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Jenny Dauer, assistant professor in science literacy in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s School of Natural Resources, has earned a National Science Foundation grant to study how human factors such as emotion, motivation and metacognition come into play in science classrooms.

Project will explore how emotions factor into science literacy

March 17, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Jesse Korus, Matt Joeckel and Shane Tucker have worked to document and describe, via drone footage and computer modeling, the Haystack Mountain conglomerate in the Wildcat Ridge in Western Nebraska.

Ancient flooding formed, left behind boulders in Wildcat Ridge

March 12, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Nebraska’s Harkamal Walia and colleagues have described a novel form of a gene obtained from wild wheat that has the potential to improve drought tolerance in cultivated wheat.

Nebraska team links wild wheat gene to drought tolerance in cultivated wheat

March 5, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Nikki Holthaus, left, a sophomore marketing major from Elkhorn, and Karla Ortiz, a sophomore elementary education major from South Sioux City, enjoy ice cream at the Dairy Store on Feb. 28. A Dairy Store relocation celebration is planned for 2 to 5 p.m. March 12.

Dairy Store relocation celebration is March 12

March 4, 2020

CASNR Week, March 9-13, will feature a Nebraska East Union mid-renovation open house, Dairy Store relocation celebration and ice cream social, pancake breakfast, fireside chat with Peace Corps representatives, “I Love NU” advocacy day, Ag Olympics and awards luncheon.

CASNR Week to feature union open house, Dairy Store relocation celebration

March 2, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Faculty (from left) Ed Cahoon, Jody Koenig Kellas and Walter Stroup are among winners of the University of Nebraska's most prestigious awards for research, creative activity, teaching and engagement.

Cahoon, Kellas, Stroup collect top NU honors

February 28, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

Nebraska expertise featured on RFD-TV

February 26, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Immigration Clinic

Achievements | Honors, appointments, publications for Feb. 21

February 21, 2020

Video resources available for farm bill program enrollment

February 18, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Kathy Farrell

State of Our U spotlight shines on deans

February 16, 2020

Testing Ag Performance Solutions participants inspect their subsurface drip-irrigated corn plots during the 2019 Field Day. TAPS has earned an $850,000 Conservation Innovation Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resource Conservation Service.

TAPS program earns $850K grant to develop ag competitions

February 12, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

The Nebraska Cover Crop and Soil Health Conference is 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Feb. 13 at the Eastern Nebraska Research and Extension Center near Mead.

Nebraska Cover Crop and Soil Health Conference set for Feb. 13

January 30, 2020

Agriculture & Environment