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Aging/Death and Dying

James Thorson
Gerontology
402.554.2273

How Old Would You Live to Be if You Could Live to Be as Old as You Could? (Are we in touch with a span of life or are we just afraid of death?)

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Arts/Literature

Maria Arbelaez
History
402.554.2593

Cultural History of Latin America (19th and 20th century art and literature in Latin America.)

Ken Bales
Music
402.554.3359

Composing Music for a New Century (A composer's viewpoint of today's musical scene with some projections about the music of the 21st century.)

Arthur Homer
Writer's Workshop
402.554.2771

Poetry Reading (Reading of Oriental poems. Homer can recite a short presentation of poems while he accompanies himself on guitar.)

Reading from His Book of Essays: An Ozark Tale (Book of personal essays
on childhood in the Missouri Ozarks and a canoe trip on a flooded river.)

Teresa Trumbly Lamsam
Communication
402.554.4853

Writing/Journalism Across Culture

Community Journalism

Douglas Paterson
Dramatic Arts
402.554.2422

Theatre and Social Change (Ways theatre has historically addressed social issues and community-based work; the work of Augusto Boal and the Theatre of the Oppressed.)

Theatre in a Rural Culture (Ways rural environments are estranged from mainstream theatre (Uses story of the Dakota Theatre Caravan.)

James Saker
Music
402.554.3446

UNO's International Music Presence

The Winds of Change: Concert Bands in the 21st Century

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Athletics/Sports/Recreation

Pat Behrns
Athletics
402.554.3394

Football (As head football coach, Behrns has led the UNO Mavericks to three NCC titles and four NCAA Division II playoff berths. He has also received NCC Coach of the Year honors.)

Mike Denney
Athletics
402.554.3384

Wrestling (Denney has produced 124 All-American wrestlers during his 23 years as head wrestling coach. He was inducted into the Dakota Wesleyan Hall of Fame and is also in the NCAA Division II, Nebraska Wrestling and the Metro Wrestling Coaches Hall of Fame.)

Tim Hendricks
Athletics
402.554.3265

Women's Cross Country/Track: Developing determination, focus and consistency (Hendricks ran in the 1972 Olympic Marathon trials. He was also honored as the NCC Coach of the Year in 2001 and has been inducted into the Peru State College Hall of Fame.)

Bob Herold
Athletics
402.554.3388

Baseball (Herold played seven minor league seasons and managed eight seasons in the Royals Farm system.)

Mike Kemp
Athletics
402.554.2305

Division I Hockey (Overview of UNO Athletics and Division I hockey. The UNO Mavericks have made it to the CCHA Frozen Four twice and were one win away from the NCAA Division I tournament in 2001.)

Don Klosterman
Athletics
402.554.4962

Soccer (As head women's soccer coach, Klosterman has led the UNO Mavericks to two consecutive NCC titles. Before coming to UNO, he coached the Millard South High School boys soccer team for 10 years, leading them to seven state tournament appearances.)

Bill Nichols
Athletics
402.554.2305

Tennis (Nichols was a former tennis standout at Wichita State and has coached four of his former student-athletes to rankings among the top 100 players in the world.)

Josh Nichter
Athletics
402.554.3224

Sports Medicine

Dave Ogden
Communication
402.554.3132

Baseball and Culture

African-Americans and Baseball

Baseball History

Todd Samland
Athletics
402.554.2539

Training Swimmers or Triathletes (Samland has been honored as the NCC Coach of the Year and guided the Mavericks to a sixth-place finish at the 2002 NCAA Division II National Championship.)

Rose Shires
Athletics
402.554.3407

Volleyball (Shires has received the National Coach of the Year Award while leading UNO to its first ever Volleyball National Championship. She has also been a volunteer for the USA Special Olympics Volleyball team.)

Jeanne Tostenson
Athletics
402.554.3266

Softball (Tostensen guided the 2001 Mavericks to a NCAA Division II National Championship and two NCC titles.)

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Aviation

Brent Bowen
Aviation Institute
402.554.3424

Airline Industry

Overview of the UNO Aviation Institute

Mike Larson
Aviation Institute
402.554.3683

Flight, Safety

Scott Tarry
Aviation Institute
402.554.3424

Airports

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Business/Economics

Fuad Abdullah
Finance & Banking
402.554.2811

Finance (International finance, multinational financial management, global finance and business, banking and financial markets.)

