Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Life Sciences seminar examines fungal endophytes
A. Elizabeth Arnold
University of Arizona professor A. Elizabeth Arnold will be featured in UNL's Biotechnology/Life Sciences Seminar Series. Arnold's 4 p.m. lecture, "Fungal Endophytes from the Tropics to the Tundra: Clues to the Evolution of Plant-Fungal Interactions," is in the Beadle Center, room E103.
The free public seminar is preceded by a 3:30 p.m. reception. Arnold will discuss three main areas: the evolutionary origins of endophytic fungi; to what degree do the demonstrate co-evolution with host organisms; and how these previously unknown fungi clarify the structure of the fungal tree of life.
Patrik Schumacher
HARDIN HALL AUDITORIUM, 1PMGreen Fire' showing, discussion
A free screening of "Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time" is 1 to 3 p.m. in the Hardin Hall auditorium.
Curt Meine, senior fellow with the Aldo Leopold Foundation, will introduce the film and lead discussion afterward. Meine, who has written a biography on Aldo Leopold, serves as the film's on-screen guide. Read more about this film and discussion in Today@UNL.
Lectures
ANDREWS HALL BAILEY LIBRARY, 3:30PMInstitute for Ethnic Studies Colloquium - "Are you White? The Historical Construction of Racial Identity"
Panel Discussion by Patrick Jones, Associate Professor History and Ethnic Studies;
Sergio Wals, Assistant Professor Political Science and Ethnic Studies
LIED CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS, 7:30PM
Group to perform reimagined 'Sound of Music' score
The Brooklyn Rundfunk Orkestrata will present their reimagined score from Rodger and Hammerstein's iconic "The Sound of Music" in a 7:30 p.m., Feb. 8 performance at the Lied Center for Performing Arts.
Tickets are $28 and may be purchased online or at the Lied Center box office or by calling 402-472-4747. Read more about this performance in Today@UNL.
HARDIN HALL AUDITORIUM, 3:30PM
Ecohydrology is topic of water seminar
Holly Barnard
The Water Seminar Series continues with "Ecohydrology: Coupling, Connectivity and Challenges in Forested Catchments," 3:30 p.m. in the Hardin Hall Auditorium. The series will be led by Holly Barnard, an assistant professor of geography at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Lectures in the series are free and open to the public. Read more about this lecture in Today@UNL.
NEBRASKA EAST UNION, NOON
Fernando to lead nutrigenomics seminar
Samodha Fernando
Samodha Fernando will discuss "Meta-Functional Genomics: Towards Improving Animal Health and Nutrition" at noon in the East Union. The lecture, part of the Nebraska Gateway for Nutrigenomics Seminar Series, is free and open to faculty, staff and students.
Fernando is a UNL assistant professor of animal science. He received his doctorate in animal nutrition/microbial genomics from Oklahoma State University in 2008. He joined UNL in 2011 after completing a postdoctoral associate position at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Read more about this talk in Today@UNL.
Trip leaders sought for Spring Alternative Service Breaks
The Center for Civic Engagement is seeking trip leaders for the Spring Alternative Service Breaks. Applications for volunteers are due Feb. 10.
Trip leaders must be UNL faculty, staff or graduate students. The service trips will be offered during spring break, March 18-25. Leaders receive a discount on trip costs. For more information on becoming a trip leader, visit the Center for Civic Engagement, room 222, Nebraska Union or call 402-472-6150. Applications are available in the Center for Civic Engagement office.
Domestic violence conference is today
The Nebraska African-American Domestic Violence Action Committee's sixth-annual conference is 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Feb. 8 at the East Union. The conference, "A Cultural Context for Trauma Recovery: Domestic Violence and the African American Community," is free and open to the public.
The conference's featured speaker, Thema Bryant-Davis, is a licensed psychologist, poet, dancer and minister who teaches on the topics of individual and family development at Pepperdine University. Bryant-Davis received her doctorate from Duke University in clinical psychology with a focus on the cultural context of trauma recovery, as well as the intersection of gender and racial identity. She completed her post-doctoral training at Harvard Medical Center's victims of violence program. Read more about this conference in Today@UNL.
