Changes in Book Publishing Subject of April 12 Discussion
A noted historian of the book will deliver an address titled "The Fate of the Printed Word: F. Scott Fitzgerald's Second Career" at UNL April 12.
James West III, distinguished professor of English and director of the Center for the History of the Book at Pennsylvania State University, will speak at 7:30 p.m. at the Great Plains Art Gallery, 205 Love Library. A panel discussion following the lecture will feature Dan Ross, director of the University of Nebraska Press; Kent Hendrickson, associate vice chancellor for information services and former dean of libraries at UNL; and Martha Hoppe, book division manager for Nebraska Bookstore.
West's appearance is sponsored by UNL's Friends of the Libraries, the University of Nebraska Press and the College of Arts and Sciences Studies in Mediating Texts. The event is free and open to the public.
During his talk, West will discuss how at the time Fitzgerald died in
the early 1940s publication was a one-time affair, with the release of a
hardback issue, sometimes followed by the sale of movie and stage rights.
Since then, publishing has changed radically and expanded dramatically.
West will consider the impact of new public forums and texts on literary
authorship and reputation.
Nobel Laureate Wiesel to Deliver Thompson Lecture April 16
Nobel Peace Prize winner and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel will close out the 1995-96 E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues lecture series April 16 with his lecture, "The Seduction and Danger of Fanaticism." The lecture will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Lied Center for Performing Arts, and will also be available by satellite at sites statewide, including College Park at Grand Island, state colleges, community colleges, and high schools.
A professor at Boston University, Wiesel won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986 for his efforts as an author, teacher and storyteller in defending human rights and world peace. A native of the Transylvania region of Romania, Wiesel and his family were deported by the Nazis to Auschwitz when he was 15. He was later taken to Buchenwald.
Wiesel has defended the cause of Soviet Jews, Nicaragua's Miskito Indians, Argentina's "disappeared," Cambodian refugees, South African apartheid victims, famine victims in Africa and the victims and prisoners in the former Yugoslavia. He has been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal and the Medal of Liberty Award and the rank of Grand Officer in the French Legion of Honor. He holds more than 75 honorary degrees.
Wiesel's Thompson Forum appearance is in conjunction with an international symposium on human rights at UNL, "Modern Forms of Genocide," April 15-16.
Major funding for the Thompson Forum series is provided by the Cooper
Foundation. The series is named in honor of E.N. Thompson, chairman of
the board of the foundation and the originator of the Thompson Forum, and
is co-sponsored by UNL.
Genocide Conference April 15-16
Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel will top a list of speakers at a two-day conference on genocide at UNL April 15-16. The symposium, "Contemporary Forms of Genocide," is intended to foster understanding of genocide and offer solutions and will include five other scholars.
Wiesel's presentation for the conference, also part of the E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues lecture series at UNL, is at 3:30 p.m. April 16 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts. The conference will also feature a free public lecture by Sybil Milton, senior historian of the United States Holocaust Research Institute, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, at 5:30 p.m. April 15 at the Clifford Hardin Nebraska Center for Continuing Education, 33rd and Holdrege streets.
Other scholars at the conference include Israel Charny, executive director of the Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide in Jerusalem; Helen Fein, executive editor of the Institute for the Study of Genocide and president of the Association of Genocide scholars; Sam Totten, chief editor of "Genocide in the Twentieth Century: Critical Essays and Eyewitness Acounts," and associate professor at the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville; and Robert Hitchock, associate professor of anthropology at UNL and co-author of "Physical and Cultural Genocide of Various Indigenous Peoples."
Specially discounted fees are available for University of Nebraska
faculty, staff and students. The fee structure varies depending on NU
employee or student status and whether full or partial conference
attendance is desired. For further information regarding fees and
registration, call 2-2175.
Hagel, Stenberg Face Press on ETV April 18
Republican U.S. Senate candidates Don Stenberg and Chuck Hagel will answer questions posed by a panel of journalists in the "G.O.P. Senatorial Candidate Forum" airing 7 p.m. April 18 on the Nebraska ETV Network.
