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A rendering of a renovated Elephant Hall at the University of Nebraska State Museum-Morrill Hall, with people observing mammoth and mastodon fossils.

Morrill Hall renovation will include major updates to Elephant Hall

April 24, 2026

Science & Technology

Employees from Stephens & Smith Construction pour wheelbarrows of cement around a 3D printed replica of an incomplete Menoceras arikarense fossil – a small, extinct rhinoceros found in Nebraska fossil beds. The replica was printed by Frontier Tech Lab at the Nebraska Innovation Studios and will be part of a new fossil dig in the redesigned Marx Science Discovery Center in Morrill Hall.

Frontier Tech Lab helps bring hands‑on fossil dig to Morrill Hall

April 15, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

Nebraska artist Gary Staab carves the face of a giant bison statue.

Bronze bison coming to Morrill Hall for March 14 celebration

March 4, 2026

Science & Technology

Ann Spilker, extended learning coordinator at the University of Nebraska State Museum, stands next to the Nebraska prairie display on the fourth floor of Morrill Hall. Talking about prairie roots with young campers made Spilker realize she wanted to be an educator.

Spilker plants seeds of discovery for museum campers

February 17, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

Students perform in the student dance project Dec. 10.

2025 a year of challenges, resilience

December 26, 2025

shley Poust, Curator- Vertebrate Paleontology for the University of Nebraska State Museum, stands behind a cast of the upper jaw of a Tyrannosaurus rex, one of the largest specimens known.

Poust's expertise helps confirm Nanotyrannus was distinct species from T. rex

December 8, 2025

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

MJ Paulsen is reflected in the glass surrounding a large display of very large insects.

Large beetle collection donation helps spawn 'Goliaths' exhibit

November 24, 2025

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Carrie Herbel removing sediment from a fossil in a Nebraska Hall lab.

Herbel helps preserve Nebraska’s legacy, one bone at a time

October 3, 2025

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

NASA grant helps Eriksen spread love for science

July 25, 2025

kids gather around a table of textbooks with an adult man, short brunette hair with glasses, in a green sweater.

Registration open for NU State Museum's summer day camps

May 15, 2025

The Moth Project's Peter Kiesewalter and Whitney La Grange, dressed in white suits, sit next to a large projected image of a moth.

Moth Project fuses science, art to create unique show

October 18, 2024

Hundreds of faculty and staff sit at round tables in the Coliseum during the Celebration of Service on Sept. 6.

Celebration honors the commitment, passion of UNL employees

September 6, 2024