NCFS past events
Thursday, Feb 2, 8 PM - Why Intelligent Design Is Not Science - Robert M. Hazen, Prof of Earth Sciences, George Mason Univ - Iowa State Memorial Union (maps), Sun Room - Ames IA
Feb 3-16 - Darwin's Nightmare at the Ross Theater - note the special event talk at 4:30 PM Sun. Feb 12th - Lincoln
Sunday, Feb 5, 1:30PM - Monkey Trial - film (limited seating) at the Nebraska State Historical Society - Lincoln
Friday, Feb 10th, 5:30PM - Darwin and the Illusion of Intelligent Design - Niall Shanks, Wichita State Univ., Keynote speaker, Biological Sciences Darwin Day - Auditorium, Nebraska State Museum - Lincoln
Sunday, Feb 12th, 2:30 PM - Nebraska Citizens for Science, Darwin Day celebration , with Ted Burk - Rotunda, - Nebraska State Capital - Lincoln
Wednesday, Feb 15th, 7PM - The United States of Europe - T.R. Reid, Rocky Mountain bureau chief, Washington Post - Thompson Forum lecture, Lied Center - Lincoln
Thursday Feb 16th, 7:30PM - Michael Ruse - Change and the Victorians: Charles Darwin and John Henry Newman, Hixson-Lied Science Building Room G04 (campus map), Creighton Univ - - Omaha
Thursday, Mar 9th, 7PM Dan Crawford, Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Philosophy, UNL. Is Evolution Compatible with Monotheistic Religion? - Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Thursday, Mar 23rd, 7PM Bryan Schaaf The Kuiper Belt and New Planets Beyond Pluto - Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Sunday, Apr 2nd, 10AM, SERMON - The Agnostic in the Abbey - Darwin's Religious Journey - Rev. Charles Stephen, Unitarian Church of Lincoln, 6300 A St - Lincoln
Thursday, Apr 6th, 7PM Martin Gaskell, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, UNL. Current Cosmology - Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Thursday, April 20th, 7PM. Abbie Smith, Nebraska Center for Virology (UNL Beadle Center); "The Evolution of HIV: Evolution in the fast lane" - Bennett-Martin Library 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Thursday, May 4th, 7 PM - Ray Hames, Dept of Anthropology & Geography , UNL. Human Evolution So Far: Recent Finds and Perennial Problems - Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
May 7-11th - Evolution and spirituality workshops (see calendar) - Omaha
Thursday, May 18th, 7 PM - Clay Farris Naff, Vice President, Nebraska Citizens For Science."Song of Solomon: Music, Sex, and Evolution." - Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Thursday, June 1st, 7 PM - Edgar Pearlstein, Professor emeritus, physics - Baloney detection - Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Thursday, July 6th, 7 PM - Les Lane, Professor emeritus, Plant Pathology - Life after peak oil - Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Thursday, July 20th, 7 PM - Brad Ericson, Assoc. Prof., Biology, UNK - The War on Science - Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Thursday, August 3rd, 7 PM - John Maher will lead a discussion entitled, A New Kind of Science? - Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Thursday, August 17th, 7 PM - The Nebraska Sand Hills: What They Tell About Past Droughts and What They May Forecast for the Future. David Loope, Ph.D., Professor of Geosciences, UNL. - Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Friday, Saturday, August 25th, 26th, Creationist seminar in Omaha
To add events e-mail: llane1@unl.edu Thursday, September 7th, 7 PM - Pandemic Flu: How Realistic Are the Fears? How Good Are the Preparations? - Presenters Steve Frederick and Tim Timmons, Lincoln-Lancaster Department of Health - Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Thursday, September 21st, 7 PM - Coprolites and Scientific Controversy in Archaeology: Migrations and Cannibalism Karl J. Reinhard, UNL School of Natural Resources - Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Tuesday, October 3rd, 7 PM - Church and State Forum - St. Mark's on the Campus Episcopal Church (1309 R Street). Doors open at 6:30 PM. Event starts at 7:00 PM. The forum will run 60 to 90 minutes depending on the discussion - Lincoln
Thursday, October 5th, 7 PM - The Evolution of Nebraska Science Standards - Guest Presenter: Jim Woodland, Director, Science Education, Nebraska Department of Education - Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Thursday, October 19th, 7 PM - Scientific dating of archaeological and paleontological sites - Guest Presenter: John Weymouth (UNL Physics & Astronomy Dept, emeritus) - Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Wednesday, November 1st, 7 PM - Philosopher of science Michael Ruse - The Evolution Creation Struggle - event details - Doane College (Crete) Whitcomb Lee Conservatory - Campus map - pdf map
Thursday, November 2nd, 7 PM - The Psychology of Genocide - Guest presenter: David Moshman, professor of educational psychology, UNL - Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Thursday, November 9th, 3:30 PM - Jean Michel Claverie - The Evolution of Giant Viruses: From Hard Facts to Wild speculations - School of Biological Sciences Seminar - 110 Hamilton Hall, Campus map - Lincoln
Thursday, November 16th, 7 PM - .Guest presenter: William Prange, - The Pythagorean Theorem - Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Thursday, December 7th, 7 PM - Lewis and Clark: geological observations of the Great Plains - Guest Presenter: Bob Diffendal - UNL School of Natural Resources - Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Thursday, January 4th, 7 PM - Free Will: New Thoughts on an Old Problem - Guest Presenter: Dimitrij Krynsky Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Thursday, January 18th, 7 PM - Messengers from outer space - Guest Presenter: Greg Snow - UNL Physics & Astronomy - Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Sunday, January 21st, 7 PM - The climate detective: Unraveling the evidence for global warming - Prof. Kenneth F. Dewey, High Plains Regional Climate Center, UNL at the Unitarian Church of Lincoln - Lincoln
