************************************************************** ** To submit an announcement to E-News or to read this ** ** issue or past issues on the web go to: ** ** ** ** http://www.unl.edu/e-news ** ************************************************************** In this Issue of UNL E-News: Feb 27, 2007 ANNOUNCEMENTS: 1. Women's History Month Banquet 2. RSVP for Women's Week Luncheons 3. UNOPA's Rose Frolik Award 4. East Campus Chilled Water Outage March 13-14 EVENTS TO ATTEND: 5. Alice Kadavy Retirement Reception March 6 6. Biotechnology/Life Sciences Seminar Feb. 28 7. Psychology Colloquium March 5 8. Department of Geosciences Stout Lecture March 2 9. Creating and Managing Teams Seminar March 1 10. Agronomy and Horticulture Spring Seminar March 2 11. Agricultural Economics Department Seminar March 2 12. Department of Chemistry Colloquium March 2 13. NCMN/NSF-MRSEC Seminar March 2 14. Patchwork and Quilting in the United Kingdom 15. Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences lecture March 5 16. Center for Biological Chemistry and Redox Biology Center Seminar 17. Spring 2007 Water Seminar Series (School of Natural Resources) 18. Free Identity Theft Seminar 19. Rural Nebraska and Immigration Forum 20. Acreage Owners Expo March 17 21. UNL web Template, Excel, Blackboard, InDesign, Breeze workshops 22. Nebraska Research and Innovation Conference 23. Managing Multiple Demands Seminar March 7 24. SRC Registration Opens March 1 25. Traumatic Brain Injury Support (TBI) Group for teens/young adults ARTS AND MEDIA: 26. First Friday Lecture and Reception March 2 27. Internationally acclaimed documentary premieres at The Ross 28. Quilt Book Signing 29. God Grew Tired of Us and Oscar Shorts Open Friday at the Ross 30. School of Music Events: Feb. 28-March 5 31. Lied Center events: Feb. 28-March 7 32. Final Four Performances of The Two Gentlemen of Verona 33. NET Radio's "Friday Live" for March 2 34. Hear "The Verge" Friday on "Classics by Request" on NET Radio 35. Nebraska High School Girls Basketball on NET Television ************************************************************************* 1. Women's History Month Banquet Support 2007 Women's Week by purchasing a table for your department or organization at the Women's History Month Banquet on March 8 at the Nebraska Union. Individual tickets are $15. Amy Struthers, professor of Advertising in CoJMC, will be the keynote speaker. For more information, contact The Women's Center at 472-2597. http://si.unl.edu/involved/womens_center/events.php ************************************************************************* 2. RSVP for Women's Week Luncheons Women's Week 2007: Gender in Popular Culture (March 2-9) will present four luncheon speakers. Attend one or all. For details see the URL below. Lunch provided from Maggie's Wraps if you register by March 2. RSVP to AliceCraven@aol.com or contact Erica Wright at 472-2597. http://si.unl.edu/involved/womens_center/events.php ************************************************************************* 3. UNOPA's Rose Frolik Award Nominate a UNOPA member for the Rose Frolik Award. This award was developed in honor of UNOPA's founder and first president, Rose Frolik. The award will be presented at the luncheon on April 10. The deadline for receiving nominations is March 9. For more details, call Nelvie Lienemann, 472-7080, or go to UNOPA's website. http://www.unl.edu/unopa ************************************************************************* 4. East Campus Chilled Water Outage March 13-14 An East Campus Chilled Water Outage is tentatively planned to occur March 13 and 14. These dates were selected to coincide with a low level of student activity on the campus. The outage is necessary to perform maintenance at the East Campus Utility Plant that is not possible during normal operations. During this Chilled Water Outage, there will be no chilled water for equipment cooling or air-conditioning. Building air-conditioning will continue to be provided using cold outside air. If warm days occur during this outage, interior building temperatures may be elevated. Contact Charlie Griesen, at 472-8612 or cgriesen@unlnotes.unl.edu if you have any questions or concerns regarding the outage or need accommodations during this time period. ************************************************************************* 5. Alice Kadavy Retirement Reception March 6 The Nebraska Alumni Association will host a retirement reception for administrative assistant Alice Kadavy, a member of the alumni staff since 1984. The reception will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. March 6 at the Wick Alumni Center. RSVP by March 1 by calling 472-2841. http://www.huskeralum.com ************************************************************************* 6. Biotechnology/Life Sciences Seminar Feb. 28 "Exploiting Genomics for Understanding the Barley-Fusarium Graminearum Interaction," will be presented by Dr. Gary Muehlbauer, University of Minnesota, at 4 p.m. Feb. 28 in E103 Beadle. A reception will be held at 3:30 p.m. The event is open to the public. http://biotech.