The UNL Japanese program will host the annual Japan Festival on March 8. The events are free and open to the public. This year’s festival will feature a calligraphy workshop, an origami workshop and a movie screening of "Cherry Blossoms." Events begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Nebraska Union. Continue reading…
Harolyn Belcher, the fourth and final candidate for the position of founding executive director of the Buffett Early Childhood Institute, will visit the University of Nebraska March 8-9. Her UNL public forum is 4 p.m., March 8 at the Van Brunt Visitors Center. Continue reading…
State Farm Insurance has given $40,000 to the NU Foundation to support the business ethics program and a college access program at UNL. The gifts include $25,000 for the Nebraska College Preparatory Academy and $15,000 for the College of Business Administration's Ethics for Business Leaders program. Continue reading…
Registration is now open for NU Technology Day, March 21 at the East Union. The daylong information technology conference is free and open to all University of Nebraska faculty, staff and administrators. Register at http://go.unl.edu/nxo.
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A new exhibit at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum celebrates the life of the late Jean Ray Laury, an artist who worked in quilts, wood, paper and other materials for more than 50 years. The exhibit is open through Sept. 2. Continue reading…
Theatrix will feature the world premieres of five new plays in the New Artist Festival, March 8-11. The festival theme is "Season of Fire." Show times are 7:30 p.m., March 8-10 and 2:30 p.m., March 11, all in the Temple Building's Lab Theater. Continue reading…
John Lucaites of Indiana University and Robert Hariman of Northwestern University will present a lecture on iconic images from 2-3 p.m., March 8 at the Sheldon Museum of Art. Lucaites and Hariman are leading theorists and critics of visual culture. The talk is free and open to the public. Continue reading…
Peter Demerath, an educational anthropologist from the University of Minnesota, will discuss his research and the role of class culture in the perpetuation of social inequality through education at 2 p.m., March 8 in Teachers College Hall, room 105. Continue reading…