All events are in Central time unless specified.

Friday, November 8

Activity

Lancaster County Extension Board Meeting

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8:00 am
Location: Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County conference rooms Room: Board Room
Monthly meeting of the Lancaster County Extension Board, usually held the 2nd Friday of each month. Meetings are open to the public.
This event originated in Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County.
Exhibition

Maggy Rozycki Hiltner: Vantage Point

Public Lecture, 2/13/2020, 2:00 p.m. in 216 Home Ec. Bldg.

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8:30 am – 4:00 pm
Location: Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery
Maggy Rozycki Hiltner is a full-time studio artist and activist living in Red Lodge, Montana. She comes from a family of makers: her mother and grandmothers needlepointed pillows, made quilts and stitched or knitted their clothes and toys; her father …
This event originated in TMFD.
Meeting

SPAN 239 Proctoring

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9:30 am – 11:30 am
Location: Oldfather Hall Room: 1126
SPAN 239 Proctoring
This event originated in Modern Languages and Literatures.
Activity

Employer in Residence: Markel Corporation

Information Booth | South Lobby | 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

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10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Location: College of Business - Howard L. Hawks Hall
Employer Information: Markel Corporation (NYSE – MKL) is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, and investment operations around the world. Headquartered in Richmond, Virginia and founded in 1930, Markel reports its ongoing underwriting …
This event originated in Business Career Center.
Activity

SBSRC Faculty Writing Group

Recurring Date Info:
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10:00 am
Location: The Mill at Innovation Campus
The SBSRC-hosted writing group meets EVERY Friday at 10 a.m. at the NIC Mill. Join Lisa PytlikZillig and other social and behavioral scientists in this mentoring opportunity. All are welcome!
Workshop

Understanding Self and Others (USO) Group

Group Screening Required

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Weekly:
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10:00 am – 11:30 am
Location: University Health Center Room: CAPS
This group provides a space to process various mental health concerns in a safe, open, and supportive setting with peers. Through engaging in this group students are able to learn and grow as they work to understand themselves and others better.
This event originated in Counseling and Psychological Services.
Workshop

Research Support Group

Group Screening Required

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10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Location: University Health Center Room: CAPS
This group provides support to graduate students navigating their research/dissertation/thesis requirements and the stress that can come from these requirements as well as providing support for those struggling with completion.
This event originated in Counseling and Psychological Services.
Presentation

BBR Webinar Series: Economic Impact of Craft Brewery

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12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: College of Business - Howard L. Hawks Hall
Craft breweries are a growing industry in Nebraska as well as a new amenity in local communities throughout the state. This webinar will share the results of a recently completed study of the Nebraska craft brewery industry, looking at its state and …
This event originated in College of Business.
Activity

Lane Lecture with Prof. Justin Driver, Yale Law School

“Are Public Schools Becoming Constitution-Free Zones?”

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12:10 pm – 1:10 pm
Location: McCollum Hall Room: 115-Auditorium
This year’s Lane Lecture will be presented by Professor Justin Driver of Yale Law School. Prof. Driver will discuss “Are Public Schools Becoming Constitution-Free Zones?”in which he will cover the subjects of race, sex, religion, crime, liberty …
This event originated in Law.
Workshop

RU RDY? Your Digital Footprint in Academia

Department of Sociology

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12:30 pm
Location: Nebraska Union Room: Platte River Room
This 30-60 minute workshop will provide participants with the pros and cons of using social media—personally and professionally; help participants think about digital boundaries between personal and professional online behavior; provide ideas for …
Colloquium

“RU RDY? Your Digital Footprint in Academia”

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12:30 pm
Location: Nebraska Union Room: Platte River Room
This 30-60 minute workshop will provide participants with the pros and cons of using social media—personally and professionally; help participants think about digital boundaries between personal and professional online behavior; provide ideas for …
This event originated in Sociology.
Seminar

Agronomy & Horticulture Seminar – Daran Rudnick

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3:30 pm
Location: Keim Hall Room: 150
Daran Rudnick, assistant professor, Irrigation Management Specialist, Biological Systems Engineering, West Central Research and Extension Center, UNL, will present “Connecting with growers through a peer-to-peer, experiential program titled TAPS …
Lecture

Earth & Atmospheric Sciences Stout Lecture

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3:30 pm
Location: Bessey Hall Room: 117
Geoffrey Stano, University of Alabama-Huntsville, will present, “A New Look at Lightning- The Geostationary Lightning Mapper.”
Colloquium

Epistemic Standpoints and the Epistemology of Injustice

Colloquium featuring Sally Haslanger

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3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Location: Louise Pound Hall Room: 308
Sally Haslanger is Ford Professor of Philosophy and Women’s and Gender Studies at MIT. Broadly speaking, Haslanger’s work links issues of social justice—especially concerning gender, race, and the family—with contemporary work in epistemology …
This event originated in Philosophy.
Lecture

Nebraska Lecture, “Nebraska Songbook”

A Nebraska Research Days Event

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3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Location: Sheldon Museum of Art Room: Ethel S. Abbott Auditorium
Greg Simon, composer of “Nebraska Songbook” and assistant professor of composition, will open the lecture with a discussion of the meaning and inspiration behind the piece. Jamie Reimer, associate professor of voice, and Brenda Wristen, professor …
Lecture

