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Faculty 101 examines 'Cherish Nebraska' at the NU State Museum

March 11, 2019

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Construction workers raise a university seal into place into the east wall of Morrill Hall during construction in 1927. The building is home to the University of Nebraska State Museum.

Morrill expeditions led to new NU State Museum

February 15, 2019

Barbourofelis fricki, an ambush predator, stands ready in the new "Cherish Nebraska" exhibition on the fourth floor of Morrill Hall. The exhibition opens to the public on Feb. 16.

Charter Week roars toward grand finale

February 15, 2019

Sneak peek: 'Cherish Nebraska' ready for public opening

February 15, 2019

Second season of Faculty 101 opens Feb. 11

February 6, 2019

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Achievements | Honors, awards, publications for Feb. 1

February 1, 2019

Visitors interact with real museum specimens during a previous Dinosaurs and Disasters event. The 2019 event is 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 2 at Morrill Hall.

Morrill Hall to host Dinosaurs and Disasters Feb. 2

February 1, 2019

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Morrill Hall expansion to help visitors ‘Cherish Nebraska’

January 25, 2019

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Society & Culture

The Nebraska Lectures will expand to a year-long series in celebration of the university's 150th anniversary in 2019. The first lecture, on Jan. 23, will examine the history of the Nebraska Unicameral. Pictured is the charter that officially created the university on Feb. 15, 1869.

Charter Week at Nebraska to feature music, lectures, illumination

January 22, 2019

Nebraska's Brett Ratcliffe examines a beetle during a 1998 research trip to Ecuador. Ratcliffe has identified more than 200 new species of insects in his 50-year career at Nebraska.

Ratcliffe's scarab passion leads to discovery of 8 new species

November 1, 2018

Agriculture & Environment

Nebraska's iconic Archie the mammoth sculpture has been in place welcoming NU State Museum visitors for 20 years. Designed by Nebraska artist Fred Hoppe, the sculpture is based on the museum's record-setting fossil mount of a Columbian mammoth.

Archie strides into 20th year

October 24, 2018

Shudipto Dishari (center), assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, will present "The Magic of Chemistry" Oct. 21 at Morrill Hall.

Sunday with a Scientist to feature chemistry, lasers, junior-scientist projects

October 10, 2018

Science & Technology