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Jenna Finch, assistant professor of psychology, is exploring the effects of time in school on students’ executive function — mental skills that include working memory, flexible thinking and self-control. (Kyleigh Skaggs, CYFS)

Research explores how classroom time affects children’s self-regulation skills

April 19, 2024

Society & Culture

Nebraska's Rick Bevins (left), associate vice chancellor for research and professor of psychology, and Tom Powers, professor of plant pathology, were named AAAS fellows on April 18.

Bevins, Powers named AAAS fellows

April 18, 2024

Science & Technology

Zein Saleh stands in an office.

Lincoln’s Zein Saleh named Goldwater Scholar

April 17, 2024

Droste, a political science student from Alton, IL, hoped to raise funds and awareness for childhood cancer research with the campus event.

Inspired by her brother, Droste led Shave for the Brave

April 8, 2024

Aerial of campus

Annual symposium to explore connection between psychology, legal system

April 8, 2024

Jeffrey Stevens laughs as a small dog licks his face and another stares up at him

To the dogs: Stevens co-directing global consortium on canine research

March 27, 2024

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

Doug Schultz and Heather Bouchard peer into the chamber of an MRI machine

Study finds concussions alter connectivity among brain regions

February 27, 2024

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

Jayasekara, a sophomore psychology student from Omaha, credits the WHT program for helping her get her footing when arriving on campus as a first-year student.

Jasasekara grows from mentee to mentor

February 26, 2024

Nebraska's Zainab-Marie Funnah talks to the camera during an event in Sheldon Museum of Art.

Funnah builds successful nonprofit with focus on positivity

February 7, 2024

MLK Week Collage

Andrews, Clark recognized with Fulfilling the Dream awards

January 26, 2024

The Nebraska sign outside the Visitors Center shows signs of the Jan. 8-9, 2024, snowstorm.

Achievements | Honors, appointments, publications for Jan. 12

January 12, 2024

Josie Bartels, a junior from Lincoln, left, and Audrey Ellis, a sophomore from Fort Worth, Texas, laugh over the various methods of murder Bartels’ criminal justice book describes as they study outside of the Adele Coryell Hall Learning Commons.

Achievements | Honors, appointments and publications for Nov. 17

November 17, 2023