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Ten Husker students — eight young women and two young men — and two female instructors pose for a group photo in front of Andersen Hall. The words "College of Journalism and Mass Communications" can be seen on the exterior wall behind them.

'Nebraska Behind Bars' wins Kennedy journalism award

May 22, 2026

Society & Culture

Eric Weaver, professor of biological sciences and director of the Nebraska Center for Virology, poses for a photo in his lab at the Morrison Life Sciences Center. Weaver has developed a vaccine approach that shows promise in protecting against highly pathogenic bird flu.

Weaver earns $4M grant to target future flu pandemics

May 20, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Two women and a man pose in a lab.

Nebraska's small-grains program produces award-winning wheat for baking

May 20, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

Nebraska’s Naim Bautista and Jay Storz are part of an international research team that studied how localized genetic adaptations can help a single species thrive across diverse environments.

Storz earns Fulbright to study high-altitude life in the Andes

May 19, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Discovery Days to feature vintage tractors, young entrepreneurs, bugs

May 14, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

Color portrait of journalist and author Caleb Gayle on a color campus background.

Gayle wins Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize

May 13, 2026

Society & Culture

Edgar Cahoon stands inside his laboratory in Beadle Hall at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Scientific equipment and research materials are visible in the lab around him.

Cahoon elected to National Academy of Sciences

May 12, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Sixteen attorneys in formal attire pose for a group photo in front of a brick wall.

Children's Justice Attorney Education Program selects 2026 cohort

May 12, 2026

Seven ROTC members in uniform stand onstage at Pinnacle Bank Arena as the audience and their fellow graduates applaud.

29 ROTC members receive military commissions

May 11, 2026

exterior photo of Knoll Residential Center on a sunny day

17 graduating students earn University Honors Program awards

May 8, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

The sun rises behind the Love Library cupolas, seen in silhouette.

102 students named Chancellor's Scholars

May 8, 2026

An aerial view of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's City Campus at sunrise.

203 students to graduate from University Honors Program

May 8, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

Twenty-one people, mostly women, pose for an outdoor group photo.

22 Husker students complete special education apprenticeship program

May 7, 2026

Society & Culture

Dozens of cows stand in a field in the Sandhills.

Nebraska U to host International Symposium on Beef Cattle Welfare June 1-3

May 7, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

A man speaks into a microphone as he stands next to three other men between two New Holland methane-powered tractors.

Methane-powered tractors will bolster ag research at Nebraska U

May 5, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

An exterior photo of the south side of the Kauffman Academic Residential Center on a partly cloudy day.

37 students to graduate from Raikes School at Nebraska

May 5, 2026

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

Musician Trombone Shorty, wearing a white short-sleeve shirt and white pants, plays a trombone on a smoke-filled stage.

Lied’s 2026-27 highlights include Temptations, Trombone Shorty, ‘Mamma Mia’

May 4, 2026

A professor wearing a black shirt, slacks and glasses, and a grey blazer lectures a crowd of finance students in front of a white board.

Charles Schwab Foundation supports new financial planning option

May 1, 2026

A man in formal attire plays a trumpet.

Jazz in June to feature virtuoso musicians, acclaimed vocalists

April 30, 2026

April Johnson, a product development project manager at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Food Processing Center, holds a pint of Runza-flavored ice cream she helped develop — a limited-release treat that reimagines the iconic Nebraska sandwich as a sweet-and-savory frozen dessert.

Johnson helps turn Runza from sandwich to scoop

April 30, 2026

Science & Technology

Society & Culture