Sunday, January 28th, 7 PM - Basic warming science and an introduction to the Brokaw film on climate change - Prof. Clinton M. Rowe, Dept of Geosciences, UNL at the Unitarian Church of Lincoln - Lincoln
Thursday, February 1st, 7 PM - Ashfall fossil beds as an evolutionary time capsule - Guest Presenter: Mike Voorhies - UNL Geosciences, Museum - Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Sunday, February 11th, 7 PM - The ANDRILL project: Determining 20 million years of climate conditions - Richard H. Levy - UNL Geosciences at the Unitarian Church of Lincoln - Lincoln
Monday, February 12th, 7 PM - Darwin Day talk - The origins and impact of Darwin's great idea - Al Kamil - Director of the UNL School of Biological Sciences - UNL Student Union - check the daily schedule at the union web site for room location - Lincoln
Thursday, February 15th, 7 PM - The Enlightenment - Guest Presenter: David Cahan - UNL History - Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Sunday, February 18th, 7 PM - Public policy and the impediments to concern and action - Charles Harper - Dept of Sociology and Anthropology, Creighton University at the Unitarian Church of Lincoln - Lincoln
Sunday, February 25th, 7 PM - Christian environmental worldviews and the implications for climate change policy - Janel M. Curry - Dean of Research and Scholarship, Calvin College, Grand Rapids MI at the Unitarian Church of Lincoln - Lincoln
Thursday, March 1st, Postponed - weather 7 PM - Islam and Modernity - Simon Wood, Ass't Professor, UNL Dept. of Classics and Religious Studies - Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Sunday, March 4th, 7 PM - Tackling climate change: The U.S. potential for renewable energy and energy efficiency to 2030 - Charles F. Kutscher - National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden CO at the Unitarian Church of Lincoln - Lincoln
Tuesday, March 20th, 7:30 PM - Taking our Country Back - The Religious Right in Historical and Contemporary Perspective - Randall Balmer, Prof. of American Religious History, Columbia Univ. - Nebraska Union auditorium - Lincoln
Sunday April 1st 3:30 PM - The Lessons of the Scopes Case: Strategies for Responding to the Religious Right Today - Sam Walker, Emeritus Prof. Criminal Justice, UNO at the Unitarian Church of Lincoln - Lincoln
Thursday, April 5th 7 PM - Radiation is your friend - Clifford Bettis, Research Assoc. Professor, UNL, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy - Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Thursday, April 19th 7 PM - The one constant of climate is change - Kenneth F. Dewey, High Plains Regional Climate Center, UNL - Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Thursday, May 3rd, 7 PM - Islam and Modernity - Simon Wood, Ass't Professor, UNL Dept. of Classics and Religious Studies - Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Thursday, May 17th, 7 PM - The cosmological argument from design - Dr. Steve Lahey, UNL Dept of Classics and Religious Studies, UNL - Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Thursday, June 7th, 7 PM - Topic - Prisoner's dilemma with Ken Gobber - Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Thursday, July 5th, 7 PM - Video - Caulerpa taxifolia, Deep sea invasion - Nova program - Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Thursday, July 19th, 7 PM - Video - Coelacanth, Ancient creature of the deep - Nova program - Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Thursday, Aug 2nd, 7 PM - To be announced - Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Thursday, Aug 16th, 7 PM - Video "To engineer is human" BBC Horizon series with Henry Petrosky (insights into what engineers may learn from the collapse of the I35W bridge) - Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Thursday, Sept 6th, 7 PM - "What I Read This Summer: Great Books on Science and Religion", share your summer reading experience - Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Thursday, Sept 20th, 7 PM - The Gnostic Gospels - Don Gibson - Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Thursday, Oct 4th, 7 PM - Fighting Viruses With RNAi - Dr. Heriberto Cerutti, Biological Sciences, UNL - Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Thursday, Oct 18th, 7 PM - Kidnapped by UFOs? - Nova program (video)- Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Thursday, Nov 1st, 7 PM - Did a Giant Asteroid Kill the Dinosaurs? - Dr. Greg Snow, Dept of Physics, UNL - Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Friday, Nov 2nd, 7:30 PM - The Moon Hoax - Phil Plait (the Bad Astronomer) - Nebraska Union auditorium - Sponsored by the UNL Center for Science, Mathematics, and Computer Education and the Department of Physics and Astronomy - Lincoln
