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Husker researchers pose in a blue-lit lab. From left are: Kevin Smith, Leland J. and Dorothy H. Olson Professor of political science; Heather Akin, associate professor of agricultural leadership, education and communication; Eileen Hebets, George Holmes Professor of biological sciences; Emma Brase, graduate student in psychology; and Mike Dodd, professor of psychology. Hebets has a tarantula on her right wrist.

Husker researchers collaborate to explore fear of spiders

March 2, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

A red flag with a white Husker N waves over a sidewalk on the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's City Campus. Snow covers the ground.

Record five Husker researchers named NAI Senior Members

February 26, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Fall Campus

64 Husker employees receive Family and Friends Recognition awards

February 10, 2026

Student Research Days

UCARE application reviewers needed

February 6, 2026

A close-up of a pipette dispensing a drop of liquid into one of about a dozen test tubes.

Additional 10 Husker undergrads receive stipends for research projects

February 4, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

"In the News" in front of a smartphone, with about 40 images of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's campuses behind.

Nebraska in the national news: January 2026

February 3, 2026

Oleh Khalimonchuk, Willa Cather Professor of biochemistry, poses in his lab.

Khalimonchuk expands work to decode mitochondrial failure behind major diseases

February 2, 2026

Science & Technology

James Schnable stands in a sorghum field. He is wearing a black shirt, red gaiter, wide-brimmed hat and glasses.

National Academy of Sciences salutes Schnable for pioneering work

January 26, 2026

Agriculture & Environment

Participants work through an exercise during an HR workshop.

Spring semester NSPIRE sessions focus on performance, communication

January 13, 2026

Brandi Pessman (left), postdoctoral research associate in the School of Biological Sciences, and Eileen Hebets, George Holmes Professor of biological sciences.

Husker discoveries, collaborations, insight made national news in 2025

December 26, 2025

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

Richard Wilson, Charles Bessey Professor of plant pathology, looks through a microscope.

Major NSF grant supports innovative Husker plant pathology project

December 18, 2025

Agriculture & Environment

"In the News" in front of a smartphone, with about 40 images of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's campuses behind.

Nebraska in the national news: November 2025

December 3, 2025

Agriculture & Environment

Science & Technology

Society & Culture