All events are in Central time unless specified.

Thursday, April 5

Fair

Language Fair 2018

Counter-Culture: Rebels, Rabble Rousers, & Renegades

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8:00 am – 2:30 pm
Location: Nebraska Union
The University’s Department of Modern Languages would like to invite all high school students in French, German, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, or Spanish to attend and compete in two events of your choice ranging from Drama, Folk Dance, Music, Poetry, …
This event originated in Modern Languages and Literatures.
Workshop

NSF Broader Impacts Workshop

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9:00 am – 4:45 pm
Location: Lied Center for Performing Arts Room: Lied Commons
Two Broader Impacts Training workshops have been organized in partnership between the NSF-funded National Alliance for Broader Impacts and the Office of Research and Economic Development. Participants must register by March 30.
Presentation

Libraries & Affordable Content: Partnerships, Incentives, and Impacts

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9:30 am – 11:00 am
Location: Love Library South Room: 218
The soaring cost of higher education, development of new open educational resources publishing models, and the changing market for traditional textbook publishers have prompted numerous institutions to undertake affordable content efforts in order to …
This event originated in Libraries.
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

Brownbag on Planting & Design

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12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: Jane Snyder Trail Center
With such an abundance of plants for gardeners to choose from, this free noon session will highlight some exceptional hardy ornamentals for home gardens. Christina Hoyt of the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum will have photos and tips for planning, …
This event originated in Nebraska Statewide Arboretum.
Clinic

Free HIV Testing

Recurring Date Info:
Weekly:
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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

Recurring Date Info:
Weekly:
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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

STRESS & WELLBEING PRESENTATION: HOW DO YOU COPE?

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12:15 pm – 1:15 pm
Location: Architecture Hall
STRESS & WELLBEING PRESENTATION:
This event originated in Architecture.
Meeting

Nebraska Master Naturalist Board Meeting

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12:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Location: Heron Haven
All NMN’s are invited to attend
Activity

End Rape on Campus

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2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Location: Nebraska Union Room: Green Space
march with PREVENT to raise awareness about sexual assault on college campuses. Featuring guest speakers from The Voiceless documentary, and Vanessa McNeal (Director and Producer. Take a stand with us!
Colloquium

NU Faculty Experiences: Integrating Affordable & OER Content Into the Classroom

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2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Location: Nebraska Innovation Campus Conference Center Room: B
An open panel with NU faculty features our progress of applying affordable and open-source educational resources (OER) in classrooms at Nebraska. This panel is sponsored by the Executive Vice Chancellor, Information Technology Serves, NU Online, …
This event originated in Libraries.
Workshop

Skill Session: Instagram 101: A Beginner’s Guide

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2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Location: College of Business - Howard L. Hawks Hall Room: 306
The Communications, Marketing and External Relations office of the College of Business welcomes all University of Nebraska–Lincoln students, staff and faculty to participate in the upcoming Skill Sessions. These workshops are designed to help you …
This event originated in College of Business.
Other

Brothers United

Recurring Date Info:
Weekly:
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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.
Activity

SBS Seminar: Rachel Penczykowski, Washington University in St. Louis

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3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Location: Hamilton Hall Room: 112
The School of Biological Sciences Seminar is a weekly series presented by invited speakers and Nebraska faculty to showcase current research advances in biological sciences.
This event originated in School for Biological Sciences.
Reading - Fiction/poetry

Storytime at Morrill Hall

Recurring Date Info:
First Thursday of every month:
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4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Location: Morrill Hall
POP IN STORYTIME
This event originated in Storytime at Morrill Hall.
Lecture

Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist and Scholar: Robert Storr

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5:30 pm
Location: Richards Hall Room: TBD
A prolifically productive, artist, critic, and curator, Robert Storr has written articles, essays, books, including: Philip Guston, Elizabeth Murray, Gehardt Richter: Forty Years of Painting, and most recently, Intimate Geometries: The Work and Life …
This event originated in School of Art, Art History & Design.
Activity

Husker Health Hub

Recurring Date Info:
Weekly:
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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.
Performing Arts - Other

Louder Than A Bomb Poetry Slam Competition

Preliminary Bouts

Date:
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5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Location: Nebraska Union Room: Colonial Room
Bouts begin at 5:30 pm and 7:30 pm.
This event originated in English.
Activity

Husker Health Hub

Date:
Time:
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

REGISTRATION CLOSED!!!! Minneapolis Open House Reception at DLR Group

Date:
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6:00 pm
Location: DLR Group Minneapolis
Registration is closed at this time. For questions, please contact Leslie Gonzalez at 402-472-4065 or leslie.gonzalez@unl.edu.
This event originated in COA Prospective Student .
Film - Documentary

“The Voiceless” Screening and Panel

Date:
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7:00 pm
Location: Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center
The internationally recognized film features the stories of five men and their experiences with sexual violence. The documentary discusses the intersectionality between culture, masculinity, taboos and the impact that sexual violence has on men. …
Reading - Fiction/poetry

Poetry Reading and Book Signing: Solmaz Sharif

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7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Location: Great Plains Art Museum
Born in Istanbul to Iranian parents, Sharif holds degrees from U.C. Berkeley, where she studied and taught with June Jordan’s “Poetry for the People,” and New York University. Her work has appeared in The New Republic, Poetry, The Kenyon Review …
This event originated in English.
Performing Arts - Theater

Seedfolks

Date:
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7:00 pm
Location: Lied Center for Performing Arts
Thirteen very different voices—old, young, Haitian, Hispanic, tough, haunted and hopeful—tell one amazing tale of healing and restoration about a community garden that inspires a neighborhood. This one-woman show will plant wonder in your heart.
This event originated in Lied Center for Performing Arts.
Reading - Fiction/poetry

Solmaz Sharif—Poetry Reading and Book Signing

Date:
Time:
7:00 pm
Location: Great Plains Art Center
Born in Istanbul to Iranian parents, Sharif holds degrees from U.C. Berkeley, where she studied and taught with June Jordan’s “Poetry for the People,” and New York University. Her work has appeared in The New Republic, Poetry, The Kenyon Review …
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 - Theater

Theatrix: 4.48 Psychosis

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7:30 pm
Location: Temple Building Room: Lab Theatre, 3rd floor
4.48 Psychosis was written throughout the autumn and winter of 1998-99 as Kane battled with one of her recurring bouts of depression. On February 20, 1999, aged 28, the playwright committed suicide. On the page, the piece looks like a poem. No …
This event originated in Fine and Performing Arts.

Ongoing Events

Exhibition

Will Eisner: A Retrospective

A Traveling Exhibit

Date:
Time:
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.
Conference/Symposium

Prague Spring 50

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4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Location: Sheldon Museum of Art Room: Abbott Auditorium
The Department of History at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln will host Prague Spring 50, a major international event to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Prague Spring and the effects of the Soviet-ordered Warsaw Pact invasion of …
This event originated in History.
Conference/Symposium

90th Nebraska FFA State Convention

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9:00 am – 10:00 pm
Location: Pinnacle Bank Arena
FFA members, advisors and guests can support chapters and members receiving awards and listen to motivational speakers and state officer retiring addresses during convention sessions; be engaged in leadership workshops; watch students compete in …
This event originated in Center for Grassland Studies.
Activity

2018 Connecting Entrepreneurial Communities Conference – Hastings

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11:00 am – 12:45 pm
Location: The Lark
Nebraska Extension’s Connecting Entrepreneurial Communities (CEC) Conference is a premier conference for those interested in building entrepreneurial communities throughout Nebraska and beyond.
This event originated in Agricultural Economics.