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Late-night television icon Johnny Carson, a 1949 Husker graduate, poses with Nebraska cheerleaders in Memorial Stadium during the 1971 football game with Kansas.

Carson legacy takes flight from late-night TV to lunar missions

September 1, 2026

Late-night television icon Johnny Carson, a 1949 Husker graduate, poses with Nebraska cheerleaders in Memorial Stadium during the 1971 football game with Kansas.

University celebrating Johnny Carson's 100th birthday, legacy on campus

October 22, 2025

Society & Culture

David Letterman and Johnny Carson laugh during an episode of the Tonight Show.

Alumni look back on Johnny Carson film created at Nebraska

October 20, 2025

Society & Culture

A sign advertising Carson Tonight hangs from the Temple Building. The event celebrates University of Nebraska alum Johnny Carson’s 100th birthday.

Lied Center celebrating Carson's 100th with star-studded event

October 20, 2025

The production team records a welding sequence at Nebraska Innovation Campus' Innovation Studio as part of the university's new "Home Again" national advertisement. The spot premiered on ESPN2 during Husker volleyball's Aug. 27 season opener with Kentucky.

New TV ad celebrates Nebraskans and their land-grant university

August 28, 2024

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

Megan Elliott introduces director Tom Donahue at an IGNITE colloquium at the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts in 2019. She will be the inaugural Johnny Carson Endowed Director in Emerging Media Arts.

Johnny Carson Foundation gives $2.5M to create endowed directorship for Carson Center

October 27, 2022

A $5 million gift from the Johnny Carson Foundation, announced Oct. 22, augments the Johnny Carson Foundation Opportunity Scholarship Fund. Students enrolled in the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film and the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts are eligible for the scholarships.

Johnny Carson Foundation gives $5M to support more Huskers

October 22, 2021

Grange

Grange’s 12th book examines ‘Business of American Theatre’

June 8, 2020

EMA Panel

Panel discusses Carson Center's impact on changing workforce

November 15, 2019

Science & Technology

Carson Center exterior rendering

Construction begins on Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts

August 21, 2018

UNL's Temple Building

Student work featured in Rep's 'Rising Stars'

March 28, 2018

Alison Finn, a secondary English education major, takes a selfie with Mahogany the alpaca. Finn is designing a costume to dress a human like a alpaca.

Alpaca visit inspires costume concepts

November 15, 2017