Food & Nutrition

Jonnisha McCleod, a 2014-2015 AmeriCorps Service Scholar in the Nebraska Extension ExtensionCorps program, has been honored as a finalist for a ServeNebraska Step Forward Award in the National Service Volunteer category.

Through their travels to places such as Brazil, India, Ghana, Rwanda and Congo, Howard G. Buffett and his son Howard W. Buffett have come to recognize that it's important to understand the country-, culture- and environment-specific challenges every country faces. The Buffetts spoke to an overflow audience at Nebraska Innovation Campus on Wednesday evening in the first Heuermann Lecture of the 2015-16 season.

The STEM Food and Ag Council announces the launch of a new initiative and dynamic online portal to increase awareness of STEM careers in the food and agriculture sectors.

How every person can play an important role in solutions to local, national and global challenges will be the focus of the first Heuermann series event of the 2015-16 season on Oct. 21.

Husker football fans tailgating prior to Saturday’s game should be on the lookout for students in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Food Science Club who will be handing out the ultimate tailgating package.

Students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will have the opportunity to learn more about how they can be a part of the global hunger solution when the HungerU mobile educational exhibit comes to campus Oct. 5-6.

Meet Kristen Reiman from Butte Nebraska. Kristen is a dietetics and nutrition, exercise and health science major, with a minor in ag business entrepreneurship.

Visitors to the Nebraska State Fair -- Aug. 28 to Sept. 7 in Grand Island -- can view more than 10,000 4-H exhibits from 2,500 exhibitors, representing all 93 Nebraska counties.