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Friday, October 20

Seminar

Seventeenth Annual Symposium in Virology

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8:00 am – 6:00 pm
Location: Nebraska Union
A one-day symposium hosted by the Nebraska Virology Center.
This event originated in Office of Research and Innovation.
Activity

Disability Humor: The Bridge Over the Discomfort Gap

Staff Professional Development

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9:00 am – 10:30 am
Location: Willa S. Cather Dining Complex Room: Red Cloud A
On Friday, Oct. 20, Richard Harris, the retired director of student disability services at Ball State University, will present “Disability Humor: The Bridge Over the Discomfort Gap.” Staff should register to attend at http://research.unl.edu/
This event originated in Student Life.
Activity

Wenninghoff’s Farmers’ Market

Recurring Date Info:
Daily:
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9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Location: Wenninghoff’s Farmers’
Come directly to the farm in Omaha. See where and how your food grows
This event originated in Buy Fresh Buy Local.
Activity

ACCT 201: Introductory Accounting I Peer Mentor Session

Recurring Date Info:
Weekly:
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10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Location: College of Business - Howard L. Hawks Hall Room: Breakout Room 021 (lower level)
Students enrolled in ACCT 201 are invited to a supplemental instruction session led by a Peer Mentor. Sessions are “drop in” and free of cost. Students are encouraged to bring questions from class or homework or to attend the session in preparation …
This event originated in Teaching and Learning Center Learning.
Seminar

Department of Economics Fall Seminar Series

Using Linked Survey and Administrative Data to Better Measure Income: Implications for Poverty, Prog

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10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Location: College of Business - Howard L. Hawks Hall Room: 231
Bruce D Meyer, McCormick Foundation Professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, will present “Using Linked Survey and Administrative Data to Better Measure Income: Implications for Poverty, Program Effectiveness and Holes …
This event originated in Economics.
Activity

Beta Alpha Psi Peer Mentor Session

Recurring Date Info:
Weekly:
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11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Location: College of Business - Howard L. Hawks Hall Room: Breakout Room 014D (lower level – inside Teaching and Learning Center)
Students enrolled in ACCT 200, ACCT 201, ACCT 202 or FINA 361 are invited to a supplemental instruction session led by a Peer Mentor. Sessions are “drop in” and free of cost. Students are encouraged to bring questions from class or homework or to …
This event originated in Teaching and Learning Center Learning.
Activity

Lane Lecture

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12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Location: McCollum Hall Room: 115-Auditorium
Professor Akhil Reed Amar, the Sterling Professor of Law at Yale Law School, will deliver the Lane Lecture.
This event originated in Law.
Colloquium

Dr. Christopher Browning, The Ohio State University

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12:30 pm – 1:20 pm
Location: Hamilton Hall Room: 102
This event originated in Sociology.
Activity

ACCT 201: Introductory Accounting I Peer Mentor Session

Recurring Date Info:
Weekly:
Date:
Time:
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Location: College of Business - Howard L. Hawks Hall Room: Breakout Room 021 (lower level)
Students enrolled in ACCT 201 are invited to a supplemental instruction session led by a Peer Mentor. Sessions are “drop in” and free of cost. Students are encouraged to bring questions from class or homework or to attend the session in preparation …
This event originated in Teaching and Learning Center Learning.
Activity

“Outer Space in the New Administration and Beyond: Commercial, Civil, and Growing Security Challenge

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1:45 pm – 3:00 pm
Location: Fordham Law
Commercial actors are investing in new space activities, including asteroid mining and on-orbit satellite servicing. Civil space plans raise the challenges of possible public-private partnerships and interactions with commercial activities. Threats …
This event originated in Law.
Training

Common Rule Campus Training

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2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Location: Nebraska East Union Room: Arbor Suite
Research Compliance Services is offering training sessions to educate researchers about the impact of changes to the Common Rule, 45 CFR 46, and to ease the process of complying with the changes. The training also will address important changes to …
This event originated in Office of Research and Innovation.
Colloquium

