Schaefer named Clayton Yeutter Chair
The Clayton Yeutter Insitute of International Trade and Finance at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln announced that Matthew Schaefer has been named the inaugural Clayton Yeutter Chair in the Nebraska College of Law.
‘A miracle’: Nebraska team aids escape from Afghanistan
As a former University of Nebraska–Lincoln student settled into his new home in Omaha last week, he was still a bit stunned that he, his wife and two sons were sitting in the United States. He is still astonished at how a group of people half a world away who he hadn't seen in nearly a decade — and some he had never met — surrounded him with hope through a harrowing escape from Afghanistan and ultimately brought his family to safety.
Visiting scientists from Turkey conducting research at Nebraska
Sema Kaplan and Mahmut Kaplan are visiting scholars from Turkey in Lincoln for about a year to learn and collaborate with researchers at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
International Student Advisory Board seeking student volunteers
Students can now apply to serve on University of Nebraska–Lincoln's International Student Advisory Board. The organization is seeking officers and general members. Interested students should be passionate about advocacy for the international student community at Nebraska.
Ankerson named Nebraska’s new executive vice chancellor
Katherine Ankerson, an academic leader who directed a revitalization of the College of Architecture, has been named the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's next executive vice chancellor for academic affairs.
University part of global on-farm research movement
Since its beginning in 1989, the Nebraska On-Farm Research Network has helped producers, in partnership with Nebraska Extension, analyze experiments suited to the specific conditions of their fields. This collaboration has boosted agronomic understanding, as well as producer profits. On-Farm Experimentation, or OFE, is a growing phenomenon worldwide, and a new journal article co-authored by a Nebraska Extension specialist explains that global dimension and the opportunities to better coordinate conventional agronomic research with producer-generated findings and analysis.
New data-decoding approach could lead to faster, smaller digital tech
Most scientists would blanch at being labeled a spin doctor. But when it comes to Evgeny Tsymbal, Ding-Fu Shao and their colleagues, the lab coat fits. The University of Nebraska–Lincoln physicists have charged to the forefront of spintronics, a next-gen class of data storage and processing poised to complement the digital electronics that have ruled the realm of high tech for decades.
Support made all the difference for international entomology grad
A series of circumstances brought Blessing Ademokoy of Nigeria to pursue her doctorate in entomology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She’s worked on research related to stink bugs — a common but destructive insect — and their impact in terms of yield loss and how to manage them. She’s published several articles, with six more in process, and her finds from Nebraska fields are slated to become a part of the University of Nebraska State Museum’s permanent collections.
NCPA helps fuel Chavez’s collegiate dreams
As a first-generation student from an immigrant family, Bryan Chavez didn't always see college as accessible. But through scholarships from the Nebraska College Preparatory Academy and the support of his loved ones, Chavez will accomplish his goal on Dec. 18 by graduating from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln with degrees in computer science and mathematics.
Nebraska’s African Poetry Book Fund takes lead on international award
After 10 years of celebrating the work of emerging African poets, the Brunel International African Poetry Prize, formerly supported by Brunel University London, will be renamed the Evaristo African Poetry Prize. The prize will be operated by the African Poetry Book Fund at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.