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Bridget Goosby, associate professor of sociology and faculty member of the Minority Health Disparities Initiative, awaits a dunk in the tank during the Dunk the Doctor event at the Back to School Jam at Lincoln’s Malone Community Center Aug. 9. The Dunk the Doctor event is one of several community outreach activities MHDI is taking on to strengthen relationships among Nebraska communities and UNL researchers.

Minority Health Disparities Initiative ready to expand reach

August 19, 2015

An intercampus bus makes a stop outside the Nebraska Union on April 29. UNL add two new bus routes in the fall, connecting City and East campuses with Nebraska Innovation Campus.

Innovation Campus bus routes launch Aug. 24

August 19, 2015

Jason Nolan (left) and Karrie Weber used data from roughly 275,000 groundwater samples in the High Plains and Central Valley aquifers to show that many Americans live less than a mile from wells that often far exceed the EPA's uranium guideline.

Study: 2 major U.S. aquifers have high levels of natural uranium

August 19, 2015

Bounds names UNL chancellor search advisory committee

August 19, 2015

Susan J. Weller named director of NU State Museum

August 17, 2015

"Citizen scientists are our ambassadors. They carry the project and its message into their communities, reaching and impacting far more people than a small team of scientists could ever hope to." - Lynch

Citizen scientists needed to put Nebraska on map

August 17, 2015

Deanna Pina celebrates her Bachelor of Arts degree.

Nearly 750 UNL students receive degrees

August 15, 2015

Evgeny Tsymbal (left), a George Holmes University Professor of physics, and Tula Paudel, research assistant professor of physics.

Physicists explain magnetic threshold of ultra-thin material

August 14, 2015

The former Nebraska Bookstore site at 13th and Q streets in downtown Lincoln.

UNL seeks proposals for 13th and Q

August 14, 2015

Most students will be moving in to their residence halls from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Aug. 20 and 21.

High traffic, shut-down lanes will accompany move-in

August 14, 2015

2 ROTC cadets to receive military commissions Aug. 14-15

August 14, 2015

School of Natural Resources graduate student Catie Finkenbiner has been awarded a $25,000 Monsanto Graduate Student Scholarship. (Mekita Rivas | Natural Resouces)

Achievements | Honors, awards, publications for July 24 to Aug. 13

August 14, 2015

Dave Hadenfeldt

Obituary | David Hadenfeldt

August 13, 2015

Nebraska students taking part in a driver's ed program pose for a photo. A study by UNL researchers found that driver's education courses significantly reduce crashes and traffic violations among new drivers.

Study: Driver’s ed significantly reduces teen crashes, tickets

August 13, 2015

This year's group of IANR Roads Scholars at Grove Trout Rearing Station.

New IANR faculty, staff tour state

August 12, 2015

Shane Farritor of UNL (left) and Dmitry Oleynikov of UNMC.

UNL-UNMC spinoff company raises millions

August 7, 2015

Melanie Simpson (left) supervises doctoral student Abby Gelb, a trainee in UNL's NIH-funded Molecular Mechanisms of Disease program.

Program earns NIH grant to study molecular drivers of disease

August 7, 2015

A research project into campus architecture has led to Kay Logan-Peters becoming an unofficial UNL historian. Her work is featured in the UNL Historical Buildings website.

Logan-Peters plans to expand research into history of UNL architecture

August 7, 2015

Students browse selections in a convenience story on UNL's City Campus. A new report issued by UNL researchers shows that Nebraska businesses remain optimistic on six-month outlooks for sales and employment.

Nebraska businesses stay optimistic, UNL survey shows

August 7, 2015

The Nebraska Rural Poll is conducted by UNL's Department of Agricultural Economics in cooperation with the Nebraska Rural Futures Institute. The annual poll gathers opinions of rural Nebraskans and relays its findings to state lawmakers, ensuring the rural voice is heard.

Poll tracks political activism of rural Nebraskans

August 6, 2015