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Helen Fagan, Rural Fellows coordinator, meets with student fellows Brianna Gable, Benjamin Niyodusenga and Lillian Uwanjye; Susan Norris, director of Pierce County Economic Development; and Wanda Backus, owner of J’s Place.

26 students begin Rural Fellows experiences

May 24, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Nebraska’s Caleb Fangmeier, a farm kid from Hebron, stayed up until 2 a.m. as an undergraduate to hear the announcement about the discovery of the Higgs boson. He now holds a doctorate in physics and works as a detector lab manager in Jorgensen Hall. His group is building nearly 2,500 particle detectors that will be used when the Large Hadron Collider restarts sometime between 2024 and 2026.

Husker's career shaped by the Large Hadron Collider

May 23, 2022

Science & Technology

Husker researchers Arthur "Trey" Andrews, Tierney Lorenz and Sara Reyes pose in a patient room.

Nebraska team studying how social ties may boost health outcomes of Latinos facing discrimination

May 23, 2022

Science & Technology

Tomas Helikar, Susan J. Rosowski Associate Professor of biochemistry, will use a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award program to advance his work on a virtual immune system aimed at increasing the understanding of immune-related diseases and ramping up the speed and efficiency of drug development.

Virtual immune system roadmap unveiled

May 20, 2022

Science & Technology

With funding from the U.S. Department of Justice, researchers from three states are examining the impacts of sex trafficking on Native Americans and their communities.

Research assessing impacts, solutions to sex trafficking of Native Americans

May 20, 2022

The Husker spirit squad leads the Huskers onto the field in Memorial Stadium on Oct. 5, 2019.

Achievements | Honors, appointments, publications for May 20

May 20, 2022

European destroying angel mushroom

Study: Deadly mushrooms got toxin-specific genes directly from ancient source

May 19, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Weather Ready Farms topic of RFD-TV discussion

May 19, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Group of young men walking down street with colorful umbrellas hanging overhead

Record 35 Huskers earn Gilman Scholarship for global experiences

May 19, 2022

Eddie Dominguez, professor of art, works with UCARE student Kinga Aletto in August 2020. Aletto created a life-size clay model of the Javan blue-banded kingfisher.

175 Husker undergrads receive stipends for summer research projects

May 19, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

John Tessalee

Tessalee helps Huskers find success in college, beyond

May 18, 2022

May 2022 commencement by the numbers graphic

3,613 degrees, 3,524 grads, 58 nations, 1 Nebraska U

May 17, 2022

McKinney

Mayfield tornadoes inspire TORUS researcher

May 17, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Lt. Isabel Welch recites the Oath of Office as directed by Air Force Major Nicole Beebe on May 16. The university’s Air Force ROTC detachment held a commissioning for May graduates at the Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum in Ashland. Welch will begin her service as a logistics readiness officer at Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha. In the background is a C-47 from World War II.

29 ROTC members receive military commissions

May 17, 2022

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s PRSSA Bateman team consists of (top row, from left) professional adviser Sheri Salee; students Spencer Swearingen, Lindsay Elliott and Ilana Lewis; and faculty adviser Dane Kiambi; and (bottom row, from left) students Morgan Zuerlein, Delani Watkins and Mai Vu.

Husker Bateman team wins national competition

May 17, 2022

Society & Culture

Shaye Koester

'Just start' email spurs Koester to Engler-based success

May 17, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Ellers

Grad begins career as Scarlet Hotel leader

May 16, 2022

Carol Livingston poses with Herbie Husker after receiving her degree in Memorial Stadium on May 14.

Livingston lives her dream, finally collects Nebraska U degree

May 16, 2022

Green announced the permanent commission as part of a broader Sept. 1 address.

Racial Literacy Roundtables earn inclusive excellence honor

May 16, 2022

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

Brett Gaffney waves to his family and friends after receiving his diploma during the undergraduate commencement ceremony May 14 at Memorial Stadium. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts.

Keasling tells graduates to pursue passions, inspire others

May 13, 2022