Robert Bernier
Nebraska Business Development Center
402.554.2521

Small Business Finance (Emphasis on working capital management; difference between small business and big business finance.)

Small Business Policy (Small business and economic development. Do tax incentives really work?)

Small Business Strategy in Economics (Suggests alternative internal community strategies on which service organizations, such as Chambers of Commerce, can build their economic base.)

William Corcoran
Economics
402.554.2915

Markets and the Creation of Wealth (Appreciation of markets and market design)

Arthur Diamond
Economics
402.554.3657

Economics of eBusiness

Economics of Science (A survey of economists' contribution to the understanding and advancement of science.)

Economics of Technology

Richard File
Accounting
402.554.2913

Financial Accounting

Corporate Governance

Ziaul Huq
Business Administration
402.554.2529

Management (Total quality management in manufacturing and/or service.)

Management (Embedding JIT in MRP for better productivity.)

John Kretzschmar
William Brennan Institute for Labor Studies
402.595-2343

The Role of Unions in a Market Economy

History of Labor Unions in the United States

Economics for Working People

Collective Bargaining

How Unions Function

Tom Martin
Management
402.554.3655

Quality Management

Turnover in Absenteeism

Rebecca Morris
Business Administration
402.554.3542

Strategic planning for businesses

UNO Strategic Plan (http://www.unomaha.edu/plan/).

Sufi Nazem
Business Administration
402.554.2816

Technology and Economic Development (Rural telecommunications, universal access, information resource management, telecommunications and economic development.)

Wei Rowe
Finance, Banking and Law
402.554.2812

Banking and Financial Markets

Corporate and Board Governance

Mutual Fund Investing

Entry to Chinese Market

Doing Business in China

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College and University-Related Topics

Karen Falconer Al-Hindi
Women's Studies
402.554.3834

Women's Studies at UNO: Past, Present and Future

Rebecca Morris
Business Administration
402.554.3542

Strategic planning for businesses

UNO Strategic Plan (http://www.unomaha.edu/plan/).

James Saker
Music
402.554.3446

The UNO Bands Program (Overview of the many activities and programs offered.)

The Symphonic Wind Ensemble's Goodwill Concert Tour: Adventures in the Baltic States

UNO's International Music Presence

The Winds of Change: Concert Bands in the 21st Century

Rosalie Saltzman
Honors Program
402.554.2696

Selective College Admissions/Applications

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Communication/Journalism

Chris Allen
Communication
402.554.2600

Journalism (Broadcast journalism or general public relations.)

Teresa Trumbly Lamsam
Communication
402.554.4853

Writing/Journalism Across Culture

Community Journalism

Native American Tribal Press

Development Communication

Jeremy Lipschultz
Communication
402.554.2563

Children and Television in America (Violence, indecency, effects and government regulations.)

Public Opinion Polls and Other Falsehoods (Problems of media interpretation of statistical data.)

Internet Studies and Computer Mediated Communication (Free expression and technology issues; invasion of privacy and cultural concerns.)

Federal Communications Commission Regulation and New Technology

Computer-Mediated Communication

David Martin
English
402.391-2937

Writing

Composition

Publication

Hugh Reilly
Communication
402.554.3543

Advertising (variety of topics)

Public Relations (variety of topics)

Frontier Newspapers and Coverage of the Indian Wars

Deborah Smith-Howell
Communication
402.554.4849

Effective Public Speaking

Mass Media and Political Campaigns

Presidential Rhetoric (Looks at presidential speechmaking.)

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Computers and Computing/Electronic Information

Melissa Cast
Criss Library
402.554.3130

Evaluating Web Information

Deepak Khazanchi
Information Systems & Quantitative Analysis
402.554.2029

E-Commerce

Project Management

Information Technology Strategy

Information Technology Service Quality

Impact of Information Technology on Small and Medium Enterprises

Jeremy Lipschultz
Communication
402.554.2563

Internet Studies and Computer Mediated Communication (Free expression and technology issues; invasion of privacy and cultural concerns.)

Wai-Ning Mei
Physics
402.554.3729

Computation Can Be Easier (New computer software to perform complicated computation. This presentation is geared toward research and development groups of high-tech companies/groups.)

Linda Parker
Criss Library
402.554.3207

Information Services (UNO Criss Library services that are available to community users, and finding print and electronic information resources.)

