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 When I came to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln last year, I was not only impressed by the faculty

and administration, but inspired by the potential to move UNL research to a new level of excellence.

In the past fiscal year, we’ve experienced exceptional growth. Our total sponsored programs awards

grew 25 percent, which is a direct result of our strategic initiatives that provide new resources, leverage

existing resources, develop grantsmanship skills and increase collaborations with other institutions.
“Our 2020 Vision report
recognizes the impor tance research
of enhancing our
New leadership and an influx of senior scholars and scientists are producing a wave of change and a

renewed commitment to quality research and education. One example of this is the new alignment of

efforts to increase our stature

among major universities and to expand our
Graduate Studies with the Office of Research.

We are building outstanding programs in key areas, complementing the investments of our administrative
Nebraska's economic
contribution to
leadership and the state of Nebraska. This focus on facilities and faculty recruitment and retention has
development . Every indication produced world-class research facilities for biotechnology, structural biology, nanotechnology and
suggests we are succeeding. The biological processing – further enhancing our competitiveness for major federal funding opportunities.

extraordinary talent among our faculty for

In an effort to amplify our knowledge base and increase our funding opportunities, our multi-disciplinary
exploring new frontiers research teams are partnering with institutions across Nebraska and the United States. These kinds

03/04
05/06
Nanotechnology
Research Highlights
is being unleashed. ” of collaborations represent enormous growth potential for UNL research.

07/08 Biomedical Research

Chancellor Harvey Perlman
On the following pages you will see why I was inspired when I came to U NL and how the Office of
09/10 Children, Families & Education
11/12 Initiatives Research & Graduate Studies is inspiring excellence.
13/14 Genomics
15/16 Research Centers
17/18 Graduate Studies
19/20 Technology Transfer Prem S. Paul
Vice Chancellor for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies

01/02

To t a l Sp o n s o re d P ro g ra m s

$145.8 + 25.11%
FY 2002
$116.6
FY 2001
$92.1
FY 2000
$91.2
FY 1999
90 105 120 135 150
(Millions of Dollars)

Harvey Perlman & Prem Paul

 “Spintronics,” exploiting electron spin to create nano-sized switching devices, merges electronics

and magnetic systems to produce devices with faster data processing speed, smaller size and

decreased power consumption. In his NSF-funded research, physicist Bernard Doudin investigates the

electric and magnetic properties of ferromagnetic wires only nanometers wide, fabricating ultra-small

junctions in the wires to test the limits of miniaturization for future devices. Physicist David Sellmyer and his team
are producing nanoscale magnetic

Ultrathin polymer films developed by physicist Stephen Ducharme and his colleagues with NSF funding materials – materials made from
individual atoms and measured in
have applications in nonvolatile computer memories, high-energy capacitors and data storage systems
billionths of a meter – that have the
used for “smart cards,” laptops, cell phones and electric vehicles. Current research builds on their initial
potential to radically change data storage.
work as one of the first two groups in the world to make two-dimensional ferroelectric polymer films.
Nanomagnetic films being developed by

Seeking a fundamental u n d e r s t a n d i n g of what happens when things get very s m a l l , the team with funding from the
U.S. Department of Defense Office of
Synthesis of the first magnetic polymer – “plastic magnet” – by chemist Andrzej Rajca and his NSF-funded
researchers in Naval Research have the potential for
team was reported in Science this year and has the potential to lead to lightweight and low-cost applications.
Nanotechnology data storage at very high densities, more
than 100 times greater than present
A novel fabrication process developed by engineering mechanics researcher Yuris Dzenis and his team
discover the power of magnetic hard disks. Research on the
produces ceramic nanofibers with diameters orders of magnitude smaller than conventional ceramic
the miniature, fabricating fabrication of two phase nanomagnets
fibers. These nanocrystalline fibers hold promise for the development of revolutionary new ceramic

materials with super high strength, toughness and flexibility for use in many manufacturing applications.
materials measured in billionths of a meter.
has produced materials with near
world-record energy products that
Physicist Diandra Leslie-Pelecky is fabricating nanometer-sized crystals and compacting them into ultra-small
have applications in motors, power
clusters of magnets with applications in magnetic recording devices, such as hard disks and floppy disks.
systems and data storage.

03/04

David Sellmyer
 Geoscientist Sherilyn Fritz’s breakthrough discoveries about the Amazon Basin climate of 20,000
years ago are challenging accepted scientific theories. Layers of fossilized algae in mud cores Fritz
and her research team take from deep in Bolivia’s Lake Titicaca reveal a clear record of climate
change, showing a very wet basin during the last ice age, not the dry climate long hypothesized. This
NSF-funded work and Fritz’s drilling project in Greenland are generating intense interest – she has
published two papers in Nature and one in Science in the past two years.

