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Husker Pantry relies on donations to keep it’s shelves stocked and the weekly pick-up bags filled so students do not suffer from hunger. 100% of donations benefit UNL students.

Food drive to collect 2,500 items for Husker Pantry

October 20, 2020

Colleen Medill, a professor in the College of Law, leads a lecture in McCollum Hall at the start of the fall 2020 semester.

Nebraska Law joins national police practices effort

October 15, 2020

Alzheimer's disease

Study: Racial disparities exist in cognitive health expectancies, despite educational attainment

October 14, 2020

Science & Technology

Marc Grossman

Webinar to focus on reinventing diplomacy, U.S. Foreign Service

October 14, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Funds will be available as early as spring 2021 for qualifying landowners to undertake a variety of tree-related management in Nebraska.

Partnership earns $4.3M grant to restore state’s forests

October 13, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Four in 10 rural Nebraskans surveyed say their economic well-being is dependent on the success of production agriculture, according to the 2020 Nebraska Rural Poll.

Poll: Ag remains a driver of economic well-being for most rural Nebraskans

October 12, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Shane Tucker (right), highway salvage paleontologist with the NU State Museum, directs the museum’s education interns in the process of wet screening for microfossils. The method is one of many used to search for specimens as part of the Highway Paleontology Program.

Fossil Week display celebrates 60-year partnership

October 12, 2020

Science & Technology

The Lied Center's 2020-21 Glenn Korff Broadway Series — featuring "Chicago" — has been rescheduled to 2021-22.

Lied Center reschedules Broadway series, Cohen performance

October 9, 2020

BYF Garden

Pandemic boosts popularity of gardening, ‘Backyard Farmer’

October 8, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

The 2020 Clifton Builders are (top row, from left) Nicholas Anderson, Brook Bowman, Jake Bowman, Nicholas Chapa, Olivia Dohmen, Caleb Druckemiller, Charlie Dutton and Lauren Eihusen; (second row, from left) Maddie Elbracht, Grace Fuller, Bailey Hanus, Nathan Hauser, Anthony Heiman, Maria Heyen, Hailey Hutfless and Elizabeth Jardee; (third row, from left) Jack Johnson, Robert Khorram, Grace Laflen, Trevor LeGrande, Patrick Malec, Mason Mattes, Julia Michener and Ridley Miller; (bottom row, from l

35 students selected for Clifton Builders Program

October 8, 2020

A team of Husker biochemists led by Alex Vecchio has earned a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the Department of Health and Human Services’ National Institute of General Medical Sciences to understand how the structure and assembly of membrane proteins influence the function and dysfunction of tight junctions.

Husker biochemists earn $1.8M grant to study tight junctions

October 7, 2020

Science & Technology

Applications sought for 2021 Nebraska Young Artist Awards

October 6, 2020

Business expectations remain steady in Nebraska

October 2, 2020

Human trafficking conference goes virtual, expands reach

October 1, 2020

Society & Culture

Ranchers ride on horseback to round up cattle for rotational grazing in June on the Diamond Bar Ranch north of Stapleton. Agriculture remains a critical component of Nebraska’s economy and is a resilient industry, according to a new report by University of Nebraska–Lincoln researchers.

Report: Agriculture critical to Nebraska economy, state’s resilience

October 1, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Pianist Sean Lebita will perform at noon Oct. 27 as part of the Lied Center's Huskers in the Spotlight series.

Lied’s October offerings include fashion-themed vidcast, Bolzen Beer Band

October 1, 2020

Derrick Davis, who played the title role in the 2019 U.S. touring production of "The Phantom of the Opera," will perform an evening of Broadway on Oct. 17.

Lied to feature Broadway star Davis, ‘Tupperware Party’

September 30, 2020

William G. Thomas III, Angle Chair in the Humanities and professor of history at Nebraska, will present the Nebraska Lecture “A Question of Freedom: The Families Who Challenged Slavery from the Nation's Founding to the Civil War” at 3:30 p.m. CDT Oct. 6.

Thomas to give Nebraska Lecture on families who challenged slavery

September 29, 2020

Society & Culture

A child plays with binoculars at the Ruth Staples Child Development Laboratory, where outdoor learning is the norm.

Outdoor learning a staple at Ruth Staples Child Development Lab

September 28, 2020

Society & Culture

Rachel Williss, a junior agricultural and environmental sciences communication major at Nebraska, photographs Robert Diffendal, professor emeritus in the School of Natural Resources, during her fellowship this summer in Pawnee County. The Rural Fellows program is expanding in 2021, with up to 200 students and 100 communities to be accepted.

Rural Fellows accepting 200 students, 100 host communities for 2021

September 24, 2020

Agriculture & Environment