James Shaw
Criss Library
402.554.2225

Why Do We Need Libraries if Everything Is on the Internet?

Gresham's Law and the Internet: Was Bill Gates Right when He Said that "Content Is King?"

Where is the Proper Balance?: Public Access to Government Information in an Era of Concern over National Security

Neal Topp
Teacher Education
402.554.2435

Internet in K-12 Classroom (Report on how the Internet is being used to help students learn and produce.)

Peter Wolcott
Information Systems & Quantitative Analysis
402.554.3158

High Performance Computing and U.S. Export Control Policy (Examines the basis for restricting the export of advanced computing technology and the impact of recent changes in export control policy.)

James Wood
Chemistry
402.554.3644

Computers in Chemistry; Modeling Molecular Structure (Discussion of computers used to model structures; examples of reaction design, drug analysis and prediction are given.)

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Diversity

W. Meredith Bacon
Political Science
402.554.4858

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans-gendered Politics

Richard Breaux
Black Studies
402.554.4864

Multiculturalism on College Campuses

Teaching About Racism, Sexism and Homophobia in Education

Rory Conces
Philosophy & Religion
402.554.2947

Ethnic Nationalism and Civil Society Building

Karen Falconer Al-Hindi
Women's Studies
402.554.3834

Surviving and Thriving in a Male-Dominated Career Field (For women's groups.)

Women's Studies at UNO: Past, Present and Future

Imafedia Okhamafe
Philosophy/English
402.554.3467

The Relevance of Nietzsche to 21st-Century Cultural-Diversity Issues

Louis Pol
Marketing
402.554.2596

The Changing Demographics of the United States: Implications for the Next Century

Sharon Ulmar
Diversity/Professional Development Programs
402.554. 2872

What You Need to Know about Discrimination (Includes topics of sexual harassment, ADA, race discrimination, ageism and other types of discrimination.)

Let's Talk About Diversity—Whether You Need it or Not (Facilitates and provides guidance in moving forward in changing environments.)

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Ecology/the Environment

Tom Bragg
Biology
402.554.3378

Fire Ecology of Nebraska Grasslands

Preserving Native Grassland Ecosystems

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Education

William Austin
Teacher Education
402.554.3452

Multicultural Education

Cross-Cultural Communication

Effective Teaching Methods for Diverse Learners

Issues of Cultural Diversity

Medicine, Business, Education and Finance

Melissa Cast
Criss Library
402.554.3130

Information Literacy

Plagiarism

Evaluating Web Information

Rory Conces
Philosophy & Religion
402.554.2947

Teaching at Foreign Universities

George Engelmann
Geography/Geology
402.554.4804

Should Evolution Be Taught in Schools? (A look at modern creationist campaigns against the teaching of evolutionary theories in public schools and why this is bad for science education.)

Carol Lloyd
Teacher Education
402.554.3471

Reading and Writing Education in Schools (What we know about teaching children to write. What we know about teaching children to read: phonics, basals and whole language.)

Janice Rech
Mathematics
402.554.2827

Active Learning (How to involve students in instruction to enhance learning.)

Rosalie Saltzman
Honors Program
402.554.2696

PSAT Test Preparation

Richard Stacy
Health, Physical Education and Recreation
402.554.2670

The Grant Writing Process in Health Education (How to identify and locate funding agencies, develop a proposal and avoid common pitfalls.)

Daniel Sullivan
Chemistry
402.554.3646

Science Demonstrations: Unusual Techniques of Attracting and Holding Student Interest (A 40-50 minute program with lots of bangs and flashes. Suitable for children ages 10 to 100.)

Franklin Thompson
Teacher Education
402.554.3603

At-Risk Students and Urban Education (A detailed look at what research shows will enhance or impede the academic achievement of disadvantaged urban students.)

Neal Topp
Teacher Education
402.554.2435

Internet in K-12 Classroom (Report on how the Internet is being used to help students learn and produce.)

James Wood
Chemistry
402.554.3644

Teaching via Research (The importance of under-graduate research in the learning process.)

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Geography/Geology

George Engelmann
Geography/Geology
402.554.4804

Dinosaurs

Harmon Maher
Geography/Geology
402.554.4807

Earthquakes in Nebraska: Predicting Chaos (An illustrated lecture on how to evaluate the risk from a damaging earthquake in Nebraska.)

