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A wildflower grows amid the grass at the Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center southwest of Lincoln.

Husker team partnering with communities to enhance biodiversity education

November 1, 2023

Science & Technology

Taro Mieno, agricultural economics; Daniel Schachtman, agronomy and horticulture; Saleh Taghvaeian, biological systems engineering; and Seunghee Kim, civil engineering, are part of the UNL team working on the MICRA project.

Nebraska part of interdisciplinary team examining climate resiliency through soil

September 5, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Aerial view of street in downtown McCook

Webinar points to similarities in rural challenges in Nebraska, abroad

May 9, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Jonathan Jank, president and CEO of the Seward County Chamber and Development Partnership, speaks at the Sunrise Bakery in McCook during the 2019 CEC Conference.

CEC Conference promotes local entrepreneurial development

April 20, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Amanda Kowalewski writes down residents’ ideas about community development during an Entrepreneurial Community Activation Process meeting in Tilden, Nebraska.

Kowalewski focuses on building strong, resilient communities

February 9, 2022

Lindsay Hastings, Clifton Professor in mentoring research at Nebraska, teaches Foundations of Leadership Theory and Practice (ALEC 202) on Oct. 21.

Hastings studies hope among rural Nebraska communities

November 17, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

People share drugs.

Research finds use, support relationships often overlap for rural drug users

November 16, 2021

Society & Culture

Surin Kim (left) is leading a research team exploring ways to increase entrepreneurship in rural Nebraska. The project is supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

USDA grant supports rural entrepreneurship project

April 10, 2018

Society & Culture

Nebraska sociologists probe gaps in rural drug programs

March 14, 2017

Society & Culture

Richard Moberly, interim dean of the University of Nebraska's College of Law, talks with students in McCollum Hall. The college is partnering with other Nebraska universities to recruit incoming college freshmen from outstate Nebraska to pursue legal careers.

Nebraska Law tackles state's rural legal needs

October 26, 2016

Howard G. Buffett (right) speaks during the Heuermann Lecture Oct. 21 at Nebraska Innovation Campus. Also on stage are speaker Howard W. Buffett (left) and moderator Ronnie Green, University of Nebraska vice president, IANR Harlan Vice Chancellor and interim senior vice chancellor for academic affairs at UNL.

At Rural Futures Conference, a path from hope to action

October 23, 2015