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Opoku-Agyeman mugshot

Opoku-Agyeman to deliver keynote address on diversity, inclusion in academia

November 1, 2021

Using improvisational methods, the We Are Nebraska interns explore their personal stories with social impact and present them in a theatrical experience. Upcoming performances will be held Oct. 6, 13 and 20 on the UNL campus. Photo by Daniela Chavez.

We Are Nebraska returns with three performances

October 4, 2021

Seth Caines, Meredith Sutton and Moriah Brown stretch out to use a floating sieve to gather a water sample in the Elkhorn River on July 2. The trio is working with Shannon Bartlet-Hunt, department chair and professor of civil and environmental engineering, researching textiles as a source of microplastic fibers found in streams across the Cornhusker State.

Campus leaders commit $40M to Grand Challenges research

September 8, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

Science slam finalists

Phi Slama Pajama: Fifth annual science slam becomes virtual PJ party

June 14, 2021

Science & Technology

Research Leaders Program participants listen as colleagues present final research plans in Hawks Hall on March 26, 2021.

Research Leaders Program seeks applicants, nominations

June 8, 2021

Four Husker faculty are among 489 new fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Funding program helps research-active faculty impacted by pandemic

February 8, 2021

Bosley

Bosley to help boost the impact of Nebraska research

February 3, 2021

Herrmann

Herrmann named federal relations director at ORED

January 6, 2021

Nebraska U's pandemic-driven ingenuity highlighted in annual research report

December 3, 2020

Nebraska's Trey Andrews is using funds from the Office of Research and Economic Development to better understand how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting Latinos and individuals with histories of substance abuse.

Andrews developing strategies to help high-risk groups navigate COVID

December 3, 2020

Society & Culture

Cutline: Nebraska’s Asit Pattnaik (pictured) and UNMC’s Tom Petro are developing a vaccine framework that exploits the properties of a naturally occurring nanoparticle in an effort to produce a stronger, longer-lasting immune response than other COVID-19 vaccine candidates. They’re also taking a closer look at how SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, inhibits the immune system.

Researchers aim to use protein to ramp up COVID-19 antigens’ impact

November 5, 2020

Science & Technology

With support from the Office of Research and Economic Development’s COVID-19 Rapid Response Grant Program, Shi-Hua Xiang is in the early stages of developing a bacterial delivery system for a COVID-19 vaccine that would be delivered directly to the respiratory tract as a nasal spray.

Nasal spray could mean needle-free COVID-19 vaccine

November 4, 2020

Science & Technology