Earthquakes and Faults

Twenty Years of Research in the High Arctic (Slideshow/lecture describing the landscape, wildlife and field conditions on Svalbard and Spitsbergen—700 miles from the North Pole.)

Nebraska's Geology (Slideshow/lecture of some of Nebraska's geologic highlights.)

Evolution-Creationism debate

Philosophy and Pedagogy of Geoscience

John Shroder
Geography/Geology
402.554.2663

General Geology and Physical Geography

Himalayan Mountains

Natural Hazards—Earthquakes, Landslides and Ground Failure

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Health/Psychology

Anne Coyne
Social Work
402.554.2798

Child Health and Welfare in Nicaragua (Specific diseases and social conditions encountered by Nicaraguan children, projects aimed at eliminating them and the Omaha-Nicaragua connection.)

Kenneth Deffenbacher
Psychology
402.554.2419

Eye (Ear) Witness Testimony

Shelton Hendricks
Arts & Sciences
402.554.2338

Pharmacological Treatment of Anxiety and Depression

Boyd Littrell
Sociology
402.554.3373

Medical Policy and the Future of Democratic Society (The economics and politics of medical services.)

Gwen Weber
Social Work
402.554.2924

Clinical Psychopathology: The Rise of DSM IV (Use and application of DSM IV in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders.)

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History

Rami Arav
Bethsaida Excavations Project
402.554.4986)

Bethsaida Excavations (Bethsaida, Israel)

Middle/Near East

History of the Middle East from the Biblical Period until Today

Maria Arbelaez
History
402.554.2593

Mexican-American History (The history of the Mexican-American community.)

Women in Latin American History (Traces the historical development of Latin American women; particularly in labor and culture.)

Richard Breaux
Black Studies
402.554.4864

African-American History

History of Education (K-12)

Higher Education

John Kretzschmar
William Brennan Institute for Labor Studies
402.595-2343

Labor History

Susan Maher
English
402.554.2772

Willa Cather

Jane Austen (and Manners and Hollywood)

Contemporary Great Plains Writers
-Environmental Literature
-Children's Writers of the American West

Oliver Pollak
History
402.554.4821

Jewish History in Nebraska

The Holocaust

Jerold Simmons
History
402.554.4823

Film Censorship: The Good Old-Bad Old Days (Film censorship in the 1950s via the Hollywood Days office and its impact on American culture.)

Michael Skau
English
402.554.3314

The Beat Generation of America (Especially Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Lawrence Ferlinghett and William Burroughs.)

America's Hippie Movement

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International Affairs/Studies

Rami Arav
Bethsaida Excavations Project
402.554.4986

Bethsaida Excavations (Bethsaida, Israel)

Middle/Near East

History of the Middle East from the Biblical Period until Today

Robert Bernier
Nebraska Business Development Center
402.554.2521

Romania: New Frontier for Capitalism

W. Meredith Bacon
Political Science
402.554.4858

Southeastern Europe

Joong-Gun Chung
Political Science
402.554.2624

North Korea

Rory Conces
Philosophy & Religion
402.554.2947

Current Situation in the Balkans

Ethics of Intervention

Ethnic Nationalism and Civil Society Building

Teaching at Foreign Universities

Anne Coyne
Social Work
402.554.2798

Child Health and Welfare in Nicaragua (Specific diseases and social conditions encountered by Nicaraguan children, projects aimed at eliminating them and the Omaha-Nicaragua connection.)

Thomas Gouttierre
International Studies and Programs
402.554.2376

Afghanistan

Global Education

International Human Rights

International Topics (General)

Micro nationalism

New World Order

Persian Gulf/Middle East

Regional Conflicts

Russia

Terrorism

Third World Development

U.S. Foreign Policy

U.S.-Pakistan Relations

Lourdes Gouveia
Sociology
Chicano-a/Latino-a Studies
402.554.3358

Latin American Societies

Sufi Nazem
Business Administration
402.554.2816

Economic Transition in Former Socialist Countries (Discuss the changing economic structure and its effect on people in these countries.)

Imafedia Okhamafe
Philosophy/English
402.554.3467

The Problem with the Relativity of Originary Values

The Relevance of Nietzsche to 21st-Century Cultural-Diversity Issues

Oliver Pollak
History
402.554.4821

The Holocaust

Mark Rousseau
Sociology
402.554.3356

The Separatist Movement in Quebec, Canada (Analysis of the causes and consequences of attempts to make Quebec an independent nation.)

