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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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Teenage rebellions can incite changes in religious beliefs

May 21, 2018

Society & Culture

Brandi Benson

Lincoln Southwest teacher receives 2018 Battey Award

May 15, 2018

Society & Culture

The Salmon Pueblo Ruins are the most comprehensively excavated Chacoan site, and now the artifacts and photos have been fully digitized on a vast digital archive, the Salmon Pueblo Archaeological Research Collection.

NEH-funded project brings Salmon Pueblo ruins into digital age

May 11, 2018

Science & Technology

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Study shows sexual assault risk greater for LGBTQ students

May 10, 2018

Society & Culture

Nebraska's Juntos program works to unite community partners to provide Latino middle school students and their parents with knowledge, skills and resources to prevent youth from dropping out of school and to consider college.

Extension program paves way for Latino students' pursuit of higher education

May 8, 2018

Society & Culture

Ann Williams, an enslaved woman, jumped from a third-story window in an attempt to escape from being sold in the interstate slave trade. Williams' story is being told in the animated short film, 'Anna,' which was produced by a team of scholars from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Nebraska-produced ‘Anna' selected for film festivals

May 3, 2018

Society & Culture

A recent education abroad experience in India inspired new textiles by Nebraska's Michael James. This work is among those featured in his new solo exhibition at Omaha's Modern Arts Midtown.

New textiles exhibition documents James' impressions of India

May 1, 2018

Society & Culture

Nebraska's Colten White, a junior from Kearney, earned the university's first national championship in debate on April 23.

White earns Huskers' first national debate title

April 27, 2018

Society & Culture

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.

'Nebraska Behind Bars' wins Kennedy journalism award

May 22, 2026

Society & Culture

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

May 20, 2026

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Two women and a man pose in a lab.

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

May 20, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

In Bee Lab, Myers found a hive that helped her thrive

May 22, 2026

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