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Archie the Mammoth, a bronze sculpture outside of the University of Nebraska State Museum, is all masked up for protection against the global pandemic. The museum will offer free admission for veterans from Nov. 11-15.

Morrill Hall offers free admission to active military, veterans Nov. 11-15

November 10, 2020

Susan Weller

Weller, researcher of several firsts, named ESA fellow

November 9, 2020

Shane Tucker (right), highway salvage paleontologist with the NU State Museum, directs the museum’s education interns in the process of wet screening for microfossils. The method is one of many used to search for specimens as part of the Highway Paleontology Program.

Fossil Week display celebrates 60-year partnership

October 12, 2020

Science & Technology

Archie, the woolly mammoth statue outside Morrill Hall, wears a red face covering on his trunk and mouth.

'Nanomachines in Life' topic of next virtual Science Café

September 18, 2020

New mineral, ‘priscillagrewite,’ named in honor of renowned Husker geologist

September 16, 2020

Science & Technology

Archie, the woolly mammoth statue outside Morrill Hall, wears a red face covering on his trunk and mouth.

Morrill Hall open to the public on Labor Day

September 2, 2020

Visitors to Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park can watch as paleontologists uncover new fossils in the 17,500-square-foot Hubbard Rhino Barn.

Ashfall Fossil Beds closing temporarily for construction

August 7, 2020

Morrill Hall will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sundays, beginning Aug. 5. A limited number of tickets will be available each hour, with final tickets available starting at 3:30 p.m. each day.

Morrill Hall to reopen to public Aug. 5

July 30, 2020

Coronavirus-themed comics aiming to educate, engage

July 27, 2020

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

The Trailside Museum of Natural History near Crawford will remain closed for the rest of the 2020 season.

Trailside Museum to remain closed through 2020

July 14, 2020

Science & Technology

The University of Nebraska State Museum-Morrill Hall is providing virtual summer day camps in July for kids entering first through sixth grades.

Morrill Hall offering virtual summer camps

July 2, 2020

Science & Technology

The Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays, beginning July 1. To prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, public health measures will be in place.

Ashfall Fossil Beds to reopen to public on July 1

June 24, 2020