During the final 10 to 12 minutes of the hour-long program, Hagel and
Stenberg will answer questions submitted beforehand by the public. The
public may submit questions in printed form to the World-Herald at
World-Herald Square, Omaha, NE 68102 or by fax to KPTM at (402) 554-4290,
via electronic mail to grepair@unomaha.edu or via the World Wide Web at
http://www.unotv.unomaha.edu.
People of Color Conference Features 'Hoop Dreams' Agee
The inaugural program in a new, annual conference series on "People of Color in Predominantly White Institutions" will be April 26-27 at the Clifford Hardin Nebraska Center for Continuing Education on East Campus.
This years' special focus is on student-athletes. Concurrent and general sessions will include reports of research results, case studies, personal experiences, and model programs. Additional topics include issues facing African American women in higher education and Afrocentric curricular reforms.
Featured speakers include Harry Edwards, sociology professor at the University of California and consultant to the San Francisco 49ers football team and several TV networks; Arthur Agee, one of the basketball players featured in the film documentary Hoop Dreams; and Richard Lapchick, founder and director of the Center for the Study of Sport in Society at Northeastern University.
For details about the conference or reduced fees for UNL faculty and
staff, contact the Department of Academic Conferences and Professional
Programs, 2-2844.
People of Color Conference Available Through 'Random Sampler'
The Department of Academic Conferences and Professional Programs is
offering a new registration option for UNL faculty, staff, and students
who want to attend "Students and Faculty of Color in Predominantly White
Institutions: Different Perspectives on Majority Rules" but may have
difficulty fitting the entire program into their schedules. "The Random
Sampler" permits holders of valid UNL ID cards to attend a maximum of
three sessions at any time during the conference on a space-available
basis. The cost is $25, which does not include meals or materials. For
more information contact Professional Programs, 472-2844.
Nature and Nation Examined in Lincoln Lecture Series
Distinguished historian Richard White, recently hailed by U.S. News and World Report for his pathbreaking work in environmental history, will present the annual Abraham Lincoln Lectures here later this month.
White is scheduled to give three talks, beginning April 22. Each will deal with how Americans' unique ideas about nature have affected their sense of what it is to be American. During the talks, White will examine how influential early thinkers such as Thomas Jefferson and Ralph Waldo Emerson viewed nature and described the national character, how 19-century Americans knew nature through their work, and how contemporary popular culture, particularly Walt Disney and the Disney studios, has imagined nature. All presentations are free and open to the public. They will be in the Steinhart Room of the Lied Center for Performing Arts.
"White's books on Native Americans, land and the environment, and the history of the American West have stimulated much admiration, imitation, and discussion," said Dan Ross, university press director and organizer of this lecture series. "His work has helped change forever how these topics are addressed."
White's visit is sponsored by the University of Nebraska Press, the College of Arts and Sciences, the departments of history, sociology, anthropology, ethnic studies and geography, the Center for Great Plains Studies, and the Great Plains Art Collection.
During his week-long stay, White also plans to attend selected history, anthropology, geography and environmental studies classes at UNL, as well as a Great Plains Studies seminar and a meeting of the local chapter of the national history honor society, Phi Alpha Theta.
The lecture series by historian Richard White is as follows:
All lectures will be free and open to the public.
Romanization of Athens Conference April 18-20
Twelve distinguished scholars in the field of Greek antiquity will present papers at the International Conference on the Romanization of Athens April 18-20 at UNL.
The keynote address by Cornelius C. Vermeule, III, curator of classical art at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, will open the conference at 7:30 p.m. April 18 in the Sheldon Gallery Auditorium. This keynote address is free and open to the public. The conference continues through April 20. The conference registration fee in $40 ($15 for students). Call 472-2175 to register.
Scholars, students and laypersons interested in archaeology, classics,
ancient history and art history are encouraged to participate in this
unique opportunity to hear and comment upon the ideas and latest research
from the panel of distinguished scholars in Greek antiquity. More than
100 conference participants are expected to attend.
