Focus the Nation
January 28 - February 1, 2008
Join students across the U.S. in a collaborative discussion on global warming.
Focus the Nation is a nationwide effort to coordinate teams of faculty and students at more than one thousand colleges, universities and K-12 schools to engage in an interdisciplinary discussion about global warming.
Monday, January 28
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.; Low-Carbon-Footprint Meal; CPN and East Campus
Tuesday, January 29
Professor Lectures - Nebraska Union Auditorium
- 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Tim Wentz - Engineering
- 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Sandi Zellmer - Environmental Law
- 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. James Swinehart - Geosciences
7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.; Speaker: Chelsea Sexton Lecture, Who Killed the Electric Car; Nebraska Union, Auditorium
Wednesday, January 30
Professor Lectures - Nebraska Union Auditorium
- 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Carolyn Johnsen - Journalism
- 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Andy Graybill - History
- 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. Peter Hind & Panel - Architecture
- 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Ken Dewey - Natural Resources
- 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Richard Perrin - Agricultural Economics
6:00 - 7:00 p.m.; 2 Breakout Rooms with Pizza; Hardin Hall
7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.; Webcast; Hardin Hall
Thursday, January 31
Professor Lectures - Nebraska Union Auditorium
- 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Dennis Schulte - Biological Systems Engineering
- 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. John Janovy - Biological Sciences
- 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Dave Harwood - Geosciences
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.; speaker - Ken Mankoff; Auditorium
Title: Pale Blue Truth
Subject: An oral presentation of Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth"
Friday, February 1
12-1:00 p.m.; Lunch with politicians and lecture professors; Nebraska Union, Regency suite
1:00-3:00 p.m.; Political Roundtable; Nebraska Union, Colonial Room
Full schedule at: http://events.unl.edu
