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The second year of Nebraska's Staff Leadership Academy will feature 30 participants representing

University begins implementation of new Title IX regulations

May 7, 2020

Jeff Witkowski, greenhouse manager for Agricultural Research Division, holds a couple of his favorite specimens in the East Campus “jungle.” The greenhouse, which is filled with tropical plants, a banana tree and succulents, is used as a teaching classroom. The facility, which is among greenhouses maintained by a team led by Witkowski, has been featured in remote teaching lessons through the end of the spring semester.

Team keeps research greenhouses growing through closure

May 7, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Nebraska student Aaliyah Wells-Samci joins the weekly Zoom call with her Omani peers for Gary Kebbel’s “Global News in the Age of Social Media” virtual exchange course.

'Global News' course brings Nebraska, Omani students together

May 7, 2020

Society & Culture

New website aims to connect people with support systems

May 7, 2020

Society & Culture

Nebraska economy contracts sharply amid pandemic

May 7, 2020

University gears up for Go Big Grad celebration

May 6, 2020

Nine Huskers earn Fulbright awards; 2 named alternates

May 6, 2020

(Photo by Josh Plueger - U.S. Air Force)

Public Policy Center aids new mental health initiatives

May 6, 2020

Society & Culture

Brandi Sigmon operates a homemade cob scanner in a shed at her rural Gage County home. Sigmon and her husband, Benny Mote, built the scanner to help further a maize study during the university’s facility shutdown. Sigmon, an assistant professor or practice in plant pathology, is being assisted here by her son, Wyatt.

Home-built scanner keeps maize study spinning forward

May 4, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Nebraska in the national news: April 2020

May 4, 2020

Rajib Saha, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Nebraska, has received a $747,855 National Science Foundation CAREER award to study how an unusually versatile bacterium can be harnessed to more efficiently break down plant waste.

Saha studying versatile bacterium’s role in breaking down plant waste

May 4, 2020

Science & Technology

Chancellor outlines extension of COVID-19 measures

May 1, 2020

STEM mindset guides computer science scholar

May 1, 2020

Science & Technology

Eisloeffel, human resources manager, encourages staff and faculty to reach out for support and lean into their strengths during this unprecedented time. Kennelly shared stories about how students prioritize ways to connect with people. One student with Individualization and Positivity handwrites letters for her classmates to provide joy. Another uses her Significance and Futuristic to network with potential professional mentors through Husker Connect, an online platform for students, alumni and

Clifton Strengths offer roadmap for dealing with uncertainty

May 1, 2020

COVID-19 map

Population dynamics featured in online COVID-19 math resource

May 1, 2020

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

Nebraska flag flying over campus

Achievements | Honors, appointments, publications for May 1

May 1, 2020

UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center is located at 313 N. 13th St.

New films showing on Ross website

May 1, 2020

The goal of Marathon Kids is for participants to be physically active for the distance of a marathon, or 26.2 miles, by tracking one mile at a time.

Nebraska Extension creates new program to help families stay active

April 30, 2020

Society & Culture

Love Library shines for the NU Foundation's Glow Big Red event on Feb. 13-14. The project features a giving campaign that reaches out to university supporters around the globe. It coincides with the university's Charter Day of Feb. 15.

$7.6M in federal stimulus to be distributed to students

April 29, 2020

Kane Wellnitz, a senior agribusiness major at Nebraska, is doing his schoolwork from the driver’s seat of his pickup on a bluff on his family’s ranch.

Over hill, over dale, Wellnitz finds remote learning connections

April 29, 2020

Agriculture & Environment