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Lecture

Great Plains Talk: Fly Ways

UNK Panel

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5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Location: Regional Engagement Center Target Audiences:
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 …
Art Exhibition

First Friday at the Great Plains Art Museum

OPENING RECEPTION

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5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Location: Great Plains Art Museum Target Audiences:
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 …
Lecture

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 Target Audiences:
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.
Conference/Symposium

2026 Conference: Great Plains Futures

51st Annual Great Plains Conference

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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 …
Conference/Symposium

2026 Conference: Great Plains Futures

51st Annual Great Plains Conference

Recurring Date Info:
Daily:
Date:
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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 …
Film - Documentary

‘Prairie Prophecy’ film and discussion

Documentary

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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.