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Brandi Pessman (left), postdoctoral research associate in the School of Biological Sciences, and Eileen Hebets, George Holmes Professor of biological sciences.

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5 earn Gilman scholarships

December 7, 2016

Society & Culture

A new study from Dawn Braithwaite, Willa Cather Professor of Communication Studies, demonstrates the nuances of relationships among people who maintain relationships with both their legal family and their fictive kin, or chosen family.

Study defines nuance between actual, 'chosen' family

December 5, 2016

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Tyler White, teaches while illuminated by a large satellite image of an Iranian oil refinery. Part of the University Honors Seminar is learning how information is obtained by such imagery.

Nukes or no nukes? Iran simulation teaches high-stakes lessons

November 29, 2016

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Lisa Kort-Butler, a Nebraska sociologist who studies how different factors may affect views of capital punishment, has culled 40 years of state social-attitudes survey data about Nebraska respondents' views of the death penalty.

Amid historic vote, research shows death penalty attitudes shifting

November 21, 2016

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Whitmer Scholarship aims to help early childhood educators

November 17, 2016

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Researchers push software to work more like human eye

November 15, 2016

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Slam poet Neil Hilborn to hold workshop, perform

November 11, 2016

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Visiting scholar John Cooper talks to Nebraska students on Nov. 7. The Tudor historian is visiting campus from the United Kingdom's University of York.

British historian visits Nebraska

November 8, 2016

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Musician, sound engineer and University of Nebraska–Lincoln alumnus J. E. Van Horne Jr. sits at a table. He is wearing a black-and-white plaid dress shirt, black tie, brown jacket and glasses.

Musician J. E. Van Horne Jr. creates Husker scholarship for South Dakota students

January 8, 2026

David Berkowitz

Berkowitz named vice president for research at University of Georgia

January 7, 2026

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Archives and Special Collections launches new request system

January 7, 2026

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Volunteer Ambassador Program helps Husker find home in Nebraska

January 9, 2026