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Maxson wins 2026 Perry Photojournalism Challenge

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A young man, young woman and older woman examine an injured bald eagle on a table.

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Adrian Wisnicki, assistant professor of English, stands in front of a projected image of David Livingstone's 1871 diaries.

Upgrades to archive lift Livingstone's mythical veil

August 25, 2016

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An original 1855 copy of Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass."

Project to catalog Whitman's 'Leaves of Grass' revisions

August 24, 2016

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Mike Dodd (right), associate professor of psychology, and Matt Johnson, assistant professor of psychology, are overseeing Nebraska's part of a $6 million project to enhance cognitive neuroscience research. They join faculty from Delaware and Nevada to form the Lincoln-Reno-Newark Coalition.

$6M grant will build neuroscience brain trust

August 22, 2016

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Dennis Perkey

Perkey vies to protect games, athletes from doping

August 19, 2016

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Megan Jorgensen, a UNL graduate, discusses a math problem with a student at Park Middle School in this file photo from 2014. UNL will use a $1 million Nebraska Department of Education grant to improve K-12 math and science instruction statewide.

$1M grant to benefit K-12 teaching of math, science

August 18, 2016

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How advice websites reshape Christians' beliefs about sex

August 17, 2016

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International Quilt Study Center and Museum

'United in Memory' exhibition to open at quilt center Aug. 26

August 15, 2016

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UNL professor Susan Swearer, a nationally recognized expert on anti-bullying, returns to Washington, D.C., on Aug. 11 for a White House event highlighting efforts to combat bullying.

White House enlists Swearer for anti-bullying event

August 11, 2016

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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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