Friday and Weekend, June 10 - 12, 2011
Alfano Named APS Fellow
James Alfano
James Alfano, Charles Bessey professor of plant pathology and member of the Center for Plant Science Innovation at UNL, has been elected a fellow of the American Phytopathological Society. The international scientific organization is devoted to the study of plant diseases and has a membership that includes nearly 5,000 plant pathologists and scientists worldwide.
Fellow recognition by the American Phytopathological Society is based on significant contribution in at least one of the following areas: original research, teaching, administration, professional and public service, and extension/outreach. Nine members of the APS earned fellow status this year. Read more about Alfano's fellowship on Today@UNL.
East Campus Hosts June 11 Meadowlark Festival Events
Dave Eggar
The Meadowlark Music Festival expands its June 11 concert to include an afternoon of music and family-friendly activities at East Campus, capped by an evening concert by Grammy nominee Dave Eggar and Deoro on the green northeast of the East Union.
The day begins with afternoon events and dinner, with many departments and units on East Campus opening doors for free family-friendly events with musicians performing at buildings and sites across campus. Participants can pick up a passport and map at any of the locations and have the passport stamped by visiting each site. Free ice cream with a special Meadowlark-themed flavor will be provided 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. by the UNL Dairy Store to those who receives three or more stamps. A grill-out near the concert site is 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. with grilled burgers and hot dogs for purchase. Read more about this event on Today@UNL.
Innovation Campus Developers Unveil $80 Million in Building Plans
Leveraged by the $25 million investment by the Nebraska Legislature, the Nebraska Innovation Campus Corp. Board of Directors today announced that the first phase of development at Nebraska Innovation Campus would include four new or renovated buildings representing an estimated $80 million in public and private investments.
Included in the first phase is a nearly 170,000-square-foot central commons building that nearly doubles the size of the original 4-H Building. State funds of $10 million will renovate the building's east half, while the Woodbury Corp., managing partner of investors Nebraska Nova LLC, will renovate the west half and also will build a companion building next to the 4-H Building. Read more about the announced Innovation Campus plans.
'Midnight in Paris,' 'Meek's Cutoff' Open at the Ross
Woody Allen's critically acclaimed new comedy "Midnight in Paris" and Kelly Reichardt's stark drama "Meek's Cutoff" open today at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center.
Owen Wilson, Marion Cotillard, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, and Carla Bruni star "Midnight in Paris," a romantic comedy about a family on a business trip in the City of Light. As a young couple engaged to be married experiences a profound transformation during their visit to Paris, an idealistic man with a romanticized view of the city finds that there's plenty of truth to that old adage about the grass being greener on the other side.
In "Meek's Cutoff," the year is 1845, the earliest days of the Oregon Trail, and a wagon train of three families has hired mountain man Stephen Meek to guide them over the Cascade Mountains. Claiming to know a shortcut, Meek leads the group on an unmarked path across the high plain desert, only to become lost in the dry rock and sage. Over the coming days, the emigrants face the scourges of hunger, thirst and their own lack of faith in one another's instincts for survival. When a Native American wanderer crosses their path, the emigrants are torn between their trust in a guide who has proven himself unreliable and a man who has always been seen as a natural-born enemy. The film stars Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood and Paul Dano. Read more about these films on Today@UNL.
