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Husker discoveries, collaborations, insight made national news in 2025

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Brandi Pessman (left), postdoctoral research associate in the School of Biological Sciences, and Eileen Hebets, George Holmes Professor of biological sciences.

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Sharon Cherono navigates around landscaping in downtown Lincoln using her long cane during an orientation and mobility course in the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders. Kerry Trent (left) and Bob Lee walk behind Cherono.

Immersive courses teach students how to instruct blind, visually impaired in cane skills

July 29, 2025

Society & Culture

Tirthankar Roy, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, has received a CAREER grant to study rain-on-snow flood risk.

Husker researcher studying impacts of rain-on-snow flood risk

July 24, 2025

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

Color portrait of university benefactors Mick and Cindy McCaffery on a color campus background.

McCaffreys’ gift opens doors for generations of student workers

July 18, 2025

Society & Culture

Exterior photo of the west side of Carolyn Pope Edwards Hall, a brick building with numerous windows and a white paper-plane sculpture in front.

18 first-year students selected for Teacher Scholars Academy

July 16, 2025

Society & Culture

Project searches for solutions to bullying in U.S., South Korea

July 15, 2025

Society & Culture

Jean Stryker (left) shows Jessica Hernandez how to dip a stamp into paint for a printmaking activity at the Art Chapel on June 30. The Art Chapel is part of the church's community outreach, providing an accessible space for people to pursue creativity at no to low cost. Open studio time is available from 6 to 9 p.m. each Monday at the chapel.

Huskers partner with Lincoln church to create community arts center

July 10, 2025

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

Color portrait of Terri Hogue, math teacher at Falls City Middle School, on a UNL campus background.

Longtime Falls City teacher Hogue earns McAuliffe Prize

July 9, 2025

Society & Culture

An aerial view of Doñana National Park in Spain shows drought conditions.

New report details global drought impacts

July 8, 2025

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

David Berkowitz

Berkowitz named vice president for research at University of Georgia

January 7, 2026

Science & Technology

Archives and Special Collections launches new request system

January 7, 2026

Science & Technology

Chancellor Rodney D. Bennett hands a student their master's degree during commencement on Dec. 20, 2024.

Bennett resigns as chancellor; Ankerson to return in interim role

January 5, 2026

Musician J. E. Van Horne Jr. creates Husker scholarship for South Dakota students

January 8, 2026

Musician, sound engineer and University of Nebraska–Lincoln alumnus J. E. Van Horne Jr. sits at a table. He is wearing a black-and-white plaid dress shirt, black tie, brown jacket and glasses.