This Week, May 30 - June 3, 2011
Food Scientists Involved in Discovery on Allergens, Blood Transfusions
What you eat before giving blood could cause a severe allergic reaction in people who receive that blood, according to findings by food scientists, including two from UNL. A 6-year-old boy in the Netherlands who received a transfusion suffered an allergic reaction because three of the five donors had eaten peanuts the night before their donation, according to a report in the May 19 New England Journal of Medicine.
Joe Baumert and Stef Koppelman, UNL food scientists, were co-authors of this report, along with colleagues in the Netherlands. They have studied digestion-resistant proteins and allergens in peanuts and Baumert provided key reagents and analytical testing needed for this study. Read more on Today@UNL.
Statewide Arboretum Offers Garden Tour on May 27
Nebraska is celebrating Wildflower Week May 28 to June 5. Events include a 1:30 p.m., May 27 open house and tour of the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum greenhouse and display gardens on East Campus. The greenhouse and gardens are on the north side of East Campus and can be accessed by going south at the 38th Street entrance on Leighton/Huntington Avenue.
The greenhouse will be open for plant sales from noon to 5 p.m. For more information, including a complete list of 2011 Wildflower Week activities, visit the Statewide Arboretum website.
Lectures
INTERNATIONAL QUILT STUDY CENTER & MUSEUM, TUE NOONTuesday Talk: Patterns of Patterns: What We Saw at the Quilt History Days
Dr. Kari Ronning, a member of the Nebraska Quilt Project team
"Star, Signature," Rebecca Scattergood Savery (1770-1855). Probably made in Philadelphia, dated 1844. Mosaic patchwork technique. Cotton, 118.5" x 114".
Mosaic Patchwork Quilt Exhibit Opens May 28
The International Quilt Study Center and Museum will present the exhibition "Elegant Geometry: American and British Mosaic Patchwork" May 28 through Jan. 8. The exhibition is curated by British quilt historian Bridget Long.
Mosaic quilts are eye-dazzling textiles made from thousands of precisely-shaped fabric patches formed with the use of paper templates. The technique was used in the British Isles as early as the 1700s and also became popular in other parts of Europe, as well as Britain's North American colonies. This exhibition traces the development of the style and presents many stunning examples of an exacting and time-consuming art. Read more on Today@UNL.
'Bill Cunningham New York', 'Potiche' Open at the Ross
Movies featuring the influential career of a New York Times fashion photographer and the humorous story of a "trophy wife" who steps up to manage her husbands' company open today at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center. Both films play through June 2.
"Bill Cunningham New York" documents the life and career of New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham. For decades, the Schwinn-riding shutterbug has obsessively and inventively chronicled fashion trends and high society charity soirees for the Times' "Style" section. His work is featured in Times columns "Evening Hours" and "On the Street." The film is a delicate, funny and often poignant portrait of the dedicated artist.
Set in 1977 in a provincial French town ,"Poitche" is a free adaptation of the 1970s hit comic play of the same name. Catherine Deneuve plays Suzanne Pujol, a submissive, housebound "trophy housewife" - or poitche. She steps in to manage the umbrella factory run by her wealthy and tyrannical husband (Fabrice Luchini) after the works go on strike and take him hostage. Read more on Today@UNL.
