Political Map Drawing: Insights and Lessons from Nebraska’s Redistricting Process
Thomas C. Sorensen Policy Seminar Series
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12:00 pm–1:00 pm
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln City Campus Union
Every ten years in state capitals across the country, lawmakers undertake the constitutional requirement to redraw district boundaries given population shifts. Nebraska state legislators faced a shortened time to get this job done after the release …
This event originated in Public Policy Center.
Dr. Patrick Horn, East Carolina University - CBC/RBC Seminar
Deciphering Redox Processes in Building and Breaking Photosynthetic Membranes
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4:00 pm–5:00 pm
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Beadle Center
Plants harness the power of redox electrons via photosynthetic membranes to generate energy and drive the many diverse biochemical reactions necessary to grow, reproduce, and survive. The role of redox processes in lipid metabolism, especially …
This event originated in Biochemistry.
Tea Time Friday Semester Finale
Kawasaki Reading Room
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11:00 am–4:00 pm
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Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center
Join us for a tea tasting challenge to win a prize! We will have several teas out to taste without labels. Your job is to taste test and see if you can match the type to the tea!
This event originated in Kawasaki Reading Room .
Holiday Party and Cookie Decorating
Kawasaki Reading Room
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12:00 pm–2:00 pm
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Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center
Finish up Dead Week with us by listening to festive music, enjoying relaxing company, and decorating cookies!
This event originated in Kawasaki Reading Room .
A Cather Celebration
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4:00 pm–6:00 pm
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Great Plains Art Museum
Celebrating new Willa Cather publications with authors and editors Melissa Homestead, Guy Reynolds and Kari Ronning. We’re also recognizing the retirement of Kari and Timothy Schaffert will speak about the 50th anniversary of LGBTQ Studies in the …
This event originated in Department of English.
CAS Inquire: “No Pleasure: Addiction, Poverty, and the Every Day Lives of Drug Users”
CAS Inquire Lecture Series
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5:30 pm–6:30 pm
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Nebraska Union
Presented by Roberto Abadie, assistant professor of anthropology, School of Global Integrative Studies. An ethnography of people who inject drugs (PWID) in Puerto Rico, the talk will examine the socio-cultural environment that promotes and sustain …
A Legacy Saved: Japanese and Japanese Americans in Nebraska
Kawasaki Reading Room
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2:30 pm–3:30 pm
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Nebraska Union
Vickie Sakurada Schaepler will join us from UNK for a Japanese lecture.
This event originated in Kawasaki Reading Room .
CAS Inquire: “Sexy Times Call for Sexy Measure: How Scientists Study Sexual Desire, Pleasure, and Orgasm”
CAS Inquire Lecture Series
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5:30 pm–6:30 pm
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Nebraska Union
Presented by Tierney Lorenz, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Psychology and Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior. Psychological science has revealed amazing things about how our brains and body create and react to feelings of pleasure …
Knoll Lecture: Jaime Harker
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5:30 pm–7:00 pm
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Andrews Hall
Jaime Harker is professor of English and the director of the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies at the University of Mississippi, where she teaches American literature, LGBTQ literature, and gender studies. She has published essays on …
This event originated in Department of English.
Humanities on the Edge presents: Thomas Nail
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5:30 pm–7:00 pm
Location:
Sheldon Museum of Art
Thomas Nail is a professor of philosophy at the University of Denver.
This event originated in Department of English.
