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Peyton Cusick, a junior PGA golf management major, smiles as she stands in a small group at the 108th PGA Annual Meeting in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in November 2024. She is wearing a black blazer with gold buttons.

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Cattle graze on the Diamond Bar Ranch north of Stapleton in June 2020. The Sandhills are threatened by the encroachment of eastern red cedar and other woody species, according to Craig Allen, a professor in Nebraska’s School of Natural Resources.

Center for Resilience in Agricultural Working Landscapes up and running

April 14, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

Santosh Pitla, associate professor of biological systems engineering at Nebraska, and his team are working on a new approach for refilling Unmanned Ground Vehicle seed tanks using aerial robots.

USDA-NIFA grant to advance ag robot research

April 13, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

Nebraska Extension and the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture will again be offering a student gardening competition this summer. | Shutterstock

Biggest Grower competition returning this spring

April 9, 2021

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Groundwater levels rose significantly across most of Nebraska from January 2019 to January 2020, according to the recently released 2020 Nebraska Groundwater-Level Report. The rain, snow and ice surpluses from 2019 were reflected in thousands of well measurements taken across much of the state in early 2020.

Groundwater levels were up significantly in early 2020, report shows

April 8, 2021

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Student research

Student workshops, video showcase slated for Student Research Days

April 7, 2021

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Tribal Water and Food Sustainability Summit is April 14-15

April 6, 2021

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Tala Awada Greenhouse

Plant ecophysiologist talks effect of climate change on Nebraska vegetation

April 5, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

Nebraska’s Harkamal Walia and colleagues have described a novel form of a gene obtained from wild wheat that has the potential to improve drought tolerance in cultivated wheat.

Walia featured today in Nebraska Lecture on climate change, crop yields

April 2, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

Peyton Cusick, a junior PGA golf management major, smiles as she stands in a small group at the 108th PGA Annual Meeting in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in November 2024. She is wearing a black blazer with gold buttons.

Six Husker students earn PGA scholarship

September 2, 2025

Agriculture & Environment

Christian Binek (second from right) is principal investigator of a new National Science Foundation-funded program exploring novel two-dimensional materials. Team members on the project are (from left) Xia Hong, professor of physics and astronomy; Abdelghani Laraoui, associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering; Peter Dowben, Charles Bessey Professor of physics and astronomy; and Kirill Belashchenko, professor of physics and astronomy.

Grant provides critical support for university's materials science research

August 29, 2025

Science & Technology

Crandall Blake helps a kindergartener during her student teaching experience at Lincoln's Lakeview Elementary School in December 2023.

UNL expands teacher apprenticeships with $896K state grant

August 29, 2025

Society & Culture

No re-entry policy, alcohol sales, Fan Fest among Husker athletic changes

September 2, 2025

Husker fans (from left) Audrey Hutchinson, Brooklynne Costello and Kailee Eisma cheer during the first quarter of the Nebraska-UCLA game Nov. 2, 2024, at Memorial Stadium.

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