Lily Wang Reducing CO2 in the atmosphere by storing more carbon in crop land could slow global warming.
A multi-disciplinary team led by agricultural meteorologist Shashi Verma and agronomist Ken
05/06
Cassman has developed a unique, instrumented 480-acre laboratory at N U’s Agricultural Research
and Development Center that continuously collects and feeds data to computers, measuring how CO2
cycles through the air, plants and soil. These data will allow comprehensive comparisons of cropping
Two UNL researchers won prestigious
systems, giving an understanding of how more carbon could be captured.
National Science Foundation CAREER
awards this year. NSF emphasizes that the A simple, effective way to test pens of cattle for the food-borne pathogen E. coli 0157:H7 could help

“The excitement at U N L about our research in agriculture, control the bacterium in feedlots. The test involves hanging pieces of rope in a cattle pen. Cattle
chew on the rope, leaving traces of the organisms they’re carrying. The multi-disciplinary team led by
grants recognize research and education
veterinary scientist David Smith is refining the test as a research tool and strategy to reduce the
“of the highest quality and in the
broadest sense.” CAREER grants are
biological sciences and chance of infected cattle leaving feedlots.

natural and human resources

awarded only to untenured junior Historian Gary Moulton, editor of The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 13-volume set,
faculty and are unique in requiring a was honored at the White House on July 3, 2002. Published over 19 years by the University of

four-to five-year plan for the scientist’s Nebraska Press, the set includes all of Lewis and Clark’s notebooks and writings and places the

development as both a researcher and an is heightened by the expedition within its historical context, illuminated by new scholarship on geography, Indian
languages, plants and animals.
educator. CAREER recipients and their
projects are: Lily Wang, Architectural value of the work we do for the people of Nebraska and the world beyond.”
Engineering/Peter Kiewit Institute,
The Walt Whitman Archive developed by literature professor Kenneth Price makes a virtual library of
“I n t e g r a t i n g Ti m e - va r i a n t Source John Owens Whitman’s poetry, Whitman biographies, photographs and reviews accessible on the World Wide Web.
Directivity into Architectural Acoustic Vice Chancellor A three-year National Endowment for the Humanities grant is helping Price and colleagues
Institute for Agriculture and Natural Resources
Auralizations,” and Berthe Choueiry, incorporate previously unpublished poetry manuscripts into the Archive.

Computer Science & Engineering,

UNL’s new PrairieFire supercomputer, the eighth-fastest computer at an American university, provides
“Detecting Interchangeability Relations
researchers with the power to analyze huge data sets and do complex modeling and simulations.
in Constraint Satisfaction Problems.”
PrairieFire is a key piece in an NSF EPSCoR-funded program led by computer scientists Byrav
Ramamurthy and Jitender Deogun and plant scientist Sally Mackenzie to build informatics capacity at UNL.

Drought is more than lack of rain. Computer scientist Stephen Reichenbach is leading a multi-
disciplinary, NSF-funded project aimed at collecting huge sets of data on wind, soils, crops,
precipitation and other factors and using them to develop computer simulations that can spot
patterns, help predict droughts and develop risk-management strategies.
 To t a l Re s e a r c h A w a r d s

$74.4 + 18.37%
FY 2002
$62.9
FY 2001
$49.3
FY 2000
$45.1
FY 1999
40 50 60 70 80
(Millions of Dollars)

Ruma Banerjee

07/08

Molecular virologist Charles Wood’s studies of HIV, human herpesvirus 8 and related cancers reach Biochemist Ruma Banerjee’s work is

from U NL to the front-lines of the battle against H IV/AIDS in Africa. Wood studies how H IV is answering fundamental questions about
the reaction mechanisms of vitamin
transmitted from African mothers to their infants, seeking a way to block the virus. His work extends
B 12 - and B 6 -dependent enzymes and
to research on HIV evolution and the genetics of virus replication and production of hybrid viruses for
regulation of homocysteine metabolism.
an HIV vaccine. Wood, Director of the Nebraska Center for Virology, also heads an NI H-funded
Elevated levels of homocysteine, a toxic
program that brings Zambian scientists to UNL for training. sulfur-containing amino acid, constitute

Attacking disease a t t h e m o s t basic level, biomedical scientists study the genes, a risk factor for heart disease, neural
tube defects and Alzheimer’s disease.
Proteins, which in myriad numbers drive all the processes of life, function according to their shapes.

