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Knoll Residential Center will be the new home to Nebraska's honors program starting in fall 2019.

16 graduating seniors earn Honors Program awards

April 29, 2021

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Ben Johnson (left) and Zane Zents recently won a Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for their grain-safety robot, the Grain Weevil.

Husker undergrads earn national award for grain robot

April 28, 2021

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May 2021 graduates (from left to right) Juliana Bukoski, Elizabeth Carlson and Su Ji Hong will bring the number of women who have earned the Ph.D. from the Nebraska mathematics department to 100.

Trio to share honor of 100th doctorate to woman in mathematics

April 28, 2021

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Justin Bradley, assistant professor of computer science and engineering at Nebraska, is using a nearly $500,000, five-year grant from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program to give drones and other robots the ability to sense and adapt to a changing environment, diverting energy to the most important tasks at hand while pausing lower-priority work.

Bradley’s CAREER project to boost drones’ adaptability, performance

April 27, 2021

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A rendering of an infrared laser striking a flame. Husker researchers have shown how a laser can modify chemical reactions taking place within a flame, allowing them to coat materials with performance-enhancing chemicals while avoiding an unwanted side effect that complicates the construction of semiconductors and other microelectronic components.

Lasers and flames: Technique could refine performance of high-tech materials

April 23, 2021

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On April 24, the Nebraska Big Red Satellite team will launch its first high-altitude balloon with six test payloads as a precursor to the NASA CubeSat Launch Initiative. The test will occur at the Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum in Ashland.

NASA selects Nebraska students' satellite to orbit in space

April 21, 2021

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An illustration showing the molecular structure of palmitoleate, with Zika virus virions in the background.

Nutrient compound shows promise for halting mother-to-fetus Zika transmission

April 20, 2021

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Majority of Sandhills landowners would delay hay harvest for birds

April 19, 2021

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Students at a undergraduate research fair poster session

Student Research Days to showcase Husker scholarship across disciplines

April 3, 2026

A historical document is on a computer screen, with the head of a student in the foreground. Students transcribed these documents for a digital humanities research project.

Nebraska center celebrates 20 years of transforming humanities research

April 3, 2026

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A windmill stands in a charred field in western Nebraska.

Nebraska Extension, USDA partners hosting wildfire recovery meetings

April 3, 2026

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Forum begins shaping university's Bold Path Forward

April 3, 2026

UNL administrators, faculty and staff sitting around a table discussing the future of the university.

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