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Color portrait of journalist and author Rebecca Nagle on a color campus background.

Nagle wins Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize

June 18, 2025

Society & Culture

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

Exterior photo of the south side of Howard L. Hawks Hall on a partly cloudy day.

44 first-year students join Nebraska Business Honors Academy

June 16, 2025

A Thayer County mural is painted on a brick wall in downtown Deshler, Nebraska. An American flag flies in the background.

New website connects communities with data, tools to thrive

June 12, 2025

Agriculture & Environment

Twelve people gather around a solar-powered water pump at the Don Bosco Solar and Renewable Energy Center in Ghana.

Huskers tackle global irrigation challenges through immersive trip to Ghana

June 11, 2025

Agriculture & Environment

Logs are piled in a forest clearing.

Allen chairs international panel outlining forest resilience strategies

June 10, 2025

Agriculture & Environment

Ciera Kirkpatrick, assistant professor in the College of Journalism and Communications, is photographed by the granite walls outside Andersen Hall.

Women more receptive to knowledge-based health messaging, study finds

June 9, 2025

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

Timothy Schaffert

Schaffert named editor of Prairie Schooner

June 5, 2025

Society & Culture

Daniel Tannenbaum, Georgia and Jim Thompson Associate Professor of Economics, stands next to a rail around the atrium to Howard L. Hawks Hall.

National award supports Tannenbaum's research into the effects of evictions on children

June 2, 2025

Society & Culture

A church steeple rises up to clouds in yellows and golds from sunlight.

Religious beliefs, services play larger role for older, rural Nebraskans

May 30, 2025

Society & Culture

Eric Markvicka (left), Robert F. and Myrna L. Krohn Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, and graduate student Ethan Krings (right) pose in a laboratory.

Husker engineers advance work on intelligent, self-healing technology

May 29, 2025

Science & Technology

A farm can be seen along a country road under a cloudy sky.

Nebraska Rural Poll celebrates 30 years of capturing rural voices

May 28, 2025

Agriculture & Environment

Texas, California teams crowned champions at Science Olympiad

May 27, 2025

Paulina Garcia-Medrano, Master of Architecture student and member of the FACT studio, works on prefabricated components for the OurStory project at Nebraska Innovation Studio in Lincoln.

Construction to launch on affordable homes project in Omaha

May 27, 2025

Society & Culture

Jentry Barrett (left), Nebraska Extension engagement zone coordinator and project leader, and Kathleen Lodl, associate dean of Nebraska Extension and chair of the Engagement Collaborative group, stand in front of a screen featuring a map of Nebraska with red, numbered circles representing community projects.

Website showcases thousands of ways UNL serves Nebraska

May 27, 2025

Agriculture & Environment

Ciera Kirkpatrick, assistant professor of advertising and public relations, does much of her research on the impacts of social media.

Study shows importance of autonomy in social media recruitment for clinical trials

May 22, 2025

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

A member of the Kehm Contractors team assesses the stones in the upper levels of Mueller Tower on May 20. The tower is undergoing a restoration this summer repair weather-related damage and improve its durability for future generations of Huskers.

Restoration underway for iconic Mueller Tower

May 21, 2025

A hand writes math equations on a chalkboard.

Husker team narrows math teaching gaps via innovative program

May 20, 2025

Science & Technology

Students in the UNL Meat Science Club — wearing labcoats, hair nets and white hard hats — work with a sausage maker. Several sausages lie on the table.

Nebraska program offers management training for small meat processors

May 20, 2025

Agriculture & Environment

A handful of students stand in front of Imperial Palace, with Valentino's to the left, in Nebraska Union May 16, 2025.

Nebraska Union food court to undergo transformation

May 19, 2025