Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Sheldon Seeks Student Docents
Interested in talking about ideas and finding out more about museums and what they do? Become a student docent. Sheldon Museum of Art — one of the premier university art museums in the country — is looking for students from all ages and backgrounds to join a team of volunteer guides who are dedicated to creating informal, energetic conversations around the art in our galleries.
The next training begins Sept. 23 and will include information on the museum's landmark building and special exhibitions, conversations with its curators and staff, and practice giving effective tours to other students and members of the general public. Read more about becoming a student docent on Next@Nebraska
Free 'Study Strategies' workshop today
General Studies is offering a Study Strategies workshop from 4 to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 21 in Mari's Lounge in the Abel/Sandoz complex.
Dr. Kenneth Kiewra, author of several books on learning, will present the session. The session is designed to help students learn to integrate information and is free and open to all students. Read more about this session on Next@Nebraska
Lectures
NEBRASKA UNION, 12:30PMBrownbag Lunch Series: Ethics in Biography
Led by Rhonda Garelick
Big Ten National Academy of Sciences Biotechnology/Life Sciences Seminar - "Unusual Lifestyle of Giant Algal Viruses"
National Academy of Sciences' James Van Etten, UNL. A reception will be held at 3:30 p.m.
Bodies in Books: Milestones in Medical History, 1500-1800, from the McGoogan Library, UNMC
John Schleichter, Rare Book Curator, McGoogan Library
Henry and Gretl Wald Lecture - "Bloodlands in Europe Between Hitler & Stalin"
Timothy Snyder, Professor/Historian, Yale University
Acclaimed author, poet takes the helm of Prairie Schooner
Kwame Dawes
Prairie Schooner, the quarterly literary magazine published at UNL for the past 85 years, is charting a new course under the direction of its new editor, Kwame Dawes.
This fall, Dawes assumed the role as Glenna Luschei Editor of the magazine. The editorship is endowed through a gift from Glenna Luschei, a UNL alumna and former Prairie Schooner editorial assistant.
"I just thought this was a fantastic opportunity," Dawes said of his new role. "To take over a journal of the prestige, tradition and reputation of Prairie Schooner was an exciting idea to me." Dawes also joined the faculty as a Chancellor's Professor and professor of English. Read more about Dawes on Today@UNL
HARDIN HALL AUDITORIUM, 3:30PM
Gitelson to speak on estimating ecosystem productivity
Anatoly Gitelson
UNL's Anatoly Gitelson will delve into aquatic ecosystems in a 3:30 p.m., Sept. 21 talk in the Hardin Hall Auditorium. Gitelson's lecture, "Physically Based Models for Remote Estimation of Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems Production," is part of the School of Natural Resources' 2011 Fall Seminar Series.
Gitelson is a physicist, remote sensing specialist, and professor of agronomy and horticulture. He is also part of the Center for Applied Land Management Information Technology in the School of Natural Resources. Read more about this talk on Today@UNL
