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Mechanical and Materials Engineering

Federal award supports Markvicka’s work on soft materials for robotics, stretchable electronics

April 22, 2024

Engineers are increasingly eager to develop robots that mimic the behavior of animals and biological organisms, whose adaptability, resilience and efficiency have been refined over millions of years of evolution.

In bringing bio-inspired robots to life, scientists must first create soft matter counterparts that match the softness and functionality of biological tissue. University of Nebraska–Lincoln engineer Eric Markvicka is at the forefront of these efforts.

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Political Science

McMahon earns NEH funding to study Ukrainian refugee resettlement

April 23, 2024

New funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities will enable University of Nebraska–Lincoln scholar Patrice McMahon to study the resettlement of Ukrainian refugees in Poland and the grassroots humanitarianism that made it possible.

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Politics

Theiss-Morse’s book explores role of respect in politics

April 22, 2024

By any measure, the 2016 general election campaigns got ugly, with rhetorical mudslinging from both sides.

But it was a conversation after the election that spurred new research questions for University of Nebraska–Lincoln political scientist Elizabeth Theiss-Morse and her University of North Carolina colleague, Jeff Spinner-Halev.

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