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Nebraska in the national news: March 2020

April 2, 2020

Information from the NASA GRACE-FO satellites is being used to produce and share first-of-their-kind global maps of topsoil, root zone soil and groundwater moisture, as well as 30-, 60- and 90-day forecasts of wet and dry conditions across the continental United States, thanks to a collaboration with the Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies and National Drought Mitigation Center.

Drought center, CALMIT help launch drought-monitoring, forecast tools

April 2, 2020

Youth from more than 200 locations across Nebraska and four other states participated in the first Living Room Learning livestream March 17. The Nebraska 4-H series will stream each Tuesday and Thursday at 2 p.m. Central Time for as long as schools remain closed to slow the spread of COVID-19.

4-H educators reach youth with two new live video programs

March 24, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

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

Husker who coined 'flash drought' helps define emerging phenomenon

March 11, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

University of Nebraska–Lincoln students have saved an estimated $1.6 million in textbook costs using inclusive access and open education resource programs.

University marks Open Education Week with $1.6 million in savings for students

March 5, 2020

Nebraska in the national news: February 2020

March 3, 2020

Water into swine: U.S. using less water for livestock than in 1960

February 24, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Women Lead 2020 aims to help women claim their power

February 24, 2020

A primer: What’s this about Carnegie and community engagement?

February 16, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

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

Moses Speese family in Custer County, Nebraska

New research on black homesteading to be presented Feb. 19

February 11, 2020

Society & Culture