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A long-horned milkweed beetle is seen on a Maximilian sunflower at Lincoln Creek Prairie near Aurora. The University of Nebraska State Museum-Morrill Hall’s new exhibition, “Hidden Prairie,” explores the diversity of life that can be found in a square meter of prairie.

NU State Museum opens new exhibition on prairie diversity

October 11, 2021

Abhijeet Prasad (left), a doctoral student in engineering; Ravi Saraf (center), Anderson Distinguished Professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering; and Aashish Subedi, a senior physics major, are photographed in Saraf’s Othmer Hall lab. Prasad is holding small electronic chips used to study the nanoparticle necklace network devices. Subedi is holding a suspension of nanoparticle necklaces (blue container) made from individual particles (red container).

Saraf advances work on first-of-its-kind ‘living’ transistor chip

October 8, 2021

Science & Technology

Celebrate UNL's Maxwell Arboretum

Study: Trees have $31.5 billion impact on home values each year

October 8, 2021

Hosted by Nebraska 4-H, the Launching Nebraska-nauts into the 4-C’able Future program will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 13 at Raising Nebraska in Grand Island. A video-feed Q&A session with three astronauts will take place from 11:40 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Satellite sites are available across the state for those who cannot attend in person.

Nebraska youth participate in Q&A with astronauts

October 7, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

Marc Libault

Husker scientist leads effort to understand, adapt legume nitrogen conversion

October 6, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s new partnership on the Peace Corps Prep program will combine coursework and experiential learning to build competencies for undergraduate students to become Peace Corps volunteers or other international development professionals.

New Peace Corps Prep program prepares students to be global change makers

October 4, 2021

Society & Culture

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

Seniors Bobby Martin and Leigh Jahnke were crowned homecoming royalty during halftime of the Nebraska-Northwestern football game Oct. 2.

Martin, Jahnke crowned homecoming royalty

October 1, 2021

Two graduates of the Indigenous ROOTS Teacher Education Program gather with their families. A new grant will allow the program to expand its efforts and focus on training Indigenous school principals and administrators.

ROOTS program sets sights on preparing Indigenous school leaders

September 29, 2021

Society & Culture

Architect’s rendering of how the development gateway might look from the intersection of Vine and 22nd streets.

Retired, international housing highlight 2100 Vine redevelopment proposal

September 28, 2021

Joshua Santarpia (second from right), NSRI research director, answers a question from NU President Ted Carter (right) during a tour of the new Collaborative Biosecurity Laboratory on Sept. 27.

Collaborative Biosecurity Laboratory opens to pursue ag defense research

September 27, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

Human trafficking summit to shine spotlight on modern-day slavery

September 27, 2021

Thirty-five students started this fall as Clifton Builders at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The program aims to help Nebraska, the nation and the world identify the next generation of high-achieving leaders, entrepreneurs and business developers to create economic growth and prosperity. This photo was taken prior to the current Lincoln-Lancaster County mask mandate.

35 students selected for Clifton Builders program at Nebraska

September 23, 2021

The 2021 homecoming royalty finalists are: (back row, from left) Luke Gomez, Josh Thiele, Riley Knust, Samuel Stott, Grant Holst, Zachary Cheek, Ethan Carlson, Bobby Martin, Ryker Hoy and Will Parker; (front row, from left) Skyler Gubbels, Madison Zumpfe, Chloe Higgins, Anna Suppes, Tori Pedersen, Audra Heyne, Makayla Gill, Leigh Jahnke, Jadyn Cattau and Katie Lamb.

20 Huskers named 2021 homecoming royalty finalists

September 22, 2021

Combine harvesting corn

LB396 creates new opportunities for farm-to-school meals

September 22, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

Manufacturing workers

Nebraska economic indicator improves in August

September 22, 2021

Stroll Off champions from Zeta Phi Beta sorority perform in front of the judges tables during the homecoming parade in October 2019. The parade and Cornstock Festival return Oct. 1.

University to celebrate homecoming with ‘The Good Life’

September 21, 2021

Sarah Michaels, professor of political science at Nebraska and a faculty fellow with the University of Nebraska Public Policy Center, has been named Fulbright Canada Distinguished Research Chair in Environmental Science at Carleton University.

Michaels to study flooding management in Canada as Fulbright project

September 21, 2021

Society & Culture

Photo of a definition of "democracy" in a dictionary.

OLLI fall symposium to focus on the future of democracy

September 21, 2021

Leo Killsback has won the 2021 Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize for a recent two-volume set on the Cheyenne Nation.

Cheyenne Nation is topic of 2021 Great Plains book prize lecture

September 20, 2021

Society & Culture