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Lecture

Great Plains Talk: Landscape Change in the Great Plains with Larkin Powell

BOOK TALK

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5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Location: Center for Great Plains Studies Target Audiences:
Larkin Powell, director of the School of Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will speak about his new book, “The Best of Intentions: A Story of Landscape Change in the Heart of the Great Plains,” at the Center for Great Plains …
This event originated in Center for Great Plains Studies.
Lecture

Humanities on the Edge presents: Alex Brostoff

Paradoxes of Visibility, Transcreations of Opacity

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5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Location: Sheldon Museum of Art Room: Ethel S. Abbott Auditorium Target Audiences:
Alex Brostoff, assistant professor of English and women’s and gender studies at Georgetown University, presents the third of four Humanities on the Edge lectures.
This event originated in English.
Lecture

State of the Agency Lecture

Nebraska State Patrol Superintendent, Col. Bryan Waugh

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12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Location: Nebraska Union Room: Swanson Auditorium Target Audiences:
Col. Bryan Waugh will speak from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., with a meet and greet after until 2 p.m.
Lecture

State of the Agency Lecture

Col. Bryan Waugh, Nebraska State Patrol superintendent

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12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Location: Nebraska Union Room: Swanson Auditorium Target Audiences:
Colonel Waugh will speak from 12:30-1:30 pm with a meet and greet after until 2:00 pm.
Lecture

Hyde Lecture - Matthew Macchietto

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Starts at 4:00 pm
Location: Architecture Hall West Room: 127 Lecture Hall Target Audiences:
The Hyde Lecture Series is a long-standing endowed program within UNL’s College of Architecture. Each year the College hosts experts in the disciplines of Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture and Planning that enrich the ongoing …
This event originated in Architecture.
Lecture

Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist: Barbara Bosworth

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Starts at 5:30 pm
Location: Sheldon Museum of Art Room: Ethel S. Abbot Auditorium Target Audiences:
Barbara Bosworth is a photographer whose large-format images explore both overt and subtle relationships between humans and the natural world. Her images remind viewers not only that we shape nature, but that it also shapes us.
This event originated in Hixson Lied Visiting Artists & Scholars.
Lecture

Lunch and Learn with Rabbi Benjy Myers

From the Pastoral to the Existential: Reflections from Israel on Jewish Law, Agriculture, and War

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12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Location: Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center Room: Unity Room/212 Target Audiences:
TBA
This event originated in Judaic Studies.
Lecture

2026 Hoagland Lecture

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5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Location: Sheldon Museum of Art Room: Ethel S. Abbott Auditorium Target Audiences:
The Peter J. Hoagland Integrity in Public Service Lecture Series honors the former second district congressman’s legacy and seeks to inspire young people to dedicate themselves to public service.
This event originated in Political Science.
Lecture

Bruning Lecture: Jeff Zeleny CNN chief national affairs correspondent

The Fourth Estate and the Presidency

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12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: McCollum Hall Room: Auditorium (Room 115)
From Bush to Obama to Trump to Biden and back to Trump: A front-row seat covering five American presidents during a quarter-century at the White House, Capitol Hill and across the country. Why two pillars of public service - the media and politics - …
This event originated in Law.
Lecture

CAS Inquire

Holy Agnosticism

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5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Location: Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center Room: Ubuntu Room/202
Virtual Location: zoom
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Stephen Lahey will explore the rich tradition of Western Mysticism, which embraces uncertainty and the absence of definitive knowledge about God as a legitimate and profound spiritual path. Rather than a weakness, agnosticism and doubt are presented …
This event originated in College of Arts and Sciences.
Lecture

Hyde Lecture - Zhu Jingxiang

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4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
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The Hyde Lecture Series is a long-standing endowed program within UNL’s College of Architecture. Each year the College hosts experts in the disciplines of Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture and Planning that enrich the ongoing …
This event originated in Architecture.
Lecture

Heuermann Lecture - The Elephant in the Room: Building Bridges for Better Agricultural Solutions

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4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Location: Nebraska Innovation Campus Conference Center Room: Auditorium Target Audiences:
This lecture is part of the Agronomy and Horticulture IMPACT 2026 Conference.
This event originated in NIC Events Calendar.
Lecture

Great Plains Talk: Fly Ways

UNK Panel

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5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Location: Regional Engagement Center Target Audiences:
Birding continues to rise in popularity as a way to connect with nature. At the same time, habitat loss, environmental pollution, and climate change put pressures on populations of birds and grassland birds especially. This panel of scientists and …
This event originated in Center for Great Plains Studies.
Lecture

Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist: Kofi Adjei

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Starts at 5:30 pm
Location: Sheldon Museum of Art Room: Ethel S. Abbot Auditorium Target Audiences:
Kofi Adjei is senior lecturer of ceramics in the Department of Industrial Art at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana. Through teaching, research and studio practice in ceramic art and design, he explores how material …
This event originated in Hixson Lied Visiting Artists & Scholars.
Lecture

State of the Agency Lecture

Jeffrey J. Funke, chief justice, Nebraska Supreme Court

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12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Location: Nebraska Union Room: Swanson Auditorium Target Audiences:
Justice Funke will speak from 12:30-2:00 on March 24, 2025.
Lecture

State of the Agency Lecture

Jeffrey J. Funke, chief justice, Nebraska Supreme Court

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12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Location: Nebraska Union Room: Swanson Auditorium Target Audiences:
Justice Funke will speak from 12:30-2:00 on March 24, 2025.
Lecture

CAS Inquire

Panel Discussion

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5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Location: Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center Room: Ubuntu Room/202
Virtual Location: zoom
Target Audiences:
TBD
This event originated in College of Arts and Sciences.
Lecture

Phi Beta Kappa 250th Celebration Lecture

The Meaning of Academic Freedom as a First Amendment Right of Universities

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5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Location: Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center Room: Ubuntu Room/202 Target Audiences:
This PBK 250th Celebration Lecture will be delivered by Professor David M. Rabban, who holds the Dahr Jamail, Randall Hage Jamail, and Robert Lee Jamail Regents Chair in Law. As a Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin …
This event originated in College of Arts and Sciences.
Lecture

Great Plains Talk: Shaylyn Romney Garrett

With the E.N. Thompson Forum

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6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Location: Lied Center for Performing Arts Target Audiences:
The Center for Great Plains Studies is teaming up with the E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues for a talk by social entrepreneur and coauthor of “The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again” Shaylyn Romney Garrett.
This event originated in Center for Great Plains Studies.
Lecture

Humanities on the Edge presents: Roque Raquel Salas Rivera

Anguila Translations and Slippery Gender Practices

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5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Location: Sheldon Museum of Art Room: Ethel S. Abbott Auditorium Target Audiences:
Roque Raquel Salas Rivera, assistant professor of comparative literature at the University of Puerto Rico–Mayagüez presents the last of four Humanities on the Edge lectures.
This event originated in English.
Lecture

Pound Lecture- Prof. Cristina Rodriquez

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12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: McCollum Hall Room: 109
This event originated in Law.
Lecture

2026 Charles and Linda Wilson Lecture in Humanities in Medicine

The Dreaded Pox: Sex and Disease in Early Modern London

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Starts at 5:00 pm
Location: Great Plains Art Museum Target Audiences:
What was everyday life like in early modern London when illness carried stigma as well as suffering? In this lecture, Olivia Weisser, Associate Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts Boston, explores London between 1650 and 1750 …
This event originated in Humanities In Medicine.
Lecture

Nebraska Lecture featuring Jeffrey Day

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3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Location: Nebraska Union Room: Swanson Auditorium
The Nebraska Lecture, scheduled for April 14, will feature Jeffrey L. Day, FAIA, Professor of Architecture. Day’s lecture, “House-ing,” will be provided in-person at the Nebraska Union, Swanson Auditorium, at 3:30 p.m., followed by a live moderated Q …
This event originated in Office of Research and Innovation.
Lecture

Seline Lecture

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3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Location: Andersen Hall Room: ANDN 15 Target Audiences:
Lecture

Nebraska Lecture featuring Jay Storz

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3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Location: Nebraska Union Room: Swanson Auditorium
The Nebraska Lecture, scheduled for October 6, will feature Jay F. Storz, Willa Cather Professor in the School of Biological Sciences. Storz’s lecture will be provided in-person at the Nebraska Union, Swanson Auditorium, at 3:30 p.m., followed by a …
This event originated in Office of Research and Innovation.
Lecture

Humanities on the Edge presents: Johannes von Moltke

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5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Location: Sheldon Museum of Art Room: Abbott Auditorium Target Audiences:
Lecture by Johannes von Moltke (University of Michigan) as part of the Humanities on the Edge speaker series.
This event originated in English.
Lecture

Humanities on the Edge presents: Roland Vegso

“‘Concepts Completely Useless for the Purposes of Fascism’: Walter Benjamin and the Trolls” 

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5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Location: Sheldon Museum of Art Room: Abbott Auditorium Target Audiences:
Roland Vegso, Professor and Department Head at the University of Georgia.
This event originated in English.