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Announced by Interim Chancellor Katherine S. Ankerson on April 15, finalists are Jennifer Mize Nelson, interim vice chancellor for research and innovation, and research associate professor in the Department of Psychology; and Mark R. Riley, associate dean for research and a professor in the College of Engineering.

Nelson, Riley named finalists in research and innovation vice chancellor search

April 15, 2026

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From left, Davianna Daydreamer and Jace Meunier, graduate research assistants, and Mun Yuk Chin, assistant professor of counseling psychology, are working to identify how financial stress develops for mental health practitioners — and how it impacts their work.

Research uncovers finances as key challenge for Nebraska mental health practitioners

April 14, 2026

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Reserch and Innovation Convening graphic — red background with white N.

Registration open for May 4 Research and Innovation Convening

April 14, 2026

Students at a undergraduate research fair poster session

Student Research Days to showcase Husker scholarship across disciplines

April 3, 2026

Jeffrey L. Day, professor of architecture at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, stands in an architecture classroom. He is wearing a blue button-up shirt over a black shirt, black pants and black shoes. His left hand is in his shirt pocket.

College of Architecture’s Day to present April 14 Nebraska Lecture

March 30, 2026

Society & Culture

Four University of Nebraska–Lincoln researchers — (from left) Darla Brennan and Madison Broeker, doctoral students in biochemistry; Nicole Buan, professor of biochemistry; and Henry Chen, postdoctoral researcher in biochemistry — pose in a lab. Buan is wearing a green dress and the others are wearing white labcoats.

Buan aims to better understand biochemistry of methanogens

March 19, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

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Color portrait of Zane Gernhart on a red campus background.

Gernhart named executive director of Industry Relations

March 13, 2026

Patricio Grassini, professor of agronomy and horticulture at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, poses in a greenhouse. He is wearing a tan jacket and light blue dress shirt.

Global study reports crop yield gains from breeding may be overstated

March 4, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

Husker researchers pose in a blue-lit lab. From left are: Kevin Smith, Leland J. and Dorothy H. Olson Professor of political science; Heather Akin, associate professor of agricultural leadership, education and communication; Eileen Hebets, George Holmes Professor of biological sciences; Emma Brase, graduate student in psychology; and Mike Dodd, professor of psychology. Hebets has a tarantula on her right wrist.

Husker researchers collaborate to explore fear of spiders

March 2, 2026

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A red flag with a white Husker N waves over a sidewalk on the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's City Campus. Snow covers the ground.

Record five Husker researchers named NAI Senior Members

February 26, 2026

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The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has announced its 11 new Grand Challenges projects, including assistant professor Qiuming Yao's project, “TrustGenViz: An Initiative to Advance Trust and Visualization for Generative Language Models of Biological Sequenc

Internal search opens for vice chancellor for research and innovation

February 20, 2026

University of Nebraska–Lincoln deans, vice chancellors and Interim Chancellor Katherine Ankerson pose at the front of the lecture hall in the Nebraska Innovation Campus conference center after sharing their "why" during the university's Charter Day celebration.

Charter Day celebration reflects on the university's 'why'

February 14, 2026