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Nebraska 4-H

Hosted by Nebraska 4-H, the Launching Nebraska-nauts into the 4-C’able Future program will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 13 at Raising Nebraska in Grand Island. A video-feed Q&A session with three astronauts will take place from 11:40 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Satellite sites are available across the state for those who cannot attend in person.

Nebraska youth participate in Q&A with astronauts

October 7, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

New activities at Raising Nebraska include a giant scale that translates a visitor’s weight into bushels of grain, number of newborn pigs, gallons of milk or about a dozen other Nebraska agricultural products.

Raising Nebraska sheds light on technology, research behind Nebraska agriculture

August 20, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

Pandemic lessons help county fairs go on in 2021

July 23, 2021

Participants make stenciled fabric designs.

High school students discover sustainable fashion

July 7, 2021

Alyvea Groteluschen of Columbus eyes the judge during the junior showmanship sheep competition July 10 at the Platte County Fair in Columbus. For livestock shows, fair officials adopted a show-and-go format, in which youth checked their animals in, showed them and took them back home all in the same day. Participants were required to wear a mask in the show ring.

Fair organizers get creative to keep opportunities alive for 4-H, FFA youth

July 16, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Campus

Volunteers needed for Lancaster County Super Fair

June 19, 2020

Evan Washburn of Lincoln participates in the Virtual Vibes 4-H camp on June 2. It was the first in a series of virtual 4-H camps taking place this summer.

Nebraska 4-H offers wide variety of virtual summer camps

June 10, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

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

Children learning

Combatting cabin fever: Extension builds out educational content

March 23, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

A flowerbed in front of Nebraska's Van Brunt Visitors Center celebrates the university's 150-year anniversary.

Achievements | Honors, appointments, publications for Sept. 13

September 13, 2019

State Fair

Volunteers sought for Nebraska 4-H fair activities

August 2, 2019

Nebraska 4-H professionals Brad Barker (left) and Dagen Valentine use a telepresence robot at Nebraska Innovation Studio to interact with makerspace users at the Sidney Public Library. An Hour of Code event from 9 a.m. to noon Dec. 8 will connect makers at the two locations.

Extension to use telepresence robotics to bring Hour of Code to Sidney

November 28, 2018

Agriculture & Environment