An information session about Nebraska Innovation Campus is 3:30 to 5 p.m. Dec. 17 in the Nebraska Union Auditorium. The session, which is free and open to faculty, staff and students, will be led by Dan Duncan, executive director of NIC. A question and answer session will follow the update. Continue reading…
More details at: http://go.unl.edu/4x3Six cadets in the UNL Reserve Officer Training Corps will receive military commissions this weekend in separate ceremonies in the Nebraska Union. Three will be commissioned second lieutenants in the Air Force; one a second lieutenant in the Army; and two ensigns in the Navy. Continue reading…
Registration is open for the fourth-annual UNL Employee Quilt Show. The exhibition opens Feb. 18 in the Rotunda Gallery of the Nebraska Union. It will also show at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum from March 1-14. The registration deadline is Feb. 1. Space is limited. Continue reading…
The Midwest Ballet Company's production of "The Nutcracker" will play Dec. 15-16 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts. Performances are 2 p.m. Dec. 15 and 16, and 7 p.m. Dec. 15. Tickets start at $27 for adults and $17 for youth. Continue reading…
The health care documentary "The Waiting Room," which follows a day in the life of the patients and staff of a public hospital emergency room, opens today at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center. The comedy "Price Check" starring Parker Posey continues for a second week. Continue reading…
The 1997 discovery of "Nebraska Ice" by chemist Xiao Cheng Zeng and his UNL research team has now yielded three new discoveries. Nebraska Ice is the nickname for the discovery that water contracts rather than expands when frozen at extremes of subnanoscale confinement. Continue reading…
The University of Nebraska State Museum’s Sunday with a Scientist program explores the Platte Basin Time-lapse Project on Dec. 16. The family-friendly program is 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. and will be led by Michael Farrell, Michael Forsberg and Sara LeRoy Toren. Continue reading…
Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center will host a live broadcast of Verdi's "Aida" at 11:55 a.m. Dec. 15. An encore performance is 1 p.m. Dec. 16. The performance is part of "The Met: Live in HD" series of live broadcasts from New York City's Metropolitan Opera House. Continue reading…