“Tobacco: Past, Present, Future and You” Event Commemorates American Cancer Society Great American Smokeout

Posted On Monday, October 29, 2012 By . Under NEBRASKA  Tags: , , ,   
Creighton University and the Metro Omaha Tobacco Action Coalition (MOTAC) will present “Tobacco: Past, Present, Future and You” to commemorate American Cancer Society Annual Great American Smokeout. The presentation is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov.13 at 6:00 p.m., in the Creighton University Mike and Josie Harper Center, 602 N 20th St., ...

Creighton Dance Presents Lively Ballet for Fall Production

Posted On Friday, October 19, 2012 By . Under NEBRASKA  Tags: ,   
The Creighton University Dance Company and Department of Fine and Performing Arts will present “Vive Paris,” a lively ballet set on the shores of the Seine River on the Mainstage of Creighton's Lied Education Center for the Arts.. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 29, 30 and Dec. 1, and at ...

UNL Conference to Explore Human Rights, Human Security Nov. 1-2

Posted On Thursday, October 18, 2012 By . Under NEBRASKA  Tags: , , ,   
University of Nebraska–Lincoln WHEN: Thursday, Nov. 1 WHERE: Nebraska Union Auditorium, 14th and R Streets Human rights and human security will be the focus of an upcoming symposium that will bring scholars from around the country to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. UNL's Political Science Department will host the G.E. Hendricks Symposium Nov. 1-2 and will focus ...

Halloween-inspired lecture Oct. 23 at Sheldon Museum of Art

Posted On Tuesday, October 16, 2012 By . Under NEBRASKA  Tags: , , ,   
WHEN: Tuesday, Oct. 23 WHERE: Sheldon Museum of Art, 12th and R Streets Lincoln, Neb., — Why was "The Addams Family" set in a decayed Victorian house? Why does the ominous mansion in "Psycho" have a mansard roof? Sarah Burns, one of today's foremost art historians, will answer those questions a lecture, "Better for Haunts: ...

Quilt Center's Crews, founding director, to return to faculty ranks in 2013

Posted On Tuesday, October 9, 2012 By . Under NEBRASKA    
Office of University Communications University of Nebraska–Lincoln The International Quilt Study Center and Museum's founding director, Patricia Cox Crews, has announced her intention to retire as director and return to a full-time faculty position at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in fall 2013. "I have had an immensely satisfying run as IQSCM's first director," ...

Eight Creighton Alumni Receive School/College Merit Awards

Posted On Tuesday, September 25, 2012 By . Under NEBRASKA  Tags: , , , , ,   
September 23, 2012 Eight Creighton University alumni received their school/college Alumni Merit awards at the University’s alumni weekend Sept. 21-23. Those honored included: Melvin Beckman, MA’73: He received the Creighton University Graduate School Alumni Merit Award. Beckman of Omaha, Neb., spent the past 40 years as “a man for others,” working for ...

Oct. 17-18 Pauley Symposium to examine history, truth, reconciliation

Posted On Tuesday, September 25, 2012 By . Under NEBRASKA    
Lincoln, Neb., September 24th, 2012 — Issues such as religion, nationality, ethnicity and race will take center stage Oct. 17-18 when the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Department of History hosts the annual Carroll R. Pauley Memorial Symposium. The public is welcome to attend the series of free lectures on the theme “History, ...

Great Plains Art Museum exhibits Michael Farrell's color photos

Posted On Tuesday, September 25, 2012 By . Under NEBRASKA  Tags: ,   
Lincoln, Neb., September 24th, 2012 — Great Plains Art Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will present a new exhibition, “Westward Bound: Big Color Landscape Photographs,” by Michael Farrell. The exhibition will run Oct. 5 to Dec. 9 and the artist will be present for a First Friday reception 5-7 p.m. ...

'Once Upon a Homecoming' is UNL theme for Sept. 24-29 events

Posted On Tuesday, September 25, 2012 By . Under FEATURED, NEBRASKA  Tags: ,   
University of Nebraska–Lincoln Lincoln, Neb., September 24th, 2012 —This year’s University of Nebraska-Lincoln Homecoming week begins Sept. 24 and will carry the theme “Once Upon a Homecoming” throughout the week. Blood drives will be held during the week at City Campus, Nebraska Union, Sept. 25-27, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.  A Huskers Against Hunger ...

