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This excerpt of an image by artist Bob Hall is featured in “C'rona Comix.” The university is seeking art submissions for a follow-up project that promotes COVID-19 vaccines.

Project seeks artists’ submissions encouraging COVID vaccination

December 17, 2021

Science & Technology

Rural Nebraskans’ optimism about the future is slightly down compared to last year, and their metropolitan counterparts are more optimistic about both their current situation and the future, according to the 2021 Nebraska Rural and Metro Polls.

Polls: Nebraskans — especially those in metro areas — optimistic about future

December 16, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

Knoll Residential Center, home of the University Honors Program

18 Huskers to graduate from University Honors Program

December 15, 2021

Mary Emery

Emery named director of Rural Prosperity Nebraska

December 15, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

Chancellor Ronnie Green hands a diploma to a graduate during the graduate and professional degree ceremony Dec. 17 at Pinnacle Bank Arena.

Nebraska awards 1,344 degrees during December ceremonies

December 14, 2021

Chancellor Ronnie Green talks about the university’s legacy of being a land-grant institution on land first settled by indigenous peoples as part of an Oct. 11 dedication of a sculpture of Dr. LaFlesche Picotte. Green has been appointed to a blue ribbon panel to investigate how land-grant institutions can help U.S. agriculture overcome new competitive challenges.

Green named to national panel on land grants and ag

December 13, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

Orientation leader Jayven Brandt shares his experiences as a Husker with incoming freshmen outside the Nebraska Union in June 2021. Orientation leaders help welcome more than 4,500 students and their family members to campus during the Office of New Student Enrollment’s flagship summer program.

31 Huskers selected as summer orientation leaders

December 13, 2021

Lincoln Northeast students in the LPS-CASNR Early College and Career STEM Program participate in an immersive event on the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s East Campus in November.

Program immerses high schoolers in ag, natural resources

December 10, 2021

Close-up of rice plants

Researchers analyze roadmaps toward larger, greener global rice bowl

December 9, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

Love Library cupola through fall leaves

17 students named Chancellor's Scholars

December 8, 2021

Student fellows Alicia Pannell (left), Tori Pedersen (second from left) and Janet Kabetesi (fifth from left) and community fellows Andrea McClintic (fourth from left) and Stephanie Novoa (sixth from left) are pictured with Lt. Gov. Mike Foley (third from left) at the Fox Theater ribbon cutting in Cozad, Nebraska.

Rural Fellowship program announces funding, scholarships

December 7, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

Ilya Kravchenko, Daniel Claes, Frank Golf and Ken Bloom are members of Nebraska’s Department of Physics and Astronomy who collaborate with partners at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN. Their work involves CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, an image of which is behind the researchers in this photo.

Husker team takes leading role at CERN's Large Hadron Collider

December 6, 2021

Science & Technology

Charles Stoltenow

Stoltenow named dean and director of Nebraska Extension

December 6, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

Hands resting on laptop keyboard

Nebraska’s economy will continue to expand, forecast shows

December 3, 2021

"Weird Al" Yankovic

‘Weird Al’ Yankovic to perform at Lied Center on July 22

December 3, 2021

Aerial photo of sorghum being grown under two nitrogen conditions at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's Havelock Farm in summer 2021. The photo was taken using an unoccupied aerial vehicle, which is employed for high-throughput phenotyping.

Husker team gains momentum toward developing nitrogen-efficient crops

December 1, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

Nebraska’s David Harwood answers a question from Jackson Belva during a Geology 125: Frontiers in Antarctic Geosciences course. The class is based on Harwood’s experience in Antarctica. He returns this season as a principal investigator in the National Science Foundation-funded SALSA project.

Harwood to help lead new Antarctic drilling project

November 29, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Aerial photo of cornfield

Husker study links crop insurance premium subsidies to fewer, larger farms

November 29, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

David Harwood

Can United Nations conference save Antarctic glaciers?

November 29, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Gabin Kundwa helped the Connection Point food bank keep track of their clients by writing a software program that replaced hand written note cards.

Kundwa's volunteer spirit makes positive impact on community

November 24, 2021