Tuesday, September 27, 2011
National Security, Civil Liberties and Ethics discussion at Law Collegee
Thomas A. Drake
A panel discussion at the UNL College of Law is part of the university's hosting of the National Whistleblower Tour. Associate Dean of Law Richard Moberly, Thomas Drake and Jesselyn Radack will visit at noon Sept. 27 in Hamann Auditorium in a fascinating program about whistle-blowing and national security. The panel is free and open to the public.
At a talk at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 27 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts, Drake and Radack will be joined by Gary Aguirre, Securities and Exchange Commissions whistleblower; and Mike McGraw, Kansas City Star Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter; for another free public presentation. Read more about this discussion on Today@UNL
Keystone Pipeline meetings live on NET2 and NET website
The U.S. Department of State has released the final version of the Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline project, and now public meetings on the proposed project will begin across the country. NET News will carry live coverage of the Nebraska meeting today at Pershing Auditorium in Lincoln. Coverage will be broadcast on NET2 in two sessions, one from noon to 3:30 p.m., and another from 4 to 8 p.m., Central.
Live coverage of the public meeting at Pershing Auditorium will also be streamed live on the NET website. Read more about this broadcast on Today@UNL
Lectures
INTERNATIONAL QUILT STUDY CENTER & MUSEUM, NOONTuesday Talk: Planning and Designing the Exhibition Yvonne Wells: Quilted Messages
Marin Hanson and Jonathan Gregory
Dancing Girl in Thailand - Brooke Glaser
NEBRASKA UNION, 11AM - 2PMUNL Study Abroad Fair Held Today
Right about now is the perfect time to plan to study abroad. Join more than 700 UNL students earning academic credit while visiting new places. Summer, semester and yearlong programs as well as English and foreign language programs are all possible and affordable through UNL. Find out more at the Study Abroad Fair from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Nebraska Union.
Attendees will receive information about UNL's programs, financial aid and scholarships and even vote for a favorite study abroad returnee's photos.
Wangari Maathai
Maathai dies in Nairobi, was to deliver Thompson lecture
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai died of cancer Sept. 25 in Nairobi, the New York Times reported. Maathai was scheduled to deliver a lecture Sept. 28 at the E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues at UNL. That lecture was canceled last week when she became too ill to travel.
A link to a blog post by the Times' Andrew C. Revkin at chronicles her life and includes a video clip.