Nebraska Lecture: “Nebraska Songbook” performance

A Nebraska Research Days event

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3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Location: Sheldon Museum of Art Room: Ethel S. Abbott Auditorium
Jamie Reimer, associate professor of voice, and Brenda Wristen, professor of piano and piano pedagogy, will perform “Nebraska Songbook,” which portrays our state’s scenery and poetry through song. The piece was composed by Greg Simon, assistant …
Workshop

Positive Social Interaction

Group Screening Required

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3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Location: University Health Center Room: CAPS
This group is an ongoing process group, which gives student members the opportunity to practice valuable social skills in a nonjudgmental environment of their peers. It also gives participants the chance to decrease feelings of anxiety, awkwardness …
This event originated in Counseling and Psychological Services.
Debate/Panel Discussion

Community Interventions for MMIW: A Panel of Experts

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7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Location: Nebraska Union Room: Auditorium
A Native panel of experts on community outreach, education and supporting Native youth will convene to discuss community-based solutions to violence and discrimination against Native people, and how the communities within and surrounding UNL can …
This event originated in Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs.
Debate/Panel Discussion

Community Interventions for MMIW: A Panel of Experts

Addressing MMIW Program

Date:
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7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Location: Nebraska Union Room: Auditorium
A Native panel of experts on community outreach, education and supporting Native youth will convene to discuss community-based solutions to violence and discrimination against Native people, and how the communities within and surrounding UNL can …
Activity

Community Interventions for MMIW: A Panel of Experts – UNL Human Trafficking & Migration Initiative

Addressing MMIW–Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women

Date:
Time:
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Location: Nebraska Union Room: Auditorium
A Native panel of experts on community outreach, education and supporting Native youth will convene to discuss community-based solutions to violence and discrimination against Native people, and how the communities within and surrounding UNL can …
Lecture

This is Shared Space: Plants & People

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7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Location: Hardin Hall Room: Auditorium
“Gardens and arboreta bring us together and deeply connect us to our surroundings.” From hosting Victory Garden in the 1980s to facing High Plains challenges like fire, snowstorms and drought, Lucinda Mays of Chadron State College talks about our …
This event originated in Nebraska Statewide Arboretum.
Performing Arts - Other

SLAM POET FreeQuency

presented by UPC Nebraska and Women’s Center

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7:30 pm
Location: Nebraska Union Room: Ballroom
Mwende “FreeQuency” Katwiwa is a 26-year-old Kenyan, Immigrant, Queer Womyn writer and speaker. The 2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam Champion, a 2017 TEDWomen speaker and ranked 3rd at the 2015 Individual World Poetry Slam, FreeQuency is a …
Performing Arts - Theater

The Glass Menagerie

Recurring Date Info:
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7:30 pm
Location: Temple Building Room: Howell Theatre
Revisit one of the most beloved plays of the 20th Century, Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie. This riveting “memory play” follows the fragile Wingfield family: Tom, an aspiring poet, his painfully shy sister Laura, and their mother Amanda …
This event originated in Lied Center.

Ongoing Events

Exhibit - Artifacts

The Heart of Campus: A N150 Exhibit

Date:
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All Day
Location: Love Library South Room: 218
“The Heart of Campus” is a new exhibit to celebrate N150. A special tribute to University Hall and other artifacts curated by the University Archives & Special Collections staff are featured. A selection of archival photographs run on the virtual …
This event originated in Libraries.
Exhibition

Sun, Earth, Universe Exhibit

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All Day
Location: Morrill Hall
Packed with engaging, hands-on interactive exhibits and dazzling imagery, this 600-square-foot exhibition connects visitors with current NASA science research and launches them on a journey to explore the universe!
This event originated in NCMN Outreach/Education.
Other

All course withdrawals noted with a grade of “W” on academic record

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All Day
Location: Academic Calendar
This event originated in Academic Calendar.
Other

Priority Registration for Spring Semester 2020

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All Day
Location: Academic Calendar
This event originated in Academic Calendar.
Activity

Webinars offered on healthy conflict, parenthood and tenure

Fall 2019 14-Day Writing Challenge

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All Day
Location: Nebraska Union
An opportunity to experiment with daily writing, online community, and supportive accountability. Commit to 30 minutes of writing and 5 minutes of support for other participants in the challenge between Oct 28 and Nov 10.
Activity

Addressing MMIW: Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women

UNL Human Trafficking and Migration Initiative

Date:
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All Day
Location: Nebraska Union
University of Nebraska Lincoln’s Forsythe Family Program on Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs (HRHA), along with other UNL partners will host a week of MMIW human rights activities inviting UNL faculty, students and community to participate.
Conference/Symposium

National Association of Extension 4-H Agents

White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia

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All Day
Location: West Sulphur Springs
Activity

Federal and State Income Tax Institute

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8:00 am – 5:15 pm
Location: Holiday Inn Express and Suites North Platte
Experience an interactive review of federal tax changes and new rulings as well as hear recommendations on ways to advise your clients in light of these recent changes and how to file accurately on their behalf.
This event originated in College of Business.
Other

National Native American Heritage Month

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All Day
Location: Nebraska Union
Celebrates the history and contributions of Native Americans. A time to recognize everyone of Native American heritage and their achievements and accomplishments.