Volunteers are needed to help with the 2012 Formula SAE competition June 20-23. This is the first of five years that UNL will serve as host of the national event. Anyone can volunteer. Time commitments are one to four days. This is also the first year UNL will field a team for the competition. Continue reading…
Chancellor Harvey Perlman will present the annual awards for Outstanding Contribution to the Status of Women at 3:30 p.m., March 15 in the Nebraska Union. Award recipients are the student organization PREVENT and biochemistry professor Concetta DiRusso. The presentation is open to the public. Continue reading…
Since 1789, other nations’ constitutions have come and gone. By one estimate, national constitutions last only an average of 17 years. The U.S. Constitution, by contrast, thrives. Why? On March 14, Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Pamela Karlan will talk on this topic at noon at Hamann Auditorium. Continue reading…
Internationally celebrated artist Lily Yeh will participate in community art projects, a workshop and public presentations during a three-day visit to UNL. The visit, March 13-15, includes a public lecture, 6 p.m., March 14 in Richards Hall, room 15. Continue reading…
Dennis Smith, an associate professor at UNO, will discuss Fort Peck Assiniboine stories in the March 14 Paul A. Olson Seminar in Great Plains Studies. The 3:30 p.m. lecture, which is free and open to the public, is in the Great Plains Art Museum. Continue reading…
Tracy Bicknell Holmes, a professor and engineering librarian, will discuss "Patent Searching for the Non-Specialist" in a 10:30 a.m., March 13 workshop in Love Library, room 111. The presentation is part of the University Libraries’ series of free, weekly workshops. Continue reading…
Joan Wells, women's world champion trick roper and inductee to the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame, will present a unique performance of trick and fancy roping at 3:30 p.m., March 14 at the East Union. This event is part of Women's Week 2012. Continue reading…
University Program Council will present a screening of the hit film, "Miss Representation," at 7:30 p.m. on March 14, followed by a panel discussion, at Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center. The event, which is free and open to the public, is part of Women's Week activities (March 12-16). Continue reading…
Greg Wagner and Daryl Bauer of the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission will present “The Wild Life of Interacting with the Media” at 7 p.m. March 14, in the Hardin Hall auditorium. The presentation is free and open to the public. Continue reading…