Michael Hoff, professor of art history, will discuss “Ancient Roman Religion and Nebraska Football,” during an April 2 Professional Standards Program luncheon at Vine Congregational Church, 1800 Twin Ridge Road. The PSP Committee is part of the University of Nebraska Office Professionals Association. Hoff will share insights on how the Husker football program, like ancient […]

Three faculty teams have received Global Gateway Faculty Leader awards to support international study abroad activities for 2010. The award winning teams are Terrance Sebora and Ronald Hampton, professors of management and marketing in the College of Business Administration; Michael Hoff, professor of art history in the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts; and […]

Media commentators on college sports have alluded to how football programs at some universities achieve such high status among fans that football almost becomes a religion. UNL scholar Michael Hoff will discuss that phenomenon in an Oct. 21 Paul A. Olson Seminar at UNL titled “Ancient Roman Religion and Nebraska Football.” The seminar will be […]

The UNL Speakers Bureau enters its 15th year with 19 speakers and several topics from which to choose. Speakers Bureau is a free service that connects faculty and other UNL experts with Nebraska citizens through service organizations, schools and other groups who want knowledgeable, interesting speakers on a variety of topics. The 2009-2010 Speakers Bureau […]

Michael Hoff, UNL professor of art history, will present “Nebraska Football and the Spectacle of Roman Religion” at 2 p.m. Nov. 16 at the Joslyn Art Museum, 2201 Dodge St., Omaha. The lecture is the third in the Lincoln-Omaha Society of the Archeological Institute of America’s 2008-09 season. Hoff will discuss the similarity between the […]

Program offers 18 university experts, 40 topics The UNL Speakers Bureau begins its 14th year this fall. This free service provides faculty and other university experts as speakers on a variety of topics to service organizations, schools and other groups. To receive a brochure that fully describes each speaker’s topics or to book a speaker, […]