The College of Journalism and Mass Communications is creating Nebraska Mosaic, a community news website that focuses on Lincoln's refugee population. The website launches today with the 5:30 p.m. premiere of "Crossing Salween" at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center. Continue reading…
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The English Department and Creative Writing Program will host a reading by nationally acclaimed poet and human rights activist Carolyn Forche at 7:30 p.m. today in the Great Plains Art Museum. Forche will also give a talk at 3:30 p.m. today in Andrews Hall's Bailey Library. Continue reading…
Saloshna Vandeyar presents the keynote lecture in the College of Education and Human Sciences Research Conference, 6 p.m., today in Teachers College Hall, room 105. Vandeyar is an associate professor in humanities education at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. Continue reading…
Behlen Observatory near Mead will be open to the public from 7:30 to 10 p.m., Nov. 4 for visitors to get a glimpse of the largest planet in the solar system. This will be the first time in more than a year that Jupiter will rise high enough to be observed with the 30-inch telescope. Continue reading…
The UNL Faculty Senate is accepting nominations for the Louise Pound-George Howard Distinguished Career award through Dec. 9. The award, established in 1990, recognizes individuals who, during their careers, have made an exceptional contribution to the university. Continue reading…
The Office of Academic Success and Intercultural Services will host a Día de los Muertos celebration at 6:15 p.m., Nov. 4 in the Nebraska Union Centennial Room. The event includes a performance by Mariachi Zapata, a traditional mariachi band from Omaha. The celebration is free. Continue reading…
Oliver Wick, curator at the Fondation Beyeler, Riehn/Basel, Switzerland, will give a public lecture at 5:30 p.m., Nov. 4 at the Sheldon Museum of Art. Wick is curator of the exhibition "Brancusi-Serra," currently exhibited at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. Continue reading…