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Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources

The College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln has launched the CASNR Change-Maker Quick Pitch Competition. Two current CASNR students and eight incoming freshmen and transfer students will be awarded full-tuition scholarships for the 2020-21 academic year based on their submitted videos.

CASNR launches Change-Maker scholarship competition

April 23, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Nebraska research aims to boost milk as infection fighter

April 22, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Ethan Freese

Platte Basin Timelapse project continues to inspire grad student

April 10, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Cory Forbes

Forbes leads development of food-energy-water nexus network

April 9, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

LEAD 39 fellows pose with Sen. Deb Fischer (center) Feb. 10 at the Capitol Visitors Center in Washington, D.C. Applications for Group 40 are now being accepted.

LEAD fellowship applications available for Group 40

April 6, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Jessica Periago (left) and Kurt Wulser (right) film an experiment for chemistry students. The videos are replacing hands-on labs the students were scheduled to complete during the spring semester.

Husker instructors step up to continue coursework

March 27, 2020

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Society & Culture

Jenny Dauer, assistant professor in science literacy in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s School of Natural Resources, has earned a National Science Foundation grant to study how human factors such as emotion, motivation and metacognition come into play in science classrooms.

Project will explore how emotions factor into science literacy

March 17, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Jesse Korus, Matt Joeckel and Shane Tucker have worked to document and describe, via drone footage and computer modeling, the Haystack Mountain conglomerate in the Wildcat Ridge in Western Nebraska.

Ancient flooding formed, left behind boulders in Wildcat Ridge

March 12, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Nebraska’s Harkamal Walia and colleagues have described a novel form of a gene obtained from wild wheat that has the potential to improve drought tolerance in cultivated wheat.

Nebraska team links wild wheat gene to drought tolerance in cultivated wheat

March 5, 2020

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Science & Technology

Nikki Holthaus, left, a sophomore marketing major from Elkhorn, and Karla Ortiz, a sophomore elementary education major from South Sioux City, enjoy ice cream at the Dairy Store on Feb. 28. A Dairy Store relocation celebration is planned for 2 to 5 p.m. March 12.

Dairy Store relocation celebration is March 12

March 4, 2020

CASNR Week, March 9-13, will feature a Nebraska East Union mid-renovation open house, Dairy Store relocation celebration and ice cream social, pancake breakfast, fireside chat with Peace Corps representatives, “I Love NU” advocacy day, Ag Olympics and awards luncheon.

CASNR Week to feature union open house, Dairy Store relocation celebration

March 2, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Faculty (from left) Ed Cahoon, Jody Koenig Kellas and Walter Stroup are among winners of the University of Nebraska's most prestigious awards for research, creative activity, teaching and engagement.

Cahoon, Kellas, Stroup collect top NU honors

February 28, 2020

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Society & Culture