ACUBE 45th Annual Meeting

University of Nebraska - Kearney
Kearney, Nebraska
October 11-13, 2001

Biology in the Light of Evolution


TRAVEL



Airlines



Kearney has four arrivals and departures daily via United Express. All flights connect with Denver International Airport, the hub for United Airlines.



Lincoln is just under 2 hours to the east of Kearney and is served by TWA, Northwest, United, and US Air Airlines. Omaha is just under 3 hours to the east with non-stop service several times a day from St. Louis (TWA), Chicago (United - O'Hare and Southwest - Midway), Minneapolis (Northwest), Milwaukee (Midwest Express), and Indianapolis (United).



Eppley Express, a shuttle service, has three daily departures and arrivals from both the Omaha and Lincoln airports to Kearney. The fare is $34 one way from Lincoln and $42 from Omaha. The drop point in Kearney is the Country Inn Suites.



By Car



Kearney is 5 hours by car from Kansas City, 5 hours from Denver, 7 hours from Minneapolis, and 10 hours from Chicago.


LODGING



Kearney has 20 motels; several of which are on the Second Avenue corridor just off Interstate 80 and about one mile south and one mile east of the University of Nebraska at Kearney campus. Among those motels with tentative arrangements expressly for ACUBE meeting participants are:



Holiday Inn
110 2nd Ave.
P. O. Box 1925
Kearney, NE 68847
308-237-5971 or
800-248-4460

Hampton Inn
118 3rd Ave.
Kearney, NE 68847
308-234-3400 or
800-426-7866


Wingate Inn
108 3rd Ave.
Kearney, NE 68847
308-237-4400 or
800-800-8000

Country Inn & Suites*
105 Talmadge St.
Kearney, NE 68847
308-236-7500 or
800-456-4000


* Location of the Eppley Express shuttle drop.



For further information, please contact Program Chair Mary Haskins via e-mail at mary.haskins@rockhurst.edu or by telephone at 816-501-4006.

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