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Rural Fellows is accepting 200 students for the 2021 program

Community application deadline for Rural Fellows program extended

January 27, 2021

Agriculture & Environment

Past and recent waves of disease have influenced the cultures of the world.

2021 Winter Lecture Series focuses on pandemics old and new

January 22, 2021

Science & Technology

Zak Kathol, exhibit fabrication coordinator at the NU State Museum, hangs a branch on a fake tree that will be a centerpiece of the “Poop & Paws” exhibit.

Morrill Hall to feature new interactive exhibit ‘Poop & Paws’

January 20, 2021

Science & Technology

University Communication

OLLI offers online learning opportunities for Nebraska seniors

January 8, 2021

Ashley Laverty, artistic director for Kerfuffle theater company, will lead a 45-minute train- and transportation-themed movement, music and yoga jam at 10 a.m. Jan. 14.

Lied series to feature Blixt co-founders, kid’s program, Parking Lot Party

January 4, 2021

Fellows program leaders Amber Ross (left) and Andrew Ambriz (right) stand with one of their four student fellows, Megan Coan (middle), during a celebration at the end of the 2019 program.

University helps city youth become rural leader

December 18, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Sam Wortman (left), associate professor of agronomy and horticulture, and Caleb Wehrbein, a senior plant biology major, harvest peppers to evaluate their quality in an on-campus variety trial that carried on during the pandemic.

New decision support tool available to specialty crop producers

December 17, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

A vendors sells produce at the Fallbrook Farmers Market in northwest Lincoln on July 23. A new $1 million, three-year grant will allow Nebraska Extension to expand the Double Up Food Bucks program to more grocery stores and farmers markets across the state.

Grant expands Nebraska SNAP recipients’ access to fresh produce

December 1, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Though forced into an online environment to evaluate nonprofit grant applicants due to COVID-19, business students doubled down on their engagement efforts to award $10,000 to recipients in a virtual award ceremony.

The HUB, Lighthouse earn Strive to Thrive grants

November 24, 2020

Outreach workers for the Nebraska Strong Recovery Project distribute resources to help Nebraskans dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nebraska Strong Recovery Project finds creative ways to help amid pandemic

November 23, 2020

Society & Culture

Need help with that bird? Nebraska Extension offers turkey tips

November 19, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Ashley McMurchie, a junior microbiology and Spanish major from Omaha, cheers on her leadership mentee, Lily, a 16-year-old high school student from Lincoln, in this photo taken before the COVID-19 pandemic.

NHRI mentorship built on globally recognized program

November 19, 2020

Agriculture & Environment