University of Nebraska President Hank Bounds and Board of Regents Chairman Rob Schafer were joined today by students, leaders in business and agriculture, community members and other NU supporters in asking members of the Legislature’s Appropriations Committee to make affordable, excellent higher education a priority for Nebraska’s future.

Amit Jhala, University of Nebraska–Lincoln assistant professor of agronomy and horticulture and extension weed management specialist, has been awarded an Outstanding Reviewer Award by the Weed Science Society of America.

Dale Grotelueschen, veterinarian and director of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Great Plains Veterinary Educational Center has been named veterinarian of the year by the Nebraska Veterinary Medical Association.

Meet David Kaltenberger, a mechanized systems management major from Lincoln, Neb.

Meet Becky Aiken, an interactive design specialist with IANR Media

IANR Vice Chancellor Mike Boehm highlighted a number strengths driving the institute’s palpable momentum during the IANR All Hands Meeting on Jan. 30.

Twenty-seven Nebraska LEAD 36 fellows recently returned from an international study and travel seminar in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay.

The Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln has named Doug Zalesky director of its Eastern Nebraska Research and Extension Center (ENREC), located near Mead, NE.