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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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Patrons use the African Poetry library in Uganda.

Project earns funding to study book distribution in Africa

July 8, 2022

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Conference to explore complex history of the Great Plains

July 8, 2022

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Max Wheeler (left), with Nebraska Innovation Studio, explains how the laser cutter works during the 2022 MATC/NCIA Sovereign Native Youth STEM Leadership Academy on June 30.

Summer program for Native youths returns to campus

July 5, 2022

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Exterior view of The Scarlet Hotel, a Marriott Tribute hotel located at Nebraska Innovation Campus. The hotel opened in May and will be home to the university's Hospitality, Restaurant and Tourism Management program.

$1.6M federal award supports academic space at Scarlet Hotel

June 30, 2022

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Timothy Schaffert

Schaffert sustaining Husker legacy of LGBTQ literature

June 28, 2022

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Benjamin Riggan, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, is part of a team of researchers participating in a federal government research program to develop software systems capable of performing whole-body biometric identification.

Riggan leads team developing whole-body biometric ID system

June 28, 2022

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Portrait of Gwendolyn Newkirk

CEHS to honor Gwendolyn Newkirk with building renaming

June 23, 2022

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A couple holds a stick figure picture of a family.

Study examines life satisfaction when men and women perceive infertility

June 21, 2022

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Students perform in the student dance project Dec. 10.

2025 a year of challenges, resilience

December 26, 2025

Gautham Takoo, a research technologist in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, snaps a photo of Sunhyoung Lee and her adviser, James Boviard, professor of educational psychology. Lee graduated with her doctorate in educational psychology.

University celebrates 1,175 graduates in December commencement

December 22, 2025

Two young men and two young women in uniform hold their right hands up to recite an oath during the undergraduate commencement ceremony Dec. 20 at Pinnacle Bank Arena.

Five ROTC members receive military commissions

December 22, 2025

Husker discoveries, collaborations, insight made national news in 2025

December 26, 2025

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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