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Thursday, October 16

Activity

Cycle Challenge

General Program

Recurring Date Info:
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TBD
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How many miles can you spin during the month of October? Join in on this month long challenge.
This event originated in Campus Recreation.
Exhibit - Multimedia

The Muck, the Seeds, the Weeds, the Blossoming: The Journals of Karen Blessen

An Exhibit

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Starts at 7:30 am
Location: Love Library North & Link Room: The Link Target Audiences:
The thoughts, life, and creative process of an artist are revealed to the public in The Muck, the Seeds, the Weeds, the Blossoming: The Journals of Karen Blessen, an exhibit that features 24 of Karen Blessen’s journals recently donated to the …
This event originated in Libraries.
Art Exhibition

Tiny Treasures, An Art Exhibition

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8:00 am – 8:00 pm
Location: Link, 2nd Floor Target Audiences:
Tiny Treasures showcases cherished moments captured through the brush of artist Valery Wachter. Inspired by travels with family and friends, Valery transforms photographs into paintings that invite a deeper, more personal reflection. Each piece …
This event originated in NIC Events Calendar.
Training

NSPIRE: Building Trust and Engagement Workshop (Day 2)

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8:30 am – 4:00 pm
Location: Willa Cather Dining Complex Room: Pioneers Suite Target Audiences:
This 1.5-day workshop covers two essential leadership concepts: TRUST and ENGAGEMENT.
This event originated in Organizational Development & Training.
Class

Agri-Essentials: QuickBooks Online for Farmers and Ranchers

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Starts at 9:00 am
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The Nebraska Women in Agriculture program, in collaboration with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, is proud to announce the launch of a new online course, QuickBooks Online for Farmers and Ranchers, available beginning September 1, 2025. This self-paced …
This event originated in Nebraska Women In Agriculture.
Webinar

Best Practices in Screening and Diagnosis of ADHD in Adults

with Dr. Margaret Sibley

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9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Virtual Location: Zoom
Target Audiences:
For psychologists, behavioral health and licensed mental health professionals
This event originated in Public Policy Center.
Clinic

Walk-in Flu Shot Clinic for Students

at the University Health Center

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9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Location: University Health Center and College of Nursing Room: 240 Target Audiences:
Current UNL students can get their free flu shot by attending a drop-in flu shot clinic, no appointment needed.
This event originated in University Health Center.
Seminar

Canceled: Agronomy and Horticulture Seminar Series

“Understanding Soil Water Holding Capacity for Effective Irrigation Scheduling”

Date:
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11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Location: Keim Hall Room: 150
Virtual Location: Community members join via Zoom at:
Target Audiences:
BRUNO LENA
This event originated in Agronomy and Horticulture.
Discussion

Genealogy Over Lunch

The importance of family lore and legend

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11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Virtual Location: Register for Zoom
Target Audiences:
Eva Bachman, director, Graduate Student Support & Associate Registrar will lead this Genealogy over Lunch session that dives into family legends – using them, proving or disproving them and how to record them in your family records. “It’s …
This event originated in Libraries.
Workshop

Managing your citations and documents with Zotero

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12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: 224 Witt Room (Love Library South) Target Audiences:
The UNL Libraries is pleased to provide UNL members with unlimited cloud storage to Zotero, a citation management tool that can help you organize, cite, store, and share your research bibliographies. In this workshop, librarian Erica DeFrain will …
This event originated in Research Data.
Other

Courageous Dialogue Workshop

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12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: Selleck Quad Building L - Food Service Room: Executive Dining Room Target Audiences:
This event provides a space for participants to explore their individual comfort with different conversations, learn effective communication strategies, and practice engaging in civil discourse (courageous dialogue).
This event originated in Civility.
Webinar

Health Equity Grand Rounds - Maria-Elena De Trinidad Young

Minority Health Disparities Initiative

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12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Virtual Location: Zoom
Target Audiences:
Maria-Elena De Trinidad Young, PhD, MPH, will join us for our October Grand Rounds event to discuss “Immigration, Mental Health, and Health Care Access among Latinos in Rural Communities.” Dr. Young is an Assistant Professor of Public Health at …
Activity

CAS Career Drop-ins

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1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Virtual Location: Zoom
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Jump on Zoom to ask any of your career questions and receive resume support by a College of Arts & Sciences (CAS) Career Coach. Drop-ins are great to complete career coach meeting assignments, too. Sessions last 15-20 minutes. Drop-ins are every …
This event originated in CAS Career Development.
Clinic

Walk-in Flu Shot Clinic for Students

at the University Health Center

Recurring Date Info:
Daily: –
Date:
Time:
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Location: University Health Center and College of Nursing Room: 240 Target Audiences:
Current UNL students can get their free flu shot by attending a drop-in flu shot clinic, no appointment needed.
This event originated in University Health Center.
Webinar

Benefits Overview

for benefits eligible employees

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2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Virtual Location: Benefits Zoom
Target Audiences:
Weekly overview of university benefits for employees who are benefits eligible. Ask questions from the Benefits team to help you choose the best plan for you.
This event originated in Human Resources.
Social Event

