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Study concludes Americans self-diagnose to adopt gluten-free diets

November 20, 2020

Science & Technology

Ashley McMurchie, a junior microbiology and Spanish major from Omaha, cheers on her leadership mentee, Lily, a 16-year-old high school student from Lincoln, in this photo taken before the COVID-19 pandemic.

NHRI mentorship built on globally recognized program

November 19, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Allan Noddle

Noddle earns Lifetime Achievement Award from College of Business

November 18, 2020

A Husker research team led by Limei Zhang, assistant professor of biochemistry, has been awarded a five-year, $1.8 million grant to study the novel mechanisms of iron-sulfur proteins that play multifaceted roles in stress response and antibiotic resistance.

Husker team awarded $1.8M to investigate iron-sulfur redox mechanisms

November 18, 2020

Science & Technology

Nebraska Turkey

Nebraskans took to turkey hunting during shutdown

November 17, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Society & Culture

Rural Fellows is accepting 200 students for the 2021 program

$100,000 in grants available for Rural Fellows host communities

November 17, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Lied Center’s remaining November events move online

November 16, 2020

Extreme Light Laboratory research advancing despite pandemic

November 16, 2020

Science & Technology

Seniors Cooper Grabenstein and Lauren Kubat were crowned homecoming royalty during halftime of the Nebraska-Penn State football game Nov. 14.

Grabenstein, Kubat crowned homecoming royalty

November 13, 2020

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s weeklong, statewide celebration of its 150th anniversary opened Feb. 11.

Sustainability, resilience master plan earns final approval

November 12, 2020

Nicole Iverson (center), assistant professor of biological systems engineering at Nebraska, works with then-undergraduate Janelle Adams and graduate student Eric Hofferber in August 2016. The Iverson Lab has earned a $1.77 million grant from the Department of Health and Human Services to make nitric oxide sensors easy to use and to utilize them to study both healthy and diseased cells.

Husker research team earns grant to improve nitric oxide sensors

November 11, 2020

Science & Technology

Report: Nebraska lags in professional and technical services sector

November 11, 2020

Steve Spomer, a research technician with the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Department of Entomology, will retire in December after 40 years with the university.

Spomer nets 40-year butterfly and beetle legacy

November 10, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Patti and Joel Meier

Colorado couple commits $2M for outdoor activities, arts at Nebraska

November 10, 2020

Society & Culture

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

Cornhusker Marching Band presses on amid pandemic

November 10, 2020

Vaccine shows promise against herpes virus

November 6, 2020

Science & Technology

Over four decades, craft brewers gained a 20% share of the U.S. beer market by collaborating to gain customers and market share. Husker marketing professor Andre Maciel recently co-authored a study analyzing how they did it and what lessons other entrepreneurs can gain from craft brewers' success.

Craft beer industry shows power of collaboration

November 6, 2020

Society & Culture

MOSAIC festival opens Nov. 17 with Standing Bear film

November 5, 2020

Each Monday, National Drought Mitigation Center assistant director Kelly Helm Smith emails a map of the past week’s #drought tweets to a listserv of drought experts and state climatologists.

Pilot system monitors tweets for drought early warning

November 5, 2020

Agriculture & Environment