Tuesday, October 23, 2012
HARDIN HALL, THUR 12:30 - 2:30PM
Master plan concept open houses are Oct. 24-25
Three conceptual frameworks for City and East campuses will be presented during UNL Campus and Landscape Master Plans Open Houses on Oct. 24 and 25. The sessions are 3 to 5:30 p.m. Oct. 24 in the Nebraska Union and 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Oct. 25 in Hardin Hall.
Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to attend and provide feedback that will be used to shape the future of UNL.
The concepts will be presented by representatives of Sasaki Associates of Watertown, Mass. Sasaki is the planning/design firm selected to develop the new campus and landscape master plans. Read more about these open houses in Today@UNL.
Lectures
QUILT STUDY, NOONTuesday Talk at International Quilt Study Center and Museum, "The Big Picture: How We Use Photography at IQSCM"
IQSC staff member Jennifer Graham
Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Pierson Graduate Seminar, "Organic Electronics-Based Chemical and Biological Sensing Platform: Advances and Challenges"
Ruth Shinar, senior scientist at Microelectronics Research Center, Iowa State University
Biochemistry/Redox Biology Center Seminar, "Novel redox enzymes in the thylakoid lumen"
Patrice P. Hamel
Entomology Lecture, "RNA Interference as a Tool for the Analysis of Gene Function in the Colorado Potato Beetle"
Ashley Yates, entomology grad student
"Filming Exiles from Radical Islam: Fatwas, Persecution and the New Dissident," Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Faculty Forum
James LeSueur, Professor of History
Free massages to celebrate Massage Therapy Awareness Week
Massage Therapy at UNL Campus Recreation will host several on-campus events this week, including free chair massages and a drawing for two free 60-minute massages. The celebration is a part of the 16th annual Massage Therapy Awareness Week. Today, free chair massages will be offered from 11 a.m.–1 p.m. at the Fleming Fields Annex Building (the temporary East Campus fitness center). On Thur. Oct. 25, spa foot treatments will be offered from 11 a.m.–1 p.m. in the Campus Rec Center Atrium.
Massage Therapy Awareness Week is a nationwide effort to increase public awareness of the benefits of therapeutic massage for people of all ages. During the week, UNL faculty, students and staff, as well as Campus Rec members, will be able to sample some of the services available through the Massage Therapy program at the Rec Center. Read more about these services in Today@UNL.
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Halloween-inspired lecture at Sheldon Museum of Art
Why was "The Addams Family" set in a decayed Victorian house? Why does the ominous mansion in "Psycho" have a mansard roof? Sarah Burns, one of today's foremost art historians, will answer those questions a lecture, "Better for Haunts: Victorian Houses and the Modern Imagination," at Sheldon Museum of Art at 5:30 p.m.
Burns, Ruth N. Halls Professor Emerita in the Department of the History of Art at Indiana University, researches the sinister side of American architecture, tracing the affinity for ghouls and ghosts in Victorian houses through the painting, photography and mass media of the early 20th century. Read more about this talk in Today@UNL.
Food, Fuel, Water photo contest continues
Anyone with a recent photo taken in Nebraska can enter it to win a free iPad in a new Food, Fuel, Water photo contest. Entrants can submit digital photo(s) representing food, fuel or water taken in the state of Nebraska on the Nebraska Innovation Campus website until Nov. 1.
The contest is part of an upcoming groundbreaking event celebrating the start of construction of the core facilities at Nebraska Innovation Campus. Read more about this contest in Today@UNL.
UNL.edu now formatted for all devices
The Internet and Interactive Media group of University Communications and Information Services has concluded the first phase in its effort to provide full support to all devices - desktops, laptops, smartphones and tablets - by implementing a suite of web technologies collectively known as 'responsive design.' This week, the internal and external homepages were re-launched as 'responsive' designs.
You can see the effects of responsive design in your desktop browser by simply re-sizing your browser window (the page will reformat as the window is narrowed), or by viewing on your tablet or smartphone. Please use the 'feedback' links at the bottom of the page if you would like to let us know of any issues. Thank you.
