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Nebraska’s Yufeng Ge has received a $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to lead a team of researchers from three universities in expanding and standardizing plant phenotyping.

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The university will launch a new pilot program designed to make recycling processes universal in all campus buildings. It will be tested in eight buildings before being offered university-wide.

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Trisha Vickrey, chemistry lecturer, leads a CHEM 251 class in the Lied Center for Performing Arts on Aug. 24. The Lied is being used as a lecture hall this fall to accommodate large numbers of students while still allowing for social distancing.

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A sunset over the Platte River. A new report issued by the Conservation and Survey Division shows that nearly all of Nebraska saw declines in groundwater levels between spring 2012 and spring 2013.

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Middle school students learn about water science during a STEM camp, sponsored by the northeast Nebraska education compact, at Northeast Community College.

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Kelly Coleman stands in her office in Louise Pound Hall, where she works in Services for Students with Disabilities.

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6,700-plus Huskers named to Deans’ List for spring 2025

June 27, 2025

Ayana Robbins, a sophomore graphic design major from Omaha, works on her tablet near the Meier Commons greenspace on May 8.

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