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Sherilyn Fritz, pictured here at Aconcagua in South America, will will co-direct an international organization that helps study Earth’s past to inform the management of its future.

Fritz named co-chair of climate change body

January 4, 2016

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Record 8 faculty named AAAS fellows

November 23, 2015

UNL alumna Alaine Knipes poses with schoolchildren during a 2014 trip to Haiti. As part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Knipes worked to help eliminate a mosquito-borne infection that has afflicted millions throughout the country.

UNL alumna traversing globe as CDC disease detective

November 16, 2015

Sci Pop Talk to focus on 'Nightmares of Spiders'

October 21, 2015

Study: Mutational ‘hot spot’ leads to adaptation in high-altitude birds

October 14, 2015

Receipents of the 2015 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program from UNL are (from left) Tasneem Bouzid, Abigail Riemer, William Jamieson and Tyler Corey.

Graduate students earn NSF fellowships

October 8, 2015

The redesigned anatomy lab in UNL's Manter Hall includes room for 60 students. the space includes six cadaver tanks, a specialized high-definition camera system, group work stations and an air exchange system that replaces the air in the lab 22 times each hour.

Redesigned lab spaces open in Manter Hall

September 10, 2015

Study is first to measure global population-energy relationship

July 24, 2015

UNL's Sabrina Russo at Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden in Yunnan, China.

Study: Mighty tropical trees dominate with micro-organisms' help

July 15, 2015

Forbes farewell reception is July 10

June 30, 2015

Heriberto Cerutti, Zhen Wang, Jean-Jack Riethoven and Chi Zhang. Wang is holding a tray of the plant species (Arabidopsis thaliana) studied by the researchers.

Study reveals mechanisms of plants' drought response

June 29, 2015

Construction projects at UNL include the Love Library Learning Commons, a $10 million project designed as a gathering and collaboration space for students. The learning commons is scheduled to open in December.

Campus construction rolls on despite record rainfall

May 28, 2015