Chemist David Smith uses mass spectrometry to look at protein assembly and disassembly and how
proteins and Banerjee’s NIH-funded studies are
providing insights into the chemical
protein structures affect human disease. Smith studies protein involvement in cataracts, the
metabolic pathways that and regulatory mechanisms associated

structure of the protein envelope of the common cold virus and why proteins mis-fold to form the with disease-causing mutations in the

amyloid plaques associated with Alzheimer’s disease. With NIH funding, his laboratory has developed offer the key to genes that encode the homocysteine-
utilizing enzymes.
new methods to study proteins as they fold to form their active structures.
new therapies
Virologist Clinton Jones’ discovery of a gene that controls latency in herpes simplex virus 1 has

important implications for the design of new treatments for the millions of people infected by the
for AIDS, cancer and heart disease.
virus. Jones is conducting an NI H-supported functional analysis of the latency gene, using

proteomic technology to identify novel proteins that the gene induces or encodes.

Chemical engineer Michael Meagher has developed a fermentation process using the yeast Pichia

pastoris to express recombinant proteins used in vaccines and cancer treatments. Meagher and his

team at the Biological Process Development Facility are developing fermentation, recovery and

purification processes supported in part by funding from the U.S. Department of Defense to produce the

quantity and quality of therapeutic proteins necessary for human clinical trials.
 In a long-range study of runaway and homeless teens in the Midwest, sociologists Les Whitbeck and

Dan Hoyt have learned that most leave homes marred by sexual abuse and family violence, a finding

that gives clues to how the youngsters will fare as adults. Whitbeck and Hoyt also are partners with

several Native American and First Nations peoples in NIH-funded projects that use interventions tied

to traditional cultural values to prevent or delay alcohol use in school-age children.

Developmental psychologists Marcela Raffaelli and Lisa Crockett are combing a longitudinal data set for early

clues to adolescent sexual risk-taking. In their NIH-funded project, they are the first to look at the role that

self-regulation — the capacity to regulate one’s own attention, emotions and behavior — plays in risk-taking. They
Inconsistent messages, disciplinary propose that childhood experiences, particularly with parents, can shape a child’s ability for self-regulation.
chaos and confusing rules can be
The Cosmic Ray Observatory Project, led by physicists Greg Snow and Daniel Claes, involves Nebraska
problems for children with a high risk
high school students in a high-energy physics experiment, constructing simple particle detectors
for school failure. Mike Epstein and Ron
and mounting them atop their schools. The students collect and study the data gathered, gaining
Nelson, co-directors of the Center for
hands-on research experience. The NSF-funded project will eventually include 30 schools, linked
At-Risk Children’s Services, believe
by the Internet to create the world’s geographically largest cosmic ray detector.
schools must focus on preventing,
rather than reacting to, problem
Project Fulcrum brings the excitement of scientific research to elementary and middle school classrooms to
behaviors. The team, whose work is
create the next generation of scientists. The NSF-funded project, developed by physicist Diandra Leslie-Pelecky
funded by the U.S. Department of
and curriculum professor Gayle Buck, places UNL undergraduate and graduate science students in Lincoln
Education, works closely with public

Children
Public Schools classrooms to partner with teachers to provide an intensive science experience for students.

I n n o va t i v e p r o g r a m s reach out to
Wonderwise, an award-winning program developed by Judy Diamond of the State Museum, teaches

and Families,
elementary schools to develop and
science through the life and work of women scientists to provide role models for students in grades 4-7.
apply simple, effective procedures that
A new NSF-funded project links Wonderwise with Nebraska Cooperative Extension to develop Wonderwise
reduce behavior problems and help
pioneering novel approaches to 4-H, an out-of-school science education program for hundreds of thousands of youngsters involved in 4-H.
children focus on learning.

Education and developing new understanding of learning and behavior.

09/10

“As the problems we face become more complex and

inter twined, we need the novel solutions generated

when faculty from different disciplines come together.

This intersection produces real innovation in research.”

Richard J. Hoffmann
Dean, College of Arts & Sciences

Ron Nelson & Mike Epstein

In 2001, the Nebraska Legislature provided UNL and three other Nebraska institutions with an opportunity
to enhance biomedical research capacity by appropriating funding for the Tobacco Settlement Biomedical
Research Development Fund. The Office of Research awarded to faculty $1.9 million in competitive grants
from the fund for recruitment of key biomedical researchers, infrastructure and minority health research
that will increase competitiveness for NIH funding and improve the health of Nebraskans.

