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Rik Barrera, associate dean of operations and chief of staff in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's College of Business, poses for a photo in a hallway of Howard L. Hawks Hall. He is wearing a black sport coat, red shirt and black dress pants.

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Fifteen rural Nebraska attorneys recently completed the University of Nebraska College of Law’s Children’s Justice Attorney Education Fellowship program. The attorneys include (back row, from left): Mark Moore, Jacob Meyer, Remington Slama, Timothy Matas and Jason Sanford; (second row, from left) Bethany Allen, Kali Pearson, Kaitlyn Oeltjen, Alyssa Slama, Emilee Higgins, Tonia Soukup and Rhonda Flower; (front) James Drake. Not pictured are Kasey Hahn and Andrew Hanquist.

15 rural attorneys complete child welfare, juvenile justice training program

December 8, 2025

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Nebraska in the national news: November 2025

December 3, 2025

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Honors Program hosts talent forum to connect employers, students

December 1, 2025

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Thirteen young women and two young men — all peer career coaches in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's College of Business, pose for a group photo on a staircase.

16 Husker students selected as peer career coaches in College of Business

November 20, 2025

Color portrait of Tim Urban — author, blogger and illustrator — on a color campus background.

Author, blogger Tim Urban to deliver Nov. 20 talk

November 19, 2025

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Hastings company brews partnerships with support from Nebraska U

November 14, 2025

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Gavin Dunlap, a sophomore finance major, stands in front of three judges near the atrium of Howard L. Hawks Hall. He is wearing a suit.

Record 141 Husker entrepreneurs compete in 3-2-1 Quick Pitch

November 13, 2025

A group of 30 people — mostly University of Nebraska–Lincoln students in the Investors With Purpose program — pose for a photo on a staircase in Howard L. Hawks Hall.

Investors With Purpose connects students to finance leaders, internships

November 12, 2025

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

Internal search opens for vice chancellor for research and innovation

February 20, 2026

Hughes helps Huskers climb higher in Outdoor Adventures Center

February 20, 2026

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Biography spotlights Virginia Faulkner’s legacy at Nebraska Press

February 18, 2026

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Docter prepares students for their next steps with career coaching

February 20, 2026

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