With a planning grant from the UNL Grand Challenges research initiative, an interdisciplinary team is planning and designing a testing facility for ice core drilling equipment in an abandoned Atlas-F missile silo near Seward. The proposed facility would also include outreach and exhibition space. Continue reading…
McCool Junction and Norris Middle School of Omaha Public Schools were two of 102 schools that were awarded the CS Leaders Prize of $10,000 from Code.org. Continue reading…
Nebraska EPSCoR and the CSMCE will sponsor the 24th annual Women in Science Conference on March 31-April 1, 2023, at the Embassy Suites Hotel and Willa Cather Dining Complex and Beadle Center on City Campus. Continue reading…
The Nebraska Academy of Sciences is excited to announce April 21 as the official date of the 2023 Annual Spring Meeting on the campus of Nebraska Wesleyan University. NAS cannot wait to welcome its community, both in-person and virtually again, this year. Continue reading…
Dorian Bobbett, senior chemical engineering major and vice president of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Engineering Ambassadors, has a wild idea: if you make science fun to learn and give more kids the chance to learn it, a wider array of students will pursue it later in life. Continue reading…
Even for computer science majors, introductory programming courses can prove a challenge. The sizable percentage of undergrads who receive D’s and F’s, or withdraw before they do, cannot continue forward with the more advanced coursework needed to earn a degree in the field. Continue reading…
Each year, the program attracts talented applicants from diverse STEM fields, representing some of the nation’s leading academic institutions and laboratories. The program has awarded 95 postdoctoral women scientists over $4 million in grants to advance their research and careers. Continue reading…
It has been just over 10 years since the release of the Framework on K-12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards. In April 2022, the Board on Science Education held an held an event to reflect on implementation of the standards over the past decade. Continue reading…
In this first-of-its-kind collection from Frontiers for Young Minds, Nobel Prize winners explain their amazing discoveries and describe how they accomplished them. Continue reading…
The preservice teacher education program at Mercer University enrolls many non-traditional adult learners. Unlike traditional learners who pursue undergraduate education immediately after completing high school, non-traditional learners return to higher education after a gap in their education. Continue reading…
To learn more about what policies and practices might be sustained or implemented beyond the pandemic to support children with disabilities and their families, the Board on Children, Youth, and Families hosted a workshop on June 13-15, 2022. Continue reading…