All events are in Central time unless specified.

Friday, November 17

Conference/Symposium

2017 NCA Beef Scholar Summit - Lincoln, NE

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All Day
Location: Lincoln, NE
Information Session

Nebraska Recycling Council Talk & Tour at NIC

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8:30 am – 9:30 am
Location: The Mill Coffee & Bistro
Nebraska Recycling Council is hosting a Talk & Tour at Nebraska Innovation Campus on Friday, November 17th at 8:30 a.m. Learn how their multi-tenant office building manages their recycling and organics diversion program. Enjoy coffee, tea, and …
This event originated in NIC Events Calendar.
Presentation

Jordan Wipf Thesis Defense

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9:00 am
Location: Whittier Building Room: 136
“Development of a Generic Energy-Absorbing Guardrail End Terminal for the Midwest Guardrail System”
Activity

ACCT 201: Introductory Accounting I Peer Mentor Session

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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

Roberta A. Morris Lecture—Nyla Branscombe

When and why are victims expected to be more humanitarian than non-victims?

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10:30 am
Location: Burnett Hall Room: 79
This event originated in Psychology.
Activity

Beta Alpha Psi Peer Mentor Session

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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.
Lecture

Business Webinar: Producer Services in Nebraska

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12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: College of Business - Howard L. Hawks Hall
The Bureau of Business Research hosts a free webinar at noon Nov. 17.
This event originated in College of Business.
Other

Producer Services in Nebraska - Is the State Making Progress?

Bureau of Business Research Webinar Series

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12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: Online Webinar
The producer services industry – which includes businesses that provide services to other businesses, including information technology, engineering, and accounting – is the fastest growing source of high wage jobs in the United States economy.
This event originated in Economics.
Activity

Tea 101

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12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Location: Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center Room: 3rd Floor
Increase your knowledge of international tea and all its varieties with our Tea 101 lecture and tasting in collaboration with our guest speaker Elizabeth Hefley, owner of Lincoln’s Green Leaf Tea Company.
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

Preview Day

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1:00 pm – 4:15 pm
Location: McCollum Hall
Prospective students are invited to attend a class, meet with Admissions and Career Development staff, take a tour of the Law College, and chat with current students.
This event originated in Law.
Activity

Technical Solutions Drop-in Help

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1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Location: College of Business - Howard L. Hawks Hall Room: 014 - Teaching and Learning Center
A Technical Solutions Center Technician is available to assist with technical issues or concerns. No appointment is necessary and this service is free.
This event originated in Teaching and Learning Center Learning.
Lecture

Earth & Atmospheric Sciences Stout Lecture

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3:30 pm
Location: Bessey Hall Room: 117
Gini Henderson, United States Naval Academy, will present “Contributions of tropical intraseasonal variability on high latitude climate.”
Colloquium

Hilkka Kenttämaa, Chem Colloquium

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3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Location: Hamilton Hall Room: 112
Professor Hilkka Kenttämaa, Purdue University, will present “Gas-phase Studies on Charged Aromatic Bi-, Tri- and Tetraradicals.”
This event originated in Chemistry.
Colloquium

Graduate Student Research Colloquium - Christopher Stratman

Philosophy Department

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4:00 pm
Location: Oldfather Hall Room: 1007
Christopher Stratman will present. His title is “Fundamentality and Significance.”
This event originated in Philosophy.
Colloquium

Ihsan Topaloglu, Virginia Commonwealth University

An old problem resurfaces nonlocally: Gamow’s liquid drop model and beyond

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4:00 pm – 4:50 pm
Location: Avery Hall Room: 115
Abstract: The liquid drop model, an old problem introduced by Gamow for the shape of atomic nuclei and nuclear fission, has recently resurfaced within the framework of the modern calculus of variations. Namely, this model is given by a constrained …
This event originated in Math Colloquia.
Activity

Region IX Moot Court Competition

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4:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Location: McCollum Hall
This event originated in Law.
Special Event

Public Night: Behlen Observatory

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7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Location: Behlen Observatory
A public open house at Behlen Observatory begins at 7 p.m. Nov. 17.
This event originated in Observatory.
Performing Arts - Theater

The Serpent

By Jean-Claude van Itallie

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7:30 pm
Location: Temple Building Room: Studio Theatre
This brilliant and groundbreaking tour de force in contemporary improvisational theatre explores the Book of Genesis, and relates it to our modern experience.

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.
Conference/Symposium

2017 NAE4-HA Conference - Indianapolis, IN

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All Day
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Conference/Symposium

2017 NAEYC Annual Conference - Atlanta, GA

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All Day
Location: Atlanta, GA
Conference/Symposium

2017 NCFR Annual Conference - Orlando, FL

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All Day
Location: Orlando, FL
Activity

Nebraska Youth Beef Leadership Symposium 2017

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Time:
All Day
Location: UNL Animal Science Complex
This event originated in Animal Science.