The synergy created from an experienced researcher mentoring promising and creative graduate students has resulted in a seemingly effective and low-cost solution to groundwater contamination at a former central Nebraska landfill. For the past year and a half, UNL soil environmental chemist Steve Comfort and several of his Environmental Restoration Science graduate and undergraduate students […]

Fall commencement exercises are Dec. 17 and 18. Graduate commencement exercises, including doctoral hooding, begin at 3 p.m. Dec. 17 for students earning doctoral and master’s degrees. Undergraduate exercises begin at 9:30 a.m. Dec. 18. Both ceremonies are at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. The College of Law will have a separate hooding and commencement […]

Of UNL’s more than 7,000 employees, nearly all work somewhere in Nebraska in the university’s “500-mile campus,” with by far the biggest portion working on one of the Lincoln campuses. There is a small group of eight, however — all particle physicists — who are permanently stationed at sites remote from Nebraska. Five work nearly […]

UNL will confer its Charles Bessey Medal to NASA astronaut Clayton Anderson during fall commencement ceremonies Dec. 18. The Bessey Medal is presented by UNL in recognition of distinguished achievement in the sciences or in fields grounded in the sciences. The medal’s namesake, Charles Bessey, was one of the world’s pioneers in botany. Bessey was […]

The Centrex has been recycled. After decades of dog-eared service, the print edition of the UNL phone directory is now online as the UNL Directory. Incorporating the Centrex’s white and yellow page listings, the UNL Directory is an upgrade to PeopleFinder, the university’s old online directory that only listed faculty and staff phone numbers. The […]

The University Sertoma Club has expanded the season of giving into a year-round effort. For 22 years, the UNL-based group has followed Sertoma International’s mission of “Service to Mankind,” serving the various needs of Lincoln residents. They give to the City Mission, provide speech and hearing scholarships to UNL students, work with the Nebraska Hearing […]

A first-of-its-kind UNL survey designed and administered by undergraduate students has offered insight into student attitudes about political matters, campus issues and even pop culture personalities. More than 10 percent of UNL’s 24,500 graduate and undergraduate students responded to the survey conducted by students in Michael Wagner’s Political Science 230 class, which examines elections, political […]

Part garden, part curriculum, Kaitlyn DeLashmutt’s UCARE project is an experiment in environmental education. DeLashmutt, a Burwell, Neb., native, is writing an environmental curriculum for K-6 students. The curriculum focuses on sustainability and resource allocation. She hopes the curriculum will help bridge the gap between the need and availability of environmental curriculum. “There’s a really […]

Linda Blunt can make a mean caramel macchiato, but her service isn’t limited to espresso beverages. Blunt, senior retail associate for University Dining Services, runs the Caffina Café located in the Nebraska Union. In addition to keeping students alert and caffeinated, as the food distribution coordinator for the Cass County Food Bank, Blunt is also […]

Jolene Deinert wasn’t going to bring it up this year. “For the last seven years or so, the facilities staff here at Harper-Schramm-Smith-Village have adopted a family for the holidays,” said Deinert, assistant manager of HSS facilities operations. “We take up a collection, purchase some items and a few gifts for them.” But, finances are […]