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“Generation of Surface Waves and Lamb Waves By Laser Illumination,” by Dr. Jan Achenbach, Center for Quality Engineering and Failure Prevention, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. On Tuesday, November 18, 2008, at 3:30 PM in W183 Nebraska Hall. There will be an informal reception at 3:00 PM in W317.7 Nebraska Hall. The public is welcome.
Artist Liliana Porter will screen a short video, “Fix in the Mirror,” and speak about her work included in TRANSactions: Contemporary Latin American and Latino Art, on view November 1st through January 18th. This event is free and open to the public.
"America and the World, 1962 to 2008: Contrasts and Contradictions," Theodore C. 'Ted' Sorensen, former special counsel and adviser to President John F. Kennedy and a widely published author on the presidency and foreign affairs, practiced international law for over 36 years as a senior partner, and now of counsel, in the prominent U.S. law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. Former chairman of the firm's International Practice Committee, he has represented U.S. and multinational corporations in negotiations with governments all over the world and advised and assisted a large number of foreign governments and government leaders, ranging from the late President Anwar El Sadat of Egypt to former President Nelson Mandela of South Africa. Sorensen is a Lincoln native and graduate of UNL and the University of Nebraska College of Law. His memoirs, "Counselor: A Life at the Edge of History," were published in May, 2008.
For more information on the Thompson Forum lectures, visit http://enthompson.unl.edu.
Mimi Schwartz will appear at UNL Campus, 228 Dudley Bailey Library at 7:30 p.m. for a reading and discussion of her recent memoir, "Good Neighbors, Bad Times: Echoes of My Father's German Village". Books will be available for sale before and after discussion and book signing after discussion. Free event open to the public.
Sponsored by Harris Center for Judaic Studies, The Prairie Schooner and the University of Nebraska Press.
