Skip to main content

rural Nebraska

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

The Leadership Wayne groups meets with Senator Joni Albrecht during a visit to the state capitol.

Leading Locally program helps create leaders in rural communities

April 6, 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

Student Fellows Jeanne Itetere (left), Brianna Gable (center) and Benjamin Niyodusenga worked in Pierce, Nebraska, as part of the 2021 Rural Fellowship program.

Former Rural Fellows say program helped them gain skills, knowledge

January 25, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Kaylee Burnside and Clare Umutoni, Rural Fellows working with the Ord Area Chamber of Commerce, attend Second Hand Rose’s ribbon-cutting to celebrate its new storefront.

Applications open for communities to host Rural Fellows in summer 2022

October 4, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

Michelle Paxton, director of the Children's Justice Clinic, talks with two student attorneys in the Judge Donald R. and Janice C. Ross Courtroom in the College of Law. Clinic student attorneys practice with Paxton before going to court.

Grant will expand access to attorneys in rural areas

August 17, 2021

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln has hired three new rural recruitment coordinators to strengthen service to students from across the Cornhusker State.

New hires expand Nebraska U's commitment to rural communities

May 6, 2019

Megan Hanefeldt, with the Knox County Development Agency, talks with community members in Crofton.

Northeast Nebraska counties defying economic odds

January 30, 2019

Agriculture & Environment

A new study

Study aims to enhance quality of life for rural Nebraska minorities, communities

January 10, 2019

Society & Culture

Fifty-two percent of respondents to the 2018 Nebraska Rural Poll said they were better off this year than five years ago.

Rural Nebraskans express optimism for the future

September 27, 2018

Agriculture & Environment

New research from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln shows Cornhusker State residents living in urban and rural areas have the same access to illicit drugs.

Research shows drug access the same in urban, rural areas

July 30, 2018

Society & Culture

Deadric Williams (second from left), a post-doctoral research associate, leads a discussion with students in his sociology class. A recent poll of rural Nebraskans showed that 65 percent of respondents said a college degree is necessary to get ahead in life.

Poll shows rural Nebraskans view higher education as crucial

November 19, 2015