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Impact partnerships bring research ‘full circle,’ panelists say
Cultivating a culture of impact partnership in research should be integrated throughout the research journey, says Nebraska’s self-described “traffic cop” for the process. It should be a source of joy and excitement in research, she said.
Guo aims to develop smart tech for household objects
A Nebraska researcher is using National Science Foundation funding to develop a wireless communications technology that could provide a digital twin of a home, including detailed information about the location and status of everyday items like clothes, books and sundries lining pantry shelves.
MoreStudy shows news coverage on Twitter combined crime, pandemic in disjointed narrative
New research from Husker sociologist Lisa Kort-Butler suggests that in the timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic, from the initial shutdowns, several waves of heightened disease and death and a waning sense of emergency, legacy news organizations continued to elevate crime news through Twitter, but often partnered the pandemic and crime in disjointed ways, and incorporated similar language with both. These crime and pandemic snapshots — in 280 characters or less — likely magnified a sense of instability and insecurity of Americans.
MoreConner earns faculty Fulbright to teach, develop curriculum in Jamaica
Nathan Conner, associate professor in agricultural leadership, education and communication at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, has been selected for a Fulbright Fellowship.
Conner will be teaching and conducting research at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education in Port Antonio, Portland, Jamaica, from August through June 2024.
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Nebraska researchers conduct largest biochar field trial in the state
A Nebraska research team is collaborating with others to test the use of biochar to boost soil’s organic content.
MoreSurvey hints at how families discuss suffering
Nebraska researchers surveyed 541 people to better understand how families communicate about out-group suffering.
MoreUSDA official visits university to discuss $25M grant for Rural Prosperity Nebraska
Jennifer Lester Moffitt, under secretary of agriculture for marketing and regulatory programs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, visited the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s East Campus on May 23 to participate in a roundtable discussion on the $25 million grant awarded to Rural Prosperity Nebraska to create the Heartland Regional Food Business Center.
MoreEngel named NIC’s interim executive director
Kate Engel has been named interim executive director of the Nebraska Innovation Campus Development Corporation, the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation owned by the University of Nebraska Board of Regents.
MoreProtection of America: Surprising Role of Plant Ecophysiologist
Tala Awada, physiological plant ecologist, is helping bring her discipline forward for U.S. national security.
MoreGene-edited calf may reduce reliance on antimicrobials against cattle disease
Cattle worldwide face major health threats from a highly infectious viral disease that decades of vaccinations and other precautions have failed to contain. Federal, private-sector and Husker scientists are collaborating on a new line of defense, by producing a gene-edited calf resistant to the virus.
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