Friday and Weekend, June 7 - 9, 2013
Sarma, students develop interactive art project
A research project led by Anita Sarma and a team of UNL students is helping decorate one of the "naked" walls within the Sheldon Museum of Art.
As part of Sheldon's 50th anniversary "Naked Museum" celebration, Sarma and the team released the "Kinection Project" for public use in the museum on June 5. Using the gesture-detection software of the Microsoft Kinect system and an application developed by Sarma's students, the project allows users to create Jackson Pollock-like drip paintings on a wall. Read more about this project in Today@UNL.
Fossil shows giant reptiles coexisted with mammals 40 million years ago
Some 40 million years before rock singer Jim Morrison's lyrics earned him the moniker "the Lizard King," an actual king lizard roamed the hot tropical forests of Southeast Asia, competing with mammals for food and other resources.
A team of U.S. paleontologists, led by Jason Head of UNL, describes fossils of the giant lizard from Myanmar this week in the scientific journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Their analysis shows that it is one of the biggest known lizards ever to have lived on land. Read more about this discovery in Today@UNL.
Sheldon's 'Summer Family Day' is June 9
The Sheldon Museum of Art will celebrate its 50th anniversary with "Summer Family Day", 1 to 4 p.m. June 9. The free, open-to-the-public event will feature a variety of family-friendly activities and a special ice cream from UNL's Dairy Store.
Activities offered include: button making with the LUX Center for the Arts; a community build of Keva blocks with the Lincoln Children Museum and its mascot, Twinkie; movement and dance exercises with UNL dancers; and Yoga for kids. The Dairy Store will also offer "Gold 'n Pear" ice cream, a flavor developed for the Sheldon's 50th anniversary. Read more about this event in Today@UNL.
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FOOD INDUSTRY COMPLEX, SUN 1-5PM
Food Processing Center celebrates 30th with open house
UNL's Food Processing Center is celebrating its 30th anniversary in June with tours and free ice cream. The free ice cream will be provided by the Dairy Store, which is part of the Food Processing Center.
An open house is planned from 1-5 p.m. June 9 at the center, in the Food Industry Complex on East Campus. Tours of the center's pilot plants will be offered, as will interactive displays on sensory testing, marketing, food safety and more. Read more about this open house in Today@UNL.
Exhibition showcases engineering alumnus' quilts
A new exhibition opening today at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum showcases the work of Ernest Haight, a famed Nebraska quiltmaker, farmer and engineer graduate from the University of Nebraska.
"The Engineer Who Could" opens June 7, and will examine the contributions Haight made toward innovating modern quilting practices early in the American quilt revival. Haight shared his timesaving quilting practices in demonstrations, exhibitions and letters sent across the United States. His ideas were also featured in his 1974 book, "Practical Machine-Quilting for the Homemaker." Read more this exhibit in Today@UNL.
JACHT AD CLUB OFFICE 201 N. 8th St, FRI 6PM
Shaffer's art featured by Jacht Ad Lab
Jacht Ad Lab, UNL's student advertising agency, will host a First Friday showing of work by Bill Shaffer, 6 to 8 p.m. June 7 in the new Jacht office, 201 N. 8th St. The event is part of First Friday activities at various sites across Lincoln.
Shaffer is a professor of graphic design in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications. The exhibit will feature Shaffer's original drawings, paintings and a poster series of Nebraska landmarks. Shaffer's work will be available for purchase and signing by the artist. The Jacht office is in the Candy Factory building in Lincoln's Haymarket.
