A program initiated a decade ago has led to a fundamental shift in research opportunities for undergraduates at UNL. Since enlisting the first 100 students in 2000, the Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experience program has offered a hands-on research experience to more than 2,500 UNL students. Nearly 80 percent of all participating UCARE students […]

The brain, which helps us understand the world, is itself the least understood organ. Mathematics is helping to reveal some of the brain’s mysteries. UNL mathematician Carina Curto’s research into neural networks is expanding understanding of the brain. Her work eventually could help other researchers develop new treatments for brain disorders, such as autism and […]

When Andrew Graybill received an e-mail from the National Endowment for the Humanities, he figured it would be “business as usual, thanks for playing, apply again next year.” Instead, Christmas came early for the UNL historian, who first applied for an NEH Faculty Fellowship several years ago and had all but given up on the […]

The International Association for Feminist Economics located at UNL will receive a $1.5 million grant over the next three years from the Swedish International Development Agency. The grant will help the association promote feminist economic research and inform policymakers, economists, and other scholars about feminist points of view on economic issues. “SIDA’s funding will help […]

A UCARE experience helped Jason Dumpert spark a career in robotics. One of the first 100 UNL students to enroll in the undergraduate research program in 2000, Dumpert paired with Shane Farritor, associate professor of mechanical engineering, and helped troubleshoot problems related to a robot. “I hadn’t worked in robotics before I met Shane,” said […]

Bill Waters felt the shock waves of the Jan. 12 Haiti earthquake from 2,104 miles away. Tuned into National Public Radio during the afternoon commute, the program coordinator for OASIS learned of the quake shortly after 5 p.m. With more than 33 years of experience working and developing friendships in the Caribbean nation, Waters hustled […]

Pardon William Velander if he didn’t rush to the movie theater Jan. 22 to see “Extraordinary Measures,” a motion picture starring Harrison Ford and Brendan Fraser. By that point, the UNL scientist already saw the show after attending its premiere in Los Angeles. In the film, Ford plays Dr. Robert Stonehill, a researcher at the […]

The UCARE program helped Tricia Echtencamp Foley chart a career path in academia, moving from lab space in the Beadle Center to New York University’s School of Medicine. “The UCARE program was exceptionally valuable,” said Foley. “It gave me the opportunity to spend extra time in the lab. And, it’s what led me to a […]

A Red Cross volunteer collects donations from Husker fans during the women’s basketball game on Jan. 23. During halftime of the game, more than 125 Red Cross volunteers passed buckets among the record crowd of 13,300 fans, collecting $10,663. The funds will be used by the Red Cross to help with the relief effort following […]

The Sandhill cranes, long considered one of the state’s treasures, have an annual impact of at least $10.33 million on central Nebraska’s economy, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln report estimates. The report, published in the fall by UNL’s Bureau of Business Research, calculated the figure as part of a targeted economic impact study of central Nebraska […]