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The May Sunday with a Scientist program will focus on the effects of cold and freezing temperatures on plants.

Sunday with a Scientist to focus on effects of climate on plants

May 10, 2016

Science & Technology

Visitors to Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park watch as a student paleontologist uncovers a fossil find in the 17,500-square-foot Hubbard Rhino Barn. (NU State Museum)

Ashfall to celebrate 25th year

April 28, 2016

Science & Technology

Young visitors learn more about 3D printing at a hands-on station during the 2015 Astronomy Day at Morrill Hall. The 2016 Astronomy Day will be celebrated from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. April 17 at Morrill Hall.

Morrill Hall to celebrate Astronomy Day April 17

April 6, 2016

Science & Technology

A brown-throated three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus)

Exhibit to feature Sartore's National Geographic photos

February 23, 2016

Morrill Hall to offer free Thursday night admission

February 2, 2016

Science & Technology

Morrill Hall to host Dinosaurs and Disasters Feb. 6

January 27, 2016

Science & Technology

Morrill Hall to host Science Cafe series

January 15, 2016

Brad Barker, right, Jennifer Melander, Carl Nelson and Michelle Krehbiel show off examples of wearable tech that are designed by 4-H students using micro-controllers.

Sunday with a Scientist to explore fashion-forward technology

January 7, 2016

The University of Nebraska State Museum in Morrill Hall is participating in the Blue Star Museum program, offering free admission to active military duty personnel and families.

Morrill Hall announces schedule for hands-on science lab

January 5, 2016

Carissa Raymond (right) holds fossilized teeth of a multituberculate mammal, a small rodent-like creature that lived at the end of the dinosaur’s era. During summer 2014, Raymond found a similar fossil later identified as a previously unknown multituberculate species while on a dig in New Mexico. Ross Secord (left), associate professor of earth and atmospheric sciences, led the dig.

Undergrad discovers new mammal species

October 5, 2015

Susan J. Weller named director of NU State Museum

August 17, 2015

Professors and students from the Nebraska Tractor Test Laboratory and international award winning Quarter Scale Tractor will help visitors learn how mechanized systems management and agriculture engineers develop tractors from initial design concepts through final manufacturing.

Ag engineers to showcase tractors at Sunday with a Scientist

August 12, 2015