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Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Jessica Petersen (center), associate professor of animal science, and graduate students Mackenzie Batt (left) and Lauren Seier (right) are part of a five-person Husker team whose research can expand the range of genetic tools used by breeders to boost cattle growth efficiency.

Husker team to ID genetic tools to boost cattle growth efficiency

September 21, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

Two Wahoo Public Schools students join Josh Synder, director of learning for the school district, and Sarah Buckley, sustainable landscape coordinator for the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum, in planting trees on the grounds of Wahoo High School.

Nebraska Statewide Arboretum receives $10M to boost urban trees

September 20, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

A helicopter carries a large loop of wire whose electromagnetic signaling enables extensive imagery of subsurface conditions and the creation of a 3D geological model.

California turns to Nebraska know-how on aquifer analysis, groundwater management

September 19, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

Shoppers look through T-shirts at a sidewalk sale in downtown McCook.

Poll: Rural Nebraskans are increasingly pessimistic about present, future

September 18, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

(From left) David Berkowitz of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Rick Evans of the National Strategic Research Institute and Ken Bayles of the University of Nebraska Medical Center

NSRI, NU awarded $24.5M contract to develop acute radiation syndrome prophylactic

September 11, 2023

Science & Technology

Adeline Johnson stands in front of crafts made by students at Our Place After School Care and sold at the Freedom Factory.

Hastings after-school program pioneering care for teens with special needs

September 8, 2023

Society & Culture

Cody Lawson works on his computer at 1to1 Technologies in Central City, Nebraska. He credits mentorship from Doris Lux, an eCoach with Rural Prosperity Nebraska’s eCommunities entrepreneurship program, as a key contributor to his startup’s growth.

eCommunities program helps Central City entrepreneur thrive

August 30, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

A grain truck crosses the dry Platte River near Chapman, Nebraska, on Oct. 13. At the time, the U.S. Drought Monitor reported that the area around Chapman was in severe/extreme drought.

Rural Prosperity Nebraska, Oklahoma State team up to study rural resilience

August 29, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

Four Husker students — two young men and two young women — present an urban forestry plan for Hickman, Nebraska. From left are Jake Fleischer, Susana Moyer, Sunny Mellick and Josiah Nolting.

Urban forestry project helps Hickman, boosts students’ tree awareness

August 17, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

Husker scientists Hiep Vu and Sarah Sillman stand in a shadowy room, with a microscope in the foreground.

Husker scientists’ research project aims to crack code of major swine virus

August 16, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

Alisa Halpin (left) floats a least tern egg in a cup of water to determine the age of the nest; the buoyancy of the egg shows how many days old the eggs are. Her daughter, Summer Larkihn, marks the number of the nest on a rock for future reference as part of the Tern and Plover Conservation Partnership.

Mother-daughter pair pursues conservation of Nebraska’s terns, plovers

August 8, 2023

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Two large jars of kombucha during fermentation

Husker scientists contribute to pilot study showing kombucha’s possible benefits

August 1, 2023

Agriculture & Environment