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 7. Psychology Colloquium March 5 The Program of Excellence, sponsored by The Law and Psychology Program, will present Sheldon Solomon, lecturing on "Grave Matters: How Reminders of Death Tilt the Scales of Justice," from 3 to 4:30 p.m. March 5 in 117 Bessey Hall. This is an event that was rescheduled due to weather. ************************************************************************* 8. Department of Geosciences Stout Lecture March 2 Darin Croft, Case Western Reserve University, will present "Reconstructing South American Paleofaunas From the Ground Up," at 3:30 p.m. March 2 in Bessey Auditorium. ************************************************************************* 9. Creating and Managing Teams Seminar March 1 Want to organize teams that are more effective? Learn how to help your teams reach their potential at this interactive seminar from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. March 1 at the Ferguson Center, in Lincoln. UNL faculty and staff receive a 30 percent discount. To register or for details, call the Department of Management Business Seminars at 472-0860 or visit: http://www.mds.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 10. Agronomy and Horticulture Spring Seminar March 2 "Physical And Chemical Characteristics Of Aging Golf Greens," will be presented by Roch Gaussoin, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, UNL, at 3 p.m. March 2 in 327 Keim Hall. Refreshments will be served at 2:30 p.m. Call 472-2811 for more information. ************************************************************************* 11. Agricultural Economics Department Seminar March 2 Dr. Brian Wright, professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California-Berkeley, will present the seminar, "Implications of Patenting Essential Inputs for Follow-on Innovation," at 3 p.m. March 2 in 210 Filley Hall. http://www.agecon.unl.edu/seminar.html ************************************************************************* 12. Department of Chemistry Colloquium March 2 Professor Thomas E. Mallouk from Pennsylvania State University, will present "Catalytic Nanomotors and Pumps," at 3:30 p.m. March 2 in 112 Hamilton Hall. Open to the public. ************************************************************************* 13. NCMN/NSF-MRSEC Seminar March 2 Professor Leonardo Degiorgi, ETH-Zurich, Switzerland, will present a Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience/NSF-MRSEC Seminar entitled, "Electrodynamic Response of Low Dimensional Correlated Systems," at 1:30 p.m. March 2 in 201 Brace Lab. http://www.mrsec.unl.edu/research/index.htm ************************************************************************* 14. Patchwork and Quilting in the United Kingdom Dr. Susan Marks is a 2007 International Quilt Study Center Fellow. Her lecture on quilting in the UK is free, and open to the public, at 9 a.m. on March 19 in Room 31 of the Home Economics Building. Her publications include "Quilts, Art and Feminism" and "Perceptions of the Quilt in 20th Century Britain." Call 472-6549 for questions or visit the URL below. http://www.quiltstudy.org/education/public_programs.html ************************************************************************* 15. Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences lecture March 5 Dr. Nancy Hanson, director of Molecular Biology, Creighton University, will present, "The Role of amp C Gene Expression in Gram-negative Bacteria Resistant to B-Lactam Antibiotics," at 4 p.m. March 5 in 145 VBS. Open to the public. ************************************************************************* 16. Center for Biological Chemistry and Redox Biology Center Seminar Dr. Walter Fast, College of Pharmacy, Division of Medicinal Chemistry at The University of Texas at Austin, will present "Mechanism and Redox Sensitivity of Dimethylargininase," at 4 p.m. March 6 in Beadle N172. Refreshments will be available and all are welcome to attend. http://biochem.unl.edu/ ************************************************************************* 17. Spring 2007 Water Seminar Series (School of Natural Resources) Doug Alsdorf, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, will present, "Measuring the Amazon From Space and Modeling Its Flow," at 3:30 p.m. Feb. 28 in Hardin Hall Auditorium. The host is Dr. John Lenters, School of Natural Resources. http://www.snr.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 18. Free Identity Theft Seminar Every 79 seconds, an identity thief steals someone's identity. Join Susan Howell, from Nebraska's Attorney General's Office, to learn about identity theft and how to avoid the latest scams. The seminar will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. March 7 at the East Union. There will be free on-site shredding provided by Shredding Solutions for the hour prior to the event and a free shredder will be given away. There will also be a session offered in Omaha from 7 to 9 p.m. March 6 at the Holiday Inn Central. For more information or to register call The University of Nebraska Federal Credit Union at 472-2087. http://www.nufcu.org ************************************************************************* 19. Rural Nebraska and Immigration Forum University of Nebraska researchers and policymakers will discuss the results of the latest Nebraska Rural Poll on immigration