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Christine Barta (center, in gray sweatshirt) leads a tour through gardens on East Campus.

Barta stokes youth curiosity in plant careers

March 17, 2026

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David Boxler (left) discusses fly control with a Nebraska rancher at the Gudmundsen Sandhills Laboratory Open House in Whitman, Neb.

Boxler marks 50 years of service to Nebraska producers

March 13, 2026

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Two shoppers exit Adam's Corner Market in downtown Gibbon, Nebraska, on a partly cloudy day.

Gibbon credits Rural Prosperity Nebraska program for grant awards

March 9, 2026

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Patricio Grassini, professor of agronomy and horticulture at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, poses in a greenhouse. He is wearing a tan jacket and light blue dress shirt.

Global study reports crop yield gains from breeding may be overstated

March 4, 2026

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An aerial photograph shows a combine transferring grain to a tractor wagon during a harvest of corn in Lancaster County, Nebraska.

Research shows risk‑averse producers sell earlier in grain marketing year

March 4, 2026

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Extension Assistant Madelaine Polk “candles” an egg after seven days of incubation for third-grade students at Trinity Lutheran

4-H embryology cracks 50 years of chicks hatching in local classrooms

March 3, 2026

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Husker researchers pose in a blue-lit lab. From left are: Kevin Smith, Leland J. and Dorothy H. Olson Professor of political science; Heather Akin, associate professor of agricultural leadership, education and communication; Eileen Hebets, George Holmes Professor of biological sciences; Emma Brase, graduate student in psychology; and Mike Dodd, professor of psychology. Hebets has a tarantula on her right wrist.

Husker researchers collaborate to explore fear of spiders

March 2, 2026

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A student exits Louise Pound Hall. Feb. 17, 2026.

Achievements | Honors, appointments and publications for Feb. 27

February 27, 2026

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Color portrait of journalist and author Caleb Gayle on a color campus background.

Gayle wins Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize

May 13, 2026

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A power line is seen running through a scorched field on a cloudy day.

Workshops help western Nebraska producers manage drought conditions

May 13, 2026

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Edgar Cahoon stands inside his laboratory in Beadle Hall at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Scientific equipment and research materials are visible in the lab around him.

Cahoon elected to National Academy of Sciences

May 12, 2026

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Leiter honored with top law libraries association award

May 14, 2026

Richard Leiter, an older man with greying hair and a beard, stands in a brown button-down with glasses, in front of a bookcase.