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Navigating Uncertainty in Climate: Scenarios, Simulations, and Earth’s Complexity

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5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Location: Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center Room: Ubuntu Room/202
Virtual Location: zoom
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In this talk, Ross Dixon (Earth and Atmospheric Sciences) explores how climate models are used to project regional climate change and the uncertainties that arise from emissions scenarios, model limitations, and natural variability. Through live …
This event originated in College of Arts and Sciences.
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2025 Frank A. Belousek Lecture in Czech History - Daniela Spenser, CIESAS

A European Family’s Odyssey Through the Hot and Cold War

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4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Location: Nebraska Union Room: Platte River Room South Target Audiences:
“Echoes of Exile: A Family’s Odyssey through the Holocaust and Cold War” is a sweeping exploration of survival, resilience, and the fate of one family amid Europe’s most turbulent century.
This event originated in History.
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The Robert Knoll Lecture Series presents: Dr. Ed Whitley

“Whitman, Democracy, and Nineteenth-Century Cultures of Data”

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Starts at 3:30 pm
Location: Andrews Hall Room: Bailey Library, ANDR 228/229 Target Audiences:
In the first Robert Knoll lecture of the fall semester, Dr. Ed Whitley, Professor and Department Chair at Lehigh University, will discuss “Whitman, Democracy, and Nineteenth-Century Cultures of Data.” The department, with support from the Dean’ …
This event originated in English.
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CAS Inquire

Haunted: Uncertainty, Insecurity, and Fear of Crime

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5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Location: Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center Room: Ubuntu Room/202
Virtual Location: zoom
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Professor Lisa A. Kort-Butler’s CAS Inquire lecture, explores how social uncertainty shapes knowledge, decision-making, and attitudes about crime and punishment. She examines why public perceptions often diverge from statistical realities, …
This event originated in College of Arts and Sciences.
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The Robert Knoll Lecture Series presents: Dr. Stefan Schöberlein

“Deep-Dyed Heretic: Walt Whitman’s Populist Poetics”

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Starts at 3:30 pm
Location: Andrews Hall Room: Bailey Library, ANDR 228/229 Target Audiences:
In the second Robert Knoll lecture of the fall semester, Dr. Stefan Schöberlein, Associate Professor at Texas A&M University, Central Texas, will discuss “Deep-Dyed Heretic: Walt Whitman’s Populist Poetics.” The department, with support from …
This event originated in English.
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2025 Carroll R. Pauley Lecture - Phil Clark, SOAS University of London

Rwanda under Kagame: Assessing 25 Years of Welfare, Security and Reconciliation in Rwanda

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4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Location: Nebraska Union Room: Platte River Room South Target Audiences:
This lecture examines Rwanda’s paradoxical trajectory since Paul Kagame became President in 2000. While the country has attracted regular criticism for its crackdown on dissent at home and abroad and its involvement in conflict in the wider Great …
This event originated in History.
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3L Mandatory Meeting with the Bar Commission

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12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: McCollum Hall Room: Auditorium
3Ls are required to attend this event when we welcome the Nebraska State Bar Commission to discuss the bar exam application and exam itself.
This event originated in Law.
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CAS Inquire

The Political Psychology of Uncertainty: Implications for Decision Making and Democracy

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5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Location: Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center Room: Ubuntu Room/202
Virtual Location: zoom
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Ingrid Haas (Political Science) will explore how uncertainty shapes the way we think, feel, and make decisions—especially in political contexts. It highlights how uncertainty can either open our minds or close them off, with important consequences …
This event originated in College of Arts and Sciences.
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The Robert Knoll Lecture Series presents: Dr. Zack Turpin

“‘The Cushions of the Presidency Are Nothing But Filth and Blood’: Walt Whitman on American Dictatorship”

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Starts at 3:30 pm
Location: Andrews Hall Room: Bailey Library, ANDR 228/229 Target Audiences:
In the third Robert Knoll lecture of the fall semester, Dr. Zack Turpin, Associate Professor at the University of Idaho, will speak on “‘The Cushions of the Presidency Are Nothing But Filth and Blood’: Walt Whitman on American Dictatorship.” …
This event originated in English.
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Nebraska Lecture featuring Janos Zempleni

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3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Location: Nebraska Union Room: Swanson Auditorium
The Nebraska Lecture, scheduled for November 12, will feature Janos Zempleni, Willa Cather Professor of Molecular Nutrition and Director of The Nebraska Center for the Prevention of Obesity Diseases. The lecture will be provided in-person at the …
This event originated in Office of Research and Innovation.
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CAS Inquire

Other Futures: Poetic Uncertainty in the Age of the Algorithm

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5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Location: Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center Room: Ubuntu Room/202
Virtual Location: zoom
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Luis Othoniel Rosa (Spanish/Modern Languages and Literatures) will explore how poetic language disrupts the logic of technological determinism and opens pathways to alternative futures beyond ecological, economic, and political catastrophe. Drawing …
This event originated in College of Arts and Sciences.
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CAS Inquire

Holy Agnosticism

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5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Location: Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center Room: Ubuntu Room/202
Virtual Location: zoom
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Stephen Lahey will explore the rich tradition of Western Mysticism, which embraces uncertainty and the absence of definitive knowledge about God as a legitimate and profound spiritual path. Rather than a weakness, agnosticism and doubt are presented …
This event originated in College of Arts and Sciences.
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CAS Inquire

Panel Discussion

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5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Location: Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center Room: Ubuntu Room/202
Virtual Location: zoom
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TBD
This event originated in College of Arts and Sciences.