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Thursday, April 3rd

Time Event Title
9:30 am-12:00 pmResearch Presentation - Dr. Femi Otulaja MABEL LEE HALL
Using cogenerative dialogues to improve the teaching and learning of science in an urban high school.
11:30 am-Apr 3rd 1:00 pmNU Technology Monthly Meeting Various NU-Wide Locations
The NU Technology Group is an organization of technology professionals at the University of Nebraska. The group has members from information technology groups across the four campuses and meets to collaborate on ideas regarding technology and its application. The NU Tech Group meets the 1st Thursday of each month from 11:30 - 1:00pm at various NU-Wide locations. For more information and how to join the group, go to http://nutech.unl.edu.
3:30 pm-4:30 pmSchool of Biological Sciences' Showcase Seminar City Campus Union
Dr. Paul Brakefield, Leiden University will present "Butterfly wings, evo-devo and exploring morphospace" Thursday, April 3, 3:30 pm in the City Union
3:30 pm-5:00 pmPhysics & Astronomy Colloquium BRACE LABORATORY

"B Physics at CDF: What It Takes to Make a Flagship Measurement at a Collider Experiment," will be presented by Dr. Ilya Kravchenko of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Refreshments: Brace Lab 201 @ 3:30 p.m.
Lecture: Brace Lab 211 @ 4:00 p.m.

Colloquium abstract can be found at: http://physics.unl.edu/news/colloquium.shtml

For further information please call the Department of Physics and Astronomy at (402) 472-2770 or email paoffice@unl.edu

3:30 pm-5:20 pmEngineering Mechanics Seminar Series NEBRASKA HALL
"Networks of microchannels: mimicking the microvasculature, separating blood cells, and immobilizing worms," by Dr. Sergey S. Shevkoplyas, Postdoctoral Fellow, Whitesides Group, Harvard University, Dept of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cambridge, MA. On Thursday, April 3, 2008 at 3:30 PM in W183 Nebraska Hall. Open to the public.
4:00 pm-5:00 pm2008 Environmental Studies Seminar HARDIN HALL
Case Studies: Presented by Senior Seminar Student Teams. "Community Crops Program in Lincoln, Nebraska". Dingman, Emanuel, Mobley, Rupe and Schmoker.
7:00 pm-9:20 pmEast Campus Choir HARDIN HALL
The newly formed East Campus Choir will begin meeting everything Thursday evening in the Hardin Hall Auditorium from 7:00 pm to 9:20 pm. Director, James Wilson asked me to extend an invitation to all SNR faculty/staff/students to stop by and listen anytime. I've provided his contact information below if you would like additional information about joining the choir - everyone is welcome. James Wilson UNL School of Mustic # 336-549-4226, email: jameswils@gmail.com
7:00 pmComedian Jorge Cham: "The Power of Procrastination" HENZLIK HALL
All students and faculty are invited to come out to hear the GSAW Keynote Speaker! He is the author of Piled Higher and Deeper (PhD Comics) which is published in newspapers and online. It is based on the lives of several graduate students. The Graduate Student of the Year award and Outstanding Service to Graduate Students Award will also be presented at this time. Part of Graduate Student Appreciation Week (GSAW). For a complete list of events visit http://www.unl.edu/gsa/gsaw.shtml
7:30 pmA Research and Region Lecture NEBRASKA UNION
Thomas C. Frank, Political Commentator and author of "What's the Matter with Kansas?" presents "Conservative America and the Great Plains." Sponsored by Plains Humanities Alliance, Center for Great Plains Studies. Contact information: Dr. Timothy Mahoney 402-472-3247 tmahoney1@unl.edu
7:30 pmOrgan Studio Recital KIMBALL RECITAL HALL
Students of the UNL Organ Studio will give a recital, performing a variety of organ works by Bach, Boƫly, Rheinberger, Pepping, Vierne, Buxtehude and Knecht. This event is FREE and open to the public.

Ongoing Events:

Time Event Title
Feb 14th-Aug 14thForsberg's "On Ancient Wings" exhibit celebrates Sandhill Cranes MORRILL HALL
Mar 10th-Jul 16thSummer Sessions Registration Begins UNL
Mar 28th-Aug 29th"Clothing and Ornaments of the Miao People from the Chojun Textile Art Museum" Lentz Center for Asian Culture
Mar 30th-Aug 17th"Quilts in Common" International Quilt Study Center & Museum
Mar 30th-Aug 31st"Nancy Crow: Cloth, Culture, Context" International Quilt Study Center & Museum
Mar 31st-Apr 15thPriority Registration - Fall Semester 2008-2009 UNL
Apr 1st-Apr 3rdUNL Research Fair NEBRASKA UNION

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