"Evidence of Climate Change," Visiting scholar David Easterling from the National Climatic Data Center of Asheville, NC will present on "Evidence of Climate Change." Time and place to be determined. Sponsored by University Libraries.

Global warming, one of the defining issues of our day, is the focus of the University Libraries 2008 Visiting Scholar Program during a two-day event on April 16 and 17. Dr. David Easterling, an internationally recognized expert on climate change, will participate in two events designed to shed light on this complex and divisive topic. Easterling, a researcher Center and Chief of Scientific Services at the National Climatic Data Center, was a Lead Author for Climate Change 2007, the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which shared with Al Gore the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel won the Prize "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change." Dr. Easterling will present a lecture on "Evidence of Climate Change," Wednesday, April 16 at 2:00 PM in the City Campus Union. Dr Easterling will also participate in a panel discussion of "Climate Change and the Great Plains" on Thursday, April 17 at 2:00 PM in the City Campus Union. Joining him on the panel will be three UNL climate experts: Dr. Sheri Fritz, Willa Cather Professor of Geosciences and Biological Sciences; Dr. Michael Hayes, Director of the National Drought Mitigation Center; and Dr. Kenneth Hubbard, Director of the High Plains Regional Climate Center with panel moderator Bob Bolin of the University Libraries. A reception will follow. These events are free and open to the public. They are sponsored by the University Libraries, Department of Geosciences, the High Plains Regional Climate Center, the National Drought Mitigation and the Convocations Committee. For more information visit: http://www.unl.edu/libr/inet/vsp2008.shtml

"Uncertain Future for Water Resources: Grappling with Climate Change". Kathleen Miller, National Center for Atmospheric Research. Hosted by Sandra Zellmer, College of Law, UNL

All Engineering, Computer Science, Business-Marketing, Architectural Students and Faculty or anyone who might be interested in what we do and how, for the structural steel industry. Mike Obst Research and Development Manager will lead the demonstration and he will be accompanied by Damon Scaggs Executive VP in charge of software development, & Colin Keierleber our Chief Engineer and graduate from UNL with his Bachelors, Masters and PhD., all from UNL.

“Evolution by gene duplication,” will be presented by Dr. Jianzhi George Zhang, University of Michigan. A reception will be held at 3:30 p.m. The event is open to the public.

Information and presentations for both Men and Women looking to learn how to dress for an interview for a job or professional/graduate school. Come: -learn what is the best way to dress for your shape/body type -see some examples of what to and what not to wear -ask a tailor how much alterations cost! -Question and Answer session to follow For more information, contact Jessykah Barron at 472-9635 or the Student Involvement-East office at 472-1780. Make an investment in yourself and your career and come learn how to Dress for Success. See you there!