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September 

September 28, 2011 - E.N. Thompson Forum - Wangari Maathai's lecture scheduled for Sept. 28 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts will not take place. All related events are canceled. The lecture was canceled due to the death of Professor Wangari Maathai. A tribute is posted on the E.N. Thompson website. NPR's tribute is available here - http://www.npr.org/2011/09/26/140818255/first-african-woman-to-win-nobel-peace-prize-dies 

"Environment, Democracy & Peace - A Critical Link" Wangari Maathai 

The lecture will be simultaneously broadcast in Room 101 in the Communications Center at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Parking is available in the Frank House parking lot. All faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend. For more information about the series, see the E.N. Thompson website. If you have questions or would like more information, contact adp@unk.edu.


October


November

November 1, 2011 - E.N. Thompson Forum 

"Dividing the Waters: Global Security in a Water-Stressed World" Sandra Postel 

The lecture will be simultaneously broadcast in Room 101 in the Communications Center at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Parking is available in the Frank House parking lot. All faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend. For more information about the series, see the E.N. Thompson website. If you have questions or would like more information, contact adp@unk.edu.


December

December 2, 2011 - Should the U.S. Adopt a Constitutional Amendment Requiring a Balanced Budget?

Times Talk at 12:15 p.m. - a presentation by students in ECON 314, Public Finance, Room 310 of the Nebraskan Student Union, Free Pizza and Pop provided by the NY Times - Sponsored by the NY Times and ADP 

December 6, 2011 - E.N. Thompson Forum 

"Pulse of the Plains: A Photographer's Journey Connecting Water, Wildlife and Landscape" Michael Forsberg 

The lecture will be simultaneously broadcast in Room 101 in the Communications Center at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Parking is available in the Frank House parking lot. All faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend. For more information about the series, see the E.N. Thompson website. If you have questions or would like more information, contact adp@unk.edu.

December 9, 2011 - Issues for Rural Health Care:  The New Cost Conscious Environment

Times Talk at 12:15 p.m. - a presentation by students in ECON 410, Health Care Economics, Room 310 of the Nebraskan Student Union, Free Pizza and Pop provided by the NY Times - Sponsored by the NY Times and ADP 


January


February

February 16, 2012 - E.N. Thompson Forum 

"Is a Global Water Crisis Avoidable?" Mogens Bay & E. Robert Meaney 

The lecture will be simultaneously broadcast in Room 101 in the Communications Center at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Parking is available in the Frank House parking lot. All faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend. For more information about the series, see the E.N. Thompson website. If you have questions or would like more information, contact adp@unk.edu.


March

March 28, 2011 - E.N. Thompson Forum 

"An Unquenchable Thirst: How the Great Plains Created a Water Abundance and Then Lost It" Don Worster 

The lecture will be simultaneously broadcast in Room 101 in the Communications Center at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Parking is available in the Frank House parking lot. All faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend. For more information about the series, see the E.N. Thompson website. If you have questions or would like more information, contact adp@unk.edu.


April

April 26, 2012 - The Republican War on Science: evolution * climate change * anti-vaccination campaigns

Times Talk at 12:15 p.m. - Dr. Brad Ericson, Associate Professor of Biology, UNK, Fireside Lounge of the Nebraskan Student Union, Free Pizza and Pop provided by the NY Times - Sponsored by the NY Times and ADP 


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