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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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The University of Nebraska State Museum's June Sunday with a Scientist program will look at how fresh water is used for agriculture.

Sunday with a Scientist program to focus on water for food

June 7, 2016

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The BugMasters volunteer program will cover topics such as insect basics, pollinators, pests and how to teach insect programs.

Registration open for BugMasters program in July

June 7, 2016

Agriculture & Environment

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UNL's Trish Freeman (second from right) discusses Nebraska bats during a natural resources orientation class in 2014.

In age of Zika, bats a natural form of bug control

June 6, 2016

Agriculture & Environment

Nebraska Innovation Campus will hold a public grand opening at 4 p.m. Oct. 9. The event will include Football Friday, a Nebraska Alumni Association celebration held on Fridays before home football games.

Food Processing Center to host workshop for craft brewers

June 1, 2016

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Society & Culture

Cattle producers are urged to take precautions to minimize the heat stress placed on cattle.

Expert offers tips on handling cattle in hot weather

May 31, 2016

Agriculture & Environment

Grants recently awarded to UNL researchers will examine auction policies for Conservation Reserve Program land and the effectiveness of empathetic messaging in conservation stewardship program participation.

UNL receives grants to evaluate land conservation stewardship

May 27, 2016

Agriculture & Environment

Ankerson named dean of College of Architecture

May 23, 2016

Agriculture & Environment

Society & Culture

The Centralized Renewable Energy System, or CRES, at Nebraska Innovation Campus is expected to practically eliminate the need for natural gas for winter heating and will reduce electricity consumption for summer cooling by 25 percent.

Report: NIC heating, cooling system to cut environmental impact in half

May 17, 2016

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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