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Great Plains Art Museum opens three exhibitions to kick off anniversaries

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“Drive-In Church” by Steve C. LaRance (Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians) — a 2022 oil painting of a young man and young woman standing on either side of a brown car with a prairie and mountains in the background.

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Trent Claus (right) on set with "The Egg," Lola VFX’s proprietary lighting rig, shooting picture double Max Lloyd-Jones to help recreate actor Mark Hamill as a young Luke Skywalker on "The Mandalorian." Photo courtesy of Disney+.

Alum featured for visual effects work in ‘The Mandalorian’

September 1, 2021

Science & Technology

Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts students gathered outside the building on the afternoon of Aug. 27 for picture day. The photos were done on old-school Polaroid instant film. The images will be posted in the center so all the students can know each other better.

Carson Center directory project goes old school

August 30, 2021

Michael Burton's "July 10th" painting of a farm house as viewed from a soybean field.

Kiechel features Burton's Nebraska-inspired artworks

August 30, 2021

Carol and Mark Moseman of David City, Nebraska, with “Fighting Blood,” a painting by Frank L. Spradling (1885–1972).

Agrarian art focus of Great Plains museum gallery talk

August 26, 2021

Taylor Swift is photographed in 2019.

Musicology prof adds Taylor Swift to her scholarly mix

August 25, 2021

Larry the Cable Guy

Larry the Cable Guy to perform Oct. 7 benefit show for Lied

August 23, 2021

Literature students sit around a table at Cedar Point Biological Station.

Summer literature course allows students to explore, experience Great Plains, prairies

August 23, 2021

Society & Culture

Students study inside the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts in November 2020. Forty-two students have been selected to join the third and largest Carson Center cohort.

42 students selected for new Carson Center cohort

August 19, 2021

Wendy Smith

Smith named to lead Center for Transformative Teaching

January 13, 2026

Katherine S. Ankerson, UNL's 22nd chancellor, standing outside Love Library.

Ankerson takes helm; pledges bold, forward-focused leadership

January 12, 2026

Volunteer Ambassador Program helps Husker find home in Nebraska

January 9, 2026

Nebraska Innovation Studio names 2026 fellows

January 13, 2026

A robotic welder at Nebraska Innovation Studio welds a Nebraska N to a cutout in the shape of Nebraska.

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