In a weekend that featured a first commencement in Memorial Stadium, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln conferred a record 3,594 degrees to 3,512 graduates during the May commencement ceremonies. The 2021 graduates hail from 58 countries, 43 states and the District of Columbia, and more than 250 Nebraska communities.
The graduating class earned 106 new Juris Doctor degrees, 561 other new graduate and professional degrees and 2,927 new baccalaureate degrees.
Since being founded in 1869, the university has awarded 304,968 degrees.
The May exercises were the first time since December 2019 — before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic — that the university held full-fledged commencement ceremonies in person.
Jacob L. Owens, CAS UNL Microbiology major, has been recognized for maintaining 4.0 grade-point averages on all collegiate work and has been acknowledged as a Chancellor’s Scholar at Nebraska. Congratulations, Jacob!
What does Graduating from Nebraska mean to you?
It means being the first person in my family graduating with a four year degree. It means as doing it for my self and my birth family in Korea as I as came to Nebraska at four months old from a closed adoption Continue reading…
• Project doing genetic identification of freshwater microbes and invasive species looking for undergraduate research assistants starting May 2021
• Combines Natural Resources and Microbiology
• Learn molecular laboratory techniques in a vibrant lab with graduate students in multiple fields of study!
• Contact
Paula Guastello pguastello2@unl.edu
703-732-9799
Recognizing that microbial sciences, just like microbes, know no borders, the American Society of Microbiology (ASM) and the Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS) have come together to launch a new initiative -- the World Microbe Forum, taking place online from 20-24 June 2021.
If you are conducting Undergraduate Research, considering speaking with your Research Mentor about supporting your registration fees to this event. If you are unable to attend the forum this year and are graduating, ASM conferences provide job opportunities as well as interviews and career networking. Continue reading…
The NASA Nebraska Space Grant annual competition for Mini-Grant and Fellowship funding is now open. The deadline for applications is May 20, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. Central time. The NASA Nebraska Space Grant Mini-Grant Competition includes grants for Research and Higher Education. Meanwhile, the Fellowship Competition is open to both undergraduate and graduate students.
The Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI) program encourages undergraduate students and recent graduates to pursue science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers by providing research experiences at the Department of Energy (DOE) laboratories. Selected students participate as interns appointed at one of 17 participating DOE laboratories/facilities. They perform research, under the guidance of laboratory staff scientists or engineers, on projects supporting the DOE mission. Continue reading…
