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Tuesday, October 30th

Time Event Title
All dayDistinguished Scholars Day
All dayOpen House-Computer Help Center 501 BUILDING
9am - 6pm
8:00 amLower Platte Corridor Alliance Meeting HARDIN HALL
Meeting to discuss current and future projects.
9:45 am-11:00 amDedication, Confucius Institute at UNL MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER - VAN BRUNT VISITORS CENTER
UNL and Chinese officials will formally dedicate the Confucius Institute in a public ceremony at the Van Brunt Visitors Center. UNL and Xi'an Jiaotong University are partners in this effort, which has an a central mission, teaching Chinese language and culture in Nebraska.
12:00 pmEchoes of Project X - The Pentagon Papers Symposium Law College
Lewis is the Lane lecturer and a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times columnist
3:30 pm-5:00 pmCSE Distinguished Speaker Dr.Tandy Warnow AVERY HALL
Phylogenetic inference presents enormous computational and mathematical challenges, but these are particularly exacerbated when dealing with very large datasets (containing thousands of sequences) or when sequences evolve under complex models of evoluiton. In this talk, I will describe some of the recent progress in large-scale phylogenetics. In particular, I will talk about multiple sequence alignment and its implications for large-scale phylogenetics. Related Link: http://www.phylo.org - CIPRES project webpage
7:30 pmEchoes of Project X - The Pentagon Papers Symposium LIED CENTER for PERFORMING ARTS
Robert O'Neil, Joe W. Seacrest lecturer, director, Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression at the University of Virginia, and Anthony Lewis, Lane lecturer, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times columist will participate in a panel discussion. Eric Berger will moderate the panel discussion. Lewis is the author of three books: "Gideon's Trumpet," "Portrait of a Decade," and "Make No Law."

Ongoing Events:

Time Event Title
May 1st-Nov 4thPhotography exhibit 'On the Land' by Joel Sartore MORRILL HALL
Sep 6th-Dec 31stOn the Land Photography Exhibit - Joel Sartore University of Nebraska State Museum
Oct 8th-Dec 15thThe Year of the Great Plains Art Collection Great Plains Art Museum

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