Education Abroad offers new opportunities to students
Education Abroad has created three new scholarships — Early Abroad, AMP, and Global Internships — and a new study in Canada program with money from UNL's new contract with Union Bank.
Geography student selected to attend world congress
Humphrey Kalibo, geography doctoral student, recently attended the 24th International Union of Forest Research Organizations World Congress held in Salt Lake City. He was among seven official bloggers selected to cover the event's technical sessions and sub-plenary meetings.
British, UNL debaters to meet in Thompson Forum event
Members of the British national debate team will square off with representatives of the UNL speech and debate team on Nov. 17 on the topic of social media and creativity.
UNL joins initiative to expand US-Norway engagement in higher ed
UNL is among 12 institutions in the United States to participate in a new academic partnership program with the Norwegian Centre for International Collaboration in Education and the Institute of International Education.
NU System updates policy on university-sponsored travel
The University of Nebraska has updated its policy on university-sponsored travel to countries under a U.S. Department of State Travel Warning or Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Travel Health Notice.
Water for Food Conference: Harnessing the Data Revolution
The 2014 Water for Food Global Conference, hosted by the Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute at the University of Nebraska and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, brings together experts from around the world to explore how the data revolution can help address the pressing need for global water and food security. The conference will focus specifically on how data can improve the productivity and sustainability of small and large farmers.
Students experience summer wildlife in Botswana
Students studied every day during a month-long education abroad program this summer at the Mashatu Game Reserve in Botswana.
Braithwaite to teach in Russia via Fulbright program
For nine years, Charles Braithwaite and his UNL students have been interacting with counterparts in Russia — but only through audio and video beamed over the Internet.
UNL drill powers discovery of microbes under Antarctic ice
The UNL drilling team and others have found unexplored depths of our biosphere in the Antarctic this past year.
Brazilian Student is First Generation Google Scholar
Heitor Castro, a sophomore computer engineering major, attended Google's annual Scholar's Retreat in June. He is UNL's first Generation Google Scholar.