This Week, June 13 - 17, 2011
Final Water for Food Candidate to Give Presentation
The fourth finalist for the position of founding executive director of the Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute at the University of Nebraska is visiting campus June 10-13. Michael (Mike) Young will make a presentation at 3 p.m. June 13 in the Van Brunt Visitors Center. The presentation will also be available via live web stream (with login available at the Water For Food website). Presentations will also be archived on the same website.
Young is executive director of the Environment Institute at the University of Adelaide, Australia, where he holds a research chair in water economics and management in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences. He earned his master's degree in agricultural sciences and bachelor's degrees in economics and in agricultural sciences from the University of Adelaide. He worked in several roles for the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia's national science agency, including chief research scientist and director of the Policy and Economic Research Unit. He is a founding member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists and serves on the Prime Minister's Science, Engineering and Innovation Council. He serves on the International Advisory Board for Alberta Ingenuity Water Research Centre and as a consultant for Environment Canada.
Lemony Snicket Author Offers June 14 Reading, Signing
Daniel Handler
The author of the best-selling children's series "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events" will read and sign books at the University Bookstore at 7:30 p.m., June 14. The event is free and open to the public. Activities and games related to the Lemony Snicket series will take place before the reading.
Daniel Handler — whose pen name is Lemony Snicket — is the author of "The Basic Eight," "Watch Your Mouth" and "Adverbs." Under the Lemony Snicket name he has written the "Unfortunate Events" series of books, which have sold more than 60 million copies and were the basis of a feature film. Read more about this event on Today@UNL.
Jazz in June Continues With Gerald Dunn & The Jazz Disciples
Celebrating its 20th season, the Jazz in June concert series continues on Tuesday June 13 with Gerald Dunn & The Jazz Disciples. The concert begins at 7 p.m. and will draw thousands of revelers to sit under the trees on the plaza west of the Sheldon 12th and R streets. In conjunction with the performances, the Jazz in June Market offers dinner or shopping. Dinner items, fresh produce, baked goods, ice cream from the UNL Dairy Store and many more delights are available for purchase.
Dunn, the entertainment director for Kansas City's American Jazz Museum, has earned and maintained a spot as one of the city's premiere saxophonists. He has toured and played with the world-renowned Illinois Jacquet's Big Band based in New York. Kansas City artists like Oleta Adams, Kevin Mahogany, Bobby Watson and Karrin Allyson are among those who have also given Dunn performance opportunities. Read more...
Maxwell Arboretum Walking Tours continue
UNL Gardens' informal walking tours of the Earl G. Maxwell Arboretum on UNL's East Campus continue this week, on Tuesday from noon to 1 p.m. The tours are led by Emily Levine, special projects research horticulturist with the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture and former grounds supervisor for the arboretum. They are free and open to the public. Participants should meet at the Karl Loerch Gazebo located one block east of the UNL Dairy Store just off Holdrege Street. Some metered parking is available on the East Campus Loop south of the arboretum. In the event of rain, that week's tour will be canceled.
Now tour participants can see an edible landscape as fruit and nut trees yield their harvest, watch the stunning variety of fall color in both woody and herbaceous plants, and learn how to extend their bloom season with fall flowering perennials. Students can supplement their formal horticultural education, faculty and staff can gain more knowledge about their campuses' gardens, homeowners can get ideas for their own yards, and everyone can appreciate the beauty and science of the plants in the arboretum during a leisurely walk. Read more about walking tours on Today@UNL.
