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Two men talk in a greenhouse with lush plants.

Showcase allows community leaders to explore research partnerships

October 31, 2025

Agriculture & Environment

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Shelly Cutsor's Kudos Award presentation

Cutsor earns Kudos Award for leadership in research finance

October 6, 2025

Shubhendu Bhardwaj, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, poses in a lab in front of a compact chamber lined with foam.

Husker engineer seeks paradigm shift in wireless communications

September 5, 2025

Science & Technology

Ng’ang’a Wahu-Mũchiri, associate professor of English, stands on a bridge, over a river, with his arms crossed. He is wearing a blue-and-white plaid shirt.

Wahu-Mũchiri earns fellowship to examine water ecosystems in African literature

August 27, 2025

Society & Culture

Erin Carr, a postdoctoral researcher, displays a petri dish containing Exophiala viscosa, a novel fungus she isolated, characterized and genome sequenced. The dark brown, iridescent colonies are surrounded by a shadowy halo of secreted melanin, highlighting the organism’s striking pigmentation and potential for biotechnological applications.

Husker researchers studying fungus that could be melanin resource

July 7, 2025

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Stephen Morin, associate professor of chemistry, and Brennan Watts, a fourth-year doctoral student in chemistry, hold two colorful hydrogel skins that can act similarly to the color-changing skin of cephalopods such as octopi and cuttlefish.

Husker researchers developing cephalopod-inspired synthetic skins

June 17, 2025

Science & Technology

A hand writes math equations on a chalkboard.

Husker team narrows math teaching gaps via innovative program

May 20, 2025

Science & Technology

Janos Zempleni peers over upside-down test tubes in a lab.

Husker team wins second-round prize in NIH gene editing challenge

May 15, 2025

Science & Technology

More than 260 faculty, university and community leaders work together at tables in the Nebraska Union during the Research and Innovation Convening on May 7. The strategic planning summit launched an effort to define research priorities for the university.

Nebraska U charts course to elevate research distinction

May 9, 2025

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Society & Culture

Dalla outlines tragedy of sex trafficking in India

May 2, 2025

Society & Culture

Sunil Sukumaran, assistant professor of nutrition and health sciences at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, poses in a lab.

Sukumaran seeks to better understand zinc’s role in taste

May 1, 2025

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Andy Belser, dean of the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, discusses the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts during a campus tour for representatives of Abbott and the Big Ten Conference. The tour was part of a day-long celebration of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s win in The We Give Blood Drive.

Health, wellness grants available through $1M 'We Give Blood' prize

April 18, 2025