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Great Plains Talk: Fly Ways
UNK Panel
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5:00 pm –
6:30 pm
Location:
Regional Engagement Center
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Birding continues to rise in popularity as a way to connect with nature and wildlife. At the same time, environmental stressors like habitat loss, pollution, and climate change put pressure on bird populations. Grassland birds especially have …
First Friday at the Great Plains Art Museum
OPENING RECEPTION
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5:00 pm –
7:00 pm
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Great Plains Art Museum
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Join us for the opening of “With a Little Help from Our Friends: New Perspectives on the Collection,” a special exhibition that celebrates our dynamic community of Great Plains Fellows. For this exhibition, 20 Fellows were invited to select an …
Great Plains Talk: Shaylyn Romney Garrett
With the E.N. Thompson Forum
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6:30 pm –
7:30 pm
Location:
Lied Center for Performing Arts
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The Center for Great Plains Studies is teaming up with the E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues for a talk by social entrepreneur and coauthor of “The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again” Shaylyn Romney Garrett.
2026 Conference: Great Plains Futures
51st Annual Great Plains Conference
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Daily:
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9:00 am –
5:00 pm
Location:
Nebraska Innovation Campus Conference Center
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For five decades, the Center for Great Plains Studies has elevated the region as a place worthy of study, appreciation, and conservation. For our 50th anniversary, the annual Great Plains conference will celebrate our past and look to the next 50 …
2026 Conference: Great Plains Futures
51st Annual Great Plains Conference
Recurring Date Info:
Time:
Daily:
–
Date:
9:00 am –
5:00 pm
Location:
Nebraska Innovation Campus Conference Center
Target Audiences:
For five decades, the Center for Great Plains Studies has elevated the region as a place worthy of study, appreciation, and conservation. For our 50th anniversary, the annual Great Plains conference will celebrate our past and look to the next 50 …
‘Prairie Prophecy’ film and discussion
Documentary
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Time:
5:30 pm –
7:30 pm
Location:
Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center-Van Brunt Visitors Center
Target Audiences:
As part of the Center for Great Plains Studies’ 50th anniversary year, join us for a free screening of “Prairie Prophecy” followed by a discussion with Aubrey Streit Krug, Perennial Cultures Lab Director at The Land Institute in Kansas.
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