As first steps go, participants agreed, the inaugural University of Nebraska Rural Futures Conference was a big one, helping to set the stage for creation of the new Rural Futures Institute. Continue reading…
The agriculture school at the university runs a killer ice-cream stand. ... There is an ice cream stand here because there is an agriculture school here, and there is an agriculture school here of something called the Morrill Act, which is 150 years old this year. -- Charles P. Pierce, Esquire
Nineteen students from across the globe will arrive at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in May to participate in the inaugural offering of a field methods course that will be part of a new international education partnership. Continue reading…
Enrollment is open for Weather Camp 2012, June 11-15, that will keep middle school-aged students busy with classroom, lab and field trip learning experiences to introduce them to careers in meteorology, climatology and related sciences. Continue reading…
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Replacing foreign oil with domestically grown biomass would revolutionize world politics and economies, with states such as Nebraska emerging as potentially huge winners, says a former Clay County farm boy who's now one of the world's leading biotechnology scientists.
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School's out for summer, but University of Nebraska-Lincoln turfgrass and landscape management students will be working hard learning more about their craft at internships across the country. Continue reading…
In conjunction with the UNL Eating Disorders Education and Prevention group, Girls on the Run of Nebraska will host a 5K event on East Campus May 12. More than 1,300 runners/walkers (mostly children) will take to the East Campus Loop between 1 and 2 p.m. Some roads will be closed. Continue reading…