Canada, the U.S. and the Global Economy (The often conflicting interests of corporations, governments and citizens in the era of the World Trade Organization.)

James Shaw
Criss Library
402.554.2225

Where is the Proper Balance?: Public access to government information in an era of concern over national security

Andris Skreija
Sociology
402.554.2904

What's Happening in the Baltics, Latvia and Poland Regarding Privatization and/or Democratization? (Democratization and ethnic relations are intertwined.)

Shaista Wahab
Criss Library
402.554.2404

International Affairs/Afghanistan

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Personal Growth/Human Relations

David Corbin
Health, Physical Education and Recreation
402.554.2670

Stress Management (Basic reasons for stress management and simple practical techniques for managing stress.)

Kenneth Deffenbacher
Psychology
402.554.2419

Mnemonics (Memory aids)

Lynn Harland
Management
402.554.2808

Implementing Peer Performance Appraisals in an Organization (Issues to consider when deciding whether to implement peer appraisals.)

Roni Reiter-Palmon
Psychology
402.554.4810

Leadership and Creativity (What do leaders and creative individuals have in common? Do leaders need to be creative? How can we facilitate creative leadership?)

Rose Shires
Women's Athletics
402.554.3407

Goal Setting/Being a Champion (How to make an individual, business or group into champions.)

Team Development (Not just for the athlete; motivational and structural development of a team in the workplace.)

Franklin Thompson
Teacher Education
402.554.3603

Human Relations (Efforts at making a more inclusive, thus more fair, place to live requires more than high sounding phrases and politically correct cosmetics. We must answer the call to change.)

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Professional Development Programs

Rebecca Morris
Business Administration
402.554.3542

Strategic Planning for Businesses

UNO Strategic Plan (http://www.unomaha.edu/plan/).

Roni Reiter-Palmon
Psychology
402.554.4810

Leadership and Creativity (What do leaders and creative individuals have in common? Do leaders need to be creative? How can we facilitate creative leadership?)

Sharon Ulmar
Diversity/Professional Development Programs
402.554. 2872

What You Need to Know about Discrimination (Includes topics of sexual harassment, ADA, race discrimination, ageism and other types of discrimination.)

Let's Talk About Diversity—Whether you Need it or Not (Facilitates and provides guidance in moving forward in changing environments.)

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Public Affairs/Social Issues

Randall Adkins
Political Science
402.554.3617

American Politics (Presidency, Congress, Campaigns and Election Analysis)

Maria Arbelaez
History
402.554.2593

Mexican-American History (The History of the Mexican-American community)

W. Meredith Bacon
Political Science
402.554.4858

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans-gendered Politics

Loree Bykerk
Political Science
402.554.3613

Consumer Groups & Public Policy (Consumer groups are numerous, active and have brought many issues to the policy agenda.)

David Corbin
Health, Physical Education and Recreation
402.554.2670

Drugs in American Society (An overview of drug use in America and suggestions for solutions to current problems.)

William Corcoran
Economics
402.554.2915

The Omaha Economy (How Omaha's industrial structure is different, which industries add to Omaha's wealth and which are growing or declining.)

Anne Coyne
Social Work
402.554.2798

Adoption of Developmentally Disabled Children (The types of families that adopt these children; their motivation and problems encountered.)

Jerry Deichert
Center for Public Affairs Research
402.554.2311

Nebraska's Changing Age Structure

Population Changes in Nebraska Counties and Regions

What Does the 2000 Census Tell Us About the Omaha Area?

Lourdes Gouveia
Sociology
Chicano-a/Latino-a Studies
402.554.3358

Latino Immigrants in the Meat Packing Industry

Meat Packing Industry and Rural Changes in Nebraska

James Johnson
Political Science
402.554.3615

Public Opinion, Elections and Nebraska Politics

Kent Kirwan
Political Science
402.554.4862

The Presidential/Congressional Struggle: The Founders' View of Leadership in a Liberal Democracy (The Constitutional design of the Congressional/Presidential relationship.)

The Statesmanship of George Washington (Life and times of George Washington, his role in the Revolutionary War, as President of the Constitutional Convention and establishing the Presidency.)

