BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Nebraska Science Festival - ECPv6.15.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.nescifest.com
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Nebraska Science Festival
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Chicago
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20220313T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20221106T070000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20230312T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20231105T070000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20240310T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20241103T070000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20250309T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20251102T070000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20260308T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20261101T070000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:20270314T080000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:20271107T070000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260424T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260424T170000
DTSTAMP:20260608T133449
CREATED:20260421T185937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T185937Z
UID:10002250-1777046400-1777050000@www.nescifest.com
SUMMARY:2026 Maiben Lecture
DESCRIPTION:For 136 years\, the Nebraska Academy of Sciences has hosted an annual meeting designed to bring the scientific community across the state together to ‘share their science’. \nIn conjunction with the meeting\, Dr. Deborah Bathke\, a research associate professor at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln\, climate scientist\, and Nebraska’s state climatologist\, will deliver the annual Maiben Lecture titled\, “Shifting Extremes: Understanding Nebraska’s Changing Climate and Preparing for What Lies Ahead\,” at 4 p.m. \nThe lecture free and open to the public. \n 
URL:https://www.nescifest.com/event/2026-maiben-lecture/
LOCATION:UNL East Campus Union\, 1705 Arbor Drive\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68503\, United States
CATEGORIES:Environment,Weather
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.nescifest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/uselecture.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250425T104500
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250425T114500
DTSTAMP:20260608T133450
CREATED:20250324T204511Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250324T204511Z
UID:10001579-1745577900-1745581500@www.nescifest.com
SUMMARY:Roots\, Research and Resilience:  Exploring the Future of the Nebraska Sandhills
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Mary Ann Vinton will present “Roots\, Research and Resilience: Exploring the Future of the Nebraska Sandhills\,” for the 2025 Maiben Lecture at the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 2025 Annual Spring Meeting at the UNL East Campus Union. In her presentation\, she will blend ideas from natural and social science to explore the status and future of the Nebraska Sandhills as one of the most intact grasslands in the world. \nDr. Mary Ann Vinton grew up as a member of a five-generation family of cattle ranchers in the Nebraska Sandhills. She did an undergraduate degree in Biology at the University of Wyoming\, a MS at Kansas State University\, and a PhD in Ecology at Colorado State University. She is now Professor of Biology and Director of Environmental Science at Creighton University in Omaha. Dr. Vinton teaches courses in biology\, ecology\, and environmental science. Her research program revolves around the ecosystem consequences of human impacts on plant communities\, such as impacts wrought by invasive plants or the demise of once-common plants. Her research has been supported by the National Science Foundation\, NASA-Nebraska Space Grant\, and Nebraska Environmental Trust\, and involves close mentoring of undergraduate research students. Recently\, she has returned to the Sandhills to reconnect with her roots and study how landscapes are changing with management and climate. Dr. Vinton inherited a section of land on the Dismal River from her mother and “Kinkaided” by her great\, great aunt\, Mary Crouch. The section is known as the “Aunt Mary” and is surrounded by family. She has used the Aunt Mary as a study site for biodiversity work and analyses of the landscape diversity inherent in the wet meadows and dry dunes in the Sandhills. In talking with friends and family\, Dr. Vinton has become interested in the factors that affect land management and how decisions and attitudes are often not based on science or economic optimization\, but often involve feelings of obligation and connection\, stemming from long relationships between one another and land. \nVisit neacadsci.org for more information.
URL:https://www.nescifest.com/event/roots-research-and-resilience-exploring-the-future-of-the-nebraska-sandhills/
LOCATION:UNL East Campus Union\, 1705 Arbor Drive\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68503\, United States
CATEGORIES:Animals,Environment
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.nescifest.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/USEmaiben-lecture.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230421T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230421T170000
DTSTAMP:20260608T133450
CREATED:20230308T192732Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230308T192732Z
UID:10000813-1682064000-1682096400@www.nescifest.com
SUMMARY:2023 NAS Annual Spring Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join the Nebraska Academy of Sciences on April 21 for the 2023 Annual Spring Meeting on the campus of Nebraska Wesleyan University. \nThe meeting will be a HYBRID format with both in-person and remote-Zoom access for presentations and participation.  This Meeting provides an excellent opportunity for students\, faculty\, and scientists to share their research results with peers and colleagues across Nebraska. Concurrent sessions will host selected themes across a range of scientific disciplines. \nFollowing lunch\, Dr. Jason Bartz will present “Prion and Prion-like Diseases\,” for the  2023 Maiben Lecture. \nDr. Bartz has been investigating prions for over 30 years. Dr. Bartz’s research has investigated interspecies transmission\, pathogenesis\, and the biology of prion strains. Dr. Bartz’s group has developed novel whole animal and in vitro models of prion disease and\, more importantly\, the results from these systems have changed the paradigm of how a protein-only infectious agent can perform complex biological tasks. More recently\, Dr. Bartz has expanded his studies to include the interaction of prions with the environment by leveraging his expertise in prion biology with collaborators in environmental engineering resulting in fundamental discoveries on how prions interface with the environment influences the biology of prion disease. Dr. Bartz is currently on the editorial board of numerous peer-reviewed journals including PLoS Pathogens and the Journal of Virology\, has chaired numerous national and international prion advisory groups and serves on numerous grant review panels\, both in the United States and abroad. \nPlease contact nebacad@unl.edu with questions and visit neacadsci.org for more information \nRegistration is required.
URL:https://www.nescifest.com/event/2023-nas-annual-spring-meeting/
LOCATION:Nebraska Wesleyan University\, 5000 St Paul Ave.\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68504\, United States
CATEGORIES:Science (general)
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.nescifest.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/nas.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230420T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230420T153000
DTSTAMP:20260608T133450
CREATED:20230308T194131Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230308T194216Z
UID:10000812-1682001000-1682004600@www.nescifest.com
SUMMARY:Nebraska Junior Academy of Sciences State Science Fair
DESCRIPTION:The Nebraska Junior Academy of Sciences State Science Fair will be held in person at Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln on Thursday\, April 20\, 2023. Please join us at 2:30pm for the awards presentation in the Weary Center on campus.
URL:https://www.nescifest.com/event/nebraska-junior-academy-of-science-state-science-fair/
LOCATION:Nebraska Wesleyan University\, 5000 St Paul Ave.\, Lincoln\, NE\, 68504\, United States
CATEGORIES:Science (general)
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.nescifest.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/junior-acad.jpg
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR