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Creighton awarded $2.3M to expand rural surgical cancer care
Creighton University School of Medicine has received a $2,388,300 award through Nebraska’s LB595 program to launch a groundbreaking six-year initiative aimed at improving access to surgical cancer care in rural communities. The program, titled Developing a Research [...]
NSRI launches study of emergent technologies to help protect warfighters from gamma radiation
The National Strategic Research Institute (NSRI) at the University of Nebraska has launched a study for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of War for Nuclear Deterrence, Chemical, and Biological Defense Policy and [...]
Boys Town Breaks Ground on Transformational Expansion
With the turn of a shovel, Boys Town ushered in a bold new chapter for Boys Town National Research Hospital. “The expansion builds on a legacy that began more than 100 years ago with [...]
Nebraska-led team explores using bacteria to power artificial intelligence
In just a few short years, artificial intelligence has rapidly evolved from a futuristic computing concept to a major part of everyday life. As AI tools become increasingly popular and broadly used for a [...]
Nebraska Mental Health & Substance Use Research Study
After a year of research, the results of the Nebraska Mental Health & Substance Use Research Study are now available. The results were initially made public at the 2nd Annual Nebraska Mental Health & Substance [...]
UNK faculty contribute to national security through National Strategic Research Institute
For faculty members at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, supporting national defense doesn’t always mean wearing a uniform. In classrooms, labs and research centers across campus, they’re contributing to the safety and security [...]
My North Star: Tragedy blazes trail for career fighting cancer
Joann Sweasy, PhD, was 9 when she decided to cure cancer. Before that, she and her younger cousin spent hours dancing and playing games in Bristol, Pennsylvania. “She was like a sister to me.” [...]
NIH grants Coffin $1.3 million grant to study medicine-induced hearing loss
Coffin and her team of student researchers. How does an intended marine biologist who wanted to chase sharks end up as a biomedical researcher in a landlocked state studying zebrafish? Hearing loss [...]
Woman in STEM: Heather Jensen-Smith
Nebraska Women in STEM Talked to UNMC's Dr. Heather Jensen-Smith about overcoming career obstacles and thriving through collaborative research. When you ask Dr. Heather Jensen-Smith what piece of advice has helped her along her STEM [...]
This Boot Could Help Soldiers Heal Faster and Stay in the Fight
UNO researchers are reinventing combat footwear with the “FlyBand ExoBoot” designed to prevent ankle injuries and speed recovery. Ankle sprains keep U.S. military service members on the sidelines a combined 6 million days each [...]