The Paul A. Olson Seminars in Great Plains Studies offer an opportunity for interested scholars, students, and members of the community to come together to examine various topics related to the Great Plains. The seminars, offered monthly during the academic year, are free and open to the public. If you need an accommodation, please call 402/472-3964.


SPRING 2013

  • JANUARY 16


    Artifacts and Illuminations: Critical Essays on Loren Eiseley
        Speakers: Thomas Lynch, Associate Professor of English, UNL
                          Susan N. Maher, Dean, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota Duluth


  • FEBRUARY 20


    Engaging Lifelong Learners in Natural History: The Land-Grant Mission
    of the University of Nebraska State Museum
        Speaker:  Priscilla C. Grew, Director, University of Nebraska State Museum and
                         Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, UNL


  • MARCH 6


    Welcome to the Elections from the Inside: Exit Polls and
    Election Projections for the Great Plains
        Speakers:  Allan McCutcheon, Donald O. Clifton Chair of Survey Science,
                           Professor of Statistics, Professor of Survey Research and Methodology, and
                           Principal Investigator for the NSF/Census Research Network, and Research
                           Scientist with Gallup Research Center, UNL

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