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Bevins, Powers named AAAS fellows
Two University of Nebraska–Lincoln faculty have been selected as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society.
MoreArchitecture Hall expansion honors HDR collaboration
The expansion of the iconic Architecture Hall will honor a longstanding collaboration with HDR, an Omaha-based architecture/engineering firm.
MoreResearch explores how classroom time affects children’s self-regulation skills
While research suggests that the number of days in school is associated with gains in children’s reading and math skills, little is known about how instructional time affects children’s non-academic skills critical for school success.
MoreNebraska on course to offer every grad a hands-on, real-world experience
A growing wave of University of Nebraska–Lincoln undergraduates are gaining hands-on, real-world experiences that are preparing them for career success.
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Lab boosts understanding of water bodies, creates student opportunities
Scientists operate dozens of ground-based, time-lapse cameras to monitor water body conditions in the Platte River basin. They are among the 1,400-plus cameras monitoring the nation’s inland waterways, generating an enormous amount of visual data with great potential to boost environmental understanding.
MoreNU alum, renowned photographer Sartore brings ‘Photo Ark’ to Morrill Hall
Photographer and Nebraska native Joel Sartore is getting a permanent exhibit of his project documenting every species living in the world’s zoos, aquariums and wildlife sanctuaries at the University of Nebraska State Museum.
MoreWittich aims to strengthen grain bins against earthquakes, wind storms
When people think of structural engineering perils, they tend to imagine big-city bridges, skyscrapers and the like, but rural America has key vulnerabilities that could cause major economic upheaval regionally and even nationally.
A University of Nebraska–Lincoln researcher is focusing on a specific piece of structural engineering so ubiquitous across rural America, they are barely noticed — the humble steel grain bin.
MoreResearchers uncover ways to improve railcar roller bearing safety, strength
When Nebraska Engineering researchers began cooking up new recipes for manufacturing railcar bearing components, they expected there would be a few offerings that wouldn’t be as satisfying.
However, rollers for a railroad tapered roller bearing produced using metal powders, a state-of-the-art 3-D printing lab, and additive manufacturing processes proved to be just as robust as rollers made using currently conventional techniques.
MoreDawes named Jamaica’s next Poet Laureate
Kwame Dawes, George Holmes Distinguished Professor of English and Glenna Luschei Editor of Prairie Schooner magazine at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, has been named the next Poet Laureate of Jamaica.
MoreCarson Center offers game-changing expertise to research, industry
Edgeworks, a new research and service facility launched by the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, is helping scientists, inventors and entrepreneurs transform cutting-edge concepts into game-changing reality.
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