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Four Husker students — two young men and two young women — present an urban forestry plan for Hickman, Nebraska. From left are Jake Fleischer, Susana Moyer, Sunny Mellick and Josiah Nolting.

Urban forestry project helps Hickman, boosts students’ tree awareness

August 17, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

Husker scientists Hiep Vu and Sarah Sillman stand in a shadowy room, with a microscope in the foreground.

Husker scientists’ research project aims to crack code of major swine virus

August 16, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

Alisa Halpin (left) floats a least tern egg in a cup of water to determine the age of the nest; the buoyancy of the egg shows how many days old the eggs are. Her daughter, Summer Larkihn, marks the number of the nest on a rock for future reference as part of the Tern and Plover Conservation Partnership.

Mother-daughter pair pursues conservation of Nebraska’s terns, plovers

August 8, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Husker entomologist Troy Anderson discovered a breakthrough in combatting the threat Varroa mite, a parasite whose spread of viruses, triggers catastrophic honey bee colony loss.

Research boosts honey bee protection against deadly viruses

August 4, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Two large jars of kombucha during fermentation

Husker scientists contribute to pilot study showing kombucha’s possible benefits

August 1, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

Jill O'Donnell is photographed with the Yeutter board

Yeutter Institute’s multidisciplinary approach enriches instruction, student opportunities

July 21, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

The Essentials of Hybrid Breeding workshop set for Aug. 9-10

CliGrow software provides practical climate data to ag producers

July 17, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

Two food scientists, a man and a woman, make sausage.

NCTA, UNL collaborate with meat processing industry to boost training

July 12, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

James Schnable stands in a corn field

Nebraska team aids first mapping of corn genome

July 10, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

Several teachers stand in a field near the Haskell Agricultural Laboratory.

Northeast Nebraska teachers explore student learning opportunities

June 27, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

Members of the Nebraska delegation look on as Sen. Deb Fischer (center) talks with a university researcher during an East Campus visit on June 19.

Congressional delegation voices support for strong ag research funding

June 20, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

Two trays of wheat samples in a greenhouse. At left are non-inoculated control plants. At right is a soil mix inoculated with isolates of the Fusarium fungus.

Morocco collaboration to boost wheat research, grad study opportunities

June 20, 2023

Agriculture & Environment