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Thursday, April 19

Activity

HOMERATHON

Recurring Date Info:
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7:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location: Meier Commons
An all-day reading of Homer’s Iliad, paired with talks, events, and games! Put on by the Department of Classics and Religious Studies.
This event originated in Classics.
Conference/Symposium

Plains Safaris: A Conference on Tourism and Conservation in the Great Plains

Great Plains Symposium

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7:00 am – 5:30 pm
Location: Younes Conference Center Room: Various
This conference combines three conferences into one large-scale event. The Nebraska Tourism Commission’s annual Agri/Ecotourism Workshop and the Heartland Scenic Byways Annual Conference will join their conferences with this event.
This event originated in Center for Great Plains Studies.
Exhibition

Merchandising competition/installation – To See and Be Seen

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8:30 am – 4:00 pm
Location: Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery
Visual merchandising is as much art as commercial enterprise. Strong design strategies interpreting imaginative themes bring excitement and wonder to fashion retailing. For the first time, TMFD students will team up with several local retailers to …
This event originated in TMFD.
Information Session

Office Hours for Students: Mutual of Omaha

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10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Location: Nebraska Innovation Campus Room: Mutual of Omaha Office - Suite 1300
Human resource representatives from Mutual of Omaha will hold office hours at Nebraska Innovation Campus.
This event originated in NIC Events Calendar.
Presentation

Emerging Scholars Series - Keynote

Featuring Eric Youngstrom, Ph.D.

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11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Location: Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center Room: 212
The MAP Academy invites you to register for the Spring 2018 Emerging Scholars Series, featuring Eric Youngstrom, professor of psychology and neuroscience, and psychiatry, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This two-day event includes …
Information Session

Genealogy Group Meets in April to Review New Resource

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11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Location: Love Library South Room: 318
Joan Barnes and Tom McFarland will introduce their new LibGuide featuring library resources related to family history brought together under one guide at Genealogy over Lunch on Thursday, April 19 from 11:30AM-12:30PM in Love Library South Room 318. …
This event originated in Libraries.
Clinic

Free HIV Testing

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12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Location: Selleck Hall Room: 7018 (lower level)
The University Health Center is offering free HIV tests to students, faculty and staff. Confidential results are available in 20 minutes.
This event originated in University Health Center.
Other

Latina Discussion and Support Group

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12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: University Health Center Room: IMPORTANT: This group IS NOT held in the University Health Center; please consult Belinda Hinojos in Counseling and Psychological Services (402-472-5000) for location information.
A Counseling and Psychological Services discussion and support group intended to address issues faced by Latina women across campus. Goals of the group are to support and empower one another, discuss and reflect on issues important to Latina women, …
This event originated in University Health Center.
Activity

Look! at Lunchtime

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12:15 pm
Location: Sheldon Museum of Art
On the third Thursday of the month, a Sheldon staff member facilitates a 15-minute dialogue about an artwork on view in the museum. This month features the photograph “Race of Poverty” by Gordon Parks.
This event originated in Sheldon Museum of Art.
Presentation

Archives Afternoons: Collecting Willa Cather

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1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Location: Love Library North & Link Room: Adele Hall Learning Commons
Learn about past auctions and donations of Willa Cather materials by attending our drop-in series, Archives Afternoons in the Adele Hall Learning Commons. Join Katherine Walter, director of the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities to see …
This event originated in Libraries.
Other

Brothers United

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3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Location: Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center Room: First Floor Conference Room
A free support group for men of color. Attend to learn leadership skills and gain support.
This event originated in University Health Center.
Meeting

Plant Pathology Faculty Meeting

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3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Location: Plant Sciences Hall Room: 406B
This event originated in Plant Pathology Department.
Activity

(A) Find Your Path in Business Workshop

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4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Location: College of Business - Howard L. Hawks Hall Room: 111
This event is hosted by CoB
Activity

Find Your Path in Business Workshop

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4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Location: College of Business - Howard L. Hawks Hall Room: 111
The Find Your Path in Business Workshop is designed to offer students an opportunity to learn more from their peers about business major and minor options, involvement opportunities, and career possibilities.
This event originated in College of Business.
Social Event

Happy Hour at The Mill Coffee & Bistro

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4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Location: The Mill Coffee & Bistro
The Mill Coffee & Bistro is hosting happy hour from 4-6 p.m. on Thursdays. Happy hour features a variety of bottled beers for $2 each and tap beers are $1 off.
This event originated in NIC Events Calendar.
Activity

Humanities on the Edge presents Bridget R. Cooks

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5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Location: Sheldon Museum of Art Room: Ethel S. Abbott Auditorium
Bridget R. Cooks is an associate professor at the University of California, Irvine, where she fills a joint appointment in the Department of African American Studies and the Department of Art History. Cooks’ research focuses on African American art …
This event originated in English.
Activity

Husker Health Hub

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5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Location: College of Business - Howard L. Hawks Hall
Grab free giveaway items and learn tips on how to live a healthy lifestyle at this weekly educational table hosted by the Nebraska Medicine–University Health Center peer educators.
This event originated in University Health Center.
Activity

