Enjoy a guided tour of current exhibitions with a trained docent. Tour is free with admission.

Marc Andreini, water adviser for the U.S. Agency for International Development Bureau for Economic Growth and Trade, will explain the reservoirs, how they are used and areas of research that could improve the livelihoods of smallholders. Casual pizza lunch will be served. Free and open to the campus. Faculty, staff and students welcome. Please RSVP by Feb. 21 to http://research.unl.edu/events/andreini2011.php

This hands-on introduction to NUgrant basics will cover logging on, submitting and routing a proposal, and basic reporting functions. Register at http://research.unl.edu/nuramp/nugrant.shtml.

For faculty and others who use human subjects in research and teaching. Part 1 of this session addresses how to submit new IRB protocols, apply for continuing review and request approval for modifications. Part 2 explains interest reporting requirements at UNL and reviews the process for submitting the IRF through NUgrant. Register at http://research.unl.edu/nuramp/nugrant.shtml.

Pam Hendershot, Praxair Specialty Gas & Equipment, will provide information on various considerations related to safe storage & use of flammable, toxic and/or corrosive gases in research.
- No pre-registration required. -
* Be SURE to attend if your laboratory uses hydrogen, anhydrous ammonia, carbon monoxide, hydrogen chloride or other flammable-corrosive and/or toxic gases.

Mark Danner is a writer and reporter who for twenty-five years has written on politics and foreign affairs, focusing on war and conflict. He has covered Central America, Haiti, the Balkans, Iraq and the Middle East, among many other stories. Danner is Professor of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley and James Clarke Chace Professor of Foreign Affairs, Politics and the Humanities at Bard College. Among his books are Stripping Bare the Body: Politics Violence War, Torture and Truth, The Secret Way to War, and The Massacre at El Mozote. Danner was a long-time staff writer at The New Yorker and is a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books. His work has appeared in Harper's, The New York Times, Aperture, and many other newspapers and magazines. He has co-written and helped produce two hour-long documentaries for the ABC News program Peter Jennings Reporting, and his work has received, among other honors, a National Magazine Award, three Overseas Press Awards, and an Emmy. In 1999 Danner was named a MacArthur Fellow. He speaks and lectures widely on foreign policy and America's role in the world