Recognizing that arts and humanities funding is highly competitive and in short supply, in 2002 the
New r e s o u r c e s and Initiatives
Office of Research launched the Arts & Humanities Research Enhancement Fund seed grant program.
Competitive grants totaling more than $40,000 were given to six projects focusing on research,
inspire faculty to UNL Research Advisory Board
Bruce Avolio, Management
scholarship and creative activity in the arts and humanities.
reach for the next level Atorod Azizinamini, Civil Engineering
P. Stephen Baenziger, Agronomy
The UNL/UNMC Research Collaboration Grants program was established in 2002 to increase collaborative
& Horticulture
projects and to generate NIH funding at the two institutions. Two competitive grants of up to $100,000
each will be awarded to top proposals from collaborative research teams. The grants program builds on a
of excellence. David Baltensperger, Agronomy
& Horticulture

workshop that attracted 125 researchers from UNL and the University of Nebraska Medical Center with Ruma Banerjee, Biochemistry
Judy Diamond, State Museum
interests in biomedical imaging/biomedical engineering, cancer and bioterrorism/infectious disease.
Stephen Ducharme, Physics & Astronomy
Richard Swaja of the Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering at NIH gave the keynote presentation.
Yuris Dzenis, Engineering Mechanics
Jeff Elwell, Theatre Arts
In a two-day Grantwriting Seminar for faculty sponsored by the Office of Research, consultant
Michael Epstein, Special Education
Stephen Russell provided coaching in proposal preparation to some 200 faculty. Russell and colleague & Communication Disorders
David Morrison also are conducting in-depth grantwriting workshops with six departments. Sherilyn Fritz, Geosciences
Gregor Henze, Architectural Engineering
A new partnership between UNL and the Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital Institute for Rehabilitation Daniel Pomp, Animal Science
Science & Engineering joins the expertise of UNL researchers with the resources of the nationally Kenneth Price, English

prominent hospital. The new institute, led by director Bill Shuart, is the nation’s first devoted to studying Steve Reichenbach, Computer Science
& Engineering
comprehensive, holistic rehabilitation therapies. UNL researchers Sharon Evans, David Beukelman and
Don Rundquist, School of Natural
Lance Perez are leading the institute’s three centers of excellence. Resource Sciences
David Smith, Chemistry
Offered for the first time in 2002, Research Cluster Grants funded through the Office of Research aim at Judy Walker, Mathematics & Statistics
building interdisciplinary collaborations. The program is funding Strategic Grants, with awards of up to Les Whitbeck, Sociology

$50,000 per year for two years, and Planning Grants, with awards of up to $5,000 per year for two years. Charles Wood, Biological Sciences

11/12

To t a l P ro p o s a l s S u b m i t t e d

$386.8 + 14.59%
FY 2002
$337.5
FY 2001
$293.6
FY 2000
$256.4
FY 1999
240 280 320 360 400
(Millions of Dollars)

Merida Grant
 “Understanding complex 21st centur y issues requires

the kind of interdisciplinar y research teams found on

UNL projects studying global climate change and

f o o d s a f e t y. T h i s c o m b i n e d e x p e r t i s e p r o d u c e s n e w

understanding of difficult problems.”

Darrell Nelson
Dean and Director, Agricultural Research Division
James Alfano

13/14

James Alfano studies the strategies Plant geneticist Michael Fromm and his team study drought and salt tolerance, focusing on how

bacterial pathogens employ to cause plants such as rice and corn regulate their response to reduced water availability. Current work

disease in plants. His team is studying involves identifying the protein kinases and phosphatases in the stress signalling pathway and the
the bacterium Pseudomonas syringa, proteins with which they interact, then confirming their roles using RNAi “knockouts.”
seeking to understand the workings of

In the complex world of Functional Genomics Using genetically unique strains of mice developed at UNL by animal scientist Merlyn Nielsen, Daniel

Pomp and his NIH-funded team are mapping the many genes that combine to dictate metabolism levels
its system that secretes proteins and
and the predisposition for obesity. Isolating these genes and gaining an enhanced understanding of
delivers them into plant cells, and how sequencing genes is merely
how complex traits are expressed, regulated and inherited can lead to a greater knowledge of human
the delivered proteins favor parasitism
once they are inside the plant cell. The the first step toward obesity and potential treatments for the diabetes, cancer, heart disease and arthritis it promotes.

team also is part of an NSF-funded

A new genetic fingerprinting technique developed by food microbiologist Andrew Benson enables
consortium that is sequencing the elucidating the proteins researchers to pinpoint differences on the DNA of the potentially deadly bacterium E. coli. Using the
genome of P. syringa tomato DC3000
technique, called octamer-based genome scanning, Benson and his team found two genetically
and studying the complex interaction of that d r i v e the distinct E. coli 0157:H7 populations in cattle. The more common strain was non-virulent or not easily
this bacterium with plants.
processes of life. transmitted to people. OBGS offers a means for rapidly identifying and cloning key genes and

possible development of a simpler, more sensitive test to identify E. coli.- infected feedlot cattle.

