Sponsored by Environmental Health & Safety and the Office of Research, this colloquium features Scott Ward, Labconco Corporation. VWR International will provide a display of various products to assist researchers who use hoods, cabinets or other ventilated exposure control methods. *5 sessions offered for your convenience.*

Sam Shafer, Facilities/Operations Coordinator for Agronomy & Horticulture, received the IANR Outstanding Employee Award for Managerial/Professional Staff for January/February 2007. A reception in his honor will be Wednesday, February 7, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. in 327 Keim Hall.

Gerald (Gary) Ankley, US Enviromental Protection Agency, Duluth, MN. "Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals in the Environment: Are We Overlooking Androgens?" Hosted by Daniel Snow, School of Natural Resources.

"Loving in a Time of Hopelessness: On Township Women's Subjectivities in a Time of HIV/AIDS" - Ms. Nthabiseng Motsemme, International Ford Fellow, Visiting Scholar of Sociology at DePaul University. This event is co-sponsored by the Institute for Ethnic Studies, the African American and African Studies Program, the Departments of Anthropology & Geography, English, History, Political Science, and Sociology. For event details, see our website: www.unl.edu/womenssp and click on Colloquium Series

For more than five decades, the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble has remained dedicated to preserving the folk dances and traditional costumes of Hungarian culture. The ensemble, consisting of 30 dancers, 14-member Gypsy Orchestra, and five-member Folk Orchestra, perform authentic music and dance at its highest artistic level.