Thursday, Nov 15th, 7 PM - Extra Solar Planets: Worlds Beyond Our Cosmic Neighborhood with Bryan Schaaf - dimensions of our solar system, what is a planet (is Pluto a planet)?, how planets beyond the solar system were discovered - Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Thursday, Dec 6th, 7 PM - Long-term perspectives on drought and climate - Sheri Fritz - Geosciences, UNL - Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Thursday, Dec 20th, 7 PM - We'll watch excerpts from a film called What the Bleep Do We Know, and discuss which parts of it are credible and which are not - Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Thursday, Mar 6th, 7 PM - Unravelling Antarctica's climatic history - Richard Levy - ANDRILL project - Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Thursday, Mar 20th, 7 PM - Nova program (video - Ape Genius - Bennett-Martin Library, 4th fl., 14th and N Streets - Lincoln
Thursday, April 3rd, 7 - 8:30 PM Brad Erickson, Biology Dept, UNK - The Biggest Question Remaining in Biology: How Did Geochemistry Give Rise to Biochemistry? - Note change of venue! Eiseley Library, 1530 Superior St. - Lincoln
Thursday, April 17th, 7 - 8:30 PM, Video - Interview of Robert Chapman, creator of "Two Million Minutes: A Global Examination" about how high schools prepare students for the 21st century - Note change of venue! - St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets) - Lincoln
Thursday, May 1st, 7 - 8:30 PM, Clay Naff will present A Fabulous Evolutionary Defense of Dualism - Note new venue! - St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets) - Lincoln
Thursday, May 15th, 7 - 8:30 PM, The Cyberspace Age: Impact and Opportunity - Dr. Richard Sincovec - Dept of Computer Science and Engineering, UNL - Note new venue! - St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets) - Lincoln
Thursday, June 5th, 7 - 8:30 PM, Alex Ramos, theology student, UNL Dept. of Classics and Religious Studies will talk to us about how the devil Satan came to be the figure he is today - Note new venue! - St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets)) - Parking is easier than at the library - Lincoln
Thursday, Dec 4th, 7 - 8:30 PM, Europe 1939 - Prof. Patrice Berger, Dept of History, UNL - St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets) - Lincoln
Thursday, Feb 5th, 7 - 8:30 PM, Evolution of Love - Dan Leger, Dept of Psychology, UNL - St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets) - Lincoln
Thursday, February 12th, 7:30 PM - Darwin Day Is it Good to be Sexy or Sexy to be Good? - Ted Burk, Prof. of Animal Behavior Entomology and Behavioral Ecology, Creighton University, Location: Durham Research Ctr, UNMC - Omaha
Friday, Feb 13th, 7:30 PM - Darwin's Prophetic Apprenticeship on the Beagle Voyage - George Levine, Prof Emeritus of English, Rutgers University - Nebraska Union, 14th & R St - NCFS will host a celebration immediately afterwards at Applebee's, 11th & Q Sts - Lincoln
Wednesday, February 18th, 3:30PM - The Fossil Record and the Fact of Evolution - George F. Engelmann, Professor of Geology and Biology, Department of Geography and Geology, UNO - Great Plains Art Museum - Hewit Place, 1155 Q Street - Lincoln
Thursday, February 19th, 4PM - Is Evolution compatible with monotheism? - Dan Crawford - Department of Classics and Relgious Studies, UNL, Location: Bailey Library, Andrews Hall - Lincoln
Thursday, Feb 19th, 7 - 8:30 PM, - St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets) - Lincoln
Friday, February 20th, 11:30AM - Darwinian approaches to what you had for dinner - Peter Bleed, Department of Anthropology, UNL, Location: 24 CBA - Lincoln
Friday, February 20th, 4PM - The age of the earth - Richard Kettler, Department of Geosciences, UNL - Location: 117 Bessey Hall - Lincoln
Thursday, February 26th, 4PM - In the beginning? The mythological background of Genesis 1:1-3 - Mark S. Smith, Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University, Location: Bailey Library, Andrews Hall - Lincoln
Thursday, March 5th 3:30PM - Animal coloration and the art of concealment - Martin Stevens, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Location: 110 Hamilton Hall - Lincoln
Thursday, Mar 19th, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting - The Great Evolution Debate Continues: Biologist Richard Dawkins and Bishop Richard Harries Revive the Famous 1860 Huxley - Wilberforce Debate over Darwin's Theory - Video - St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday-Saturday - Mar 26-28 - Celebrating Darwin's Legacy - UNL Center for Great Plains Studies - Registration required - Lincoln
Thursday, Apr 2nd, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting - The Evolution of Sex, and What It Means for Male and Female Mate Choice - Dr. Stephanie Jesseau, Dept of Psychology, UNL - St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Wednesday - Saturday, September 2-4 - UNK Biology Evolution Conference - see poster - Registration required - Kearney
Thursday, Sept 3rd, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting - Making Better Moral Decisions - Miguel Picanco - St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, Sept 17th, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting - Hindu Perspectives on Science - Sitaram Jaswal, (Prof Emeritus of Physics, UNL) - St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, Oct 1st, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting - Myth of the Ecologically Noble Savage - Ray Hames, (Prof of Anthropology, UNL) - St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Tuesday, Oct 6th, 7 PM - NCFS Science Cafe, Braeda, 48th and O St. - Lincoln
