Thursday, April 12, 2012
Emancipation documents study reveals rare look into slaves' lives
More than eight months before the Emancipation Proclamation broke the bondage of slavery across the South, a much more singularly focused experiment in equality was playing out in the country's capital. The Compensated Emancipation Act, signed in April 1862, ordered all slaves in the District of Columbia to be freed.
As the 150th anniversary of the Compensated Emancipation Act approaches, UNL scholars have transcribed hundreds of the petitions and have published digital versions at Civil War Washington, an interdisciplinary digital research project that studies life in the nation's capital during the pivotal period. Read more about these documents in Today@UNL.
Free Posner concert is tonight
Multi-platinum recording artist Mike Posner will perform a free concert at UNL on April 12. The concert by Mike Posner and the Brain Trust is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. on the Greenspace on Meier Commons north of the Nebraska Union. The Spring Concert will be free and open to all students as well as faculty, staff and the Lincoln community.
The concert is presented by UNL's University Program Council, 106.3 KFRX, and UNL's Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center, Residence Hall Association, ASUN student government and Student Money Management Center.
HAMILTON HALL ROOM 112, 3:30PM
Pipkin to speak on mapping of nucleosomes
The School of Biological Sciences seminar series continues with a lecture by Matthew Pipkin of the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology. The seminar will be at 3:30 p.m. in Hamilton Room 112.
Pipkin's topic is "High-resolution nucleosome mapping during CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocyte differentiation." He will speak on a new method to do in vivo mapping of occupancy and positions of nucleosomes at unprecedented coverage and resolution, and using it to explore how nucleosomes are reorganized as naïve CD8 T cells differentiate into cytotoxic T lymphocytes.
'Blackouts and Breakdowns' author to visit UNL today
Author Mark Brennan Rosenberg is featured in a 3:30 p.m. LGBTQA Resource Center presentation in the Nebraska Union.
Rosenberg is touring the nation in support of his critically acclaimed book "Blackouts and Breakdowns" and his upcoming book "Eating My Feelings." The UNL event will include a reading from "Blackouts and Breakdowns." Rosenberg is currently one of the only first-time lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender authors to do a book tour of this size. Read more about this presentation in Today@UNL.
Lectures
SHELDON MUSEUM OF ART, 5:30PMHumanities on the Edge: "Biopower/Biopolitics - "Universalism of the Common"
Cesare Casarino,Professor of Cultural Studies and Comparative Lit, U Minnesota
Russian Lecture - "Celebrating Spring traditions and Easter in Russia and Eastern Europe"
Jennifer Garza
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Hixson-Lied presents 'Invisible Cities' digital performance
The Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts presents "Invisible Cities: A Concert of Digital Performance" at 7:30 p.m. in the Lied Center for Performing Arts' Johnny Carson Theater. The performance is free and open to the public.
This performances will feature cutting-edge compositions created by students in the UNL course "Performance, Programming and Interactivity." The course is a unique cross-discplinary class mixing students and faculty from various disciplines, who learned to program for interactive musical and visual performance. Read more about this performance in Today@UNL.
University Theatre closes season with madcap romp
University Theater closes out the season with "The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940," with shows at 7:30 p.m., April 12-14 and April 18-21 in the Temple Building's Howell Theatre. University Theatre is part of the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film.
Individual tickets are $16 general admission, $14 faculty, staff and senior citizens and $10 for students (with a valid NCard). Season passes area available and redeemable for up to four admissions. Tickets are available through the University Theatre Tickets website; at the Lied Center for Performing Arts box office; by calling 402-472-4747 or 800-432-3231; or at the door, one hour prior to a performance. Reservations are recommended. Read more about this play in Today@UNL.
UNL launches Nebraska App
UNL has launched the Nebraska App, a suite of mobile applications that makes essential university resources available on mobile devices. Students can check grades, access course content and browse the course catalog. They can access the public directory and get in touch instantly, keep tabs on Husker sports, find places on the campus map, stay informed with the latest campus news, watch videos, and even listen to podcasts of popular lectures in iTunesU.
"UNL is moving services to the where the students are in terms of devices and network access"," said Mark Askren, Chief Information Officer. "Students now have a much more powerful connection to UNL via their mobile device." Read more about Nebraska App in Today@UNL.
