic hood. more...
NEBRASKA EAST UNION, Thursday 7:30PM
'Focus Nebraska' for Earth Week; Events Continue
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's student government, ASUN, and the Environmental Resource Center have organized a weeklong event, "Focus Nebraska" April 18-22 during the week of Earth Day, April 22.
Thursday Evening at 7:30 pm in the Nebraska East Union Great Plains Room is the keynote speech by Joel Sartore. A life-long Nebraskan, Joel Sartore brings a sense of humor and a mid-western work ethic to all of his National Geographic magazine assignments. Two decades with the National Geographic Society have allowed him to cover everything from the remote Amazon rain forest to beer-drinking, mountain-racing firefighters in the United Kingdom. Sartore will talk about his experiences as a photographer and use those experiences to make sense of global warming. more...
The Woodmans; Win Win at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents The Woodmans and Win Win. The Woodmans will screen through Apr. 21, while Win Win will show through May 5.
More information about each of the films and schedules, as well as online ticket purchasing, is available at the Ross website.
Huskers
Women's Tennis | at Colorado 2PMTrack and Field | at Kansas Relays
