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Cody Lawson works on his computer at 1to1 Technologies in Central City, Nebraska. He credits mentorship from Doris Lux, an eCoach with Rural Prosperity Nebraska’s eCommunities entrepreneurship program, as a key contributor to his startup’s growth.

eCommunities program helps Central City entrepreneur thrive

August 30, 2023

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Michael Tross looks over a corn leaf growing in the Nebraska Innovation Greenhouse. Tross, a graduate student in Complex Biosystems and a member of James Schnable’s lab, spent the past semester as an intern at Google working with A.I. and agriculture.

Tross' expertise in AI, plant biology lands him spot in Google's X lab

August 29, 2023

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A grain truck crosses the dry Platte River near Chapman, Nebraska, on Oct. 13. At the time, the U.S. Drought Monitor reported that the area around Chapman was in severe/extreme drought.

Rural Prosperity Nebraska, Oklahoma State team up to study rural resilience

August 29, 2023

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Take this 30-minute workshop to learn how to create dynamic Libraires Course Materials lists for your classes in Canvas.

11 projects funded through Grand Challenges competition

August 28, 2023

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Study IDs secret of stealthy invader essential to ruinous rice disease

August 25, 2023

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Four Husker students — two young men and two young women — present an urban forestry plan for Hickman, Nebraska. From left are Jake Fleischer, Susana Moyer, Sunny Mellick and Josiah Nolting.

Urban forestry project helps Hickman, boosts students’ tree awareness

August 17, 2023

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Husker scientists Hiep Vu and Sarah Sillman stand in a shadowy room, with a microscope in the foreground.

Husker scientists’ research project aims to crack code of major swine virus

August 16, 2023

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Mohammad Ghashami speaks with LPS teachers at Morrill Hall

Husker faculty share research with LPS teachers to bolster science ed

August 11, 2023

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Wind turbines are seen in the Sandhills.

Rural Nebraskans favor local energy sources, poll shows

April 16, 2026

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Announced by Interim Chancellor Katherine S. Ankerson on April 15, finalists are Jennifer Mize Nelson, interim vice chancellor for research and innovation, and research associate professor in the Department of Psychology; and Mark R. Riley, associate dean for research and a professor in the College of Engineering.

Nelson, Riley named finalists in research and innovation vice chancellor search

April 15, 2026

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Employees from Stephens & Smith Construction pour wheelbarrows of cement around a 3D printed replica of an incomplete Menoceras arikarense fossil – a small, extinct rhinoceros found in Nebraska fossil beds. The replica was printed by Frontier Tech Lab at the Nebraska Innovation Studios and will be part of a new fossil dig in the redesigned Marx Science Discovery Center in Morrill Hall.

Frontier Tech Lab helps bring hands‑on fossil dig to Morrill Hall

April 15, 2026

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Der Matossian earns Guggenheim Fellowship

April 16, 2026

Bedross Der Matossian, Hymen Rosen Professor in Judaic Studies at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, stands between rows of bookshelves in Love Library. He is wearing a dark blue sport coat over a light blue dress shirt and glasses.

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