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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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UNL landscape services employees Michael Tomjack (left) and Fred Thorne use a vibrating plow to install new irrigation pipe by the Van Brunt Visitors Center. UNL has started a campuswide upgrade of its irrigation system. When complete, it is projected to decrease campus water usage by at least 20 percent annually.

Irrigation upgrade to cut UNL's water use, expense

March 30, 2016

Agriculture & Environment

Milda Vaitkus, project manager in UNL's School of Natural Resources, runs the "Where's the Weather" booth during the 2014 Weatherfest. The 16th annual Weatherfest will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and the Central Plains Severe Weather Symposium will run from 1 to 4 p.m. April 16 at Hardin Hall, 3310 Holdrege St.

Weatherfest, Severe Weather Symposium return to UNL April 16

March 30, 2016

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Registration open for NU FEWS Jumpstart workshop

March 30, 2016

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Program to focus on importance of water

March 30, 2016

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Students work in a lab at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis, Nebraska. A new agreement will allow Curtis students who finish a specific two-year track to transfer to UNL and earn a bachelor's degree from the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources.

UNL agriculture college, NCTA sign transfer agreement

March 23, 2016

Agriculture & Environment

UNL researchers are part of a new USDA-funded project designed to address water challenges in the Ogallala Aquifer region. Data collected will be used to develop crop management and irrigation technologies to help maintain aquifer health.

Ogallala Aquifer is focus of new USDA-funded research project

March 22, 2016

Agriculture & Environment

Photographers crowd the front of a boat during a tour of Prince William Sound and the Columbia Glacier in Alaska. A new report issued by UNL outlines how rapid warming in the Arctic is influencing weather effects in the central United States.

Report examines how changing Arctic weather impacts the Midwest

March 21, 2016

Agriculture & Environment

Nebraska ag land values decline 4 percent

March 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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Author delivering a talk to a crowd in a bookshop.

Biography spotlights Virginia Faulkner’s legacy at Nebraska Press

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Docter prepares students for their next steps with career coaching

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