Friday and Weekend, November 9 - 11, 2012
Website allows for review, discussion on master plan concepts
Concepts being used to formulate UNL's Campus and Landscape Master Plans are available online for review and to post feedback. The new website is designed like a social media site, allowing users to review and download the concepts, comment on the plans, suggest other ideas and discuss suggestions made by others.
"The website is designed to give a sense of what elements people really like or dislike within the concepts that have been presented," said Jennifer Dam, assistant director of campus planning and space management. "The information submitted through the website will be incorporated as we move forward in the master planning process." Read more about the Master Plan process in Today@UNL.
BARKLEY CENTER ROOM 321, FRI 3PM
Link N Literacy Lab hosts screening and discussion
The Link N Literacy Lab and the UNL Chapter of the Nebraska Speech, Language and Hearing Association are offering a free screening of the documentary "Journey into Dyslexia" today from 3-5 p.m. in room 321 of the Barkley Center on UNL's east campus. A Q&A with an expert panel will follow the screening. Attendees will be entered into a raffle for a free iPod and Barnes and Noble gift cards. Call (402) 472-6256 for more information.
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER, FRI 7:30PM
Ross hosts free screening, discussion of 'Pearl'
A free screening of the "Pearl," a short film inspired by Ted Kooser's poem of the same name, is 7:30 p.m. Nov. 9 a the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center. The screening will also include a poem reading by Kooser and a discussion with Dan Butler, the film's director.
The discussion will include Butler and Kooser, who is a professor of English and a former U.S. Poet Laureate. L. Kent Wolgamott, an entertainment reporter with the Lincoln Journal Star, will moderate the talk. Read more about this discussion in Today@UNL.
Student art featured in 'Open Studio' night
The work of graduate students in the Department of Art and Art History and the Visual Artists in Practice program will be showcased during "Graduate Open Studios," 5 to 8 p.m. Nov. 9. The event is free and open to the public.
The open house will be of studios in Richards Hall and Woods Art Building. Work will include painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography and ceramics. In addition to the graduate work, selected undergraduate pieces will be on display in Richards Hall with the artists present. Read more about this open studio in Today@UNL.
Lectures
HARDIN HALL ROOM 163, FRI 3PMApplied Ecology Seminar, "Accounting for Parametric Uncertainty in Markov Decision Processes"
Adam Schapaugh, Ph.D candidate
Chemistry Colloquium, "From Genome Sequences to New Anti-infectives: Biosynthetic Mechanisms and Metabolic Engineering"
Liangcheng Du, UNL
Pi Mu Epsilon Lecture Series, "Solving Real-World Problems with Mathematics and Computing"
Michael Parks, senior member, Sandia National Laboratories
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Research Fair wraps up with nanoscience celebration
The UNL Research Fair ends today with a celebratory workshop on the Voelte-Keegan Nanoscience Research Center. The event is 10:45 to 11:45 a.m. in the Nebraska Union Colonial Room.
Officials from the National Institute of Standards and Technology will speak at the workshop. The presentation includes a talk, "Thinking Big About Small Things: Nanotechnology and NIST," by Lloyd Whitman, deputy director of the NIST's Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology. Stella Fiotes, chief facilities management officer for NIST, will also give remarks. Read more about the 12th UNL Research Fair in Today@UNL.
ANDERSEN HALL ROOM 15, FRI 2:30PM
Penn State journalism prof to analyze Sandusky scandal
One year after scandal engulfed Penn State, its athletic program and its legendary football coach, the story is not over. Malcolm Moran, sports journalist, Penn State journalism teacher and ethicist, said the case is far from closed. Moran will talk about the ongoing scandal in a 2:30 p.m. Nov. 9 lecture in Andersen Hall, room 15. The visit is sponsored by the College of Journalism and Mass Communications.
In the lecture, Moran will talk about the evolution of the Freeh Report, an independent investigation commissioned by the Penn State Board of Trustees. The report examines the university's actions surrounding accusations of child sexual abuse against Jerry Sandusky, a former assistant coach with Penn State football. Read more about this lecture in Today@UNL.
University Theatre presents 'Paragon Springs'
The University Theatre season continues with Steven Dietz's timely play "Paragon Springs." The production opens with a performance 7:30 p.m. Nov. 9 in the Temple Building's Studio Theatre.
The production continues with 7:30 p.m. performances Nov. 14-16, and 2 p.m. Nov. 11 and 18 in the Studio Theatre. Tickets are $16 general admission; $14 faculty, staff and senior citizens; and $10 for students with valid identification. Tickets are available at the Lied Center ticket office, 402-472-4747, online, and at the door one hour prior to curtain. Read more about this production 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.
