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Nebraska's Juntos program works to unite community partners to provide Latino middle school students and their parents with knowledge, skills and resources to prevent youth from dropping out of school and to consider college.

Extension program paves way for Latino students' pursuit of higher education

May 8, 2018

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Ann Williams, an enslaved woman, jumped from a third-story window in an attempt to escape from being sold in the interstate slave trade. Williams' story is being told in the animated short film, 'Anna,' which was produced by a team of scholars from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Nebraska-produced ‘Anna' selected for film festivals

May 3, 2018

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A recent education abroad experience in India inspired new textiles by Nebraska's Michael James. This work is among those featured in his new solo exhibition at Omaha's Modern Arts Midtown.

New textiles exhibition documents James' impressions of India

May 1, 2018

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Nebraska's Colten White, a junior from Kearney, earned the university's first national championship in debate on April 23.

White earns Huskers' first national debate title

April 27, 2018

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Jacobs earns Nebraska's first Carnegie Fellowship

April 25, 2018

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A member of the cheer squad flies the Nebraska flag during the Huskers' 2017 game with Rutgers University in Memorial Stadium. During the Red-White Spring Game on April 21, journalism students will get a real-world experience, working with sports media and communication professionals.

Spring football offers game day experience to Husker journalists

April 20, 2018

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Dylan Severino, senior in classical languages, wears a gyro sign as he calls out to fellow students to attend the Homerthon. The university’s first-ever Homerathon — a marathon reading of “Iliad” — will begin 7 a.m. April 19 on the Meier Commons green space north of the Nebraska Union. It is expected to wrap at 4 a.m. April 20. April 19, 2019.

24 hours of 'Iliad' draws hundreds of Huskers

April 20, 2018

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Nebraska's Blair Mills (from left), Khenda Mustafa and Jordan Young have received U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarships for summer 2018.

Three Huskers earn Critical Language Scholarships

April 19, 2018

Society & Culture

Zach Eden, a member of the Love Library collections maintenance and delivery team, weights a volume of Laurus so it lays open underneath a scanner. Eden is one of the staff members working on digitizing the library's archive of Laurus, a student-produced literature and art journal.

Decades of student writing in ‘Laurus’ are going digital

March 6, 2026

Claudia Wheeler (right), a Dining Services clerical associate, smiles as she scans student Ncards at the Nebraska East Union Dining Hall.

University celebrates its workforce on Employee Appreciation Day

March 6, 2026

Pavelka’s calls provide joyous backdrop to historic basketball season

March 6, 2026

Gibbon credits Rural Prosperity Nebraska program for grant awards

March 9, 2026

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

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