April 20 to 27, 1996

Academic Calendar

• April 22, Deadline for returning Degree Grade Rosters, Records Office, 107 Admin. Contact: Rod Moore, (402) 472-3636.
• April 26, Chancellor Moeser's Investiture Ceremony, 3:30 to 5 p.m., Lied Center. Contact: Karen Underwood, (402) 472-8524.
• April 27, Second Semester classes end. Contact: Registration Office, (402) 472-3635.

Displays/Exhibitions

• "Textiles, Clothing and Design Juried Student Exhibition," TCD Gallery, Home Economics Bldg., East Campus. From April 12 to 24.
• "It's Just Plain(s) Politics: Cartoons as Perceptions of the Regional and National Scenes," Great Plains Art Collection. To May 3.
• "In the Eye of the Storm: An Art of Conscience, 1930-1970 - Selections from the Collection of Philip J. and Suzanne Schiller," Sheldon Gallery. To June 16.
• "Ceramics: Pots, Plates, Vessels and Vases," Sheldon Gallery. To June 30.
• "William Wiley: Seed Corn," Sheldon Gallery. To July 7.
• "Mingei: Everyday Arts of Old Japan," Lentz Center. To July.

Films

• April 25 & 26, "Persuasion," 7 & 9 p.m., Ross Film Theater. Contact: Ross Film Theater, (402) 472-5353. April 27, "Persuasion," 1, 3, 7 & 9 p.m., Ross Film Theater.

Lectures/Seminars

• Lecture, Sunday, April 21, Judaic Studies Lecture - "Israel and America," Jack Wertheimer, Jewish Theological Seminary, 7:30 p.m., TBA. Contact: Judaic Studies , (402) 472-9561.
• April 22, "The Tao of Mentoring - The Art and Craft of Fostering Research," Nirbhay Singh, Medical College of Virginia and Virginia Commonwealth Univ., 2 p.m., Nebraska Union. Contact: Phyllis Fogerty, (402) 472-0889.
• April 22, Engineering Mechanics Seminar - "Damage of Advanced Engineering Ceramics Under Multiaxial Dynamic Loading," G. Ravichandran, California Institute of Technology, 3:30 p.m., 306 Bancroft. Contact: Wei Tong, (402) 472-0712.
• April 22, "Nature's Nation: The Politics of an American Nature and the Nature of an American Politics," Richard White, historian, 7 p.m., Steinhart Room, Lied Center. Contact: Annette Windhorn, (402) 472-5938.
• April 23, ScienceWorks Journal Club Lecture - "Physics Education and Entertainment: A Multimedia Playground," Lynda Williams, UNL, 1 p.m., New Media Center, 163 Mabel Lee Hall. Contact: Lisa Wiese, 2-2786.
• April 23, Center for Biological Chemistry/EPSCoR Seminar - "NMR Studies of Structure-Function Relationships in Blood Coagulation Factor XIIa Inhibitors from Pumpkin Seeds," Ramaswamy Krishnamoorthi, Kansas State Univ., 3:30 p.m., N172 Beadle Center. Contact: Biochemistry, (402) 472-2932.
• April 23, Plant Pathology Seminar - "Biological Control of Wheat Take-all in China," Zhongge Zhang, plant pathology graduate student, 4 p.m., 345 Keim Hall. Contact: Plant Pathology, (402) 472-2858.
• April 23, "Knowing Nature: Work and Leisure in the Construction of an American Nature," Richard White, historian, 7:30 p.m., Steinhart Room, Lied Center. Contact: Annette Windhorn, (402) 472-5938.
• April 24, Center for Biotechnology Seminar - "Baculovirus in Biotechnology: From Farm to Pharmacy With an Emphasis on Apoptosis," Lois Miller, Univ. of Georgia, 4 p.m., Beadle Center Auditorium. Contact: Center for Biotechnology, (402) 472-2635.
• April 24, Public lecture by William Wiley, internationally acclaimed artist, 5 p.m., Sheldon Gallery auditorium. Contact: Sheldon Gallery, (402) 472-2461.
• April 24, "Disney's Land: Walt Disney, Popular Culture, and American Nature," Richard White, historian, 7:30 p.m., Steinhart Room, Lied Center. Contact: Annette Windhorn, (402) 472-5938.
• April 25, Center for Communication and Information Sciences - "Aspects of Multithreaded Programming," Bil Lewis, Sun Microsystems, 3:30 p.m., 114 Ferguson Hall. Contact: CCIS, (402) 472-3185.
• April 25, Biological Sciences Seminar - "Recent Changes in Vegetation, Climate and Animal Populations in Southeastern Arizona," Tom Valone, Univ. of California at Northridge, 3:30 p.m., 102 Hamilton Hall. Contact: Biological Sciences, (402) 472-2720.
• April 25, Parenting in the 1990s: New Challenges, New Research lecture series - "A New Look at Black and White Families: A Comparative Perspective," Charles Vert Willie, Harvard Univ., 3:30 p.m., Regency Suite, Nebraska Union. Contact: Chris Wiklund, (402) 472-3479.
• April 25, Center on Children, Families and the Law Lecture - "A New Look at Black and White Families: A Comparative Perspective," Charles Vert Willie, Harvard Univ., 3:30 p.m., Nebraska Union. Contact: Chris Wiklund, (402) 472-3479.
• April 25, Environmental Studies Lecture - "Knowing Nature Through Work: The Columbia River," Richard White, Univ. of Washington, 4:30 p.m., Nebraska Union. Contact: Al Williams, (402) 472-6038.
• April 26, Chemistry Colloquium - "Aerosols: The Gremlin in the Greenhouse," John Seinfeld, California Institute of Technology, 3:30 p.m, 110 Hamilton Hall. Contact: Chemistry Dept., (402) 472-3501.