from Latin America from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. March 7 in the Great Plains Art Museum, 1155 Q St. Panelists include Sen. Ray Aguilar, Professor Randy Cantrell (UNL), Professor Miguel Carranza (UNL), Professor Lourdes Gouveia (UNO), Sen. DiAnna Schimek, Jose Soto (Southeast Community College), Darcy Tromanhauser (Nebraska Appleseed), and Todd Wiltgen (U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel). This seminar is free and open to students, staff, faculty and members of the public. This event is co-sponsored by the Center for Applied Rural Innovation, Nebraska Rural Initiative, UNL College of Arts and Sciences, and the University of Nebraska Public Policy Center. http://www.ppc.nebraska.edu/PolicySeminarSeries/ ************************************************************************* 20. Acreage Owners Expo March 17 Water will be the focus of the 2007 Acreage Expo with sessions that emphasize protecting and conserving groundwater as well as managing private drinking water systems. The 2007 Acreage Expo will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 17 at the Agriculture Research and Development Center near Mead, and coincides with National Ground Water Awareness Week, March 11-17. http://acreage.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 21. UNL web Template, Excel, Blackboard, InDesign, Breeze workshops * Crystal Reports 10, Level 1 (2-days) will be presented at 8:30 a.m. March 5 in TechEd; * Dreamweaver Template Training for UNL web developers will be presented at 8:30 a.m. March 5 in 107 Architecture Hall; * B&F Computers will be presented at 1 p.m. March 5 in 11A BSC, 1700 Y St.; * Introduction to Blackboard will be presented at 10:30 a.m. March 6 in 107 Architecture Hall; * MyUNL Blackboard Gradebook will be presented at 2 p.m. March 6 in 107 Architecture Hall; * MyUNL Blackboard Assessment Tools will be presented at 3 p.m. March 6 in 107 Architecture Hall; * Adobe InDesign 201: Work with Books and Reference Tools will be presented at 2 p.m. March 7 in 107 Architecture Hall; * Breeze Meeting will be presented at 10 a.m. March 7 in 107 Architecture Hall; * Instructional Design for Online Courses will be presented at 9 a.m. March 8 in 107 Architecture Hall; * MyUNL Blackboard Communication Tools will be presented at 10 a.m. March 8 in 107 Architecture Hall; * MyUNL Blackboard Graphics and Banners will be presented at 1 p.m. March 8 in 107 Architecture Hall; * Microsoft Word 201: Mail Merging will be presented at 10 a.m. March 9 in 11A BSC, 1700 Y St. These workshops are provided by Information Services to faculty and staff at UNL. Go to their website for the complete workshop schedule and to register. http://training.unl.edu/ ************************************************************************* 22. Nebraska Research and Innovation Conference Nebraska EPSCoR is sponsoring the third annual Nebraska Research and Innovation Conference on March 21. Online registration is open and required to attend. Deadlines are Feb. 28 for display/poster presentations and March 7 for attendance registration. Student poster presenters are eligible for awards. Details and registration are available online. http://epscor.unl.edu/events/2007/index.shtml ************************************************************************* 23. Managing Multiple Demands Seminar March 7 Learn how to manage the stress and emotion related to multiple demands, become known as a "go to" person, and avoid over-committing at this interactive seminar from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. March 7 at Gallup University, Omaha. UNL faculty and staff receive a 30 percent discount. To register or for details, call the Department of Management Business Seminars at 472-0860 or visit: http://www.mds.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 24. SRC Registration Opens March 1 The SRC program is a convenient way to earn college credit over the summer. Come to an open house from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 28 at the Nebraska Union to meet instructors and discuss options. Syllabi are available for your review at EE&O, 900 N. 22nd Street. Visit the web for the complete bulletin. http://extended.unl.edu/summer ************************************************************************* 25. Traumatic Brain Injury Support (TBI) Group for teens/young adults Bright Ideas monthly TBI Support Group invites teens, young adult survivors and their friends and family to share experiences, offer suggestions, learn strategies, gain awareness, and have fun with friends. Open to the public and held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. March 9 at the Barkley Center, Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders. ************************************************************************* 26. First Friday Lecture and Reception March 2 Artist Robert ParkeHarrison will discuss The Architect's Brother, an exhibition on view at the Sheldon, and his current work, from 5 to 7 p.m. March 2 in the Sheldon Gallery. His talk will be followed by the monthly First Friday reception in the Great Hall. This is a free event and the public is invited. http://www.sheldonartgallery.org/events_programs/index.html?topic ************************************************************************* 27. Internationally acclaimed documentary premieres at The Ross The son of a Kenyan journalist, Salim Amin, will premiere his film "Mo and Me" at The Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center at 7 p.m. March 1. The film immortalizes Amin's father, Mohamed, who broke story after story about the turmoil of Africa's emergence into the 20th century. The film is open to the public and admission is free. http://www.theross.org ************************************************************************* 28. Quilt Book Signing Meet fiber artist Gayle Pritchard at 1 p.m. March 3 at the University Bookstore city campus location. She will be signing copies of her new book Uncommon Threads: Ohio's Art Quilt Revolution, which narrates the emergenge of the art quilt explosion. For more information on Pritchard's appearance, contact the University Bookstore at 472-8560. ************************************************************************* 29. God Grew Tired of Us and Oscar Shorts Open Friday at the Ross * Opening Friay at the Ross: God Grew Tired of Us (March 2-15): Four boys from Sudan embark on a journey to America after years of wandering Sub-Saharan Africa in search of safety. * Oscar Shorts (March 2-15): Every year our patrons ask where they can see the Oscar nominees in the short film categories. This year, just like last year, there's an answer: at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center. Programs include Academy Award nominated Live Action Shorts, Documentary Shorts, and Animated Shorts. http://www.theross.org ************************************************************************* 30. School of Music Events: Feb. 28-March 5 * Feb. 28, 7:30 p.m., UNL Wind Ensemble will give a concert in Kimball Recital Hall. Tickets are $5 general admission, $3 student/senior and will be available at the door approximately one hour before the performance. * March 4, guest artist Dorian Leljak, piano, will give a recital in Kimball Recital Hall. Tickets are $5 general admission, $3 student/senior and will be available at the door approximately one hour before the performance. * March 5, UNL Student Chamber Fest will feature School of Music chamber music students in a recital in 119 Westbrook Recital Hall. This event is free and open to the public. http://www.unl.edu/music ************************************************************************* 31. Lied Center events: Feb. 28-March 7 * March 2-3: The Broadway musical, Man of La Mancha, makes its Lied Center debut. * March 5: Comedienne/actress Lily Tomlin. * March 7: Bandleader/trumpet legend Doc Severinsen and His Big Band. http://www.unl.edu/lied ************************************************************************* 32. Final Four Performances of The Two Gentlemen of Verona The final four performances of UNL Theatre's The Two Gentlemen of Verona, a comedy by William Shakespeare, will be Feb. 28 through March 3 in the Studio Theatre, third floor of the Temple Building. Tickets are $16, $14 faculty/staff and senior citizens, and $10 students/youth. They may be obtained through the Lied Center Ticket Office, 472-4747, 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and one hour prior to performance in the Studio lobby, subject to availability. ************************************************************************* 33. NET Radio's "Friday Live" for March 2 Join host William Stibor Friday at 9 a.m. to get the inside scoop on Opera Omaha's world premiere, an exhibit of work by Nebraska women artists 1880-1950, the Norfolk Arts Center's offerings, plus Lincoln's Star City Slam poetry event. Tune in to NET Radio on 91.1 FM in Lincoln or listen live on the Web by going to the site below and clicking on Listen Now! http://www.netNebraska.org/radio ************************************************************************* 34. Hear "The Verge" Friday on "Classics by Request" on NET Radio This Friday at 2 p.m., NET Radio's Classics by Request (CBR) host Lora Black will be joined by Genevieve Randall, host of NET Radio's The Verge, for an hour of music and talk about what's classical and what's "on the verge," including Bela Fleck, Michael Torke and Yo-Yo Ma. Tune in to NET Radio on 91.1 FM in Lincoln or listen live on the Web by going to the site below and clicking on Listen Now! http://www.netnebraska.org/radio/ ************************************************************************* 35. Nebraska High School Girls Basketball on NET Television The best girls' basketball teams in Nebraska invade Lincoln to battle it out for the state championships in six different classes with the finals telecast live across the state from the Bob Devaney Sports Center on March 3, on NET1 Channel 12. The "Nebraska High School Girls' Basketball Championships" will begin at 9:30 a.m. with the Class D-2 finals. The day-long coverage continues with the Class A championship game at 11:30 a.m. and the Class C-2 title game at 1:30 p.m. The match-ups continue at 5 p.m. with the championship game for Class B, followed at 7 p.m. by the Class D-1 final. The Class C-1 championship game concludes the day's action at 9 p.m. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *