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Each Monday, National Drought Mitigation Center assistant director Kelly Helm Smith emails a map of the past week’s #drought tweets to a listserv of drought experts and state climatologists.

Pilot system monitors tweets for drought early warning

November 5, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Cutline: Nebraska’s Asit Pattnaik (pictured) and UNMC’s Tom Petro are developing a vaccine framework that exploits the properties of a naturally occurring nanoparticle in an effort to produce a stronger, longer-lasting immune response than other COVID-19 vaccine candidates. They’re also taking a closer look at how SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, inhibits the immune system.

Researchers aim to use protein to ramp up COVID-19 antigens’ impact

November 5, 2020

Science & Technology

Election research

Nebraska researcher working to shorten voter waits

November 4, 2020

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

The Nebraska Union served as a polling station for the 2020 presidential election. To help students in COVID-19 isolation housing vote in the election, University Housing worked with the Lancaster County Election Commissioner's office.

Housing staff help students get votes counted

November 4, 2020

Honors students find voice through election-themed art

November 4, 2020

Society & Culture

With support from the Office of Research and Economic Development’s COVID-19 Rapid Response Grant Program, Shi-Hua Xiang is in the early stages of developing a bacterial delivery system for a COVID-19 vaccine that would be delivered directly to the respiratory tract as a nasal spray.

Nasal spray could mean needle-free COVID-19 vaccine

November 4, 2020

Science & Technology

NUtech Ventures celebrated its innovator awards on Nov. 3.

NUtech Ventures announces Innovator Awards

November 4, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center

Six Huskers selected to Multicultural Hall of Fame

November 3, 2020

Chloe Higgins

Nebraska Community Foundation support launches hometown interns

November 3, 2020

Nebraska in the national news: October 2020

November 3, 2020

The fall semester begins on an asynchronous, remote learning basis next Monday, August 17.

Committee begins to shape spring semester plans

November 2, 2020

growing together nebraska

Growing Together Nebraska provides food, education across Cornhusker State

November 2, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Society & Culture

Cameron Collier

2016 election spurs Collier to deeper political involvement

November 2, 2020

Society & Culture

Special effects makeup - Jaci Tubbs

Husker creates Halloween looks as special effects makeup artist

October 30, 2020

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Nebraska's new recycling coordinator to make impact through education

October 30, 2020

Fall campus

Achievements | Honors, appointments, publications for Oct. 30

October 30, 2020

The Story City project allows participants to experience Lincoln through a variety of student-created stories at various locations across the city.

Carson Center’s 'Story City' to be experienced across Lincoln

October 30, 2020

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

A team of Husker biochemists led by Mark A. Wilson has received a four-year, $1.18 million grant from the Department of Health and Human Services to better understand how enzymes work.

Husker biochemists earn $1.18M grant to study enzymes

October 30, 2020

Science & Technology

Look down, listen up: Wide-eyed spider relies on sound for airborne ambushes

October 29, 2020

Science & Technology

Arachtober in Nebraska: A roundup of spider-themed research, outreach

October 29, 2020

Science & Technology