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The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s new partnership on the Peace Corps Prep program will combine coursework and experiential learning to build competencies for undergraduate students to become Peace Corps volunteers or other international development professionals.

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New Peace Corps Prep program prepares students to be global change makers

October 4, 2021

Thirty-five students started this fall as Clifton Builders at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The program aims to help Nebraska, the nation and the world identify the next generation of high-achieving leaders, entrepreneurs and business developers to create economic growth and prosperity. This photo was taken prior to the current Lincoln-Lancaster County mask mandate.

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35 students selected for Clifton Builders program at Nebraska

September 23, 2021

Landfill Ground Cover

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Husker researchers work to improve landfill gas emissions, community perceptions

September 22, 2021

Sarah Michaels, professor of political science at Nebraska and a faculty fellow with the University of Nebraska Public Policy Center, has been named Fulbright Canada Distinguished Research Chair in Environmental Science at Carleton University.

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Michaels to study flooding management in Canada as Fulbright project

September 21, 2021

Ross Secord and Judy Diamond

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First-of-its-kind research study could yield clues to climate-change impacts

September 17, 2021

“The Art of Dissent,” a feature documentary film produced by Nebraska historian James Le Sueur, will debut Oct. 5 on major cable television and internet video on-demand platforms. The film explores the role of artistic activism during Czechoslovakia’s communist takeover and nonviolent transition from communist power.

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Le Sueur documentary to launch on major cable, internet platforms

September 16, 2021

Lynne Elkins, assistant professor of Earth and atmospheric sciences at Nebraska, has earned a five-year, nearly $700,000 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program to develop a tool that may shed light on the composition and movement of magma.

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Elkins developing modeling tool to study makeup, movement of magma

August 5, 2021

Lorna and Kwame Dawes

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Mellon grant to transform African poetry research, scholarship

August 4, 2021

Sierra Conway, an undergraduate student at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, collects RNA from a set of diverse corn varieties that her research team is growing and studying at the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture research fields in Lincoln. Conway is part of James Schnable’s research group at Nebraska, which is partnering with Iowa State University and six other institutions to launch the AI Institute for Resilient Agriculture.

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Husker researcher part of multi-university effort to improve ag decision-making

July 29, 2021

Yongfeng Lu

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Researchers develop simple, inexpensive method for guarding carbon fiber

July 26, 2021

Siamak Nejati, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Nebraska, has received a five-year, $593,240 Faculty Early Career Development Program grant from the National Science Foundation to build on his previous research on molecular structures.

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Nejati's molecular research earns CAREER award

July 16, 2021

Katherine LaTourrette and Hernan Garcia-Ruiz

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COVID-causing coronavirus following predictable mutational footsteps

July 13, 2021