Children visiting the University of Nebraska State Museum-Morrill Hall will soon be able to unearth a lifelike fossil through a partnership with the Frontier Tech Lab at Nebraska Innovation Studio. Want to read the full story? Check the link! 🔗 go.unl.edu/cig2

Bedross Der Matossian, a historian of the modern Middle East at UNL, has been awarded a 2026 fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. The award is one of the nation’s most prestigious honors for scholars and artists. go.unl.edu/t4y8

A big round of applause to those who earned accolades in the month of March! Want to see the full list? Check the link! go.unl.edu/gj5z

A UNL architecture professor is challenging long-held assumptions about the American home, proposing smaller, more flexible housing designs as a solution to affordability and community challenges. #NebraskaLectures #wearenebraskaresearch 🏘️ go.unl.edu/yavw

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🏥 RESEARCH IMPACT 🏥 Supply chain costs play a key role in rising health care expenses. Nebraska researchers have found that group purchasing organizations can help hold the line. Want to read more? Check out the link below! go.unl.edu/tky7

🎵 Have you heard? 🎵 Nebraska’s Robert Woody’s research explores how music shapes and is influenced by human cognition, behavior and emotion. His research and classes are better preparing the next generation of music educators. go.unl.edu/sp2a

In case you missed these stories highlighting research and creative endeavors, take a look at some of the top articles from December 2025 (compiled by the Office of Research and Innovation’s communications team). 🔗 go.unl.edu/9uhi

Dipti Dev and the Healthy Children, Healthy Communities project, are helping rural child care programs foster healthy eating habits among 3- to 5-year-olds. The team is training providers using the online EAT for Prevention program, which Dev developed. 🍎 go.unl.edu/20kp

📖 Art historian Katie Anania explores how U.S. artists used paper to redefine the relationship between the body and its surroundings in her first book, “Out of Paper: Drawing, Environment, and the Body in 1960s America” (Yale University Press, 2024). go.unl.edu/qc5i

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Bureau of Sociological Research bills itself as a one-stop shop for researchers needing rigorous data collection and analysis, working to support projects at every stage. Learn more about them here > go.unl.edu/egut

Wishing you a wonderful spring semester!

📢 In case you missed these stories highlighting research and creative activity at the university, R&I has compiled a roundup of recent top stories from research.unl.edu and other sources. go.unl.edu/msdc

🎉 A @UNLincoln research team has achieved a key milestone in a national competition to advance targeted genome editing. Their work could help lead to new treatments for both common and rare diseases. Read about their accomplishment here ➡️ go.unl.edu/a4rf

Annual flu shots could become a thing of the past under a new vaccine strategy developed and tested by @UNLincoln virologist Eric Weaver and his laboratory team. go.unl.edu/xmy0

Impoverished Indian women sold into sex trafficking as children want better for their own daughters, but it’s often hard for them to see other paths forward, said a University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor who’s extensively studied the issue. go.unl.edu/bes9

Research development professionals at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are part of a multi-institutional team honored with a national award for its work helping faculty successfully compete for scientific research funds.

Husker researcher Yiqi Yang has developed a first-of-its-kind technology for fiber-to-fiber, or chemical, recycling that successfully removes dyes, separates natural and synthetic blends, and creates high-quality fibers. go.unl.edu/or3t

UNMC alum and Nebraska Medicine lab scientist Zankhana Amin made a rare discovery that helped solve the mystery behind one patient’s intense pain. Read more on how she put the care team on the right path to diagnosis: www.unmc.edu/newsroom/202...