Cleary Subject of Olson Seminar
Pioneer Nebraska writer Kate M. Cleary will be the subject of the final Paul A. Olson Seminar in Great Plains Studies at UNL in the 1995-96 academic year.
From 3:30-5 p.m. April 17, Susanne George, associate professor of English at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, will discuss Cleary's life and work at the Great Plains Art Collection on the second floor of Love Library, 13th and R streets.
The seminar is free and open to the public and will be preceded by a 3
p.m. reception at the Great Plains Art Gallery.
State Museum Program Celebrates Science
"Science Is Everywhere!" is the theme of the April 14 Sunday Afternoon with a Scientist program at the University of Nebraska State Museum.
The program is part of the museum's observance of National Math, Science and Technology Awareness Month in April. It will be presented from 2 to 4:30 p.m. at the museum in Morrill Hall. The program is free and open to the public, but a donation of $1 is suggested for all museum visitors over the age of 2.
Program participants will be able to take a close look at aquatic
insects, build a protein molecule, make their own earthquakes, check the
radiation level of common objects, experiment with chemistry, use a
microscope to look at microorganisms, learn what fun they can have with
wetlands, feel an earthworm and learn about the important role earthworms
play in the environment, place fossils on a timeline and learn about the
earth's past.
Night of Champions Celebration April 19
The UNL Athletic Department will celebrate the 1995 national championships in volleyball and football at a "Night of Champions" celebration April 19 in Memorial Stadium.
The celebration begins at 7:30 p.m., but gates will open at 5:30 p.m. A $3 admission charge will be donated to the UNL library system. The annual spring game will be played the following day, April 20, at 1 p.m. Quarterback Tommie Frazier's jersey will be retired prior to the game.
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April 20
Resource Issues Topic of April 19 Program
U.S. Forest Service environmental education specialist Rita Cantu (shown above) will speak on "Interpreting Critical Resource Issues to the Public" at 3:30 p.m. April 19 in the East Union.
Cantu, of Prescott, Ariz., will present her message through storytelling, folk music and a multimedia presentation. She also will give the keynote address at the UNL Wildlife Club banquet at 6 p.m. April 20 in the UNL East Union. Her keynote address is titled "Leopold's Land and Ethic: An Artistic Perspective."
For banquet information and reservations contact Diana Smith at
472-2188.
Actress to Present Story of Women in Science
New York City actress and journalist Sharon Glassman will present a "monologue" between a modern-day woman and the 18th century physicist Laura Bassi in a presentation at 7:30 p.m. April 17 in Room 11 of the Home Economics Building.
"Water Over Time: A Monologue of Women and Science," examines boundaries that can separate the worlds of scientists and nonscientists. A question and answer session will follow the presentation.
The event, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by UNL's
Graduate Women in Science and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for
Academic Affairs.
Wertheimer to Deliver Krivosha Lecture April 21
Jack Wertheimer, holder of the Mendelson Chair in American Jewish History at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, will deliver the annual Krivosha lecture at UNL at 7:30 p.m. April 21 in the Great Plains Art Gallery in Love Library.
The lecture, titled "The Crisis of Jewish Identity: A Common Challenge to American and Israeli Jews," explores the tumultuous events in Israel over the past half year that have again forced American Jews to reconsider their relationship with their Jewish counterparts in Israel.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
Information Technology Training Begins May 3
Communications and Information Technology is offering hands-on computer training classes beginning May 3. Topics covered include Windows 3.1, WordPerfect 6.1 for Windows, Freelance for Windows, Netscape, Eudora, and HTML. These classes are held in the computer lab in the Animal Science Complex on East Campus.
Information on registration cost, class topics, and schedule of
classes is available in the "Information Technology Training Schedule:
Spring 1996" flyer. Call 2-5630 or send an e-mail note to
ianr022@unlvm.unl.edu if you would like a flyer.
