Friday and Weekend, August 19 - 21, 2011
Sunday Scientists examines cold facts of climate change
Sunday with a Scientist at the University of Nebraska State Museum will be "Drilling for the Cold Facts" about climate change, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., Aug. 21 at Morrill Hall. The program includes interactive activities designed for children and families. "Drilling for the Cold Facts" will feature faculty, staff and students from Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and the UNL-based ANDRILL program. Faculty members David Harwood and Frank Rack will lead the presentations.
The Antarctic geological drilling (ANDRILL) Program is comprised of an international team of scientists who study Antarctic geology in order to understand past and future climate change. Visitors will discover how scientists conduct deep drilling through Antarctica's ice and bedrock, recovering cores that yield important clues about climate history. Read more about Sunday with a Scientist on Today@UNL.
Campaign promotes students' character, integrity
The Office of Student Affairs is encouraging UNL students — and everyone on campus, for that matter — to "Show Your Red."
The Show Your Red campaign, to be launched at the Aug. 19 New Student Convocation, recognizes students for demonstrating character traits of integrity, defined as: caring, citizenship, commitment, dependability, open-mindedness and respect. Students who are spotted doing the right thing and can be identified, will be given a pin corresponding to a character trait. Read more about this campaign on Today@UNL.
Cornhusker Marching Band holds exhibition
The Cornhusker Marching Band kicks off the 2011 season with an annual Exhibition Concert, 7 p.m., Aug. 19 in Memorial Stadium. The performance is free and open to the public.
Entrance to Memorial Stadium will be open through gates three and 11. Gates open at 6 p.m. Parking is $5 for the general public and free for vehicles that display a UNL parking permit.
Big Red Singers free concert is Aug. 20
A free preview concert feature the Big Red Singers is 7:30 p.m., Aug. 20 in Westbrook Music Building, room 130. The performance is open to the public. Based in the School of Music, the group is UNL's choral show ensemble. The Big Red Singers have organized and hosted a multi-state competition in the Lied Center for many years. They also offer a summer camp each June for high school performers.
The Big Red Singers are led by Andrew Last, a graduate student. Choreography is by April James, a Los Angeles-based choreographer.
Big Red Welcome begins today
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The annual Big Red Welcome for the thousands of new and returning Huskers starts today with New Student Convocation. A full slate of welcome back events, including a celebration and festival, continue through Aug. 21.
Beginning 5:15 p.m. Aug. 19 with the New Student Convocation at the Devaney Center and ending with the Welcome Festival at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 21 in the Stadium Loop on the east side of Memorial Stadium, the weekend is a tradition, complete with the highlight for many, doing the "Tunnel Walk" at Memorial Stadium — running from the team tunnel, to the music, video and cheers at Memorial Stadium just like the Nebraska football team. The Tunnel Walk for new students is 8:30 p.m. Aug. 19. A huge Welcome Festival in the Stadium Loop 6:30 p.m. Aug. 21 includes information booths, giveaways, activities and events. Read the full schedule on Today@UNL.
Mueller Planetarium sets fulldome schedule through Oct. 23
Mueller Planetarium in the University of Nebraska State Museum's Morrill Hall began its fall schedule this week, presenting fulldome shows on Thursday nights and Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
The planetarium's schedule Aug. 16-31 features: "Touching the Universe," Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m.; and "Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure," Saturdays and Sundays at 3 p.m., Thursdays at 7 p.m. The schedule for Sept. 1 through Oct. 23 (no shows on home football Saturdays, Sept. 3, 10 and 17, and Oct. 8) features: "Light Years from Andromeda," Saturdays and Sundays at 2 and 3 p.m.; and "Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure," Thursdays at 7 p.m. Read more about the Mueller Planetarium schedule on Today@UNL.
'Snow Flower and the Secret Fan,' 'Nostalgia for the Light' open at the Ross
The movies "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" and "Nostalgia for the Light" open today at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center. Both film show through Aug. 25.
"Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" is based in 19th-century China and features seven-year-old girls Snow Flower and Lily. The two girls are matched as laotong - or "old sames" - bound together for eternity. Isolated by their families, they furtively communicate by taking turns writing in a secret language between the folds of a white silk fan.
In "Nostalgia for the Light," famed political documentary director Patricio Guzmán travels to 10,000 feet above sea level to the Atacama Desert, where astronomers from around the globe gather to observe the stars. The sky is so translucent that it allows them to see right to the boundaries of the universe. Read more about the Mueller Planetarium schedule on Today@UNL.