Catherine Costello, Chem Colloquium

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3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Location: Hamilton Hall Room: 112
Professor Catherine E. Costello, Boston University School of Medicine, presenting the Michael L. Gross Award Lecture “Tandem Mass Spectrometry–Based Investigations
This event originated in Chemistry.
Lecture

Earth & Atmospheric Sciences Stout Lecture

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3:30 pm
Location: Bessey Hall
Dylan Reif, University of Oklahoma, will present “Overview of nocturnal convection initiation over the Great Plains during the warm season.”
Activity

David Galvin, University of Notre Dame

Plates, olives, and Morse theory

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4:00 pm – 4:50 pm
Location: Avery Hall Room: 115
Abstract: Morse theory seeks to understand the shape of a manifold by studying smooth functions on it. Although a smooth function on a smooth manifold is an inherently continuous object, the study of Morse functions can lead to interesting and non- …
This event originated in Math Colloquia.
Colloquium

Graduate Student Research Colloquium - Samuel Hobbs

Philosophy Department

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4:00 pm
Location: Oldfather Hall Room: 1007
Samuel Hobbs will present. His title is “Augustine and the non-existence of the past.” He argues that Augustine’s theory of time puts Augustine in a dilemma: either he must accept metaphysical absurdities or he has to reject his psychological …
This event originated in Philosophy.
Activity

JRCLS - Professor Paul Springer

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5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Location: McCollum Hall Room: 109
Professor Paul Springer, an Associate Professor in the Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies, in the Marriage and Family Therapy Program, will talk about dealing with the stress of law school with you family.
This event originated in Law.
Activity

Open Art Studios

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5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Location: Richards Hall
Graduate students in the Master of Fine Arts program in the School of Art, Art History and Design will be hosting an Open Studios event from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 20 in Richards Hall. Admission is free and open to the public.
This event originated in Fine and Performing Arts.
Performing Arts - Music

Hans Sturm, Bass Performance

BASS MEETS VOICE

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7:30 pm
Location: Westbrook Music Building Room: 119
Dr. Hans Sturm, UNL Professor of Double Bass, will perform a duo recital with his wife, the award-winning jazz vocalist Jackie Allen. The recital will be presented in two parts. The first portion of the recital will be duo versions of original pieces …
This event originated in Music.
Performing Arts - Theater

Lazzi: “Well Played—An Improv Show”

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7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Location: Temple Building Room: Lab Theatre, 3rd floor
Cost: $5 suggested Donation. Find us on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter: @Lazzi_Improv
Activity

Battle of the DJS

Date:
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8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Location: Willa Cather Dining Center
A fundraiser for Puerto Rico and Mexico. Performance by Conjunto Estigma. Join us in raising funds for the people of Puerto Rico and Mexico, who have recently experienced major natural disasters. $5 entrance fee or bring $5 worth of hygiene products …

Ongoing Events

Art Exhibition

Carnival of Contagion

A comic book and exhibition by Bob Hall

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8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Location: Love Library 2nd Floor
University Libraries is excited to announce the exhibition of comic book artist Bob Hall’s educational graphic novel, “Carnival of Contagion.” Created to raise awareness about the measles virus, a leading cause of death among children around …
This event originated in Libraries.
Exhibition

Exhibition: Patchwork and Quilts of North Karnataka, India

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8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Location: Home Economics Building Room: Robert Hillestad Gallery
A new exhibition at the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery is exploring quilting in India.
This event originated in TMFD.
Contest

Innovation Challenge

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5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Location: College of Business - Howard L. Hawks Hall Room: Howard L. Hawks Hall 010
Hosted by the Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Open to both undergraduate and graduate students from any academic program at Nebraska.
This event originated in College of Business.
Information Session

Future Scholars Event

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All Day
Location: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
To achieve greater diversity in our graduate programs, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Office of Graduate Studies has developed the Future Scholar Event.
This event originated in Philosophy.
Activity

Barrister’s Ball

Date:
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7:30 pm – 12:00 am
Location: Green Gateau
Doors open at 7:00 p.m.; Dinner starts at 7:30 p.m.; Comedy act at 8:00 p.m.; Dance to follow
This event originated in Law.