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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Pamela Karlan

Pamela Karlan

COLLEGE OF LAW HAMANN AUDITORIUM, NOON

Karlan to deliver Phi Beta Kappa/Lane lecture on constitution

Since 1789, other nations' constitutions have come and gone. By one recent estimate, national constitutions last only an average of 17 years. The United States Constitution, by contrast, not only endures — it thrives. Why?

Today, Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Pamela Karlan, of Stanford Law School, will deliver a free, public lecture, "Keeping Faith with the Constitution." The noon lecture is at Hamann Auditorium at the College of Law. Read more about this lecture in Today@UNL.

 

RICHARDS HALL ROOM 15, 6PM

Barefoot Artists founder to visit UNL

Lily Yeh

Lily Yeh

Internationally celebrated artist Lily Yeh will participate in community art projects, a workshop and public presentations during a three-day visit to UNL. Yeh will be on campus March 13-15. She will give a lecture, 6 to 7:30 p.m. in Richards Hall, room 15

Other events include: a "Paint Big, Paint Together" workshop with area youth; a paper cut mural workship with UNL students and community leaders; a talk about social entrepreneurism with UNL's Students in Free Enterprise; a conversation with UNL graduate students; and attending UNL's Women's Week banquet. Read more about this visit in Today@UNL.

 

spring break bottles

Free 'Spring Break Survival Kits' available

University Health Center will distribute spring break survival kits to UNL students on a first-come, first-served basis, through March 15. The kits include a BPA-free water bottle filled with useful travel items.

Kits are available these locations and times:

  • March 14
    11 a.m. Abel and Harper-Schramm-Smith dining halls
  • March 15
    11 a.m. East Union at the "Safe Spring Break Fair"

 


Joy Castro

Joy Castro

Castro's first novel earns national honor

Most writers don't aim to blur the lines between a crime thriller and a chick lit novel.

Joy Castro isn't one of them.

"To write 'Hell or High Water,' I repurposed the conventions of classic noir and chick lit and put them into tension with each other to tell a story about sexual violence and environmental degradation," said Castro, associate professor of English and ethnic studies. "I wanted to write a guilty beach read that would have political substance."

Most recently, Las Comadres and Friends National Latino Book Club selected Castro's forthcoming debut novel, "Hell or High Water," as a 2012 Book of the Month. Read more the novel and award in Today@UNL.

 

GREAT PLAINS MUSEUM, 4PM

Assiniboine stories are topic of Olson Seminar

Dennis Smith

Dennis Smith

"Nineteenth-Century Fort Peck Assiniboine Cultural Persistence," is the title of the March Paul A. Olson Seminar in Great Plains Studies.

Dennis Smith, associate professor of History and Native American studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, will discuss Fort Peck Assiniboine stories at a Paul A. Olson Seminar in Great Plains Studies at 3:30 p.m. in the Great Plains Art Museum, 1155 Q St. Read more about this seminar in Today@UNL.

 

Joan Wells NEBRASKA EAST UNION, 3:30PM

Trick roper performance is today

Joan Wells, women's world champion trick roper and inductee to the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame, will present a unique performance of trick and fancy roping at 3:30 p.m. at the Nebraska East Union. This event is part of Women's Week 2012.

This event is co-sponsored by the LGBTQA Resource Center and The Women's Center.

 

Lectures
BEADLE CENTER ROOM E103, 4PM

Spring 2012 Biotechnology/Life Sciences Seminar Series - "Genome Structural Variation and Phenotypic Diversity in Soybeans"
Robert Stupar, assistant professor of agronomy and plant genetics at the University of Minnesota. A reception will be held at 3:30 p.m.

 

Miss Representation ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER, 7:30PM

Ross hosts 'Miss Representation' screening, discussion

The University Program Council will present a screening of the hit film, "Miss Representation," at 7:30 p.m., followed by a panel discussion, in the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center. The event, which is free and open to the public, is part of Women's Week activities (March 12-16) at UNL.

The film brings to light instances of negative and oppressive portrayals of women in mainstream media. Written and directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, it argues that mainstream media contribute to the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America and challenges the media's limited and often disparaging portrayals of women and girls. The film originally premiered on Jan. 22, 2011, at the Sundance Film Festival and in October, Oprah Winfrey bought the rights to the documentary for her cable network to broadcast. Read more about this screening in Today@UNL.

 

HARDIN HALL AUDITORIUM, 7PM

Wildlife Club hosts outdoor advocacy speakers

Greg Wagner

Greg Wagner

Greg Wagner and Daryl Bauer of the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission will present "The Wild Life of Interacting with the Media" at 7 p.m. in the Hardin Hall auditorium. The presentation is free and open to the public.

"We're not just on the job, we're on a mission, and you're part of it," Wagner wants people to know. Wagner is a public information officer known for doing any and everything on behalf of the state's outdoors. Bauer is a fisheries biologist. The Game and Parks Commission is charged with stewardship of the state's fish, wildlife, park and outdoor recreation resources. Read more about this presentation in Today@UNL.

 

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