All events are in Central time unless specified.

Friday, November 2

Art Exhibition

Bunkano-Hi: A Celebration of Japanese Culture

Listen to Live Music and View a Curated Art Display as KRR Celebrates the Japanese Culture Day Known

Date:
Time:
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location: Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center Room: 302
On this day in Japan, the lifestyle and art of Japanese culture is celebrated throughout the country with special exhibits and events of all types. The Kawasaki Reading Room is proud to host it’s own “Bunkano-Hi” event. Featuring live music …
This event originated in Kawasaki Reading Room .
Lecture

Earth & Atmospheric Sciences Stout Lecture

Date:
Time:
3:30 pm
Location: Bessey Hall Room: 117
John Horel, University of Utah, will present, “Weather Impacts on 2018 Western Wildfires.”
Colloquium

George Whitesides, Chem Colloquium

Date:
Time:
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Location: Hamilton Hall Room: 104
Professor George M. Whitesides, Harvard University, will present the Rieke Award Lecture entitled “Origin of Life.”
This event originated in Chemistry.
Debate/Panel Discussion

Celebrating Mary Shelley’s FRANKENSTEIN 200 Years Later

Date:
Time:
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Location: Andrews Hall Room: 117
This panel will feature “flash talks” (15-20 presentations) by experts from the Department of English.
This event originated in Nineteenth Century Studies.
Lecture

Rowlee Lecture: Ruy Exel, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina and UNL

Twenty Questions, Mastermind and Entropy

Date:
Time:
4:00 pm
Location: Avery Hall
Imagine a table with a large number of objects of different colors, shapes, weights, sizes, flavors, smells … I’ll think of one of the objects and I’ll challenge you to guess it. You are allowed to ask what is the object’s color, or maybe …
This event originated in Math Colloquia.
Art Exhibition

First Friday at the Great Plains Art Museum

Opening reception for New Farmers

Date:
Time:
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Location: Great Plains Art Museum
Join us for the opening reception for “New Farmers” as part of Lincoln’s First Friday Art Walk. The Museum will be open late, from 5-7 p.m.
This event originated in Center for Great Plains Studies.