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Tom Powers

Tom Powers (left), professor of plant pathology, and David Sirengo, a doctoral student in plant pathology, recover a mud sample as part of the nematode research project in the Nebraska Sandhills.

Nebraska-led NSF project sheds light on microscopic life in Sandhills

June 3, 2025

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

Nebraska's Rick Bevins (left), associate vice chancellor for research and professor of psychology, and Tom Powers, professor of plant pathology, were named AAAS fellows on April 18.

Bevins, Powers named AAAS fellows

April 18, 2024

Science & Technology

Pictured- the head of an Acrobeles nematode, as photographed using scanning electron microscopy at approximately 5,000x magnification. This nematode is found in soil from many Nebraskan prairie sites.

'Unseen and underfoot,' a new photo exhibit, opens Aug. 31

August 25, 2023

Kyle Broderick, coordinator of the Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic and an assistant extension educator in plant pathology, uses a microscope to examine two tar spot samples on corn leaves.

Nebraska U clinic boosts state's security against plant diseases, pests

December 20, 2022

Agriculture & Environment