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Color portrait of university benefactors Mick and Cindy McCaffery on a color campus background.

McCaffreys’ gift opens doors for generations of student workers

July 18, 2025

Society & Culture

A man and woman, seated at a table, smile for a photograph during the 2024 Nebraska Small Business Conference in Lincoln.

Conference aims to boost entrepreneurship in Nebraska

July 18, 2025

Agriculture & Environment

Photo of a Runza sandwich, french fries and soda on a table in the Selleck Hall food court. The University of Nebraska–Lincoln's Selleck Hall food court will open a Runza franchise this fall.

Runza to open in Selleck Food Court this fall

July 17, 2025

Aerial view of a cornfield at sunrise.

Nebraska ag land values fall 2% amid lower crop prices, rising costs

July 17, 2025

Agriculture & Environment

Exterior photo of the west side of Carolyn Pope Edwards Hall, a brick building with numerous windows and a white paper-plane sculpture in front.

18 first-year students selected for Teacher Scholars Academy

July 16, 2025

Society & Culture

Jean Stryker (left) shows Jessica Hernandez how to dip a stamp into paint for a printmaking activity at the Art Chapel on June 30. The Art Chapel is part of the church's community outreach, providing an accessible space for people to pursue creativity at no to low cost. Open studio time is available from 6 to 9 p.m. each Monday at the chapel.

Huskers partner with Lincoln church to create community arts center

July 10, 2025

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

Phenobot, an IANR-created robot, measures leaf angle on corn to see how well the plant is performing photosynthesis in a field northeast of 84th and Havelock streets. Lina Lopez-Corona, a university research technician, operates the robot.

Nebraska U ranks in top 10% worldwide for agriculture, natural resources

July 9, 2025

Agriculture & Environment

Color portrait of Terri Hogue, math teacher at Falls City Middle School, on a UNL campus background.

Longtime Falls City teacher Hogue earns McAuliffe Prize

July 9, 2025

Society & Culture

Qiang Liu, assistant professor in the School of Computing, stands next to one of the Husker-Net 5G amplifiers topping the roof of Oldfather Hall. Husker-Net is the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's private 5G network, and one of Liu's research focuses.

Liu’s research expands, connects autonomous vehicle capabilities

July 8, 2025

Science & Technology

An aerial view of Doñana National Park in Spain shows drought conditions.

New report details global drought impacts

July 8, 2025

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

Zahraa Rida holds up cup measurements, which she used to demonstrate the amount of fruits, vegetables, grains and proteins are healthy to eat in a balanced diet.

Nebraska Extension program helping hundreds build healthier futures

July 7, 2025

Agriculture & Environment

Erin Carr, a postdoctoral researcher, displays a petri dish containing Exophiala viscosa, a novel fungus she isolated, characterized and genome sequenced. The dark brown, iridescent colonies are surrounded by a shadowy halo of secreted melanin, highlighting the organism’s striking pigmentation and potential for biotechnological applications.

Husker researchers studying fungus that could be melanin resource

July 7, 2025

Agriculture & Environment

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Society & Culture

Michelle Paxton (left), director of the Nebraska Children's Justice and Legal Advocacy Center and assistant professor of law, and Carmella Perkins, then a third-year law student, interact with a young boy during a courtroom simulation in August 2024.

New center will address rural attorney shortage, support Nebraska children

July 1, 2025

Cattle take a dip in a pond south of Gothenburg, Nebraska

Bureau of Sociological Research helping steer ag policy research

June 30, 2025

Agriculture & Environment

Ayana Robbins, a sophomore graphic design major from Omaha, works on her tablet near the Meier Commons greenspace on May 8.

6,700-plus Huskers named to Deans’ List for spring 2025

June 27, 2025

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

Middle school students learn about water science during a STEM camp, sponsored by the northeast Nebraska education compact, at Northeast Community College.

Northeast Nebraska education compact expands outreach to students

June 25, 2025

Agriculture & Environment

Irina Filina, associate professor of earth and atmospheric sciences, gestures to a graphic of Iceland showing the locations of several volcanoes she wants to visit with students on an upcoming trip.

Filina earns Fulbright to conduct research on proposed Icelandia

June 24, 2025

Agriculture & Environment

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Color portraits of Fulbright award recipients Carson Haberyan (left), Jillian Kurovski (center) and Brigid Toomey on a red campus background.

Two recent Husker grads, graduate student earn prestigious Fulbright awards

June 24, 2025

Agriculture & Environment

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Society & Culture

A green lawn is seen south of Love Library South on a partly cloudy day.

250-plus Huskers named to Deans' Commendation List for spring 2025

June 23, 2025

Agriculture & Environment

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Society & Culture

Margaret Jacobs (right), Charles Mach Professor of history, director of the Center for Great Plains Studies and co-director of the Walking in the Footsteps of Our Ancestors project, speaks with project team members Cory DeRoin and Billie Tohee (both Otoe-Missouria) at Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center near Denton.

Otoe-Missouria project releases historical marker audit, community surveys

June 20, 2025

Society & Culture