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Genealogy over Lunch

Unexpected Break in the Brick Wall: FamilySearch.org Labs

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11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Virtual Location: Zoom, registration required
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Sometimes it takes years to verify or find a critical fact like the birthplace or birth parents of an ancestor. Joan Barnes, Communications Librarian, recently experienced a major breakthrough in her research on her great-great-grandfather, a …
This event originated in Libraries.
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Don’t Panic Labs Event

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6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Location: Avery Hall Room: 19 Target Audiences:
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Neil deGrasse Tyson

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7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Location: Lied Center for Performing Arts Room: Lied Center Main Stage Target Audiences:
Join renowned astrophysicist and author Neil deGrasse Tyson for an out-of-this-world Earth Day event! Tyson will present “The Cosmic Perspective.” There is no view of the world as emotionally potent as the one granted by a cosmic perspective. It …
This event originated in Lied Center 24-25 Events.
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NERFSI Networking Meeting

Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program

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2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Virtual Location: Zoom
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The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) improves the diets, physical activity, and other food-related behaviors of families with limited financial resources through peer nutrition education. In 2023, 180 adults participated in the …
This event originated in Rural Prosperity Nebraska.
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Gender and Retention Patterns Among U.S. Faculty

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11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Location: Morrison Center Room: 169 Target Audiences:
Women remain underrepresented among faculty in nearly all academic fields. Using a census of 245,270 tenure-track and tenured professors at United States-based PhD-granting departments, Clauset will show that women leave academia overall at higher …
This event originated in IANR.
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From Lab to Launch: Mentor and Resource Exchange

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2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Location: The Combine at Nebraska Innovation Campus Target Audiences:
The Mentor and Resource Exchange will be held on April 24, 2-5 p.m., at The Combine, located on Nebraska Innovation Campus at 2125 Transformation Drive, Suite 1000.
This event originated in NUtech Ventures.
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Rewriting the Headlines

Media 101 for Faculty

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12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: Carolyn Pope Edwards Hall Room: 161 Target Audiences:
Come join us for a panel discussion of how faculty can engage with the media! Help shift the narrative and push back against attacks on higher education by getting your work out in the world. Panelists include two faculty members (Lauren Gatti and LJ …
This event originated in Academic Freedom at UNL.
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Academic Freedom Amid Curricular Regulation and Research Restrictions

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9:30 am – 10:30 am
Virtual Location: Zoom
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Join our Rights & Wrongs in American Legal History class for a discussion with guest speaker Professor Eric Berger of Nebraska Law, moderated by Dr. Katrina Jagodinsky.
This event originated in U.S. Law and Race Initiative.