The Communicating Complexity symposium, hosted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will take place via Zoom on Thursday, Nov. 16, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. CST. This event will make a deeper dive into the themes and issues raised during the SciComm 2022 panel of the same name. Continue reading…
University of Nebraska–Lincoln computer scientist Leen-Kiat Soh has received a new grant from the National Science Foundation to expand his work on a previous artificial intelligence project. Continue reading…
New innovations in large language modeling and other generative artificial intelligence tools, such as ChatGPT, have spurred debate about their capacities, risks, and broader societal implications. The Standing Committee on Advancing Science Communication is hosting a public webinar Nov. 7. Continue reading…
Junior Science and Humanities Symposium is a STEM research competition for 9th-12th graders, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense (U.S. Office of the Secretary of Defense and the U.S. Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force). Continue reading…
Thanks to a Grand Challenges grant, an interdisciplinary team of student and faculty researchers at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln is re-imagining a decommissioned Atlas-F missile silo near Seward, Nebraska, into the Ice Coring and Education Silo Center. Continue reading…
Ideally, assessments help instructors identify how well their students are grasping concepts without sapping too much of the time needed to teach those concepts in the first place. Continue reading…
When archaeologists first reported stumbling across a few mouse cadavers during expeditions to several Andean peaks in the 1970s and ’80s, they figured, naturally, that the rodents must have hitched a ride with the Incas who once pilgrimaged a thousand-plus miles to what they considered sacred sites Continue reading…
Shudipto Dishari, the Ross McCollum associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, has recently begun work on research utilizing plant-based materials that could revolutionize the way electrochemical devices transport charge-bearing ions and produce electricity. Continue reading…
Tammy Mittelstet, the statewide education and careers pathways coordinator for the College of Agricultural Science and Natural Resources is working with educators across the state to introduce agricultural concepts into the classroom. Continue reading…