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NEBRASKA UNDERGRADUATE SOCIOLOGICAL SYMPOSIUM (NUSS)

The 35th Annual Nebraska Undergraduate Sociological Symposium will be hosted by  the University of Nebraska at Kearney on November 7th and 8th.
This symposium, originally organized by sociologists from Nebraska colleges and universities, highlights and showcases the research done by students across the state of Nebraska.

GOOD LUCK TO OUR ATTENDING STUDENTS:
 
Kimberly Cabriales - Spatial Analysis of Sexually Transmitted Diseases by County in the United States

Caroline Cusack  - Correlation of Obesity & Income in the United States

Callan Driscoll  - Toxic Town: A City's Struggle with Superfund

Britain Waid - Biological Invasion:  An Anthropogenic Plague on Society

Jessica Lynn Ploen - Spatial Analysis of Auto Theft in Douglas County

Emily S. Taylor  - Achieving Sustainability through Proper City Planning

Catherine Warner  - Going Green Means Getting Green for Businesses
 

16th Annual Markoe-DePorres Social Justice Lecture

JPS is sponsoring the 16th Annual Markoe-DePorres Social Justice Lecture on Tuesday, November 3, at 7:30 in the Harper Auditorium.  In memory of the 20th anniversary of the Jesuit martyrs of El Salvador, I have asked Fr. Kevin Burke, SJ, Dean of the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley to speak.  He is the author of books on Pedro Arrupe, often described as the “second founder” of the SJ, and on Ignacio Ellacuria, the rector of the university where he and his five brother Jesuits were killed in 1989.

The Veil:Theoretical Perspectives from Research on Young Somali Immigrants

Wednesday, November 18, 2009, at 7:00PM. In Harper Center Room 3027

The department is proud to host Dr. Mutema, a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Women's and Gender Research, University of Bergen, Norway.

Despite its use in other religions and cultures, the veil has increasingly become a polarizing symbol associated with Islam. In the public debate over the use of the veil, reference is often made to what Muslim women ‘need.’ Dr. Mutema argues that there is a worrying absence of the voices of veiled women and their perceptions about their own needs and priorities. She will share some of her findings about the meaning of the veil from her research on young Somali immigrants in Omaha.