October 10-12, 2008
NEBRASKA UNION AUDITORIUM, FRI 7:30PM
Astronomer to speak Friday on 'Citizen Science'
Astronomer Pamela Gay will deliver the 2008 Ruckman Lecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 10. Her talk is sponsored by the Department of Physics and Astronomy at UNL, and is titled, "Citizen Science: From the Sky to your Desktop."
Gay will speak in the Nebraska Union auditorium, 1400 R St. The event is free and open to the public. more...
UNL Hosts Annual Chemistry Day
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Chemistry will host its eighth annual Chemistry Day from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Oct.11.
Chemistry Day introduces high school juniors, seniors, parents and science teachers to the opportunities and careers in the field of chemistry. UNL students who are interested in becoming chemistry majors are also welcome to participate. more...
CHEMISTRY DAY
NEBRASKA STATE MUSEUM, SAT 1:30-4:30PM
Tour Takes State Museum Visitors 'Behind the Scenes'
The Friends of the University of Nebraska State Museum and the Museum's Research Staff welcome the public to attend a "Behind-the-Scenes-Tour" on Saturday, Oct. 11, to a special opportunity to see highlights of the museum collections and laboratories in areas normally closed to the public.
Hours for the Behind-the-Scenes-Tour are 1:30-4:30 p.m. Visitors should enter the west doors of Nebraska Hall (on 16th between X and W Streets). Admission is $5 for adults, $3 children, or $10 for a family (2 adults and their children). It is free for UNL students, staff, and museum members. Parking is available free in Lot A north of Nebraska Hall.
NEBRASKA STATE MUSEUM
SHELDON MUSEUM OF ART, FRI 2PM
Artist Lecture Series - "The Sizes of Things in the Mind's Eye"
Elizabeth King
FILLEY HALL 210, FRI 3PM
Agricultural Economics Seminar Series
Dr. Titus Awokuse, University of Delaware
EAST CAMPUS UNION, FRI 3PM
Agronomy & Horticulture Lecture - "Making Dollars and Decisions with the New Farm Bill"
Bradley Lubben, Assistant Professor - Extension Public Policy Specialist - Agricultural Economics. Refreshments at 2:30 p.m.
BESSEY HALL 117, FRI 3:30PM
Department of Geosciences Stout Lecture - "The Oklahoma City Micronet Project"
Jeff Basara, Oklahoma Climatological Survey. Refreshments at 3:15 p.m.
HAMILTON HALL 112, FRI 3:30PM
Chemistry Colloquium - "Catalysis by Au and Au Alloys: From Single Crystals to Nanoparticles"
D. Wayne Goodman, from Texas A&M University
AVERY HALL 115, 4PM
Mathematics Department Colloquium - "Mathematics and the Education of Teachers"
Jim Lewis, UNL Mathematics Department. Colloquium abstract. Refreshments in Avery Hall 348 at 3:30 p.m.
KIMBALL RECITAL HALL, FRI 7:30PM
An Evening with Peter Raven, Hero for the Planet, Presented by Nebraska Statewide Arboretum
Dr. Peter Raven, president of Missouri Botanical Garden and recipient of National Medal of Science
SHELDON MUSEUM OF ART, SUN 2PM
Sheldon Sunday Talk - Meet The New Director
Sheldon's Director Jorge Daniel Veneciano
HOWELL THEATRE, TEMPLE BUILDING, 7:30PM
University Theatre Opens Season With An Experiment with an Air Pump
UNL's Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film's University Theatre presents Shelagh Stephenson's drama An Experiment with an Air Pump. The play, set in 1799 in a Northern English home abounding with scientific experiments, raises many of the same ethical quandries that challenged people living in 1999.
Performances will be held October 10, 11 & 15, 16, 17, 18 at 7:30 p.m. in the Studio Theatre, first floor of the Temple Building at 12th and R Streets. Tickets are $16 regular, $14 faculty/staff and senior citizen, $10 student with ID. Tickets are available at the Lied Center Ticket Office, 301 N. 12th or by telephone at 472-4747 or 800-432-3231.
