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Cutline: Nebraska’s Asit Pattnaik (pictured) and UNMC’s Tom Petro are developing a vaccine framework that exploits the properties of a naturally occurring nanoparticle in an effort to produce a stronger, longer-lasting immune response than other COVID-19 vaccine candidates. They’re also taking a closer look at how SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, inhibits the immune system.

Researchers aim to use protein to ramp up COVID-19 antigens’ impact

November 5, 2020

Science & Technology

Each Monday, National Drought Mitigation Center assistant director Kelly Helm Smith emails a map of the past week’s #drought tweets to a listserv of drought experts and state climatologists.

Pilot system monitors tweets for drought early warning

November 5, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

With support from the Office of Research and Economic Development’s COVID-19 Rapid Response Grant Program, Shi-Hua Xiang is in the early stages of developing a bacterial delivery system for a COVID-19 vaccine that would be delivered directly to the respiratory tract as a nasal spray.

Nasal spray could mean needle-free COVID-19 vaccine

November 4, 2020

Science & Technology

Extension webinar to focus on livestock risk management

November 3, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Nebraska Forest Service receives $2.6 million in federal funding

October 30, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Applications sought for Faculty Affairs Fellows

Career Scholarship program will help university meet Nebraska’s workforce needs

October 29, 2020

Science & Technology

Joy Castro

Castro to present Nebraska Lecture on memoir, crime writing

October 29, 2020

Society & Culture

Nebraska’s economic recovery to slow, indicator suggests

October 28, 2020

The Genoa Indian School in 1911

New project examines history of Genoa Indian School

October 27, 2020

Society & Culture

Ken Dewey, professor emeritus at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, records an episode of “Great Plains Anywhere.”

Great Plains Olson talks move online in new formats

October 22, 2020

Society & Culture

Colleen Medill, a professor in the College of Law, leads a lecture in McCollum Hall at the start of the fall 2020 semester.

Nebraska Law joins national police practices effort

October 15, 2020

University's COVID-19 efforts highlighted in 'Leading Nebraska' podcast

October 13, 2020

Science & Technology