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A tractor pulls the test car (yellow) and an additional tractor for weight as it rounds the test track on east campus. The University of Nebraska Tractor Test Laboratory (NTTL) is the officially designated tractor testing station for the United States. It has operated for more than 100 years. East Campus.

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Ashley Mercer, co-director of Earthstock, stands in the green space outside the City Campus Union in a blue shirt and jeans.

Mercer combines love for policy and environment with Earthstock

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A well measuring tape is positioned next to an irrigation well head in preparation for making a water level measurement.

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Four panelists — a man and three women — speak to a crowd.

Yeutter Institute symposium to examine future of global trading system

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A rainbow forms over an irrigation pivot in a grain field, with a blue sky in the background.

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University of Nebraska–Lincoln alumna Allison Porter Carpenter (center) floats during a zero-gravity parabolic flight as part of a study of the wearable gravity countermeasure “Skinsuit.” The flight took place aboard NASA’s specially modified “Vomit Comet,” which flies parabolic arcs to simulate 20- to 30-second periods of weightlessness for astronaut training and equipment testing. (Image credit: Steve Boxall)

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A crane flies toward the sun during a red sunrise, while hundreds of Sandhill Cranes sit along the Platte River in Nebraska.

Students embark on spring break to experience majestic crane migration

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Michael Forsberg, left, Research Assistant Professor in the School of Natural Resources, helps Lilliane Roberts, a senior Fisheries and Wildlife major, set up their camera as they prepare to watch Sandhill Cranes arrive on the Platte River.

Forsberg helps immerse Huskers in the wonder of Nebraska

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Lillian Bittle, a freshman Journalism major, studies art history while relaxing under the “Birth of Venus” sculpture on a warm February day.

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A person sets a trap in the trees.

Metcalf uncovers passion (and mice) via research at Cedar Point

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A recent study examined the association between intergenerational co-parenting and child social-emotional development.

Study finds intergenerational co-parenting benefits children

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Zach Eden, a member of the Love Library collections maintenance and delivery team, weights a volume of Laurus so it lays open underneath a scanner. Eden is one of the staff members working on digitizing the library's archive of Laurus, a student-produced literature and art journal.

Eden's work behind the scenes facilitates student learning, savings

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Nebraska U ranks in top 9% worldwide for agriculture, natural resources

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A tractor pulls the test car (yellow) and an additional tractor for weight as it rounds the test track on east campus. The University of Nebraska Tractor Test Laboratory (NTTL) is the officially designated tractor testing station for the United States. It has operated for more than 100 years. East Campus.

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