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Nebraska-based global center to drive bioeconomy solutions for future of food

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Ozan Ciftci, Kenneth E. Morrison Distinguished Professor of food engineering, operates an integrated supercritical carbon dioxide extractor-bioreactor, using green technology to extract lycopene — a high-value health and wellness-promoting bioactive compound — from tomato waste while simultaneously producing biodiesel.

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Innovation Commons on UNL's Nebraska Innovation Campus. (Craig Chandler | University Communications)

Data analytics workshop to host IBM leader

March 18, 2016

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Arati Prabhakar, DARPA director

DARPA director visiting campus March 22

March 16, 2016

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David Sellmyer (left) and Bhaskar Das

Team finds unexpected magnetism in nanoscale compound

March 15, 2016

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Jian Zhang, assistant professor of chemistry, recently earned a five-year, $527,154 Faculty Early Career Development Program Award from the National Science Foundation to develop an organic-based catalyst that uses the sun’s energy to facilitate chemical reactions. His work could one day lead to cleaner fuel production.

Zhang wins NSF award for 'green' chemistry

March 14, 2016

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Registration open for spring research fair

March 9, 2016

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From left, Christopher McCune, Matthew Beio and David Berkowitz.

Researchers build molecule to suppress stroke-related enzyme

March 9, 2016

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SciPop examines science of distance running

March 9, 2016

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Terri Norton, associate professor of architectural engineering and construction, has received a six-month Fulbright U.S. Scholar grant. She will use the award to examine how Japan recovered from a devastating earthquake and tsunami in 2011.

Fulbright expands Norton's disaster debris research

March 8, 2016

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Group photos of students and partners from the 2024-25 cohort for the Institute for Inclusive Innovation.

University's I-3 program helping train future leaders

January 22, 2025

Analee Adams (left), a first-year secondary education major, hugs her grandmother, Ramiel Christensen, a senior vocal performance major, following a rehearsal inside the United States Capitol Rotunda on Jan. 19. The two performed with the university’s combined choir during the 60th Presidential Inauguration on Jan. 20.

Nebraska duo hits historic note at inauguration

January 21, 2025

Abby MIller

Partnership launches Engler Enterprise Financing Program

January 21, 2025

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12 rural Nebraska attorneys complete child welfare, juvenile justice training program

January 22, 2025

Ten women and two men — all rural Nebraska attorneys who recently completed the College of Law's Children's Justice Attorney Education Fellowship program — pose near blossoming trees in springtime.