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Thursday, April 11

Exhibition

What We Wore – Dressing Well at UNL

N150 Exhibition in Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery

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8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location: Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery
On February 15, 1869 the University of Nebraska was officially chartered as a part of the Morrill Act. The Morrill Land-Grant Act provided 30,000 acres of federal lands to the newly admitted state of Nebraska (1867) to create a university that would …
This event originated in TMFD.
Activity

Campus Red Cross Club Presents: A Human Kind Blood Drive

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11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Location: Nebraska Union Room: Plaza
We will be hosting a blood drive April 9 through April 11. There will be a blood bus parked in the plaza from 11am-5pm that will accept appointments and walk in donations.
Sale

Delta Sigma Pi Sidewalk Sale

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11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Location: Nebraska Union Room: Plaza
Come pick out FREE professional clothing for your interview, summer job or future career! This campus-wide Side Walk Sale is for all university students to “shop” at the Career Closet.
Activity

Japan Festival

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3:30 pm
Location: Burnett Hall Room: 115
Free Admission. Schedule of Events:
Colloquium

Department of Physics & Astronomy & NCMN Colloquium

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4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Location: Jorgensen Hall Room: 136
Dr. Thomas Tybell will be giving a colloquium on the topic, “Interface Reconstructions: Possibilities at (111)-Oriented Ferromagnetic/Antiferromagnetic Perovskite Interfaces.”
This event originated in Physics.
Activity

Executive Insights

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4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Location: College of Business - Howard L. Hawks Hall Room: 040
Executive Insights features a panel discussion with distinguished Nebraska business executives facilitated by Dr. Richard DeFusco, chair of department of finance. Regardless of major or area of industry, students and professionals are invited to join …
This event originated in College of Business.
Workshop

Law School Applications 101

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4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Location: Love Library South Room: 221
Are you planning to apply to law school in the next couple of years? Attend this workshop to learn about the application process and how to prepare to submit your best application. We will cover topics like the timeline for applying, researching law …
Activity

Shave for the Brave

NRHH | St. Baldrick’s Foundation

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4:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Location: Abel/Sandoz Welcome Center
The Scarlet & Cream Chapter of the National Residence Hall Honorary (NRHH) presents SHAVE FOR THE BRAVE in conjunction with the St. Baldrick’s Foundation.
This event originated in University Housing.
Activity

Middle Eastern & African Cuisine Dinner

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4:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Location: Selleck Dining Center
Come and enjoy a special dinner featuring middle eastern and African cuisine at Selleck Dining. Menu items will include kofta, chicken shawarma, garlic collard greens, Arabic fattoush salad, and more!
This event originated in University Housing.
Workshop

Applying to Health Schools 101

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5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Location: Love Library South Room: 221
Even if you are in your first or second year of college, it is important that you learn about the steps in the application process and what you can do now to prepare to submit your best application. This workshop will not cover information about …
Reading - Fiction/poetry

Poetry Reading: Lisa Fay Coutley

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5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Location: Andrews Hall Room: Bailey Library
Lisa Fay Coutley is the author of tether (Black Lawrence Press, forthcoming 2020), Errata (Southern Illinois University Press, 2015), winner of the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition Award, and In the Carnival of Breathing (Black Lawrence …
This event originated in English.
Activity

Rip for a Cause

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5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Location: Recycling Building
Help us recycle some of UNL’s old law books! We will be ripping books out of their hard bindings in order to recycle the paper.
This event originated in Sustainability Office .
Activity

Hixson-Lied Visiting Scholar: Mary Pardo

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5:30 pm
Location: Richards Hall Room: 15
Mary Pardo is an associate professor in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill. She specializes in Italian Renaissance art and art criticism, and has published essays on Giotto, Leonardo da Vinci, and …
This event originated in Hixson Lied Visiting Artists & Scholars.
Lecture

Stuart Davis: An American in Paris

A Public Talk by Karen Wilkin

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6:00 pm
Location: Sheldon Museum of Art
How does a painting come to be? This exhibition explores the question by looking closely at one of Sheldon Museum of Art’s masterpieces, Arch Hotel, painted in 1929 by Stuart Davis. Prints and drawings made by the artist while living in Paris— …
Lecture

“Stuart Davis: An American in Paris”

A public talk by Karen Wilkin

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6:00 pm
Location: Sheldon Museum of Art
Art critic and curator Karen Wilkin will discuss Stuart Davis’s masterful painting “Arch Hotel” and the energetic zeitgeist of 1920s Paris.
This event originated in Sheldon Museum of Art.
Activity

Movies that Matter: “Across the Creek” and “Return to Rainy Mountain”

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7:00 pm – 9:05 pm
Location: Grace Lutheran Church
The OLLI Movies that Matter Film Festival uses the power of documentary films to draw attention to and bring greater understanding of the cultural, social and socio-economic issues of our time. The documentaries selected, “Across the Creek” and …
This event originated in Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
Performing Arts - Dance

Complexions Contemporary Ballet

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7:30 pm
Location: Lied Center for Performing Arts
With technical precision, power and passion, Complexions transcends tradition with a groundbreaking mix of styles ranging from ballet to hip-hop. Led by former Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater virtuosos and So You Think You Can Dance alums, the …
This event originated in Lied Center for Performing Arts.
Activity

Theatrix Presents: This Is War by Hannah Moscovitch

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7:30 pm
Location: Temple Building Room: Lab Theatre, 3rd Floor
Theatrix presents our final production of our 2018-2019 season, “This is War” written by Hannah Moscovitch and directed by Christa Retka. An insightful and emotional look into the embittered psyche of soldiers in the aftermath of combat.
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Yeonmi Park

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7:30 pm
Location: Nebraska Union Room: Ballroom
Shining Light on the Darkest Place in the World: A North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom. Presented by UPC Nebraska and The Forsythe Family Program on Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs.

Ongoing Events

Exhibition

Museum Builders: A Story of Fossils and Friendship

Temporary Exhibition at Morrill Hall

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9:30 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Morrill Hall
This temporary exhibition explores the history of paleontology and the friendship that led to the construction of the University of Nebraska State Museum, Morrill Hall.
Exhibit - Artifacts

The Heart of Campus: A N150 Exhibit

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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.
Activity

National 4-H Conference

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All Day
Location: National 4-H Youth Conference Center
This event originated in 4-H Youth Development Calendar.
Activity

POSTPONED - PAC SPRING MEETING

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8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Location: Architecture Hall
The Professional Advisory Council (PAC) for the College of Architecture will be meeting April 11-12th to discuss College growth and initiatives as well as visit classrooms, studios and attend various faculty activities.
This event originated in Architecture.