Thursday, Oct 15th, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting - A Meteorologist's Perspective on Global Warming - Darby Bybee, KLKN-TV - St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, Nov 5th, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting - Chemistry in the Movies - Mark Griep, (Dept of Chemistry, UNL) - St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, Nov 19th, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting - Ancient Roman Religion and Nebraska Football - Michael Hoff, (Prof. of Art & Art History, UNL) - St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, Jan 7th, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting - postponed due to weather
Thursday, Jan 21st, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting - Postponed due to UNMC Science Cafe - St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, Feb 4th, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting - Video - Alien Invasion (Scientific American Frontiers - St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, Feb 18th, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting - Exoplanets - Edward (Ed) Schmidt, Professor, Physics & Astronomy, UNL - St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, Mar 4th, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting - The Idea of Poverty - E. Wesley (Wes) Peterson, Professor, Agricultural Economics, UNL - St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, Mar 18th, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting - OPEN - St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, Apr 1st, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting - Arctic Warming Impacts - Kenneth (Ken) Dewey, Professor, School of Natural Resources, UNL - St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, Apr 15yh, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting - OPEN - St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, May 6th, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting - Exobiology - Karrie Weber, Ass’t Professor, School of Biological Sciences and Dept. Geosciences, UNL - St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, May 20th, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting - Global Warming—What We Know - Darby Bybee, KLKN Meteorologist - St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, June 3rd, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting - College Inc. - Frontline program - video and discussion - St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, Dec 16th, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting - Jesus Camp - DVD documentary - St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Tuesday, Dec 21st, 7 PM - NCFS Science Cafe, Braeda, 48th and O St. - Lincoln
Thursday, Jan 6th, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting - Pluto Files - DVD documentary featuring Neil deGrasse Tyson, followed by a discussion led by amateur astronomer extraordinaire Bryan Sivill - St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, Apr 14th 2011, 7:30 PM, Special lecture - Massimo Pigliucci - on his recent book - Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk - Henzlik Hall Auditorium, Rm 124 - Lincoln
Thursday, Apr 5th, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting - Ice on Mars - Prof. Mindi Searls, UNL Dept. of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences - St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, Apr 19th, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting - Steven Novella, The Neuroscience of Belief from the Great Courses series - video followed by discussion, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, Nov 15th, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting - Comic Book Physics - Prof. Prof. Dan Claes, UNL Dept. of Physics and Astronomy - Rm 145, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, Dec 6th, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting - Rm 145, NOVA, Inside the Megastorm (Sandy), followed by discussionSt Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, Dec 20th, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting - Rm 145, What Happened before the Big Bang? - video, followed by discussion, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, Jan 3rd, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting - Video - Conspiracy Road Trip, 9/11 ,Conspiracy roadtrips were produced for BBC3 and narrated by Irish comedian Andrew Maxwell, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, Jan 17th, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, Drilling deep beneath Antarctic ice to reveal past and future climate changes by David Harwood, Dept of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, UNL - St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, Feb 7th, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, Episode of James Burke's Connections - video followed by discussion, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Tuesday, Feb 12th, 7:30 PM - Darwin Day lecture - Hector Avalos - From Darwin to the Holocaust? How Creationists Revise History - Durham Research Ctr, UNMC, Rm 1002 (UNMC - map) - Omaha
Postponed due to weather - Thursday, Feb 21st, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, Video - Conspiracy Road Trip, creationism ,Conspiracy roadtrips were produced for BBC3 and narrated by Irish comedian Andrew Maxwell, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, March 7th, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, Video - Conspiracy Road Trip, creationism ,Conspiracy roadtrips were produced for BBC3 and narrated by Irish comedian Andrew Maxwell, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, March 21st - meeting cancelled for participation in Lincoln Public Schools Science Fair
