The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is now home to a neutron monitor, a sophisticated device that provides a crucial service by enabling correct real-time soil moisture and hydrology readings in Nebraska and nationwide. The monitor is only the third such device in the United States, and the only one located outside the East Coast.

Cheryl Horst is interim executive director of NUtech Ventures, the university’s technology commercialization affiliate, effective July 1. She succeeds Brad Roth, who plans to retire later this year.

Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Rick Bevins is returning to the College of Arts and Sciences as a full-time faculty member on Aug. 18.

The University of Nebraska held a ribbon-cutting ceremony June 27 marking the completion of a feedlot research, teaching and extension center. Photo by Craig Chandler | University Communication and Marketing

Husker researcher Grace Panther aims to develop engineering pedagogy — methods of teaching — where strong visuo-spatial skills are less central to success. With a five-year, $650,000 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program, she will advance her work to create pedagogy that is more inclusive and equitable, enabling students with a wide range of visuo-spatial skills to earn engineering degrees and join the STEM workforce.

Three Nebraska Engineering students and a physics student from Nebraska Wesleyan University are on a unique research adventure for nine weeks, working on a project at a university in Japan.