Registration is now open for the 25th Women in Science Conference on April 5-6, 2024, hosted by Nebraska EPSCoR and the Center for Science, Mathematics and Computer Education at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Events will be held at the Embassy Suites, Willa Cather Dining Complex & Beadle Center Continue reading…
CASNR will be hosting the Southeast Regional Science Fair at the East Campus Union on March 21 from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. They are looking for individuals who can attend the whole time and would like to judge middle school and high school science fair projects. Continue reading…
Official summer registration at UNL opens March 4. Our Nebraska Math and Science Summer Institutes (NMSSI) schedule is now posted online: https://scimath.unl.edu/nmssi-course-catalog-2024. Continue reading…
The project focuses on understanding how internships in advanced computing at NREL contribute to students’ careers and to diversifying the computational science workforce. Continue reading…
We would like to invite you to an informational webinar to learn more about Code.org® summer workshops for teachers. These informational webinars are open to administration and teachers who are interested in learning how to bring computer science curriculum to their schools. Continue reading…
The 134th Annual Meeting for the Nebraska Academy of Sciences is scheduled for Friday, April 19, 2024, at the University of Nebraska East Campus Union. Abstracts are due Feb. 23. NAS will host this event using a hybrid format, with both in-person and remote-Zoom access options. Continue reading…
Nebraska is among nearly 400 U.S. universities that have received a community engagement classification from the foundation, including 40 in this round.
The university’s outreach projects include STEM education for underrepresented youth, economic development, public health and the performing arts. Continue reading…
Coordinated through Nebraska 4-H, part of the university’s Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, the FIRST Lego League features youth in grades 4 through 8 teaming up to solve robotics challenges using the classic building block toy. Continue reading…
U.S. college students majoring in STEM fields currently graduate about 20% less often than their non-STEM peers, a resounding clarion call for better assisting those students. Nebraska’s Mohammad Hasan and former Husker Bilal Khan recently investigated whether machine learning might help the cause. Continue reading…
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Kiewit Hall is redefining how traditional academic spaces help prepare students for career success. The six-story, privately funded, $115 million building is the university’s academic hub for engineering education. It connects five engineering facilities. Continue reading…
Unpredictable cold spells can spell disaster for farmers, especially when it comes to sensitive crops like sorghum. But researchers at the Center for Plant Science Innovation at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln are on a mission to give this grain a winter coat. Continue reading…