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Spilker plants seeds of discovery for museum campers

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Ann Spilker, extended learning coordinator at the University of Nebraska State Museum, stands next to the Nebraska prairie display on the fourth floor of Morrill Hall. Talking about prairie roots with young campers made Spilker realize she wanted to be an educator.

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Warning system gets the early drop on drought

July 12, 2017

Agriculture & Environment

Each Tuesday during the summer, community members are asked to bring extra produce from their gardens to the Backyard Farmer Garden. The produce will then be delivered to local food banks, pantries, kitchens and other charities.

Extension seeks Lincoln's extra harvest to help those in need

July 12, 2017

Agriculture & Environment

The Double Up Food Bucks program allows low-income families to double the value of federal nutrition benefits for produce at three farmer's markets and a grocery store in Lincoln.

Program allows SNAP participants to double fruits, vegetables

July 11, 2017

Agriculture & Environment

Why a single nuke's impact shouldn't only be measured in megatons

July 6, 2017

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Darci Vetter (left) speaks while Chancellor Ronnie Green (center) and Clayton Yeutter listen during a Heuermann Lecture in January 2016. Vetter has been named diplomat in residence to help launch the Clayton K. Yeutter Institute of International Trade and Finance at Nebraska.

Vetter named Yeutter Institute diplomat in residence

July 6, 2017

Agriculture & Environment

Poll: Despite strong ag ties, rural Nebraskans take downturn in stride

July 6, 2017

Agriculture & Environment

Nebraska's Michael Sibbernsen and students from Metropolitan Community College prepare a high-altitude balloon for launch on June 24. The launch was a test run for a NASA-funded project for the solar eclipse on Aug. 21.

Project takes to the sky for eclipse study

July 5, 2017

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Nebraska Extension offers crop management clinics

July 5, 2017

Agriculture & Environment

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has announced its 11 new Grand Challenges projects, including assistant professor Qiuming Yao's project, “TrustGenViz: An Initiative to Advance Trust and Visualization for Generative Language Models of Biological Sequenc

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Author delivering a talk to a crowd in a bookshop.

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