Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Dean candidate O'Connor public presentation today
Chuck O'Connor
Chuck O'Connor, one of four candidates for dean of the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, is on campus interviewing and will give a public presentation 3:30-5 p.m. today in the Sheldon Museum of Art auditorium.
O'Connor is dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. He spends his time thinking and speaking about the changing role of the arts in our communities and higher education. An advocate for all the arts, he has left his mark on several universities through successful fundraising, program development, as well as community and corporate partnerships. Read more about O'Connor and the FPA dean search on Today@UNL.
NEBRASKA EAST UNION, 2PM
Build, then eat: Car-building contest lets students explore engineering
It's the ultimate green car -- one that can be eaten when the trip is done. The Incredible, Edible Vehicle Competition today is in the Great Plains Room of the Nebraska East Union. Doors open at 2 p.m. and the competition begins at 2:30. The event is free and open to the public.
Students in Dennis Schulte's introductory biological systems and agricultural engineering class will demonstrate their edible cars during the event. Read more about this competition on Today@UNL.
Lectures
INTERNATIONAL QUILT STUDY CENTER & MUSEUM, NOONTuesday Talk: Planning and Designing the 'What's In A Name? Inscribed Quilts' Exhibition
Yvonne Wells
BIOC/RBC Seminar Series - "Intestinal transport & metabolism of monoacylglycerol: The forgotten lipid"
Dr. Judith Storch, Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University
Michael Forsberg. Photo by Joel Sartore
LIED CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS, 7PM | WATCH LIVE STREAMForsberg to explore Great Plains in Thompson Forum
Acclaimed conservation photographer Michael Forsberg, whose life's work has given him a unique perspective on the Great Plains, will discuss his experiences and insights about the ecosystem's fragility when he delivers a Dec. 6 lecture as part of the E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues.
Forsberg will present "Pulse of the Plains: A Photographer's Journey Connecting Water, Wildlife and Landscape," beginning at 7 p.m. at the Lied Center for Performing Arts. Through words and images, Forsberg will share what he has discovered: why this elegant yet compromised ecosystem and its creatures matter here at home and around the world. Read more about Forsberg and this talk on Today@UNL.
Unions offer 'Stress Free Zone' Dec. 6-8
Unwind before finals exams in the 'Stress Free Zone' from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 6 at the East Union and Dec. 7-8 at the City Campus Union. Enjoy free snacks and massages, giveaways, pet-a-dog, and fun activities. Open to all students.
The event is sponsored by the University Health Center, UNL Campus Recreation, UNL Student Management Center and Lincoln Pet Partners.
Students' political, campus attitudes revealed in UNL student-run survey
Are UNL students more liberal or conservative? Who are students looking to send to the White House in 2012? Who do they support in Nebraska's senate race? What do they think of their professors' politics? What do students think of Occupy Wall Street? The Tea Party? These questions will be answered in a presentation at 1 p.m. in the Heritage room of the Nebraska Union when the results of a student-conducted UNL Election Study are released to the public.
This fall, students of the UNL course "Political Science 230: Elections, Political Parties, and Special Interests" conducted a student body survey that gained the responses of more than 3,000 UNL students -- about 2,300 undergraduate students and 700 graduate students -- that tapped their political, social and campus attitudes. The class is taught by Michael Wagner. Read more about this survey in Today@UNL.
