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Eric Weaver, professor of biological sciences and director of the Nebraska Center for Virology, poses for a photo in his lab at the Morrison Life Sciences Center. Weaver has developed a vaccine approach that shows promise in protecting against highly pathogenic bird flu.

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Dr. Caroline Villiger, professor and head of the “Family–Education–School” research program at the University of Teacher Education in Bern, Switzerland, arrived in Lincoln April 14 to study the TAPP program. (Kyleigh Skaggs, Kindred Media)

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Scott Hutchins speaks to a crowd during the Heuermann Lecture April 28.

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April Johnson, a product development project manager at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Food Processing Center, holds a pint of Runza-flavored ice cream she helped develop — a limited-release treat that reimagines the iconic Nebraska sandwich as a sweet-and-savory frozen dessert.

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Husker engineers (from left) Bruce Dvorak, Mona Bavarian and Siamak Nejati, with a white background.

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An instructor works with a young student at the Nebraska Center for the Education of Children who are Blind or Visually Impaired in Nebraska City. (Kyleigh Skaggs, CYFS)

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Aeriel Frey, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln 2024 Alumna, posing in front of the Olympic Rings in Cortina, Italy.

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Ten Husker students — eight young women and two young men — and two female instructors pose for a group photo in front of Andersen Hall. The words "College of Journalism and Mass Communications" can be seen on the exterior wall behind them.

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Eric Weaver, professor of biological sciences and director of the Nebraska Center for Virology, poses for a photo in his lab at the Morrison Life Sciences Center. Weaver has developed a vaccine approach that shows promise in protecting against highly pathogenic bird flu.

Weaver earns $4M grant to target future flu pandemics

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Two women and a man pose in a lab.

Nebraska's small-grains program produces award-winning wheat for baking

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Paige Myers lifts a compartment of bees at the UNL Bee Lab