There are widely recognized points of transition during students’ K-12 careers: the jump from preschool to kindergarten, and the shift from elementary to middle school, for example. Developmental psychologist Jenna Finch is studying a less recognized, but equally pivotal, leap: the jump from second to third grade. It’s a shift with some major changes — higher behavioral expectations, high-stakes standardized testing, a switch from “learning to read” to “reading to learn,” and brand-new math concepts like fractions, multiplication and division.

The Nebraska Veterinary Diagnostic Center has received the Governor’s Excellence in Ag Partnership Award for its scientific excellence and support of Nebraska agricultural stakeholders. Gov. Jim Pillen presented the award at the 2025 Governor’s Summit in Kearney on Aug. 13.

Three University of Nebraska–Lincoln faculty and the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders have earned the University of Nebraska system’s most esteemed honors for research, creative activity, teaching and engagement.

Ciara Ousley, assistant professor of special education and communication disorders, is leading a project to better understand relationships between typically developing children and their autistic siblings who use augmentative and alternative communication.

In the wake of disastrous floods that have inundated other parts of the country, University of Nebraska–Lincoln researchers say Nebraska could experience similar devastation, with the consequences falling disproportionately on the state’s most vulnerable residents.  A new study, prompted by Nebraska’s catastrophic 2019 floods, concludes that thousands of people living in mobile home parks across […]

Experts in the heart of Husker Nation are once again helping the world unravel the genetic secrets of corn — a crop that plays a pivotal role in global agriculture.

In the latest published work from the lab of Nebraska’s James Schnable, Vladimir Torres-Rodriguez and Guangchao Sun helped an international team identify a hidden layer of genetic control within the DNA of corn. The findings reveal how small variations in DNA can influence important traits such as drought resistance, plant height and flower time, ultimately leading to more resilient crops. The study is to be published in Nature Genetics.