New workshops this past summer through UNL 4-H Extension and Nebraska Blast! created and delivered hands-on activities to engage middle school science teachers in authentic STEM learning. The e-Textiles workshops were held in Omaha and Norfolk in June and Chadron and Kearney in July. Continue reading…
The University of Nebraska Foundation has released this video on YouTube of the amazing field experience that is GEOS 898: Methods in Geoscience Field Instruction, offered through the Nebraska Math and Science Summer Institutes. Continue reading…
The applied climate science major aims to educate the next generation of climatologists and policymakers. While the program has been open to graduate students for several years, opening it up to undergraduates enables students to jumpstart their careers early on. Continue reading…
The Environmentors and Upward Bound programs are in need of mentors to assist local high school students in the process of research and support them as they consider a future college experience. We need to have two mentors for each of this year's group of 10 enthusiastic and bright students. Continue reading…
An $8 million renovation has converted UNL's 107-year-old Brace Laboratory into a facility dedicated to using innovative teaching methods to further undergraduate education. Continue reading…
Eight members of UNL's Geography Student Organization ended the academic year in a colorful way — literally — by painting a playground map of the United States for Scribner-Snyder Community Schools. Continue reading…
A new fleet of cleaner and quieter buses took over UNL routes at the beginning of the fall semester. Continue reading…
A group of UNL students spent part of their summer studying the wildlife at Mashatu Game Reserve in Botswana, Africa. The trip was led by John Carroll, professor and director of the School of Natural Resources, and graduate student Andrei Snyman. Continue reading…
The School of Natural Resources hosted a weeklong Weather Camp that teaches students ages 11-15 about weather- and science-related topics that ran from June 9-13. Continue reading…
The way you learn affects what you learn. That's a critical theme throughout Cory Forbes' work and research. Continue reading…
Chris Cornelius, professor and associate dean for research at UNL’s College of Engineering, is one of four prominent Native academics who will help mentor science, technology, engineering and math students through a newly funded program of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society. Continue reading…
A UNL Extension-produced publication has won the 2014 Educational Blue Ribbon Award from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. The publication teaches educators and students about effective stormwater management practices. Continue reading…