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Cruise named next director of Center on Children, Families and the Law

Cruise named next director of Center on Children, Families and the Law

Davianna Daydreamer, Jace Meunier, Mun Yuk Chin

Research uncovers finances as key challenge for Nebraska mental health practitioners

Layman Awards/Psychology/

2026 Student Slam participants

In entertaining Slam talk, Lottes shares how cortisol prompts stress responses

Arts and Sciences/civil and environmental engineering/College of Journalism and Mass Communications/Food Science/Graduate Student Research/Mechanical and Materials Engineering/Psychology/Research Days/Student Research/

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Neta’s research points to brain-based clues for mental health

Center for Brain Biology and Behavior/Psychology/

Husker psychology professor receives presidential award

Center for Brain Biology and Behavior/Psychology/

Associate Vice Chancellor Bevins to return to faculty

Leadership News/Psychology/Research News/Rural Drug Addiction Research Center/

Bevins, Powers named AAAS fellows

Honors/Plant Pathology/Psychology/

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App could deliver ‘just in time’ messaging to help youth experiencing homelessness

Psychology/Sociology/

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Sharing positive feelings may ease loneliness-based negativity

NU announces President’s Excellence Awards; Bevins honored for research

Awards/Honors/Psychology/Rural Drug Addiction Research Center/

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Study explores paths to religious beliefs among underrepresented communities

Center for Research on Children Youth Families and Schools/Diversity/Psychology/

Integrated care model focus of newly-funded psychology program

Ethnic Studies/Psychology/

Deb Hope in office

Project guides mental health clinicians in treating transgender, gender diverse individuals

Nebraska team studying how social ties may boost health outcomes of Latinos facing discrimination

Minority Health Disparities Initiative/Psychology/

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Meaning-rich life may curb stress-related drinking in college

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Study indicates mindfulness training promotes positivity

Kathryn Holland

Holland’s research aims for survivor-first approach to reporting sexual violence

Psychology/Women's and Gender Studies/

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Study: Family adversity lowers children’s social-emotional skills

Children and Families/Psychology/

Researcher developing tool to help women support survivors of sexual assault

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Researchers help Nebraska judicial system address diversity, inclusion

College of Law/Law/Psychology/

Andrews developing strategies to help high-risk groups navigate COVID

COVID-19/Ethnic Studies/Minority Health Disparities Initiative/Psychology/

Bevins part of team receiving $10.3M to study chemical, biological threats

National Strategic Research Institute/Psychology/

Nebraska researchers continue obesity intervention study

Center for Brain Biology and Behavior/Psychology/

Gray matter? Study finds differing interpretations of brain maps

Center for Brain Biology and Behavior/Psychology/

Bevins steps in to lead Rural Drug Addiction Research Center

Psychology/Rural Drug Addiction Research Center/

PTSD in mothers can lead to lax parenting

Children and Families/Health/Mental Health/Psychology/

$11.85 million NIH grant to support new center to study rural drug use

Psychology/Rural Issues/Sociology/

Bell, Dawes, Scalora, Tsymbal earn top NU honors

Agriculture/English/Physics/Psychology/Public Policy/

Nebraska researchers eye link between cognitive abilities, weight

Brain Research/Center for Brain Biology and Behavior/Psychology/

Research ties death penalty support to resource scarcity

Evolution/Policies/Psychology/

Fotonovelas aimed at improving mental health for victims of violence

Ethnic Studies/Minority Health Disparities Initiative/Psychology/

Project explores why aging brains stay on the sunny side

Center for Brain Biology and Behavior/Psychology/

Nebraska research battles adolescent bullying, peer threat

Children and Families/Education/Psychology/

Study: Binge drinkers’ brains respond differently to risky child’s play

Brain Research/Health/Psychology/

Researchers establish link between hormone, generosity in birds

Arts and Sciences/Biology/Psychology/

Religious freedom laws an all-American dispute, researchers find

Policies/Psychology/Sociology/

Study confirms beauty is in the eye of the beer holder

Policies/Psychology/Sociology/

Study shows how brain anticipates social exclusion

Brain Research/Psychology/Sociology/

Left-brained: Study suggests conservative Democrats don’t compute for liberal voters

Brain Research/Political Science/Psychology/

Boys and porn: Researchers find age of first exposure linked to sexist attitudes

Children and Families/Psychology/Sociology/

Shaming and blaming: When victims of abuse face disfavor

Children and Families/Education/Psychology/

Study: Violence in news toughens opinions on crime, punishment

Journalism/Psychology/Sociology/

What’s in a name? Monikers alter empathy in the brain

Brain Research/Psychology/Sociology/

The four paths to heroism: Kohen explores roots of heroic acts

Policies/Political Science/Psychology/

I think I know: How institutions can build (or rebuild) trust

Policies/Political Science/Psychology/

Attitudes about violence predict domestic interventions

Criminal Justice/Policies/Psychology/

Scalora lends threat expertise to inauguration

Psychology/Public Policy/

Saliva gives researchers new tools to understand behavior

Brain Research/Psychology/

Powers of perception may explain evolutionary riddle

Biology/Evolution/Psychology/

Study finds link between moms’ feelings, kids’ eating habits

Project aims to help schools diagnose, manage concussions

Brain Research/Education/Psychology/

Study: Humans, chimps share cognitive connection

Brain Research/Psychology/

$6M grant will build neuroscience brain trust

Biology/Brain Research/EPSCoR/Psychology/

Study shows racial attitudes play role in police reform support

Policies/Political Science/Psychology/

Study: Troubling student behaviors underreported

Education/Psychology/Public Policy/

Study finds link between kids’ sleep habits, mental health

Children and Families/Early Childhood/Psychology/

Study suggests political peril leads to intransigence

Political Science/Psychology/

Are you positive? It may depend on where you look

Brain Research/Psychology/

Is your political ideology in your head?

Brain Research/Political Science/Psychology/

Now or later? Predicting choices

Brain Research/Psychology/

Study links ogling with vulnerability to sexual assault

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