Posted April 2, 2026 by Dan Moser
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln will celebrate Husker students’ research contributions during Student Research Days.
The week kicks off April 7 with poster sessions and presentations at the Nebraska Union, Centennial Room. The event features students’ presentations in engineering and physical sciences. On April 8, poster presentations will feature arts and humanities, education, business, social sciences and life sciences.
All poster sessions will be held in the Nebraska Union, with undergraduates’ posters on display from 10 a.m.-noon and graduate students’ posters from 3-5 p.m. on both days.
One of the week’s highlights, the Student Research Slam on April 9, will feature five students communicating about their work in five-minute dynamic, engaging presentations. Attendees will vote and choose a winner. The Slam begins with lunch at 11:30 at the Wick Alumni Center. The event is free, but registration is required.
The 2026 Slammers are: Prabhashis Bose, graduate student, food science and technology; Zenebu Derbew, graduate student, civil and environmental engineering; Maxwell Lottes, senior, psychology; Babatunde Okunlola, graduate student, journalism and mass communications; and Oluwamayowa Oluwaniyi, doctoral student, mechanical and materials engineering.
The week concludes April 10 with research presentations on innovations in agriculture, geared toward graduate students and postdocs.
The two-part ag series is 9:30-11:30 a.m. and 1-2:30 p.m. at the East Campus Union and features two recently retired experts from Corteva Agriculture. Plant breeder Klaus Koehler will present the first-session talks: “From Corn Breeding 1.0 to 4.0” and “The Commercial Product Development Pipeline in Corn.” Plant scientist Todd Jones will present the second session: “Corteva’s Ag Accelerator Program” and “From Bench to Bin: Optimizing an Integrated Development Pipeline for GM and Gene-Edited Crops.”
Student Research Days is sponsored by the Office of Research and Innovation and the Office of Graduate Studies.
