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Research Roundup | Oct. 6

October 6, 2023

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Jessica Petersen (center), associate professor of animal science, and graduate students Mackenzie Batt (left) and Lauren Seier (right) are part of a five-person Husker team whose research can expand the range of genetic tools used by breeders to boost cattle growth efficiency.

Husker team to ID genetic tools to boost cattle growth efficiency

September 21, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

Two Wahoo Public Schools students join Josh Synder, director of learning for the school district, and Sarah Buckley, sustainable landscape coordinator for the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum, in planting trees on the grounds of Wahoo High School.

Nebraska Statewide Arboretum receives $10M to boost urban trees

September 20, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

A helicopter carries a large loop of wire whose electromagnetic signaling enables extensive imagery of subsurface conditions and the creation of a 3D geological model.

California turns to Nebraska know-how on aquifer analysis, groundwater management

September 19, 2023

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Shoppers look through T-shirts at a sidewalk sale in downtown McCook.

Poll: Rural Nebraskans are increasingly pessimistic about present, future

September 18, 2023

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Jansen discusses farmland valuations with RFD-TV

September 18, 2023

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Professor Shudipto Dishari is synthesizing new polymers targeting to make the ions move faster at polymer-catalyst interface and improve energy efficiency of energy conversion and storage device. NSF CAREER Award will help her continue this effort. March 15, 2018. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

Nebraska researchers converting plant wastes into antimicrobial agents

September 13, 2023

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Brooklynn Hunke, a freshman from Gretna, Nebraska, talks with Misora Okuoka, a sophomore from Japan. The university’s latest census shows a 3.6% increase in first-time freshmen from Nebraska.

Student body grows in total Nebraskans, first-time Huskers, diversity

September 6, 2023

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Josie Sullivan, a Minnesota native, quickly settled into the Crete community after relocating there with her boyfriend. She said the support she’s found there has been a big reason for her decision to pursue an endorsement and stay on as a full-time special education teacher this fall.

Apprenticeship helps Sullivan fast-track classroom impact

June 19, 2026

Society & Culture

Two girls, one with long brown hair and one with long black hair, work together on creating a robot.

Big Red Camps prep students for college, careers

June 19, 2026

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Homer Buell, owner and operator of Shovel Dot Ranch near Rose, Nebraska, stands in front of an all-terrain vehicle in a field. He is wearing a light-colored longsleeve plaid shirt, blue jeans and a white cowboy hat.

Sandhills rancher’s stewardship shaped by Nebraska U research, extension

June 19, 2026

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200 voices find their harmony at Nebraska U show choir camp

June 19, 2026

A group dances in a rehearsal room.

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