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Kane Wellnitz, a senior agribusiness major at Nebraska, is doing his schoolwork from the driver’s seat of his pickup on a bluff on his family’s ranch.

Over hill, over dale, Wellnitz finds remote learning connections

April 29, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Timelapse project showcases swan's return to Sandhills

April 24, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

The College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln has launched the CASNR Change-Maker Quick Pitch Competition. Two current CASNR students and eight incoming freshmen and transfer students will be awarded full-tuition scholarships for the 2020-21 academic year based on their submitted videos.

CASNR launches Change-Maker scholarship competition

April 23, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Nebraska research aims to boost milk as infection fighter

April 22, 2020

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Pockets of southwestern Nebraska and the Panhandle saw minor groundwater level declines, but the latest Groundwater-Level Monitoring Report shows a wealth of increases in groundwater supply across the rest of the state from spring 2018 to spring 2019. On average, wells measured in spring 2019 saw a 2.63-foot increase in groundwater levels statewide.

Nebraska groundwater levels rise following wet year

April 21, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Nebraska Extension is working to provide resources for rural Nebraskans struggling with mental health issues.

Extension works to provide mental health resources to rural Nebraskans

April 15, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

A mint variety trial plot at the Panhandle Research and Extension Center.

Research examining viability of mint as new Panhandle crop

April 13, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Ethan Freese

Platte Basin Timelapse project continues to inspire grad student

April 10, 2020

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Wind turbines are seen in the Sandhills.

Rural Nebraskans favor local energy sources, poll shows

April 16, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

Jeffrey L. Day, professor of architecture at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, speaks at a lectern in the Nebraska Union's Swanson Auditorium. He is wearing a longsleeve blue shirt over a red shirt.

Day: Architecture offers unique solutions to community housing needs

April 15, 2026

Society & Culture

Announced by Interim Chancellor Katherine S. Ankerson on April 15, finalists are Jennifer Mize Nelson, interim vice chancellor for research and innovation, and research associate professor in the Department of Psychology; and Mark R. Riley, associate dean for research and a professor in the College of Engineering.

Nelson, Riley named finalists in research and innovation vice chancellor search

April 15, 2026

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Society & Culture

Der Matossian earns Guggenheim Fellowship

April 16, 2026

Bedross Der Matossian, Hymen Rosen Professor in Judaic Studies at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, stands between rows of bookshelves in Love Library. He is wearing a dark blue sport coat over a light blue dress shirt, and glasses.

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