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William G. Thomas III, Angle Chair in the Humanities and professor of history at Nebraska, will present the Nebraska Lecture “A Question of Freedom: The Families Who Challenged Slavery from the Nation's Founding to the Civil War” at 3:30 p.m. CDT Oct. 6.

Thomas to give Nebraska Lecture on families who challenged slavery

September 29, 2020

Society & Culture

Rachel Williss, a junior agricultural and environmental sciences communication major at Nebraska, photographs Robert Diffendal, professor emeritus in the School of Natural Resources, during her fellowship this summer in Pawnee County. The Rural Fellows program is expanding in 2021, with up to 200 students and 100 communities to be accepted.

Rural Fellows accepting 200 students, 100 host communities for 2021

September 24, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Ron Himes, producing director of the St. Louis Black Repertory Company, directed the play “Dutchman” — featuring Emily Raine Blythe and Eugene H. Russell IV (pictured) — at the Nebraska Repertory Theatre in February 2019. Himes will serve as consultant for the new two-year collaboration between Nebraska Rep and The Black Rep.

Nebraska Rep, Black Rep to collaborate for #realchange

September 8, 2020

The composer and lyricist team of Thomas Mizer (left) and Curtis Moore, who recently received an Emmy nomination for their work on the Amazon Prime series “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” will be the featured guests on the Lied Center’s Lunch and Learn live video podcast Sept. 1.

Lied series to feature ‘marvelous’ vidcast, virtual trip to the farm

August 26, 2020

Six in 10 rural Nebraskans surveyed are using the internet to save money by price matching or bargain hunting, and about one-third are generating income by buying or selling items online, according to the 2018 Nebraska Rural Poll.

NU affirms commitment to rural success with Rural Prosperity Nebraska

August 20, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

According to the 2020 Nebraska Thriving Index, Nebraska regions generally lead their peers in measures of quality of life, such as commute times, crime rates and health care access. They tend to lag behind their peers in education and skill, as well as key aspects of economic competitiveness such as infrastructure and cost of doing business.

Index shows high rural quality of life, struggles in economic competitiveness

August 20, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Yeutter Institute to host webinar series

August 13, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Harrison Henning Boe

Lied series features kid’s program, dialects class, student performance

July 30, 2020

New social media mental health effort features Nebraska connection

July 29, 2020

Society & Culture

The University of Nebraska State Museum-Morrill Hall is providing virtual summer day camps in July for kids entering first through sixth grades.

Morrill Hall offering virtual summer camps

July 2, 2020

Science & Technology

Lied

Lied Center launches free online education series

June 30, 2020

University Police officers interact directly with students during the chancellor's barbecue at the start of the 2019 fall semester. The department has recently made changes that focus on community engagement.

Nebraska U police expand commitment to community engagement

June 16, 2020