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Grand Challenges

Cattle graze in a pasture.

UNL commits $5 million to better measure environmental impact of cattle

November 7, 2024

Agriculture & Environment

Wick Alumni Center

Grand Challenges team holding health equity symposium Sept. 25

September 18, 2024

Pamoja Project group in Kenya

From Nebraska to Kenya, project aims to fulfill a Grand Challenge

July 18, 2024

Society & Culture

Symposium discussing health disparities is March 18

March 8, 2024

A man at a lectern speaks to about 20 people seated around tables.

Husker faculty, NASA pursue partnerships on Midwest climate resilience

March 6, 2024

Agriculture & Environment

Deborah Bathke, interim state climatologist, talks during the Climate Resilient Communities Symposium.

Real-life experiences shape new Husker climate resilience strategy

February 28, 2024

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

Research team photo with members sitting and standing by a wall.

Grand Challenges project aims to strengthen early childhood workforce

January 29, 2024

Society & Culture

Michelle Hughes, a professor in Special Education and Communication Disorders, was one of eight UNL faculty members selected to receive a Grand Challenges planning grant.

Hughes aims to improve health disparities in underserved populations

October 31, 2023

Society & Culture

A still from the Speculative Devices Lab, a working prototype that shows a combination of photogrammetry, 360 video and 2D archival image within a Real-Time 3D game engine that allows the player to move around the environment with six degrees of freedom and experience in a VR headset or on a computer screen. Image courtesy of Speculative Devices Lab.

Old missile silo reimagined through storytelling, emerging tech

October 9, 2023

Take this 30-minute workshop to learn how to create dynamic Libraires Course Materials lists for your classes in Canvas.

11 projects funded through Grand Challenges competition

August 28, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

From left, Lorey Wheeler, MAP Academy director, and Sue Sheridan, CYFS director, led the TAPP para Familias Latinas project. (Kyleigh Skaggs, CYFS)

TAPP project delivers strong results for Latinx students, parents

July 17, 2023

Society & Culture

Nebraska's David Harwood (third from right) and students examine the exterior of the silo, and look down into the base.

Project eyes Cold War relic as research, outreach facility

January 10, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Society & Culture