UNL’s eighth-annual Mid-Semester Check for first-year and entering transfer students is Sept. 19 to 22. The program highlights and reminds students of academic expectations while providing information on advising resources. Continue reading…
UNL’s Anatoly Gitelson will delve into aquatic ecosystems in a 3:30 p.m., Sept. 21 talk in the Hardin Hall Auditorium. The lecture, “Physically Based Models for Remote Estimation of Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems Production,” is part of the School of Natural Resources’ 2011 Fall Seminar Series. Continue reading…
The College of Business Administration’s Business Ethics Program, College of Journalism and Mass Communications and College of Law are co-sponsoring the American Whistleblower Tour. The tour includes a panel discussion and film festival. Events open Sept. 20. Continue reading…
UNL’s Center for Civic Engagement is organizing individuals or groups to assist with the Friendship Home’s “Safe Quarters” fundraiser on Oct. 2. Volunteers will walk the city collecting donations from households. The registration deadline is Sept. 24. Continue reading…
UNL is refocusing its dairy research, with plans to discontinue milking operations at antiquated facilities at the Agricultural Research and Development Center near Mead. The move will modernize how dairy research and husbandry are taught. Continue reading…
Susan Poulton, head of National Geographic’s digital sites and projects, is the fourth Innovator in Residence at the College of Journalism and Mass Communications, Sept. 19-21. Poulton is vice president of content programming and production at National Geographic Digital Media. Continue reading…
Cameron Crowe’s “Pearl Jam Twenty” is showing for one night only at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center. The documentary — part concert film, part intimate insider-hang, part testimonial to the power of music and uncompromising artists — shows at 7 p.m., Sept. 20. Continue reading…