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(From left) Becky Haddad, Monty Larsen and Troy White

New ALEC hires aim to boost Nebraska ag teacher preparation, support

April 8, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Green at Augusta National Golf Club

Huskers assist at 2022 Masters Tournament

April 7, 2022

Society & Culture

School psychologist Katie Bevins (center) talks with students in the commons area of Crete Middle School.

NU's school psychology programs benefit Nebraska

April 7, 2022

Martin and Doris Deepe

Deepe family provides record gift for journalism depth reporting at Nebraska

April 6, 2022

Society & Culture

The University of Nebraska State Museum in Morrill Hall is participating in the Blue Star Museum program, offering free admission to active military duty personnel and families.

NU State Museum giving free passes to after-school program

April 6, 2022

The Leadership Wayne groups meets with Senator Joni Albrecht during a visit to the state capitol.

Leading Locally program helps create leaders in rural communities

April 6, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

The meat processing industry experienced major disruptions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Agricultural economics Professor Azzeddine Azzam has received funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to study the impact of the pandemic on meat processors and the resilience of the industry as a whole.

USDA grant to fund far-ranging study of meatpacking resilience

April 5, 2022

Some locations and buildings on campus will adjust operating hours during Spring Break, March 11-20, 2022. [photo | University Communication]

Innocents Society, Mortar Board members inducted for 2022-23

April 4, 2022

Society & Culture

Raymond Hames

Hames to offer inside look at Amazon hunter-gatherers

April 1, 2022

Tim You retyping John Cheever’s Falconer. 211 pages typed on an Olivetti Lettera 32. Decommissioned guard tower at Sing Sing Prison, Ossining, NY, June 2018.

Performing artist offers ‘new way to connect with Cather’

April 1, 2022

Society & Culture

“Backyard Farmer,” the longest-running locally produced TV program in the country, celebrates its 70th anniversary this spring. Pictured here during the show’s 1967 season are (from left) Wayne Whitney, extension horticulture specialist; John Wheihing, extension plant pathologist; Dwayne Trenkle (standing), co-host; John Furrer, extension turf and weed specialist; George Round (standing), founder and host; Bob Roselle, extension entomologist; and Cyril Bish, extension educator.

70 years on, ‘Backyard Farmer’ remains hardy perennial in Nebraska life

March 31, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Leaders from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Northeast Community College, Northeast Nebraska high schools, tribal schools, educational service units and other educational entities took part in a March 29 signing ceremony to expand the Northeast Nebraska Educational Compact. Launched in 2019, the compact aims to boost student success, increase teacher support and expand workforce development for agricultural and natural resources careers. Three ESUs and 20 school districts joined the compac

Educator input to provide guidance as northeast Nebraska compact expands

March 30, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Close-up of rice plants

Study: Southeast Asia must close yield gap to remain major rice bowl

March 30, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Surprised facial expressions

Study indicates mindfulness training promotes positivity

March 29, 2022

Society & Culture

Excerpt of “Gentleness is a Strength” by Sarah Rowe

Great Plains Art Museum opening two exhibitions of Indigenous art

March 29, 2022

Andrew (Andy) Belser has been named the next dean of Fine and Performing Arts. He begins in the new role, pending NU Regents approval, on July 11.

Belser named dean of fine and performing arts

March 28, 2022

Walter Echo-Hawk

Attorney, author and scholar Echo-Hawk to deliver E.N. Thompson Lecture

March 28, 2022

Society & Culture

Felicity Sierra, freshman mechanical engineering major, listens to a career panel in the Kiewit Scholars Program.

Sierra engineers her future through Kiewit Scholars Program

March 24, 2022

Science & Technology

A Lynch resident buys groceries at Valley Foods Cooperative.

A community of cooperation: Lynch opens cooperative grocery store

March 23, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Joseph Yesselman, assistant professor of chemistry, has received a five-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program, which he will use to develop the first computational model that can reliably predict RNA’s capacity to form tertiary contacts.

Yesselman creating model to study RNA, gamify scientific learning

March 21, 2022

Science & Technology