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Left to right: Noah Shannon, Joshua Pitt, Samuel Kennedy and Rachel Sweeney rehearse “The Marriage of Figaro” in Westbrook Music Building. Performances are Nov. 11 and 13 in Kimball Recital Hall. Photo by Laura Cobb.

Nebraska Opera offers two-show run of ‘Marriage of Figaro’

November 7, 2022

Andy Belser, dean of the Hixson-Lied College of Performing Arts, is photographed outdoors.

Belser sets FPA on course to national, international prominence

November 4, 2022

JD Madsen and students observing the set of ShakesFear

Madsen brings expertise, mentorship to set of ShakesFear

October 31, 2022

Aurora Villarreal performs during the opening weekend of "ShakesFear," which runs through Oct. 30 in the Temple Building.

Globe Theatre experience leads Villarreal to ShakesFear role

October 31, 2022

Megan Elliott introduces director Tom Donahue at an IGNITE colloquium at the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts in 2019. She will be the inaugural Johnny Carson Endowed Director in Emerging Media Arts.

Johnny Carson Foundation gives $2.5M to create endowed directorship for Carson Center

October 27, 2022

Photo of Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg, the new dean of the College of Architecture.

Van Den Wymelenberg selected to lead College of Architecture

October 24, 2022

Science & Technology

Carleton Watkins, “Rancho San Antonio Rock Outcropping, Exhibit no. 6” (1861). Salted paper print. Courtesy of The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, BANC PIC 19xx.096:06—ffALB.

Hixson-Lied Visiting Scholar Lecture scheduled for Oct. 26 is canceled

October 19, 2022

A young man wearing earphones edits video on a laptop

Applications sought for 2023 Nebraska Young Artist Awards

October 17, 2022

Philip Schwadel is photographed in front of a stained-glass window, in shadows.

New research shows God-believing ‘nones’ align closely with religious Americans

February 11, 2026

Society & Culture

A rendering of the renovated Lied Center for Performing Arts at night.

Lied Center breaks ground on 'Building the Future' project

February 10, 2026

Manda Williamson in portrait

Facing new ADA rules, Williamson builds tool to fix accessibility issues

February 10, 2026

Ratcliffe maps out a career in natural resources

February 12, 2026

Ian Ratcliffe, a white bald man with glasses, stands in a black long-sleeved t-shirt next to a computer picturing a map he created.