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LEAD 39 fellows pose with Sen. Deb Fischer (center) Feb. 10 at the Capitol Visitors Center in Washington, D.C. Applications for Group 40 are now being accepted.

LEAD fellowship applications available for Group 40

April 6, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Fifty-six percent of respondents to the 2019 Nebraska Rural Poll believe they are better off than they were five years ago, up from 52% last year.

Rural Poll has given a voice to rural Nebraskans for 25 years

April 3, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Podcast series offers support to parents, families

April 3, 2020

Society & Culture

Information from the NASA GRACE-FO satellites is being used to produce and share first-of-their-kind global maps of topsoil, root zone soil and groundwater moisture, as well as 30-, 60- and 90-day forecasts of wet and dry conditions across the continental United States, thanks to a collaboration with the Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies and National Drought Mitigation Center.

Drought center, CALMIT help launch drought-monitoring, forecast tools

April 2, 2020

Wick Alumni Center

Nebraska Alumni Association announces masters, award winners

March 27, 2020

The Lied Live Online concert series kicks off March 27 with a performance by Lincoln musician Emily Bass.

Lied Center announces new streaming concert series

March 26, 2020

New project helps children, families find beauty in everyday moments

March 26, 2020

Society & Culture

Youth from more than 200 locations across Nebraska and four other states participated in the first Living Room Learning livestream March 17. The Nebraska 4-H series will stream each Tuesday and Thursday at 2 p.m. Central Time for as long as schools remain closed to slow the spread of COVID-19.

4-H educators reach youth with two new live video programs

March 24, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Children learning

Combatting cabin fever: Extension builds out educational content

March 23, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

59 students chosen as Nebraska Young Artist Award winners

March 20, 2020

Jenny Dauer, assistant professor in science literacy in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s School of Natural Resources, has earned a National Science Foundation grant to study how human factors such as emotion, motivation and metacognition come into play in science classrooms.

Project will explore how emotions factor into science literacy

March 17, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Jesse Korus, Matt Joeckel and Shane Tucker have worked to document and describe, via drone footage and computer modeling, the Haystack Mountain conglomerate in the Wildcat Ridge in Western Nebraska.

Ancient flooding formed, left behind boulders in Wildcat Ridge

March 12, 2020

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology