February 10, 2023 · 2 min read

Major smile

Photo of the Week

by University Communication and Marketing

Craig Chandler | University Communication and Marketing

Alexis Dent, a first-year student, beams during a meeting with the Explore Center’s Elisa Heide. Dent was all smiles after identifying nutrition, exercise and health sciences as her perfect major.

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Explore Center is the academic advising home for Huskers who are undecided on a major, transitioning between study areas, or enrolled in pre-health, pre-law or pre-engineering programs. Center staff are trained to help students explore their interests, skills and values as a way to connect them with majors and pre-professional fields.

Learn more about the Explore Center.

Social media photos of the week

The food proteins and peptides lab celebrated the addition of Sedoten Ogun in a Feb. 9 Twitter post. Ogun started the program by earning a Fling Fellowship for the spring semester. The fellowship is awarded to a grad student who has great potential in the classroom and for future contributions to their respective field. Learn more at https://go.unl.edu/scyi.
Nebraska's Till Steinforth powers to a 60-meter hurdles win in the heptathlon during the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational on Feb. 3-4. Steinforth won the men's heptathlon event, scoring a new school record with 6,082 points. Learn more at https://go.unl.edu/2fuo.
Chancellor Ronnie Green (center) hung out with the Bathtub Dogs on Feb. 8, working with the a cappella group on a surprise for the university’s Charter Week. Learn more at https://go.unl.edu/zvtu.
Nebraska’s Amit Jhala, associate professor of agronomy and horticulture, celebrated weed science graduate students who presented research during the 63rd annual meeting of the Weed Science Society of America. The conference was held in Arlington, Virginia. Learn more at https://go.unl.edu/9fny.
Nebraska Beef Industry Scholars paused to pose with Troy Landry at the recent Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show. Landry is featured in the “Swamp People” reality TV show. Learn more at https://go.unl.edu/zn3t.
Marco Barker and members of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion team helped celebrate the 15th anniversary of the university’s LGBTQA+ Center on Feb. 8 at the Wick Alumni Center. Learn more at https://go.unl.edu/rvk7.