Friday and Weekend, September 30 - October 2, 2011
Renovated 'First Peoples' exhibit opens Friday
The NU State Museum in Morrill Hall will open the renovated Native American gallery with a new exhibit today. The modern exhibit, "First Peoples of the Great Plains: Traditions Shaped by Land and Sky," explores the traditions of Native American cultures of the Great Plains.
In conjunction with the exhibit, the museum offers an informal beadwork and natural dyeing art program for children and families at 10 a.m. to noon and 12:30 to 4 p.m., Oct. 1. Visitors will have the opportunity to make dream catchers and dye porcupine quills using native dyes made from plants. Read more about this exhibit on Today@UNL.
Nebraska, Wisconsin to square off in ice cream battle
Camp Randall Stadium isn't the only place in Madison this weekend that Nebraska will put up its best against Wisconsin's best. The Babcock Hall Dairy Plant on the university campus will be the site of another epic battle.
The UNL Dairy Store is shipping some of its signature flavor — Scarlet and Cream — to Madison, where it will be served up next to Wisconsin's Berry Alvarez flavor. (Barry Alvarez is UW's athletic director and a former Husker, too.) Bill Klein, Babcock Hall Dairy Plant manager, said plans are still uncertain, but he's likely to give store visitors a chance to taste each flavor and vote on their favorite. Read more about the contest on Today@UNL.
BEHLEN OBSERVATORY, FRI 7:30PM
Behlen Observatory's first public night is Friday
UNL's Behlen Observatory near Mead will be open to the public from 7:30 to 10 p.m. on Sept. 30. Admission is free.
Provided the sky is clear, visitors will be able to view a variety of objects with the observatory's 30-inch telescope and with smaller telescopes set up outside the observatory. These include the moon, the planets Jupiter and Uranus, two kinds of star clusters, double or multiple stars, and the Ring Nebula in Lyra. Read more about the observatory's public night on Today@UNL.
Native American film festival plays Ross, Sheldon
The fourth biennial VisionMaker Film Festival, Sept. 30 to Oct. 6, will feature screenings at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center and Sheldon Museum of Art.
The VisionMaker Film Festival showcases Native American film and video projects. The festival provides a forum for these productions to gain media and viewer attention. Read more about the observatory's public night on Today@UNL.
Lectures
UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTER CONFERENE ROOM A,B,C, FRI 8:30AMGrand Rounds - "Best Practices for Integrative Care: What You Should Know"
Casey Tallent, Ph.D., Educational Psychology Department at UNL
Chemistry Colloquium - "Chemically- and Electrochemically-Synthesized Metallic Nanostructures:Fundamental Properties and Applications"
Professor Francis P. Zamborini, University of Louisville
Mathematics Colloquium - "From Small To Big Chaos"
Bo Deng, Department of Mathematics, UNL. Refreshments will be served in 348 Avery 3:30 - 4 p.m.
UNL's Peter Revesz (front row, far left) is pictured with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other Jefferson Science Fellows.
Revesz assessed weapons, export controls during fellowship
Peter Revesz knows databases — both how to create them and efficiently draw data from within them. He never figured that expertise would be of use to the U.S. State Department and its international partners.
Revesz, a professor of computer science and engineering, is the first from UNL to earn a competitive U.S. Department of State/U.S. Agency for International Development Jefferson Science Fellowship. During the past year, he served in Washington, D.C., and abroad, helping assess if everyday technologies can be weaponized and strengthening international export control policies. Read more about this fellowship on Today@UNL.
John Siegfried
Economics seminar to examine intercollegiate athletics
The College of Business Administration will host a seminar on the economics of intercollegiate athletics at 10 a.m., today in the Wick Alumni Center. The seminar is open to the public.
John Siegfried, professor of economics at Vanderbilt University and secretary-treasurer of the American Economic Association, will present "What Does Intercollegiate Athletics Do to (or for) Colleges and Universities?" Read more about this seminar on Today@UNL.
FILLEY HALL ROOM 210, FRI 3:30PM
Nayga to discuss effects of fast food restaurants on child obesity
Rodolfo Nayga
Rodolfo Nayga, professor of agricultural economics and agribusiness at the University of Arkansas, will discuss fast food and child obesity in a 3:30 p.m., Sept. 30 lecture in Filley Hall, room 210. The lecture, "The Effect of Fast Food Restaurants on Childhood Obesity," is free and open to the public.
Nayga analyzed the effect of the number of fast food restaurants at different distances from public schools in Arkansas on school-level obesity rates. Read more about this talk on Today@UNL.
BENTON HALL ROOM 104, FRI 11AM
Data and Donuts session is Friday
The Bureau of Social Research and Survey, Statistics, and Psychometrics Core Facility are sponsoring a free drop-in session, "Data, Donuts, Surveys and Solutions," 11 a.m. to noon, Sept. 30 in 104 Benton Hall. The event is open to anyone looking to develop a research project.
Staff will be on hand to help researchers brainstorm ideas for designing, collecting, analyzing and funding their research projects.