John Kretzschmar
William Brennan Institute for Labor Studies
402.595.2343

Unions and Politics

What Unions Do

Labor History

Unions in Health Care

Why Unions are Necessary

Collective Bargaining

Boyd Littrell
Sociology
402.554.3373

Crime, Drugs and Law in Democratic Society

Tom Martin
Philosophy and Religion
402.554.2628

Science and Religion

Christian Ethics

Bible: New Testament

Robbin Ogle
Criminal Justice
402.554.2610

Corrections and Its Roles in Society (Academic and pragmatic views of correctional organizations and actual work.)

Louis Pol
Marketing
402.554.2596

The Changing Demographics of the United States: Implications for the Next Century

Oliver Pollak
History
402.554.4821

Jewish History in Nebraska

B.J. Reed
Public Administration/Community Service
402.554.2676

Improving Government Management (Ways government can improve operations; new tools available and what appears to work.)

Local Government Management (How to increase community effectiveness and efficiency at local level.)

Strategic Planning in Government (How to improve government by applying strategic planning and management to public organization. Good for civic, business and governmental groups.)

James Shaw
Criss Library
402.554.2225

Where is the Proper Balance?: Public access to government information in an era of concern over national security

Gresham's Law and the Internet: Was Bill Gates right when he said that "Content is King?"

Why Do We Need Libraries if Everything Is on the Internet?

Deborah Smith-Howell
Communication
402.554.4849

Mass Media and Political Campaigns

Presidential Rhetoric (Looks at Presidential Speechmaking.)

Richard Stacy
Health, Physical Education and Recreation
402.554.2670

Empowerment: Activating Individual and Organizational Potential to Attack Contemporary Health Problems (Potential for 'grassroots' approach in addressing problems such as violence, adolescent pregnancy and drug use.)

Sharon Ulmar
Chancellor's Office
Diversity/Professional Development Programs
402.554. 2311

What you Need to Know about Discrimination (Includes topics of sexual harassment, ADA, age discrimination and other types of discrimination.)

Let's Talk About Diversity—Whether you Need it or Not (Facilitates and provides guidance in moving forward in changing environments.)

Samuel Walker
Criminal Justice
402.554.3590

Police and Crime

Police/Community Relations

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Science

James Carroll
Chemistry
402.554.3639

The Scientific Method is a Myth? (Science does not progress as smoothly as 'scientific method' implies. What are the implications for science?)

Bruce Chase
Biology
402.554.2586

Gene Cloning and Applications

Human Genome Project

Jack Heidel
Mathematics
402.554.2417

Chaos (Chaos-study of deterministic randomness. Typically describes complicated behavior that has clearly predictable patterns such as the three-body problem, turbulent fluid flow or cardiac arrhythmia.)

Fractals (Fractals: Geometry-Complicated self similar patterns such as leaf spirals, river basins and cardiac arrhythmias.)

Shelton Hendricks
Arts and Sciences
402.554.2338

Biological Basis of Sexual Orientation

Tom Martin
Philosophy and Religion
402.554.2628

Science and Religion

Wai-Ning Mei
Physics
402.554.3729

Surface Structure Studies: Using Low Energy and Photo-Electron Spectroscopy (Introduces the area of surface science and tools used to study them.)

Richard Stasiak
Biology
402.554.2295

Fishes of Nebraska (Description of all fishes found in this state, using color slides.)

Daniel Sullivan
Chemistry
402.554.3646

The Chemistry of Love: How Pheromones Dictate Animal Behavior (A 30-40 minute slide show and discussion of animal behavior driven by the chemical messengers known as pheromones.)

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Women

Maria Arbelaez
History
402.554.2593

Women in Latin American History (Traces the historical development of Latin American women; particularly in labor and culture.)

Loree Bykerk
Political Science
402.554.3613

Women and Politics (Historical baseline and assessment of women's issues today.)

Karen Falconer Al-Hindi
Women's Studies
402.554.3834

Meeting the Challenge of Home and Career: Geography, Gender and Work

Surviving and Thriving in a Male-Dominated Career Field (For women's groups.)

Women's Studies at UNO: Past, Present and Future

Robbin Ogle
Criminal Justice
402.554.2610

New Theory on Homicide Committed by Women (Social, cultural, psychological and biological variables are used to explain killing by women in all settings.)

Sharon Sobel
Dramatic Arts
402.554.3630

Tracing the Changing Shape of Women's Fashions (Slide lecture illustrating the history of the corset and other devices used to alter the silhouettes of women.)

Gwen Weber

Rural Mental Health Services to Women (Findings of recent research in rural mental health services and implications for services to women.)

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