The Creighton University Department of Fine and Performing Arts Presents the Musical Funny Girl

Posted On Saturday, September 22, 2012 By . Under NEBRASKA    
September 21, 2012 The Creighton University Department of Fine and Performing Arts will present the musical Funny Girl on the Mainstage Theatre. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 27 – 29 and Oct. 4 – 6, and a matinee performance at 2 p.m. on Oct. 7. Tickets are $18, $15 for ...

50 Years of Jesuit’s Award-Winning Photography Celebrated in Latest Book

Posted On Saturday, September 22, 2012 By . Under NEBRASKA    
September 21, 2012 Fifty-years of award winning photography is celebrated in, A Call to Vision, A Jesuit’s Perspective on the World, the final book in the Vision series by internationally recognized photographer, Don Doll, S.J. The book covers 50 years of Fr. Doll’s work, and details the story of his 'vocation within a vocation' as ...

Work of Award Winning Jesuit Photographer Doll to be Displayed at Creighton

Posted On Saturday, September 22, 2012 By . Under NEBRASKA    
  September 21, 2012 The works of award-winning photographer Don Doll, S.J., will be celebrated in an exhibit sponsored by the Asian World Center at Creighton University during an opening reception from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7, in the Skutt Student Center Ballroom. The exhibit marks the beginning of a series ...

Nebraska economic indicator improves in August - second month in a row

Posted On Saturday, September 22, 2012 By . Under NEBRASKA    
Lincoln, Neb., September 21st, 2012 — The Leading Economic Indicator for Nebraska increased by 1.19 percent in August, and after two consecutive monthly increases, University of Nebraska-Lincoln economists predict a moderate pace of growth at the end of 2012 and into early 2013. “An increase in airline passenger counts and building permits, ...

UNO to Hold DebateWatch 2012 for First Presidential Debate

Posted On Friday, September 21, 2012 By . Under NEBRASKA    
2012.09.20 Omaha - The public can join students at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) Wednesday, Oct. 3, to watch President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney square off during the first presidential debate. The UNO School of Communication and the Office of Academic and Student Affairs sponsor the free, non-partisan event, called DebateWatch. DebateWatch, a ...

Former Solicitor General Clement to deliver Lane Lecture at Law College

Posted On Friday, September 21, 2012 By . Under NEBRASKA    
Lincoln, Neb., September 20th, 2012 — Paul Clement Paul D. Clement, former Solicitor General of the United States, will deliver the Winthrop and Frances Lane Foundation Lecture, “The Robert Court Comes of Age,” at noon Sept. 28in Hamann Auditorium at the College of Law at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His lecture will discuss ...

Oct. 2 Thompson Forum to examine role of religion in American society

Posted On Friday, September 21, 2012 By . Under NEBRASKA    
Lincoln, Neb., September 20th, 2012 — Robert Putnam An acclaimed author and political scientist known for helping influence the way people think about the fabric of American society will deliver the first lecture of this season’s E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Robert Putnam, who is Malkin ...

UNO Career Center to Hold Job Fair Sept. 25, 26

Posted On Wednesday, September 12, 2012 By . Under NEBRASKA    
2012.09.11  Omaha - The University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) Career Center will host the Fall 2012 Job Fair in the Milo Bail Student Center (MBSC) Ballroom from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 25 and Wednesday, Sept. 26. The fair will feature employers who are actively seeking candidates for open positions and internships. Professional ...

Writer’s Workshop Series Returns on Sept. 5

Posted On Thursday, August 30, 2012 By . Under NEBRASKA  Tags: , ,   
2012.08.29 Omaha - The University of Nebraska at Omaha’s (UNO) Writer’s Workshop is once again hosting its Writer’s Workshop Reading Series, featuring free public readings and discussions by nationally renowned authors. Six authors will speak on campus at 7:30 Wednesdays throughout the fall semester starting September and running through November. This semester’s authors include two ...
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