University of Nebraska-Lincoln

 Zachery Crandall, a senior at Britton-Hecla High School and Northern State Upward Bound student, is one of nine students in South Dakota selected for the Davis-Bahcall Scholarship program. The program, which runs from July 7 to Aug. 4, is intended to...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Two recent graduates have been raising money to turn a half-acre of University of Nebraska-Lincoln land into an organic farm so students can dig a little dirt while learning. Alumni Danny Martin and Jenn Simons are working with...

BROOKINGS - Amanda Bachmann and Roger Ellis recently joined SDSU Extension as Field Specialists, pending approval from the Board of Regents. Bachmann will serve as the SDSU Extension Consumer Horticulture Field Specialist and will be based out of the...

You don’t have to try very hard to lure Darryl Tonemah back to Aberdeen.  Tonemah, who is a singer-songwriter in addition to other pursuits, graduated from Aberdeen Central in 1984 and Northern State University in 1989. He now lives in Lewiston,...

In 1998, just before Napoleon Chagnon retired from the University of California at Santa Barbara, he signed a contract to write a book about his life as an anthropologist among the Yanomamö people, who live in the forests of Venezuela and Brazil. It...

DENVER - CoBank, a cooperative bank serving agribusinesses, rural infrastructure providers and Farm Credit associations throughout the United States, announced today that it has committed $5 million to fund agricultural research and education at land...

FREMONT, Neb. (AP) - Jud Hoffschneider still relishes the experiences he had attending the Nebraska Agricultural Youth Institute. Hoffschneider now is excited to help make that annual conference a positive experience for other young people. A 2011...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Gov. Dave Heineman said on Feb. 15 that agriculture and college affordability will play key roles in his decision to fill an opening on the University of Nebraska's governing board. The Republican governor said he'll rely heavily on...

The jury is still out as to whether the extreme drought conditions that continue to grip more than half of the country are the result of global climate change, but the majority of scientists do believe that a major shift in weather around the world is...

Twelve senior athletes at Laguna Beach High signed a National Letter of Intent Wednesday to continue their academic and athletic careers. "Celebrating the success of our athletes is important and I am very proud of our students," Laguna Beach...

Preparing for one of the biggest spectacles in sports in one of the most notorious cities in the nation, Nate Breske hasn't had time to worry about the accompanying glitz and glamor.  The many distractions can wait until after today's Super Bowl....

John Rickertsen has joined the North Dakota State University Hettinger Research Extension Center as a research agronomist. He joined the center Jan. 14 and has a 100 percent research appointment. The focus of Rickertsen's research will be agronomic...