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Richard Wilson, Charles Bessey Professor of plant pathology, looks through a microscope.

Major NSF grant supports innovative Husker plant pathology project

December 18, 2025

Agriculture & Environment

The "Old Glory" sculpture stands east of Hamilton Hall on the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's City Campus.

14 students to graduate from University Honors Program

December 16, 2025

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

The "Greenpoint" sculpture is seen north of the Love Library cupola on a fall afternoon, as two squirrels scurry about in the grass.

17 students named Chancellor's Scholars

December 15, 2025

Six young men in suits pose with a poster that reads "Business Battle Winner" in the Howard L. Hawks Hall atrium.

First-year Huskers boost MotoAmerica through inaugural Business Battle

December 12, 2025

Kathleen Ousey, executive director of Linked2Literacy, talks with graduate student Ben Bentzinger about the nonprofit's programs, which provide diverse books at no cost to children and families. Linked2Literacy is based in Lincoln, but works with organizations across Nebraska to increase access to books.

Students give back, gain experience through Volunteer Ambassadors program

December 8, 2025

shley Poust, Curator- Vertebrate Paleontology for the University of Nebraska State Museum, stands behind a cast of the upper jaw of a Tyrannosaurus rex, one of the largest specimens known.

Poust's expertise helps confirm Nanotyrannus was distinct species from T. rex

December 8, 2025

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Fifteen rural Nebraska attorneys recently completed the University of Nebraska College of Law’s Children’s Justice Attorney Education Fellowship program. The attorneys include (back row, from left): Mark Moore, Jacob Meyer, Remington Slama, Timothy Matas and Jason Sanford; (second row, from left) Bethany Allen, Kali Pearson, Kaitlyn Oeltjen, Alyssa Slama, Emilee Higgins, Tonia Soukup and Rhonda Flower; (front) James Drake. Not pictured are Kasey Hahn and Andrew Hanquist.

15 rural attorneys complete child welfare, juvenile justice training program

December 8, 2025

Ozan Ciftci, Kenneth E. Morrison Distinguished Professor of food engineering, operates an integrated supercritical carbon dioxide extractor-bioreactor, using green technology to extract lycopene — a high-value health and wellness-promoting bioactive compound — from tomato waste while simultaneously producing biodiesel.

Poll: Rural Nebraskans concerned about biosecurity, hopeful for bioeconomy

December 4, 2025

Agriculture & Environment

Kyle Dougherty and John Benson stand among trees in winter gear.

Roads, development disrupt movement of young mountain lions in California

December 3, 2025

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

A close-up of a person's hands editing a video on a laptop.

Applications sought for 2026 Nebraska Young Artist Awards

December 1, 2025

A male horn player plays, with other members of the Cornhusker Marching Band reflected in the bell of his instrument.

Cornhusker Marching Band Highlights Concert is Dec. 2

November 20, 2025

Thirteen young women and two young men — all peer career coaches in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's College of Business, pose for a group photo on a staircase.

16 Husker students selected as peer career coaches in College of Business

November 20, 2025

Three women and a man talk while seated in a circle, with other discussion circles in the background.

Rural Prosperity Nebraska helps Verdigre envision a brighter future

November 18, 2025

Agriculture & Environment

Husker physicists (from left) Xiaoshan Xu, Peter Dowben, Evgeny Tsymbal, Xia Hong and Zuocheng Zhang stand next to an oxide thin film deposition system inside Hong’s lab in Jorgensen Hall. The lighting is blue.

Quantum research at Nebraska boosted with $2.5 million grant

November 17, 2025

Science & Technology

Six bottles of deep purple aronia juice sit in a line.

Food Processing Center open house is Nov. 20

November 14, 2025

Agriculture & Environment

Bethany Miller, a junior hospitality, restaurant and tourism management major, works on a paper, vitamin-dispensing robot inside Howard L. Hawks Hall.

University of Nebraska–Lincoln is 35th in world in entrepreneurship ranking

November 13, 2025

Gavin Dunlap, a sophomore finance major, stands in front of three judges near the atrium of Howard L. Hawks Hall. He is wearing a suit.

Record 141 Husker entrepreneurs compete in 3-2-1 Quick Pitch

November 13, 2025

Screenshot from Mumu.

Nebraska team creates XR experience to reveal life's interconnections

November 12, 2025

Science & Technology

Sorghum plants in a field

Husker research to focus on sorghum gene functions, regulation

November 12, 2025

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

A group of 30 people — mostly University of Nebraska–Lincoln students in the Investors With Purpose program — pose for a photo on a staircase in Howard L. Hawks Hall.

Investors With Purpose connects students to finance leaders, internships

November 12, 2025