Skip to main content

News Releases

Fifty-six percent of respondents to the 2019 Nebraska Rural Poll believe they are better off than they were five years ago, up from 52% last year.

Rural Poll: Nebraskans remain optimistic despite challenges

August 31, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Mary Pipher

Author and psychologist Pipher to open E.N. Thompson series

August 28, 2020

The Nebraska Nanoscale Facility — housed mostly in the Voelte-Keegan Nanoscience Research Center — has received a $3.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to ensure its continuation through at least 2025.

Nebraska Nanoscale Facility gets five-year renewal

August 28, 2020

Science & Technology

Campus from above

Student support program earns $2.95M in federal funding

August 27, 2020

The Lied Center will offer a free screening of the film "STONO," presented by Step Afrika!, on Sept. 9.

Lied Center announces additions, changes to 2020-21 season

August 27, 2020

Nebraska’s leading indicator points to steady economic recovery

August 26, 2020

The composer and lyricist team of Thomas Mizer (left) and Curtis Moore, who recently received an Emmy nomination for their work on the Amazon Prime series “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” will be the featured guests on the Lied Center’s Lunch and Learn live video podcast Sept. 1.

Lied series to feature ‘marvelous’ vidcast, virtual trip to the farm

August 26, 2020

Anna Henson teaches her Principles of Interactivity course Aug. 24 in the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts. Thirty-six students have been selected to join the second Carson Center cohort.

36 students selected for new Carson Center cohort

August 25, 2020

LPS first day

Public Policy Center guiding K-12 schools in disaster preparedness

August 24, 2020

Society & Culture

Hostile Terrain 94 Virtual Sessions

Participants sought for Hostile Terrain 94 workshops

August 21, 2020

Ted Carter, president of the University of Nebraska system, delivers his vision for NU during his investiture on Aug. 14.

Carter charts path for growth, success

August 21, 2020

Michael James demonstrates his hand-quilting method for workshop participants at Strawberry Fayre, a quilt shop in Stockbridge, England, in 1980. The shop’s owners, Jenny and Alec Hutchison, were responsible for bringing James to England for the first time in 1980. Through the ’80s and ’90s, he lectured and taught workshops there and throughout Europe annually, networking widely with fellow quilt artists.

James papers chronicle Studio Quilt movement

August 20, 2020

Six in 10 rural Nebraskans surveyed are using the internet to save money by price matching or bargain hunting, and about one-third are generating income by buying or selling items online, according to the 2018 Nebraska Rural Poll.

NU affirms commitment to rural success with Rural Prosperity Nebraska

August 20, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

According to the 2020 Nebraska Thriving Index, Nebraska regions generally lead their peers in measures of quality of life, such as commute times, crime rates and health care access. They tend to lag behind their peers in education and skill, as well as key aspects of economic competitiveness such as infrastructure and cost of doing business.

Index shows high rural quality of life, struggles in economic competitiveness

August 20, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Construction on The Scarlet Hotel, a 154-room Marriott Tribute property at Transformation Drive and 21st Street, is quickly progressing.

The Scarlet aims to capture Nebraska in a night’s stay

August 18, 2020

Thompson Forum focuses on environment with best-selling authors, activists

August 18, 2020

To successfully return to in-person learning, it’s important that all students act to protect themselves and our Husker community.

New policy gives students another option to qualify for merit scholarships

August 17, 2020

Adams receives Navy commission

August 17, 2020

Nebraska awards 732 degrees in virtual graduation

August 15, 2020

Moore urges graduates to work toward greater good

August 15, 2020