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Patrick Schmidt greets a nearby dog, Ginger, during the 2018 Husker DogFest at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. This year’s DogFest — the first since the COVID-19 pandemic — is Oct. 7.

Check your pup’s ‘smarts’ at Husker DogFest on Oct. 7

September 27, 2023

Peer Educators James Jura, Lydia Storm, Trent Rood and Kaitlyn Richards.

Peer-led workshops changing campus culture regarding sexual violence

September 26, 2023

Society & Culture

A large group of Nebraska Engineering students, wearing red T-shirts, stands outside of the Wick Alumni Center.

2023-24 cohort of Peter Kiewit Foundation Engineering Academy announced

September 26, 2023

Science & Technology

The backs of rows of seats in an airplane

Nebraska’s economic indicator declines 0.93% in August

September 22, 2023

Jessica Petersen (center), associate professor of animal science, and graduate students Mackenzie Batt (left) and Lauren Seier (right) are part of a five-person Husker team whose research can expand the range of genetic tools used by breeders to boost cattle growth efficiency.

Husker team to ID genetic tools to boost cattle growth efficiency

September 21, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

A black-and-white photo of artist Weldon Kees sitting on the ground.

Libraries’ new Kees collection includes creative works, personal items

September 20, 2023

Society & Culture

Two Wahoo Public Schools students join Josh Synder, director of learning for the school district, and Sarah Buckley, sustainable landscape coordinator for the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum, in planting trees on the grounds of Wahoo High School.

Nebraska Statewide Arboretum receives $10M to boost urban trees

September 20, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

A helicopter carries a large loop of wire whose electromagnetic signaling enables extensive imagery of subsurface conditions and the creation of a 3D geological model.

California turns to Nebraska know-how on aquifer analysis, groundwater management

September 19, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

Shoppers look through T-shirts at a sidewalk sale in downtown McCook.

Poll: Rural Nebraskans are increasingly pessimistic about present, future

September 18, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

The 34 new Clifton Builders pose for a photo west of Howard L. Hawks Hall.

34 students selected for Clifton Builders Program at Nebraska

September 15, 2023

Color photo of Parag Khanna on color campus background

Global strategy adviser and author Khanna to open Thompson Forum

September 14, 2023

Society & Culture

Some Cornhusker Marching Band members sing, while others play instruments during the band's annual exhibition Aug. 18 at Memorial Stadium.

Cornhusker Marching Band makes debut Sept. 16

September 12, 2023

(From left) David Berkowitz of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Rick Evans of the National Strategic Research Institute and Ken Bayles of the University of Nebraska Medical Center

NSRI, NU awarded $24.5M contract to develop acute radiation syndrome prophylactic

September 11, 2023

Science & Technology

Memorial Stadium, full of fans, with colorful clouds in the background

Husker football game-day information announced for 2023

September 11, 2023

Adeline Johnson stands in front of crafts made by students at Our Place After School Care and sold at the Freedom Factory.

Hastings after-school program pioneering care for teens with special needs

September 8, 2023

Society & Culture

Aemal Khattak, director of the Mid-America Transportation Center, poses amid orange traffic barrels and cones.

Mid-America Transportation Center receives $15 million grant

September 7, 2023

Science & Technology

Brooklynn Hunke, a freshman from Gretna, Nebraska, talks with Misora Okuoka, a sophomore from Japan. The university’s latest census shows a 3.6% increase in first-time freshmen from Nebraska.

Student body grows in total Nebraskans, first-time Huskers, diversity

September 6, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

Bronze woolly mammoth statue with front entrance of Morrill Hall in background

Morrill Hall to close for three months for renovations

September 6, 2023

Color portraits of Parag Khanna, Lynsey Addario and Leilani Farha on a color campus background

Thompson Forum, with theme ‘Uprooted,’ opens Sept. 18

September 6, 2023

A metal sign reads "Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts."

41 students selected for new Carson Center cohort

August 30, 2023