The Office of Research and Economic Development partners with the Office of the Chancellor and the Research Council, in collaboration with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, to sponsor the Nebraska Lectures: the Chancellor's Distinguished Lecture Series. Offered once a semester, the Nebraska Lectures bring together the university community with the greater community in Lincoln and beyond to celebrate the intellectual life of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln by showcasing the faculty's excellence in research and creative activity. The topics of these free lectures reflect the diversity of faculty accomplishments in the arts, humanities, social sciences and physical sciences.