Malaysian Night is March 7
Malaysian Night 2020 is a multicultural event hosted by the Nebraska University Malaysian Students Association. Aiming to celebrate Malaysian Culture, Malaysian Night was a myriad of Malaysian food, performances, and interactive booths on Mar. 7.
ISSO Global Peer Assistant program transforms UNL student experience
The International Student and Scholar Office (ISSO) Global Peer Assistant Program helps new international students transition to UNL and build connections on campus. For junior Linh Tran, it also changed the trajectory of her Husker career.
PIESL celebrates 60 years of teaching English as a Second Language
From a one-faculty department in 1960, to a full-fledged unit that offers innovative English language instruction and customized programs for non-native speakers, Nebraska's Programs in English as a Second Language (PIESL) has a rich history to celebrate in its 60th anniversary this year.
Global Café to explore human rights issues in Syria
Julia Reilly, lecturer in political science, will give the presentation "Leviathan in Syria: Using Thomas Hobbes to Understand Syrian Civilians’ Alternatives,” from 1 to 2 p.m. Feb. 28 in Oldfather Hall, Room 827. The event, hosted by Global Café, will highlight the principles of human rights.
Talk will examine secret archives of WWII Warsaw Ghetto
The Harris Center for Judaic Studies will host Samuel D. Kassow to lecture on the secret archives found buried in the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II. The son of two Holocaust survivors, Kassow was born in a displaced persons camp in Germany in 1946 and his first spoken language was Yiddish. Years after getting his doctorate, he began to research and write about the Holocaust, specifically the Warsaw Ghetto and Polish Jews. This research led him to the hidden archives of the Oyneg Shabes organization — a group of writers, historians and rabbis lead by Emanuel Ringelblum. The lecture, “History and Catastrophe: The Secret Warsaw Ghetto Archive of Emanuel Ringelblum," will be at 7 p.m. March 4 in Love Library South, Room 102.
Hyde Lecture to explore impacts of travel changes
Noreen McDonald, chair of the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will present the College of Architecture's next Hyde Lecture at 4 p.m. Feb. 28 in the Nebraska Union's Swanson Auditorium. In "Changing Technology, Changing Travel: Thinking About Our Transport Future,” McDonald will discuss technological advances that have given communities new ways to travel, shop and interact. The talk will use health as a lens to explore these changes and identify opportunities to promote equitable mobility.
Informational sessions set for new study abroad to Australia
The School of Natural Resources is leading a new study abroad trip to Australia over winter break 2020. The trip, a partnership between Mark Burbach of SNR, and Laura Young, of the Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communication department, will focus on natural resources, communications, eco-tourism and the environment.
Global Cafe to discuss comparative ethnography of Iranians in U.S., Canada
Anthropologist and Iranian diaspora expert Dr. Amy Malek from Princeton University presented her research to the UNL community on Feb. 25 through the Global Cafe series. A sociocultural anthropologist specializing in the intersections of citizenship and cultural production in the Iranian diaspora, she shared her insight on the comparative ethnography of Iranians in the U.S. and Canada.
Student Spotlight: Emma Lentsch
Meet Emma Lentsch, a junior studying Global Studies and Political Science at UNL. Discover why she chose her major, what she learned studying abroad in Seville, Spain, and what her future career plans are.
New: Archaeological Summer Field School to Germany
The Department of Anthropology is excited to announce Dr. Belcher's summer field school to Munster, Germany from June 7th-July 15th. You'll enroll in 6 hours of ANTH 456. Learn more and apply today by March 30th at go.unl.edu/2020-field-school.