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Nebraska Sandhills rated as world’s most intact prairie

February 28, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Members of the Husker Venture Fund awarded the first investment of $25,000 to Jackson Stansell, a biological systems engineering doctoral student at Nebraska. The HVF is a student-led venture capital fund that invests in Nebraska-owned early-stage startups. Pictured from left are students and managing directors of the fund Keith Nordling, Adam Folsom and Emily Kist, alongside Stansell.

Student's fertigation startup awarded first Husker Venture Fund investment

February 25, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Tom and Candy Henning

Hennings establish scholarship for Crete, Wauneta area students

February 25, 2022

Graduates receive their degrees during May 2021 undergraduate commencement at Memorial Stadium

Undergrads to collect degrees in Nebraska's Memorial Stadium

February 23, 2022

Nebraska's Reshell Ray stands outside the Nebraska East Union.

Ray shares love for students through programming, collaboration

February 23, 2022

Society & Culture

Woman handing cashier a credit card

Nebraska economy expected to grow through summer

February 23, 2022

Tilden residents discuss their community’s strengths and shortcomings during their inaugural Entrepreneurial Communities Activation Process meeting.

ECAP program helps Nebraskans create communities they want

February 23, 2022

Students enjoy the warm temps on East Campus.

No snow days: Mild, drier weather expected to continue

February 21, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Kathryn Holland, assistant professor of psychology and women’s and gender studies, is using a National Science Foundation grant to study how two institutions of higher education are implementing federal guidelines that address sexual violence on campus.

Holland’s research aims for survivor-first approach to reporting sexual violence

February 21, 2022

Love Library was lit in celebration of the Glow Big Red event, which was held Feb. 16-17. Organized by the University of Nebraska Foundation, the annual campaign is intended as a way for Huskers to give back to the university.

Husker Nation sets Glow Big Red records

February 18, 2022

High school student Holly Podliska (center) and Husker undergraduates Daniel Ngu (left) and Conner Pederson (right) gather maize root microbiome samples in 2017. The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s new Research and Extension Experiences for Undergraduates program will give students 10-week summer research experiences and scientific communication and leadership training.

Grant will fund ‘Crop-to-Food Innovation’ undergraduate training program

February 18, 2022

Student strengths coaches sit on a staircase

Clifton Strengths Institute at Nebraska selects 45 new coaches

February 18, 2022

Wei Bao, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, has received a five-year, $756,713 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program to support his work to make quantum simulators function at room temperature.

Bao aims to make quantum systems function at room temps

February 16, 2022

Science & Technology

An exhibition of works by Jevon Woods is on view in the Nebraska East Union’s loft gallery in February.

Exhibition celebrates Black History Month, marks new chapter in artist’s life

February 14, 2022

57 students chosen as Nebraska Young Artist Award winners

February 14, 2022

Carl Nelson, professor of mechanical and materials engineering, has been named a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors.

Nelson honored by National Academy of Inventors for biomedical work

February 11, 2022

Science & Technology

Chimney Rock

Series to focus on complex history, future of Great Plains

February 10, 2022

Husker students study in the Adele Hall Learning Commons on Jan. 18.

6,700-plus Huskers named to fall Deans’ List

February 9, 2022

Amanda Kowalewski writes down residents’ ideas about community development during an Entrepreneurial Community Activation Process meeting in Tilden, Nebraska.

Kowalewski focuses on building strong, resilient communities

February 9, 2022

Tomas Helikar, Susan J. Rosowski Associate Professor of biochemistry, will use a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award program to advance his work on a virtual immune system aimed at increasing the understanding of immune-related diseases and ramping up the speed and efficiency of drug development.

Husker researcher takes another step toward virtual immune system

February 7, 2022

Science & Technology