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Gear Up for Ag Health and Safety training set for Nov. 28 Friday, October 27, 2023

Gear Up for Ag Health and Safety training for students working in agricultural settings is set for Tuesday, Nov. 28 in 150 Keim Hall on the University of Nebraska–Lincoln East Campus.

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Meredith striving to depolarize STEM research for impact Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Since taking a position as a professor and social-ecological rangeland scientist at Nebraska two years ago, Gwendŵr Meredith has spoken and listened to ranchers in her research work with the Barta Brothers Ranch and Kansas Black Farmers Association and with students in the classes she teaches. She said these discussions have confirmed a realization she had before coming to Nebraska that when people hold conflicting opinions and are unable to hear each other out, the impact of related research is limited.

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From Seed to Seed, A Pictorial Story Showing How a Bean Plant Grows Friday, October 20, 2023

Have you ever seen how a bean grows up?

“From Seed to Seed, A Pictorial Story Showing How a Bean Plant Grows” is the newest publication from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Plant and Soil Sciences eLibrary. It is an online picture book showing the day-by-day story of how a red kidney bean grows up, flowers and produces one of the staples in the diet of many peoples in many countries.

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Xu continues in department researching maize genetics and genomics Thursday, October 19, 2023

Gen Xu began Aug. 1 as a research assistant professor in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture. He is currently studying the mechanism of heterosis in maize using transcriptomic data.

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Schnable selected as Nebraska Corn Checkoff Presidential Chair Thursday, October 19, 2023

The Nebraska Corn Board and the Nebraska Corn Growers Association (NeCGA) are pleased to announce the selection of Dr. James Schnable as the next Nebraska Corn Checkoff Presidential Chair.

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Nebraska students win 2023 Regional Collegiate Soil Judging Contest Tuesday, October 17, 2023

For the second year in a row the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Soil Judging Team won first-place overall at the Region 5 Collegiate Soil Judging Contest Oct. 1 to 6. South Dakota State University hosted the contest, which was held in the northern Black Hills near Sturgis, South Dakota.

Students and teams earn awards for the individual portion and as a team overall. Scores from both individual and team portions are used to determine overall team rankings.

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Lincoln to host North American conference on invasive species management Wednesday, October 11, 2023

The 2023 North American Invasive Species Management Association annual conference will be held Oct. 16-19 in Lincoln.

Remarks and visuals by Platte Basin Timelapse will be one of the keynote presentations for the 2023 conference of the North American Invasive Species Management Association in Lincoln. The event will be held Oct. 16-19 at the Lincoln Marriott Cornhusker Hotel. The Nebraska Invasive Species Council, which includes several faculty from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, will cohost the event. Several members of the Nebraska council served on the planning committee for the 2023 conference.

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Undergrads receive stipends for research projects Wednesday, October 11, 2023

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln has awarded stipends to 221 Husker undergraduates to participate in research with a faculty mentor during the 2023-24 academic year. Two Agronomy and Horticulture students have received UCARE awards including Alessandra Meza, a senior plant and landscape systems major, and Cole Hammett, a senior plant biology major.

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Alas receives NACTA Graduate Student Teaching Award Thursday, October 5, 2023

Kristina Alas with her certified therapy dog Lucy.

Kristina Alas, doctoral student in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture specializing in plant breeding and genetics, received the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture 2023 Graduate Student Teaching Award.

This award recognizes and rewards graduate student members who are involved in classroom instruction for at least a year and who excel as teachers in the agricultural disciplines. NACTA is a professional society that focuses on the scholarship of teaching and learning agriculture and related disciplines at the postsecondary level.

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Preparing for the future under the Nebraska sky Thursday, October 5, 2023

Rane Parr collecting soil samples at Rogers Memorial Farm.

Rane Parr, senior environmental engineering major at Elon University in Elon, North Carolina, spent the summer of 2023 in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Research Experience Undergraduate program. The following is a blog post about her experiences.

S. Carolina Córdova, agronomy and horticulture assistant professor and Statewide Soil Health Specialist, and Stephanie Lugo, master’s student, served as Parr’s project mentors.

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