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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–Lincoln broke ground on its Feedlot Innovation Center near Mead on Nov. 4. Participating in the ceremony were (from left) Dennis and Glenda Boesiger; Clint Krehbiel, head of the Department of Animal Science; Mike Drury, president of Greater Omaha Packing; Chancellor Ronnie Green; Beth Klosterman; Steve Cohron, president of fed beef, JBS USA; IANR Vice Chancellor Mike Boehm; Doug Zalesky, director of the Eastern Nebraska Research, Extension and Education Center; Nanc

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Yacob Zereyesus, senior economist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service (right) speaks at the Yeutter Institute symposium at Nebraska Innovation Campus as a panel analyzed trade effects from the conflict in Ukraine. The other panelists (from left) were Jason Grant, professor and director of the Center for Agricultural Trade at Virginia Tech University; Katrin Kuhlmann, Georgetown University law professor and faculty co-director for the university’s Center on Inc

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Matt Hille (left) and Dustin Loy look over a culture of Moraxella bovis in the Veterinary Diagnostic Center lab. M. bovis is the primary bacterium that causes bovine pinkeye. Hille and Loy, scientists in the School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, have published significant journal articles about the disease this year.

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The Feedlot Innovation Center will include a complex with two cattle comfort and research buildings, a feed technology facility, innovative open lots and an animal handling facility.

Feedlot Innovation Center groundbreaking event is Nov. 4

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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.

Spilker plants seeds of discovery for museum campers

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Color portrait of Tamar Haspel, food columnist for The Washington Post, on a color campus background.

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