Husker Health Hub

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6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Location: The Village
Grab free giveaway items and learn tips on how to live a healthy lifestyle at this weekly educational table hosted by the Nebraska Medicine–University Health Center peer educators.
This event originated in University Health Center.
Activity

(A) Film Screening: Look & See: Wendell Berry’s Kentucky

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6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Location: Nebraska Union Room: Auditorium
This film is a portrait of the changing landscapes and shifting values of rural America in the era of industrial agriculture, as seen through the mind’s eye of award-winning writer and farmer Wendell Berry.
Tour/Open House

Museum Highlights Tour

Tour the State Museum at Morrill Hall

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6:30 pm – 7:15 pm
Location: Morrill Hall
Each gallery and collection specimen or object has a unique story to tell. The 45-minute tour will provide a glimpse into some of the most iconic pieces showcased in Morrill Hall.
This event originated in Museum Highlights Tour.
Activity

CASNR Week Cultural Night

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7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Location: Nebraska East Union
Featuring China and Rwanda. Free to UNL students. Co-sponsored by CASNR, Association of Rwandan Students and CSSA.
Other

Study Stop

Free Academic Tutoring

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7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Location: Love Library North & Link Room: Adele Hall Learning Commons
This Study Stop location will operate January 22-April 26, Monday-Thursday, in the Consultation Space. To see what subjects we will have tutors for each evening check out: https://go.unl.edu/studystop.
Performing Arts - Dance

Evenings of Dance

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7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Location: Carson Theater
The Dance Program in the Glenn Korff School of Music will present the 13th annual Evenings of Dance concert on April 19-22, 2018. The concert features student dancers performing works by Guest Artists Jenna Riegel and Kayvon Pourazar, who both live …
This event originated in Music.
Performing Arts - Theater

Nebraska Rep: Lord of the Flies

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7:30 pm
Location: Temple Building
This event originated in Fine and Performing Arts.
Performing Arts - Music

University Singers and Chamber Singers Performance

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7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Location: Westminster Presbyterian Church
For the past eight months, the Chamber Singers have enriched the lives of Lincoln audiences with entertaining and scholarly performances of diverse choral repertoire from ancient Gregorian chant to vocal polyphony of the Renaissance to the splendors …
This event originated in Music.

Ongoing Events

Exhibition

Will Eisner: A Retrospective

A Traveling Exhibit

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All Day
Location: Love Library South Room: 222
Will Eisner (1917-2005) was a pioneer who developed the American comic book industry. He created extraordinary graphic novels for three decades and contributed to the formal study of comics by authoring textbooks.
This event originated in Libraries.
Exhibition

African Poetry Book Fund Exhibit

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All Day
Location: Love Library North & Link Room: second floor Love North
An exhibit that tells the story of the African Poetry Book Fund’s first five years will be on display from April 3-May 4 on the second floor of Love Library North. The interactive exhibit offers insight into the massive scope of its work and all …
This event originated in Libraries.
Class

Nebraska Wildland Fire Academy

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8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Location: Fort Robinson State Park
The Nebraska Wildland Fire Academy provides high-quality training through experienced wildland fire instructors from around the Rocky Mountain Region and Nebraska to ensure training needs for Nebraska firefighters and the surrounding region are met.
This event originated in Nebraska Forest Service.
Conference/Symposium

Center for Great Plains Studies

Kearney, Neb

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All Day
Location: Kearney, Neb
Conference/Symposium

PLAINS SAFARIS

Great Plains Symposium: A Conference on Tourism and Conservation in the Great Plains

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All Day
Location: University of Nebraska-Kearney
For those who have experienced it, the Great Plains’ rolling grasslands, charismatic wildlife, and boundless scenery fill the heart with wonder. The Plains are filled with fascinating biodiversity and wonderful opportunities for exploration while …
This event originated in Great Plains-CESU.
Activity

VO: Platte River Outdoor Discovery Program

Critter Scene Investigation (CSI) Activity

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8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location: Platte River State Park
Wednesday & Thursday, April 18 & 19, 2018
Conference/Symposium

CE: Great Plains Ecotourism 2018 Nebraska Symposium

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12:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Location: Audubon Center at Rowe Sanctuary
For those who have experienced it, the Great Plains’ rolling grasslands, charismatic wildlife, and boundless scenery fill the heart with wonder. The Plains are filled with fascinating biodiversity and wonderful opportunities for exploration while …
Activity

Nebraska Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Lincoln, NE

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All Day
Location: Lincoln, NE
Activity

Nebraska Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Annual Conference

Lincoln, NE

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All Day
Location: Lincoln, NE
Activity

Professional Advisory Council (PAC) Meeting

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5:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Location: Architecture Hall
The Professional Advisory Council (PAC) for the College of Architecture will be meeting April 19-20th to discuss College growth and initiatives as well as visit classrooms, studios and attend various faculty activities.
This event originated in Architecture.