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Excerpt of "Riding the Thunderbolt" by Robert Taylor.

Great Plains exhibition features blended styles, imagery of Oklahoma artist

April 24, 2018

Pinnacle Bank Arena, shown here during the May 2017 ceremony, is home to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's commencement exercises.

Nebraska to grant about 3,200 degrees in May ceremonies

April 23, 2018

Personalized bio-inks boost healing potential of printable body tissue

April 23, 2018

Science & Technology

34 Nebraska graduates named Chancellor's Scholars

April 20, 2018

A life-sized display of Archie, a Columbian mammoth, is on display at the University of Nebraska State Museum in Morrill Hall. A new study suggests that such massive mammals were much more likely than their smaller counterparts to go extinct in regions occupied by ancient humans.

Unprecedented wave of large-mammal extinctions linked to ancient humans

April 19, 2018

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Dai Shizuka, assistant professor of biological sciences at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, has earned a five-year, $712,500 Faculty Early Career Development award from the National Science Foundation to study how population turnover shapes social networks, network resilience and the relationship between social structure and social behavior.

Shizuka to explore how population turnover changes birds' social networks

April 19, 2018

Science & Technology

Nebraska's Blair Mills (from left), Khenda Mustafa and Jordan Young have received U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarships for summer 2018.

Three Huskers earn Critical Language Scholarships

April 19, 2018

Society & Culture

The Senior Design Showcase features nearly 50 engineering student projects. The free, public event is 1 to 3:30 p.m. April 27 in Memorial Stadium's East Stadium Club Level.

Engineering students to show projects April 27

April 19, 2018

Science & Technology

Sarah Polak

Sarah Polak named experience coordinator at Raising Nebraska

April 19, 2018

Agriculture & Environment

A member of Nebraska Steel plays a pan during practice in Westbrook Music Building. Pans — also known as steel drums — feature hammered areas that when struck with a mallet play a specific note. Different styles of pans operate as “voices” within an ensemble and, when combined, work together like a choir.

Nebraska Steel prepares for debut performance

April 18, 2018

Jennifer Jones, a second-grade teacher at Gretna Elementary School, works with her students on a math lesson. Up to 15 rural Nebraska elementary teachers are being sought to participate in the NebraskaSTEM leadership development program at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

STEM project to benefit rural elementary schools

April 18, 2018

Kenda Jackson examines blood agar plates in studies that tested the effect of certain antibiotics on detection of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli bacteria in cattle. Jackson recently graduated from Tuskegee University in Alabama. She was an intern in the Nebraska laboratory of Rodney A. Moxley as part of a USDA Coordinated Agricultural Project grant investigating harmful E. coli strains.

University joins national ag research initiative

April 18, 2018

Agriculture & Environment

Researchers establish link between hormone, generosity in birds

April 17, 2018

Science & Technology

Prahalada Rao

Rao investigates ways to transform 3-D printing

April 17, 2018

Science & Technology

Great Plains Art Museum to host LPS student artwork

April 17, 2018

The Explore with a Junior Scientist event "How Bodies Work" is 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. April 29 at Morrill Hall, 645 N. 14th St. LPS students will present hands-on activities about human biology and health to museum visitors.

Junior scientists to present 'How Bodies Work' on April 29

April 17, 2018

Science & Technology

The students offered scholarships include 28 Chancellor's Scholars, 866 Regents Scholars, 461 David Distinguished Scholars, 518 Nebraska Achievement Scholars, 272 Husker Living and Learning Scholars, 1,696 Husker Power Scholars, 973 Husker Traditions Scholars, 145 Chancellor's Leadership Scholars, 684 University Honors Program Scholars, 23 Health Sciences Scholars, 5 Davis Scholars, 17 Johnny Carson Scholars, 305 Nebraska Emerging Leader Scholars, 35 Nebraska Legends Scholars, and 76 Pepsi Schol

University offers 6,000-plus scholarships to Nebraska seniors

April 16, 2018

Lauren Lesiak

Husker earns Goldwater scholarship

April 11, 2018

Science & Technology

Behlen Observatory

Open house offers chance to see shooting stars

April 11, 2018

Science & Technology

Surin Kim (left) is leading a research team exploring ways to increase entrepreneurship in rural Nebraska. The project is supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

USDA grant supports rural entrepreneurship project

April 10, 2018

Society & Culture