Friday and Weekend, November 2 - 4, 2012
NaturePalooza Nebraska is Sunday at Morrill Hall
University of Nebraska State Museum and the School of Natural Resources will host "NaturePalooza Nebraska" from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Nov. 4 at Morrill Hall.
"NaturePalooza Nebraska" provides a day of discovery and hands-on activities throughout the museum with stations staffed by the school's faculty, staff, graduate and undergraduate students. Activities and games will help visitors better understand Nebraska's rich natural resources and ways to help protect them. Read more about NaturePalooza Nebraska in Today@UNL.
Students to compete in mobile media 'hackathon'
Student teams can win one of three $1,000 prizes this weekend in a mobile application or website creation contest supported by funding from the Ford Foundation.
On Nov. 2 from 4 to 9 p.m., and Nov. 3 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., students with skills ranging from ideas to development to design can work together to create a crowd-sourced data application or mobile website that will help the Ford Foundation's social justice grantees working in Africa. Read more about this event in Today@UNL.
Dia De Los Muertos event is Friday
The Office of Academic Success and Intercultural Services will hold a Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration at 6 p.m. Nov. 2 in the Nebraska Union Ballroom. Admission is free.
The event will feature altars celebrating the lives of loved ones on display in the Georgian Room. The celebration will also include music, food and other activities.
Huskers hockey to play at Ice Box Friday
The Huskers hockey team will play the University of Kansas at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 2 at the Ice Box on Nebraska Innovation Campus. Admission to the game is $6 for adults, $2 for students, $1 for military and free for children age 5 and under.
Due to heavy use of the rink at the Ice Box, the Huskers usually play home games and at Sidner Ice Arena in Fremont. The Huskers club hockey team is 3-5 on the 2012-2013 season. Read more about this game in Today@UNL.
Jackie Allen Jazz Quintet performs at Lied
The Lied Center for Performing Arts will present the Jackie Allen Jazz Quintet performing timeless standards and original compositions on Nov. 2. The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Johnny Carson Theatre.
Tickets are available at the Lied Center website, by calling 402-472-4747 or in person at the Lied Center ticket office.
Allen's extraordinary talent has taken her across the globe. She has toured Morocco, Brazil and China where she was the only jazz artist to headline at the Beijing Music Festival. She performs frequently in Europe, and was featured at Chatelet Hall and at the Paris 2008 Bass Festival. Nationally she has toured both coasts and in between appearing numerous times in Los Angeles and in New York City at the Blue Note and The Josef Papp Public Theater. Read more about this performance in Today@UNL.
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Opera program to present 'O Pioneers!'
The UNL opera program is bringing "O Pioneers!," Willa Cather's timeless novel of life on the Nebraska prairie, to the Kimball Hall stage.
The performances, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 2, and 3 p.m. Nov. 4, feature a newly revised version of the opera, which originally played at UNL in 1999. The opera was adapted and revised by Tyler White, professor of composition and director of orchestras. Read more about these performances in Today@UNL.
Sen. Nelson to talk with law students today
U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson will meet with students at the University of Nebraska College of Law at noon Friday, Nov. 2, in the McCollum Hall auditorium, East Campus Loop and Fair Street.
Nelson, a Democrat who is retiring from the Senate after 12 years, will address the students briefly before answering questions from the audience. The event is not open to the public, but a full video of the senator's discussion with students will be available early next week.
Lectures
NEBRASKA UNION COLONIAL ROOM, FRI 9AMG.E. Hendricks Symposium Panel, "Philosophical Implications of Divorcing Rights from Security"
Brooke Ackerly (Vanderbilt), Michael Goodhart (Pittsburgh), and Raymond Duvall (Minnesota)
G.E. Hendricks Symposium Panel, "Human Security: Claim or Frame"
Charli Carpenter (UMass-Amherst), Scott Straus (Wisconsin), and Taylor Seybolt (Pittsburgh)
G.E. Hendricks Symposium Panel, "Conceptualization and Measurement of Human Security"
David Richards (UConn) and Mark Gibney (Asheville)
Geography General Seminar, "Technology Toponyms: Connecting the Public to Naval Vessels Using Place Names"
Glenn Humphress, UNL PhD candidate in Geography
Agricultural Economics Seminar, "Explaining Ambiguity Aversion in Three African Countries: Results from Behavioral Experiments"
Dr. Timothy Dalton, Kansas State University
Applied Ecology Seminar,
Gary Lynne, Department of Agricultural Economics, UNL
Chemistry Colloquium, "Crystalline Semiconducting and Porous Materials: Synthesis, Properties and Applications"
Pingyun Feng, University of California, Riverside
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.
