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Major NSF grant supports innovative Husker plant pathology project

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

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The Eastern Cottonwood located in the middle of UNL's Maxwell Arboretum.

Celebration to mark Maxwell Arboretum's 50th year

May 5, 2017

Agriculture & Environment

The Large Animal Veterinary Medical Club has raised over $4,000 for ranchers affected by recent wildfires. Officers pictured are (front row, from left) Kara Sutphen, Kellie Sholes, McKenzie Leu, Rachael Granville, (back row, from left) club adviser Bruce Brodersen, Ben Eilerts, Heidi Black and Tanner Kremke.

Veterinary medicine students raise money for ranchers affected by wildfires

May 4, 2017

Agriculture & Environment

Bud Dasenbrock shovels dirt around the roots of the newly planted Engelmann spruce tree as other Arbor Day celebration participants look on.

Arbor Day planting expands arboretum

April 28, 2017

Agriculture & Environment

A biological sciences graduate student conducts research near the Cedar Point Biological Station in 2015. Dr. Mark D. Baxa and his wife, Deb, have donated $570,000 to the University of Nebraska Foundation for scholarships, fellowships and a new cabin at the station.

Alumnus gifts boost Cedar Point Biological Station

April 27, 2017

Agriculture & Environment

Nebraska Extension Educator Kayla Colgrove shares smoothie samples with Tri County Public Schools students during a recent farmers market at the school.

Nebraska Extension aims to create healthy environments for children

April 27, 2017

Agriculture & Environment

Society & Culture

Nebraska Extension field crop scout training is May 10

April 26, 2017

Agriculture & Environment

Laura Thompson discusses an on-farm research plan with a grower. A new tool is available on the Nebraska On-Farm Research Network website that allows growers to find out about research projects conducted on farms in their area.

New online tool helps growers find on-farm research results

April 24, 2017

Agriculture & Environment

New research shows kids more likely to eat their veggies if they produce and see posters about healthy eating.

Here's a way to get kids to eat veggies that isn’t off the wall

April 21, 2017

Agriculture & Environment

Society & Culture

Tyus Wilson, a senior graduating with a degree in elementary education and high-jumper for the Husker Track and Field team, poses for a portrait inside the Devaney Center Indoor Track.

Wilson aims for Olympic heights following graduation

December 19, 2025

A woman wearing a cap and graduation sash holds a figure and faces the camera.

Hands-on experiences prepare Cantrell for future career in hospitality

December 19, 2025

Internship abroad helped December grad find birth family

December 19, 2025

Society & Culture

Graduates found community, opportunity at Nebraska U

December 20, 2025

Leah Cemper, standing among fellow graduates, gives a thumbs-up to people in the crowd during the undergraduate commencement ceremony Dec. 20 at Pinnacle Bank Arena.

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