Friday and Weekend, April 27 - 29, 2012
From Ike to Obama, project studies evolution of TV campaign ads
Every four years, presidential candidates join us — regularly and repeatedly — in our living rooms for a quick chat. They pop in, 30 seconds at a time, for virtual campaign stops in the commercial breaks of our favorite TV shows, amid the evening news, even during time outs of sporting events.
Think back, and notable campaign advertisements that have flickered across television sets may come to mind: the uncompromising Willie Horton ad that helped sinkMichael Dukakis in 1988; Ronald Reagan's nostalgic and optimistic "Morning in America" spot from 1984; and LBJ's haunting "Daisy Girl" commercial from twenty years earlier, with its ominous countdown and nuclear blast. Read more about this project in Today@UNL.
Annual spring art sales are April 27-28
The Lincoln Print Group and UNL Clay Club will be holding annual spring art sales in Richards Hall April 27-28. Hours for the print sale are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. April 27 and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 28. The print sale will take place in Richards Hall room 121. Hours for the ceramics sale are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 27 and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 28. The ceramics sale will take place in Richards Hall room 118.
The Lincoln Print Group's print sale will feature etchings, lithographs, woodcuts, screenprints, artist books and more. Both faculty and graduate work will be featured in both the sale and the benefit raffle. The UNL Clay Club's ceramic sale will also feature both faculty and student ceramic work, including functional pottery, vessels and sculpture. They will also hold a raffle.
Architecture student presentations are April 27
Student teams from the College of Architecture will present a public review of a semester-long project to develop "tomorrow plans" for the City of Des Moines, Iowa. The review is noon to 4:30 p.m., April 27 in the Architecture Hall West, Main Gallery Space.
The project features undergraduate architecture and landscape architecture majors. The work was developed under the guidance of Gina Ford, adjunct faculty in the landscape architecture program and principal at Sasaki Associates in Boston, Mass., and David Karle, assistant professor of architecture. Read more about this project in Today@UNL.
'Activate My Email' workshops begin May 1
All employees still needing to switch their UNL email account to the new Office 365 system can attend an "Activate my Office 365 Email" walk-in session beginning May 1. Employees will be able to activate a new mailbox, select a preferred email address and order migration for existing email and calendars.
The campus Lotus Notes system will cease delivering email on June 30. Email and voicemail notification has been sent to employees who have not yet activated their new email. The email will contain information only — without hyperlinks to eliminate any resemblance to phony "phishing" requests. Read more about these workshops in Today@UNL.
LANCASTER EVENT CENTER, SAT 9AM - 4PM
Annual 'Spring Affair' plant sale is Saturday
Spring Affair, the Midwest's largest gardening event, is 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., April 28 at the Lancaster Event Center, 4100 N. 84th St. More than 500 different varieties of plants will be offered at the day-long plant sale, with educational talks, "Talk-abouts" and garden vendors all under the same roof.
Plants offeredd at the sale are selected for regional suitability, uniqueness and demand and are provided by Bluebird Nursery, Inc. of Clarkson, Neb. Gardeners will find perennials, herbs, native plants, temperennials, vines and a variety of trees and shrubs. Read more about Spring Affair in Today@UNL.
Lectures
COLLEGE of BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION ROOM 212, 11:30AMEconomics Seminar - "The Republic of Tajikistan: economic and social aspects of development"
Daler Mirpochoev, Head of World Economy Chair at Tajik State University of Commerce in the Republic of Tajikistan
Rocsi Speaks! Top 10 Reasons the End of This School Year is Only the Beginning
Rocsi Diaz, co-host of BET's 106 & Park, Nationally syndicated radio personality, and actress
Chemistry Colloquium - "Mass Spectrometry Databases for Metabolomic Studies"
Oliver Fiehn, University of California, Davis
Department of History lecture - "Race and Space: The Armenian Genocide in the Context of Population and Territory"
Prof. Ugur Ümit Üngör, Department of History of Utrecht University and the Institute for War and Genocide Studies in Amsterdam
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NASA astronaut headlines April 28 Astronomy Day
Astronomy Day will be celebrated April 28 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the University of Nebraska State Museum in Morrill Hall. The event will feature appearances by Nebraska's own astronaut, Clayton Anderson, along with prizes and a variety of hands-on activities about space, science and astronomy. Regular museum admission will be charged.
At 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., Anderson will give 30-minute presentations in Morrill Hall's auditorium featuring images from his flights aboard the Space Shuttle. Visitors will also interact with presenters at different stations and learn about planets, optics, telescopes, physics, space travel, nanotechnology and more. Mueller Planetarium will present the fulldome show, "Dawn of the Space Age," which will include tributes to Anderson and the last Shuttle misson. It will be presented at 11 a.m., noon, and 1, 2 and 3 p.m. Read more about Astronomy in Today@UNL.
Engineering receives gift from Olsson Associates
With a history of reinforcing education at the University of Nebraska, Olsson Associates has announced a gift commitment of $260,000 over the next 10 years to support College of Engineering faculty members, students, academic programs and facilities.
The Nebraska-based engineering and design firm with 24 offices in seven states has established two new support funds at the University of Nebraska Foundation while also increasing its permanent endowments for student scholarships and its faculty teaching excellence awards. The gifts support the university's current Campaign for Nebraska fundraising initiative. Read more about this gift in Today@UNL.
'Fun Run' for CEDARS is Sunday
Greek Affairs is hosting a fun run to benefit CEDARS Home for Children at 8:30 a.m., April 29 at Pioneers Park. The event includes a 1-mile walk or a 10-kilometer run. The event is open to the public.
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.