Miscellaneous

• April 20, International Conference on the Romanization of Athens, UNL. Contact: Michael Hoff, (402) 472-5342.
• April 20, Ninth annual Nebraska Workshop on Biomedical Engineering Research, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Nebraska Center for Continuing Education, 33rd and Holdrege. Contact: Mark Beatty, (402) 472-1261.
• April 22, Child Development Venture brown-bag lunch - "Child Abuse and Neglect: How to Protect Your Child," noon, Nebraska Union. Contact: Human Resources, (402) 472-3101.
• April 22, Reception for Sue Ann Martin, finalist for dean of the College of Fine and Performing Arts, 3:30 p.m., Orchestra Lobby, Lied Center. Contact: Liz Grobsmith, (402) 472-3751.
• April 22, Teachers College Celebration of Excellence, honoring faculty and staff, 3:30 to 5 p.m., Georgian Suite, Nebraska Union. Contact: Phyllis Fogerty, (402) 472-0889.
• April 23, Mentoring Program brown-bag lunch with Melvin Jones, Vice Chancellor for Business and Finance, noon, Nebraska Union. Contact: Human Resources, (402) 472-3101.
• April 23, Retirement Reception for Gerald S. Thompson, Dept. of Economics, 3:30 to 6 p.m., University Club, University Towers. Contact: Karen Wheeler, (402) 472-2319.
• April 23, Reception for Al Evelyn, from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, who will be leaving UNL on April 26, 4 p.m., Wick Alumni Center. Contact: Sharon Walin, (402) 472-3123.
• April 24, Child Development Venture brown-bag lunch - "Child Abuse and Neglect: How to Protect Your Child," noon, Registration not required, East Union. Contact: Human Resources, (402) 472-3101.
• April 24, Panel discussion - "The Affirmative Action Question: Issues for Higher Education in the 21st Century," with Anna Shavers, Richard Duncan, James Griesen, Miguel Carranza & Brian Foster, 1 p.m., Nebraska Union. Contact: Suzanne Ortega, (402) 472-2875.
• April 24, Water Resources Panel - student debates, 3 p.m., 116 L. W. Chase Hall. Contact: Mike Eckert, (402) 472-0891.
• April 25, 26 & 27, Communication Studies Interstate Oratory Tournament, CBA Bldg./Cornhusker Hotel/William Jennings Bryan home. Contact: Communication Studies, (402) 472-2070.
• April 25, Take Our Daughters to Work Day, UNL. Contact: Human Resources, (402) 472-3101.
• April 25, Food for Thought brown-bag discussion series - "Feeding the Hunger - Addictions: Personal and Social," 11:30 a.m., East Union. Contact: Larry Doerr, (402) 476-0355.
• April 25, New Employee Orientation, P.M. 1:30, Nebraska Union. Contact: Human Resources, (402) 472-3101.
• April 25, Phi Beta Kappa Initiation Banquet - 5:30, social hour, 6:15 initiation of new members and buffet dinner, followed by lecture by Fred Luebke, professor emeritus of history, P.M. 5:30, University Club, 128 N. 13th St.. Contact: Donald Jensen, (402) 472-3144.
• April 26 & 27, Conference - "Two 'Home' Teams: Student-Athletes of Color in Predominantly White Institutions" , Clifford Hardin Nebraska Center for Continuing Education, East Campus. Contact: Dept. of Academic Conferences and Professional Programs (acpp@unl.edu), (402) 472-2844.
• April 26, Preview Party for the 10th Annual Spring Affair - "Plants & People - Great Nebraska Traditions," 6 to 9 p.m., tickets must be purchased in advance, Nebraska State Fair Park. Contact: Roddy Spangler (rspangle@unlinfo.unl.edu), (402) 472-9131.
• April 27, 10th Annual Spring Affair - "Plants & People - Great Nebraska Traditions," 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., free, Nebraska State Fair Park. Contact: Roddy Spangler (rspangle@unlinfo.unl.edu), (402) 472-9131.

