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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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Megan Jorgensen, a UNL graduate, discusses a math problem with a student at Park Middle School in this file photo from 2014. UNL will use a $1 million Nebraska Department of Education grant to improve K-12 math and science instruction statewide.

$1M grant to benefit K-12 teaching of math, science

August 18, 2016

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How advice websites reshape Christians' beliefs about sex

August 17, 2016

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International Quilt Study Center and Museum

'United in Memory' exhibition to open at quilt center Aug. 26

August 15, 2016

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UNL professor Susan Swearer, a nationally recognized expert on anti-bullying, returns to Washington, D.C., on Aug. 11 for a White House event highlighting efforts to combat bullying.

White House enlists Swearer for anti-bullying event

August 11, 2016

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Cynthia Willis-Esqueda and Stephane Shepherd

Researchers connect to tackle bias in legal tools

August 10, 2016

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Taryn Puro to receive military commission Aug. 13

August 10, 2016

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The Rural Poll is the largest annual poll of rural Nebraska perceptions on quality of life and policy issues. Organization of the poll is led by UNL's Department of Agricultural Economics and the Rural Futures Institute at NU.

Rural Poll shows Nebraskans' optimism

August 8, 2016

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Edith and Grace Abbott

Scholar to present program on activist Grace Abbott

August 2, 2016

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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.

'Nebraska Behind Bars' wins Kennedy journalism award

May 22, 2026

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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

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