Biomedical Engineering Research Workshop April 20
The ninth annual Nebraska Workshop on Biomedical Engineering Research
will be from 9:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. April 20 at the Nebraska Center
for Continuing Education, 33rd and Holdrege Streets. This meeting is an
excellent chance for engineers and health care professionals to become
acquainted and pursue areas of research that are of mutual interest. If
you are interested in attending and/or would like to receive a copy of a
tentative program, call Mark Beatty at 472-1261 or fax 472-5290.
Phi Beta Kappa Banquet is April 25
The Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at UNL will celebrate its centennial at the spring initiation banquet April 25 at the University Club, 128 N. 13th Street.
Fred Luebke, professor emeritus of history, will present "When Higher Education Was Lower: Higher Education in Nebraska 100 Years Ago."
A social hour at 5:30 p.m. and initiation of new members at 6:15 p.m.
will precede a buffet dinner. Luebke's talk will follow the dinner, about
7:30 p.m.
Retirement Reception for Casari April 29
An afternoon reception for Laura E. Casari, associate professor of
agricultural leadership, education and communication, will be from 2:30
to 4 p.m. April 29 in the East Union. Casari is retiring after 25 years
of service at UNL. Friends and colleagues may send letters, unfolded,
with favorite recollections, anecdotes and good wishes for a "Book of
Letters" in care of June Crockett, 300 Ag Hall, 0709.
Car Buying is Subject of Credit Union Seminar
The University of Nebraska Federal Credit Union is co-sponsoring a seminar on "How to Buy a New and Used Car" from 7 to 9 p.m. April 18 in the City County Credit Union Community Room, 2500 N Street.
This seminar will feature representatives from the University Credit Union explaining financing options and leasing vehicles. Mick Hutcheson from Southeast Community College will also discuss trade secrets on buying a car and what to look for in a new or used car.
The seminar is free and open to the public, but seating is limited.
Call the credit union for reservations, 2-2087.
Ethnic Minority Graduate Research Symposium April 18
The Office of Graduate Studies is sponsoring an Ethnic Minority Graduate Research Symposium from 1 to 5:30 p.m. April 18 in the Regency and Heritage Rooms in the Nebraska Union. The symposium is divided into three parts which include oral presentations of research, a poster presentation session and a reception.
The purpose of this symposium is to recognize the research contributions of racial and ethnic minority graduate students at UNL, and all other student-generated research addressing racial and ethnic minority issues. All faculty, staff and students are invited to attend and support the research efforts of UNL graduate students.
For more information, contact Nelida Aguilar Fernandez in the Office
of Graduate Studies at 2-8891.
Evelyn Reception April 23
The Vice Chancellor for Research will host a reception in honor of Al
Evelyn from 4 to 5:30 p.m. April 23 in the Great Hall of the Wick Alumni
Center. Evelyn began his UNL career as business manager of the Physics
and Astronomy Department in 1983 and has served in the Office of the Vice
Chancellor for Research since 1989. He recently accepted a new position
as assistant director of program development at Brooklyn College, and
will be leaving UNL on April 26.
Lecture Examines Holocaust Art April 15
Sybil Milton, senior historian at the United States Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., will lecture at 7:30 p.m. April 15 in the Bessey Hall auditorium.
Her lecture, "Art of the Holocaust," will be a slide presentation
about those European artists who risked their lives to record the crimes
of Nazi Germany and the agony of its victims in ghettoes and
concentration camps, sites of resistance and places of hiding.
Mentoring Lecture April 22
The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research will present "The Tao
of Mentoring -- The Art and Craft of Fostering Research," at 2 p.m. April
22 in the Nebraska Union. The lecture will be presented by Nirbhay Singh,
professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at the Medical College of
Virginia, director of Research at the Commonwealth Institute for Child
and Family Studies, and Clinical Professor of Psychology at the Virginia
Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va.
Campus Recreation Closed May 6-12
The Campus Recreation Center will be closed for repairs and maintenance May 6-12, 1996. This coincides with the annual steam outage. Other Campus Recreation facilities will be open that week, including:
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