Performances

• April 20 & 21, theatrix - "Oedipus the King," 5:30 p.m., Studio Theatre, Temple Bldg. Contact: Julie Hagemeier, (402) 472-1619.
• April 20, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, 8 p.m., Lied Center. Contact: Lied Box Office, (402) 472-4747.
• April 20, "The Importance of Being Earnest," 8 p.m., Howell Theatre, Temple Bldg. Contact: Theatre & Dance Box Office, (402) 472-2073.
• April 20, theatrix - "Extremities," 8 p.m., Studio Theatre, Temple Bldg. Contact: Julie Hagemeier, (402) 472-1619.
• April 20, Tchaikovsky Piano Trio, 8 p.m., Sheldon Gallery auditorium. Contact: Lincoln Friends of Chamber Music for reservations, (402) 435-5454.
• April 21, theatrix - "Extremities," 2 p.m., Studio Theatre, Temple Bldg. Contact: Julie Hagemeier, (402) 472-1619.
• April 21, Oratorio Chorus, free, 3 p.m., Kimball Hall. Contact: John Whiteman, (402) 472-6865.
• April 21, University Chorale and Varsity Glee, free, 8 p.m., Kimball Hall. Contact: John Whiteman, (402) 472-6865.
• April 24, A Tribute to Vernon Forbes - faculty, alumni and students honor Professor Vernon Forbes on the eve of his retirement, free, 8 p.m., Kimball Hall. Contact: John Whiteman, (402) 472-6865.
• April 25, Midori, 8 p.m., Lied Center. Contact: Lied Box Office, (402) 472-4747.
• April 26, University Singers, free, 8 p.m., Kimball Hall. Contact: John Whiteman, (402) 472-6865.
• April 27, Instrumental music from India by Shivkumar Sharma playing Santoor, 7:30 p.m., 119 Westbrook Music Building. Contact: Radha Balasubramanian (raag@unlinfo.unl.edu), (402) 472-3827.

Planetarium

• April 20 & 21, Planetarium Show - "Lifestyles of the Stars," 2 p.m., Mueller Planetarium. Contact: Mueller Planetarium, (402) 472-2641.
• April 20, Laser Fantasies Show - "Nirvana/Foo Fighters," 8, 9:30 & 11 p.m., Mueller Planetarium.
• April 21, Laser Visions Show - "Laser Country," 3:30 p.m., Mueller Planetarium.
• April 26 & 27, Laser Fantasies Show - "Pink Floyd: The Wall," 7, 9 & 11 p.m., Mueller Planetarium.

Sports

• April 20, Red/White Game, 1 p.m., Memorial Stadium. Contact: Athletic Ticket Office, (402) 472-3111.
• April 20, Baseball - Nebraska vs. Kansas, 2 p.m., Buck Beltzer Field.
• April 21, Baseball - Nebraska vs. Kansas, 1 p.m., Buck Beltzer Field.
• April 24, Baseball - Nebraska vs. Missouri, P.M. 2:30, Buck Beltzer Field.
• April 24, Softball - Nebraska vs. Creighton, 6 & 8 p.m., Nebraska Softball Complex.
• April 25, Baseball - Nebraska vs. UNO, 4 p.m., Buck Beltzer Field.
• April 27, Softball - Nebraska vs. Texas Tech, 1 & 3 p.m., Nebraska Softball Complex.

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