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Achievements | Honors, appointments, publications for Jan. 24

January 24, 2020

With Norman Rockwell's "The Problem We All Live With" in the background, civil rights icon Ruby Bridges delivers the MLK Week address on Jan. 22 in the Willa Cather Dining Center's Red Cloud Room. More than 275 attended the event. The painting depicts Bridges as she is led by U.S. Marshals into an all-white New Orleans school.

Huskers challenged to become guardians of MLK's legacy

January 23, 2020

Bike Story

Outdoor Adventures rolls to top bike-friendly ranking

January 23, 2020

Financial services program aims to help Nebraska farmers, ranchers

January 23, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Anna Shavers

Shavers honored for focus on expanding diversity, inclusion

January 22, 2020

A rendering of an enzyme known as isocyanide hydratase, which accelerates chemical reactions that neutralize a toxic molecule in certain bacteria. Researchers from Nebraska, Stanford, Puerto Rico and Germany used record-intense X-rays to capture dynamics of isocyanide hydratase that were previously only hypothesized, a feat that could point the way to doing the same with other enzymes.

Enzymes and X-rays: Study reveals hidden acrobatics of cellular catalysts

January 22, 2020

Science & Technology

Brian Fuchs, a climatologist with the National Drought Mitigation Center, said support from the USDA adds flexibility for researchers to explore and respond to more nuanced drought-mitigation challenges.

Drought Mitigation Center continues to develop, expand tools

January 22, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Nebraska indicator: Strong business expectations suggest further growth

January 22, 2020

Houser Queen of the Night

Nebraska alumna makes Met Opera stage debut

January 21, 2020

Society & Culture

Grant to help corn, wheat growers manage nitrogen fertilizer application

January 21, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Members of the Lincoln community — including University of Nebraska–Lincoln students, faculty and staff — participated in the 25th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Youth Rally and March on Jan. 20. The event packed the Nebraska Union Ballroom before participants marched to the Nebraska State Capitol.

MLK week features civil rights icon Ruby Bridges

January 20, 2020

Ted Carter (left) and Ronnie Green talk outside of the East Campus Union during tour activities on Jan. 16.

NU president experiences Big Red momentum firsthand

January 17, 2020

Chicago, 1968

Nebraska-led project digitizes 1960s activism artifacts

January 17, 2020

Society & Culture

Alexa Davis, (right) graduate student with the School of Natural Resources, and Tiffany Messer, assistant professor and water quality engineer at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, in the Messer Laboratory surrounded by floating wetland experiments on De

Researchers testing ability of floating wetlands to survive winter

January 17, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

From left, Rachel Schachter, co-principal investigator; Holly Hatton-Bowers, project consultant; and Kelley Buchheister, principal investigator (Photo by Kyleigh Skaggs, CYFS)

‘Coach Approach’ builds preschool teachers' professional knowledge

January 16, 2020

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

Nano-engineering technique could aid exploration, scalability of next-gen electronics

January 15, 2020

Science & Technology

Marc Goodrich and Natalie Koziol are exploring ways to identify and control selection bias in evaluations of differential item functioning.

Research seeks to boost STEM proficiency in Latino youth

January 15, 2020

Shari Veil

Veil announced as new dean of journalism and mass communications

January 13, 2020

Society & Culture

Ryan Bentz

Bentz looks back on ‘dream’ White House internship

January 13, 2020

Campus

Coming soon to Nebraska U

January 13, 2020