Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Whitman Archive earns NEH grant
The Walt Whitman Archive is undertaking an ambitious project to provide unprecedented access to the famed literary figure's prose manuscripts and to "illuminate his creative process" with the help of a $275,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Whitman's prose manuscripts, including drafts of essays, fiction, memoranda, notebooks and other writings, are housed in more than 70 repositories around the world. The expense and time involved in finding and examining such documents has proven a daunting challenge for everyone from scholars interested in studying the development of Whitman's writings, to those casually interested in exploring Whitman's working habits. Read more about the Whitman archive in Today@UNL.
HARDIN HALL AUDITORIUM, 3:30PM
Oklahoma State researcher featured in water lecture
Shannon Brewer
The Spring Water Seminar Series continues with Oklahoma State University's Shannon Brewer, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Hardin Hall auditorium. Brewer will discuss "Environmental Flows in an Arid Landscape." The lecture is free and open to the public.
Brewer is the assistant unit leader in fisheries at the Oklahoma Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and adjunct assistant professor of natural resource ecology and management at OSU. She received her doctorate from the University of Missouri in 2008, and then spent two years working for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in California. Brewer accepted her current position in 2010. Brewer's research focuses on the ecology of stream organisms.
Lectures
GREAT PLAINS ART MUSEUM, 3:30PM"Willa Cather Among Western Women Writers"
Nina Baym, professor of English at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Spring 2012 Biotechnology / Life Sciences Seminar Series - "tRNA Tuning"
Dr. Olke Uhlenbeck, Northwestern University. A reception will be held at 3:30 p.m.
Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience Seminar cosponsored with Electrical Engineering
Dr. Henry I. Smith, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Spring research fair to showcase student work
The spring UNL Research Fair April 4-5 features sessions to help graduate students successfully compete for jobs and prepare undergraduates for graduate school, and showcases student research.
The 11th Research Fair is a campuswide celebration of research, creativity and scholarship. Now held biannually, the spring Research Fair focuses on student development, while the fall Research Fair explores some of UNL's research priorities in greater depth. Read more about Spring Research Fair in Today@UNL.
Theatrix completes season with 'Almost, Maine,' April 4-7
Theatrix, the student-operated theatre organization under the auspices of the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film, ends its 2011-2012 "Season of Fire" with the production "Almost, Maine."
Written by John Cariani, the play tells the story of love through a series of theatrical vignettes. Journey alongside the townspeople of Almost, Maine, as they find love, loose love, and everything in between. "Almost, Maine" shows at 7:30 p.m., April 4-7 in the Temple Building's Lab Theatre. Tickets are $6 and available at UNL Theatre Tickets website and at the door (subject to availability). Read more about this play in Today@UNL.
JACKIE GAUGHAN MULTICULTURAL CENTER ROOM 202, 10AM
Libraries hosts CIC's library initiatives director
Mark Sandler
The University Libraries hosts Mark Sandler, director of the CIC's Center for Library Initiatives as a visiting scholar on April 4. Sandler will discuss "The Scrap Heap of History: Reflections on the Future of Libraries... and everything else" at 10 a.m., today in the Gaughan Multicultural Center, room 202. The event is free and open to the public.
Sandler works with the directors of libraries to identify and facilitate cooperative programs, and serves as liaison to library-related working groups. He will be on campus April 4 and 5. Read more about this presentation in Today@UNL.
NEBRASKA EAST UNION, NOON
Moreau to discuss lipid disorders
Regis Moreau
The Nebraska Gateway for Nutrigenomics seminar series continues with a noon lecture by Regis Moreau, assistant professor in nutrition and health sciences. The lecture, which is in the Nebraska East Union, is free and open to faculty, staff and students.
Moreau's topic is "Improving Lipid Disorder In Aging and Obesity With Mitochondria Cofactors."
