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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

Obolibe from Togo films Fatou from Guinea sample a Ben and Jerry's ice cream slice while listening to Chris Tuggle, Assistant Professor of Marketing, talk about strategic management using the icre cream company as an example. Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders. The university is hosting 25 emerging leaders from 49 sub-Saharan African nations for a six-week Civic Leadership Institute. June 20, 2017.

Africa’s emerging leaders attending national program at Nebraska

June 21, 2017

Nebraska's leading economic indicator showed a decline in manufacturing hours in May.

Economic indicator points to momentum loss in late 2017

June 21, 2017

Youth Science

Researcher examines enhancing preschool science instruction

June 20, 2017

Society & Culture

Rhino battle comes to life at Ashfall

June 20, 2017

Science & Technology

The 13 floors of Cather Hall stretch upward along 17th Street at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Both Cather and Pound halls as well as the dining complex between the two towers are being demolished.

Demolition prep heats up at Cather, Pound halls

June 16, 2017

Achievements | Honors, awards, publications for June 16

June 16, 2017