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Does strength depend on more than muscle? Husker study suggests so

July 10, 2017

Science & Technology

June surveys show strong consumer, business confidence

July 7, 2017

Why a single nuke's impact shouldn't only be measured in megatons

July 6, 2017

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Darci Vetter (left) speaks while Chancellor Ronnie Green (center) and Clayton Yeutter listen during a Heuermann Lecture in January 2016. Vetter has been named diplomat in residence to help launch the Clayton K. Yeutter Institute of International Trade and Finance at Nebraska.

Vetter named Yeutter Institute diplomat in residence

July 6, 2017

Agriculture & Environment

Poll: Despite strong ag ties, rural Nebraskans take downturn in stride

July 6, 2017

Agriculture & Environment

A new study by Nebraska's Lisa Kort-Butler shows that regular viewing of violence through news reports can

Study: Violence in news toughens opinions on crime, punishment

July 6, 2017

Society & Culture

Nebraska in the national news: June 2017

July 6, 2017

Reed Kraeger earned the reserve championship in the steer wrestling competition at the 2017 College National Finals Rodeo.

Achievements | Honors, awards, publications for July 7

July 6, 2017

Nebraska's Michael Sibbernsen and students from Metropolitan Community College prepare a high-altitude balloon for launch on June 24. The launch was a test run for a NASA-funded project for the solar eclipse on Aug. 21.

Project takes to the sky for eclipse study

July 5, 2017

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Nebraska economics professors (left) Ann Mari May and Mary G. McGarvey have published a paper examining how the political leanings at the state level affect labor market outcomes for women.

Economists find gender gap follows red-blue border lines

July 3, 2017

A study by Nebraska researchers shows that in the Great Plains, the average area of land annually burned by wildfire has grown by more than 400 percent between 1985 and 2014.

Study shows wildfires are increasing on the Great Plains

June 30, 2017

Agriculture & Environment

Curling and broomball are among the club sports that make use of the Breslow Ice Hockey Center. The facility was recently named among the nation's best.

Achievements | Honors, awards, publications for June 30

June 30, 2017

What's in a name? Monikers alter empathy in the brain

June 29, 2017

Society & Culture

K-9 handler Greg Byelick (left) discusses his new partner, Justice, with Mike Heller (right) and his son Robbie prior to the start of the Huskers' spring football game on April 15. The University Police Department has added two K-9 patrols that will primarily be used for bomb detection.

Nebraska ranked among nation’s safest universities

June 28, 2017

.Ron White cooks catfish during an East Union Café and Grill summer grill out on June 16. Housing has offered the lunch hour specials for five years.

Demand, family recipes fuel success of East Campus grill outs

June 27, 2017

1 billion suns: World’s brightest laser sparks new behavior in light

June 26, 2017

Science & Technology

A child with microcephaly is held by a caregiver in a Brazil facility that cares for people affected by congenital zika syndrome.

Study explores how to support caregivers affected by Zika virus

June 26, 2017

Society & Culture

4,300-plus named to Deans' List/honor roll for spring 2017

June 23, 2017

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

New research illuminates a dark side of hope

During terminal illness, hope can have a dark side

June 22, 2017

A summer construction project will shift the way traffic flows through the core of City Campus. The work includes closing a stretch of 17th Street and converting three lanes of one-way, southbound traffic to two-way traffic, with one lane southbound and another lane northbound. The project will also add dedicated bike lanes to Vine and 16th streets.

Project to shift traffic flow through City Campus

June 21, 2017