Thursday, April 18th, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, Non-linear response of ecological systems to rapid climate change Hannah Birge, School of Natural Resources, UNL, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, May 2nd, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, Code-Breakers of Bletchley Park, BBC video followed by discussion, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, May 16th, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, Multimedia presentation on physicist David Deutsch's extraordinary book The Beginning of Infinity by Clay Naff, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, Oct 17th, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance, Video presentation, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, Nov 7th, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, Climate Change: What We Know, What We Expect, Clinton M. Rowe, Prof. of Climatology, UNL, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), lower level Dining Hall - Lincoln
Thursday, Nov 21st, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, Views of two neuroscientists on the scientific investigation of art and aesthetics. Join us for a video presentation by Jean-Pierre Changeux of the Pasteur Institute and V.S. Ramachandran of the University of California - San Diego, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, Dec 5th, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, Comets, what happened to ISON?, Bryan Sivill, Prairie Astronomy Club, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, Dec 19th, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, The Sociology of Ghosts, Les Lane, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, Jan 16th, NCFS regular meeting, Drought: Natural Variations, Cycles and Human Influences, presentation by Penny Greer followed by discussion, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, Topic not yet established, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), lower level Dining Hall - Lincoln
Thursday, Feb 6th, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, Information: The Web That Is, and the Web That Wasn't, presentation by Les Lane, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Tuesday, Feb 13th, 7:30 PM - Darwin Day lecture - Scott Gardner - Collecting and Identifying all the Species on our Earth: Progress since Darwin and Wallace - Durham Research Ctr, UNMC, Rm 1002 (UNMC - map) - Omaha
Thursday, Feb 20th, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, Jim Keck Lecture, Does God exist, First Plymouth Church - (20th & D) - Lincoln, Note different location
Thursday, Mar 6th, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, Electronics are Going Organic, Prof. Jinsong Huang, UNL Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, Mar 20th, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, A Deep Time Perspective on Global Warming, Ross Secord, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, UNL, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, Apr 3rd, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, The Patriarch's Wife, with Vyckie Garrison - The story of escape from a fundamentalist religion, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, Apr 17th, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, What's in Your Mouth? Despite Advances in Restorative Materials, Many Dentists Stick with 19th Century Solutions, Dr. Hidehiko Watanabe, UNMC College of Dentistry, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, May 1st, We will view Particle Fever at the Ross theater. Show begins at 5:05 PM, Alternative date - April 30th @ 7:15 PM - Lincoln
Thursday, Nov 20th, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, Overview of computing at CERN by Marian Zvada, followed by documentary film about the LHC's search for the Higgs Boson, discussion and social hour to follow. St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, Dec 4th, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, John Larson of the Nebraska Public Power District on history and future of nuclear energy, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, Dec 18th, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, A Theory of Faith, Penny Greer - faith development (James Fowler) St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, Jan 15th, 2015, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, The Importance of Scientific Literacy, Dr. Jennifer Melander, Biological Systems Engineering, UNL - St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, Feb 5th, 2015, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, Beyond GMOs to a More Honest Dialogue about Our Food, Sally Mackenzie's Heuermann lecture (video) followed as usual by discussion, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Tuesday, Feb 12th, 7:30 PM - Darwin Day lecture - Valuable Scrap: How New Genes Can Evolve from Odd Old Parts, Charles Austerberry (Prof. of Molecular Biology, Creighton Univ.) - Durham Research Ctr, UNMC, Rm 1002 (UNMC - map) - Omaha
Thursday, Feb 19th, 2015, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, Order and Disorder, the story of information, BBC Horizon video, St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln
Thursday, Mar 5th, 2015, 7 - 8:30 PM, NCFS regular meeting, Tour of Bletchley Park, video followed by discussion. St Paul United Methodist Church - 1144 M Street (corner of 12th and M streets), Rm 145 - Lincoln