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Virology exhibit honors late, great research pioneer

May 4, 2018

Science & Technology

Wilkins' global trek maps song of the barn swallow

April 30, 2018

Agriculture & Environment

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Assessment & Impact Summit

Achievements | Honors, awards, publications for April 27

April 27, 2018

A life-sized display of Archie, a Columbian mammoth, is on display at the University of Nebraska State Museum in Morrill Hall. A new study suggests that such massive mammals were much more likely than their smaller counterparts to go extinct in regions occupied by ancient humans.

Unprecedented wave of large-mammal extinctions linked to ancient humans

April 19, 2018

Agriculture & Environment

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Dai Shizuka, assistant professor of biological sciences at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, has earned a five-year, $712,500 Faculty Early Career Development award from the National Science Foundation to study how population turnover shapes social networks, network resilience and the relationship between social structure and social behavior.

Shizuka to explore how population turnover changes birds' social networks

April 19, 2018

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Researchers establish link between hormone, generosity in birds

April 17, 2018

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Lauren Lesiak

Husker earns Goldwater scholarship

April 11, 2018

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Kevin Smith, professor of political science, has published findings that people can choose liberals or conservatives by a viewing a person's photo or video. Behind Smith are photos from the 2003 Congressional Pictorial Directory. Top row from left: John Duncan (R-TN), John Olver (D-MA), George Miller (D-CA), Phil Crane (R-IL). Bottom row from left: John Shadegg (R-AZ), Jim McDermott (D-WA) and Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA).

Red or blue in the face? Study says conservatives show less emotion

April 3, 2018

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Society & Culture

Achievements | Honors, awards, publications for March 30

March 30, 2018

Tools of the trade

Nebraska MBA program surges to top-20 ranking

March 20, 2018

Annette Hynes, a Husker alumna, will discuss her biological sciences research and Peace Corps experiences in talks on March 8.

Alumna to deliver biology research, Peace Corps talks

March 2, 2018

Jay Storz stands on the Tibetan Plateau, more than 15,000 feet above sea level. Storz and his colleagues have shown that many high-altitude bird species underwent different mutations to develop the same adaptation: hemoglobin better at capturing and distributing scarce oxygen.

Study: High-altitude birds evolve similar traits via different mutations

February 19, 2018

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