CASNR Kernels

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2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Location: Nebraska East Union Room: Room 247 Target Audiences:
Come for the popcorn, stay for the fun! Every Thursday, The Zone, turns into a hangout spot where you can meet a featured student group or campus resource, connect with fellow Huskers, and enjoy free popcorn. A new group each week, the same delicious …
Workshop

Managing your citations and documents with Zotero

Date:
Time:
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Virtual Location: Virtual over Zoom
Target Audiences:
The UNL Libraries is pleased to provide UNL members with unlimited cloud storage to Zotero, a citation management tool that can help you organize, cite, store, and share your research bibliographies. In this workshop, librarian Erica DeFrain will …
This event originated in Research Data.
Social Event

Popcorn Pop-Up

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3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Location: Nebraska Union Room: The Crib Target Audiences:
The best hour of the week! Every Thursday from 3 to 4 p.m. pop into The Crib for an afternoon social hour with 100s of other Huskers.
Lecture

2025 Carroll R. Pauley Lecture - Phil Clark, SOAS University of London

Rwanda under Kagame: Assessing 25 Years of Welfare, Security and Reconciliation in Rwanda

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4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Location: Nebraska Union Room: Platte River Room South Target Audiences:
This lecture examines Rwanda’s paradoxical trajectory since Paul Kagame became President in 2000. While the country has attracted regular criticism for its crackdown on dissent at home and abroad and its involvement in conflict in the wider Great …
This event originated in History.
Training

Nebraska I-Corps: Introduction to Customer Discovery (Session 3)

A free entrepreneurship training program hosted by NUtech Ventures

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4:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Target Audiences:
Could your idea eventually become a product or a service?
This event originated in NUtech Ventures.
Tour/Open House

Drop-in Tour at Sheldon Museum of Art

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Starts at 4:30 pm
Location: Sheldon Museum of Art Target Audiences:
Drop in for a tour of Sheldon’s exhibitions led by a Sheldon Student Ambassador before each Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Scholar Lecture.
This event originated in Sheldon Museum of Art.
Film - Feature

Linda Linda Linda

Ross Movie

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Starts at 4:50 pm
Location: Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center-Van Brunt Visitors Center Room: Ross Theaters (123 & 124) Target Audiences:
Three Japanese teens recruit a Korean exchange student to become the singer of their rock band, in Nobuhiro Yamashita’s effervescent, tenderhearted snapshot of youth, returning to theaters in a 4K restoration for the film’s 20th anniversary.
This event originated in The Ross.
Film - Feature

Suspended Time

Ross Movie

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Starts at 5:00 pm
Location: Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center-Van Brunt Visitors Center Room: Ross Theaters (123 & 124) Target Audiences:
A film director returns to his childhood home in provincial France with his brother and his girlfriend and discovers isolation to be an artistic curative in this neurotic comedy from master filmmaker Olivier Assayas. Showing at The Ross October 10-16 …
This event originated in The Ross.
Reception

Guzmán Family Classroom Dedication

Date:
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5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Location: Andrews Hall Room: 109 Target Audiences:
Join the Institute for Ethnic Studies for a moment of celebration and unity as we officially dedicate the Guzmán Family Classroom for Latinx & Latin American Studies.
This event originated in Ethnic Studies.
Lecture

Hixson-Lied Visiting Scholar Lecture: Margaretta Lovell

Date:
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Starts at 5:30 pm
Location: Sheldon Museum of Art Room: Ethel S. Abbott Auditorium Target Audiences:
Cultural historian Margaretta Lovell will present the next Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist & Scholar Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 16 at 5:30 p.m. at Sheldon Museum of Art’s Ethel S. Abbott Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to the public.
This event originated in School of Art, Art History & Design.
Activity

Mountain Bike Ride to Van Dorn Park

Outdoor Classes/Clinics

Recurring Date Info:
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6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Location: Outdoor Adventures Center Target Audiences:
If you love spending time on your bike and want to take your biking to the next level, this is the trip for you. We will teach you the basics of mountain biking, so no prior experience is required. Located only 3.5 miles from UNL, Van Dorn Park …
This event originated in Campus Recreation.
Workshop

Open SARV Workshop

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6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Location: Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center Room: 211 Target Audiences:
Engage in conversation with fellow Huskers in a safe and inclusive environment while increasing a shared sense of responsibility and community.
Deadline

Indoor Soccer

Intramural Sports | Registration Deadline

Date:
Time:
Ends at 7:00 pm
Location: Campus Recreation Center Room: Sport Programs Office Target Audiences:
Register in the Sport Programs office at the Campus Recreation Center or at the Recreation & Wellness Center on East Campus by 7:00pm on Thursday, October 16th.
This event originated in Intramural Sports.
Activity

Music Bingo

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7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Location: Nebraska Union Room: Regency Suite Target Audiences:
Play for free to win amazing prize packages at a huge one-night game. It’s not video bingo, virtual bingo, or even paper-and-dauber-style bingo…this is MUSIC BINGO.