Unique wheat chromosome substitution lines developed at UNL more than 40 years ago enabled plant

geneticist P. Stephen Baenziger and his team to close in on a single major gene responsible for wheat yield.

This finding runs counter to the long-held belief that many inseparable genes influence this complex trait.

Once the single gene is clearly identified, the team will begin studies of how it functions to control yield.

Including the trace element selenium in the diet may help prevent cancer. In his NIH-funded research

biochemist Vadim Gladyshev is determining the identities and function of all selenium-containing

proteins. His work could help identify which cancers might be prevented by selenium supplements.
 Charles Wood

15/16

The Nebraska Center for Virology

A recent U.S. Department of Education grant to the Center for At-Risk Children’s Services funded conducts basic research addressing

groundbreaking programs in behavior and reading, working with at-risk elementary school children in fundamental questions about viruses

their homes and their schools. The Center conducts and disseminates research on children’s issues in and other infectious agents that cause
disease. The center links researchers at
education and mental health aimed at empowering families, schools and communities.
UNL, the University of Nebraska
The National Center for Information Technology in Education, brings together faculty and researchers Medical Center and Creighton
from Teachers College, Nebraska Educational Telecommunications and the Department of Computer Science & Research University who are making significant

Centers
Engineering to find new ways to use information technology to enhance learning. NCITE, established with U.S. contributions to our knowledge of

Department of Education funding, conducts research on the use of information technology to improve infectious disease. Center scientists are

student learning and assessment and develop and adapt technologies for education. poised to make important discoveries,
form the axis for most notably in the understanding of the
Established with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Plains Humanities Alliance will evolution and transmission of HIV and
promote the humanities and encourage scholarly research and preservation collaborations in Nebraska, North c o l l a b o r a t i v e work, the genetics of herpes viruses.
Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas and Oklahoma. Educational and outreach programs will allow those in the region to

explore local history, rediscover their roots and learn how their sense of place influences identity.
leveraging expertise
Established in 1997 with the donation of more than 900 quilts from the collection of Robert and Ardis James, the
and resources in diverse disciplines.
International Quilt Study Center encourages the interdisciplinary study of quilt making traditions and

preservation of this tradition through collection, conservation and exhibition of quilts. NEH funding supports

public humanities programming and study of quilt makers and the objects they have made.

The Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies is a national leader in remote sensing,

geographic information systems, automated cartography and image processing. CALMIT’s strong ties with regional

universities and funding partnerships with NASA, the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration have produced major research projects in remote sensing of crops, surface water, soils

and coral reefs; land cover assessment; precision agriculture and remote sensing/GIS commercial applications.
 In a renewed commitment to excellence in graduate education, on July 1, 2002 the Office of Graduate

Studies merged with the Office of Research and Prem Paul, Vice Chancellor for Research, assumed the

additional title and responsibilities of Dean of Graduate Studies.

The new Office of Research & Graduate Studies brings U NL a step closer to full realization of

“A 2020 Vision: The Future of Research and Graduate Education at UNL,” which envisions graduate

studies that provide expanded competitive post-doctoral training and training grants in program

areas of growing visibility and impact.

“Our expanding research programs create wonderful new
The realignment of research and graduate studies is a natural step because of the key roles graduate

Merlin Lawson, Dean of Graduate

opportunities for graduate students and graduate education play in the university’s research enterprise. The Office of Research

Studies for the past decade, in January

announced his intention to return to
assistants to learn & Graduate Studies will enrich connections between faculty and graduate students and offer new

opportunities for external funding of assistantships through training grants, which help attract
his faculty position in the Department
directly and powerfully by under-represented minorities, bring more students to underpopulated disciplines and improve
o f G e o s c i e n c e s . L aw s o n h a d a
research productivity by adding graduate students and others to faculty research teams.
tremendous impact on graduate studies
doing research at the
during his tenure, initiating programs
Ellen Weissinger, professor of educational psychology, was named Executive Associate Dean for
such as the Multi-Cultural Teaching
Fellowship Program, the Ronald
frontiers of a discipline. Graduate Studies. Weissinger will administer the daily operations of Graduate Studies and serve as a

member of the UNL research management team.

McNair Program and partnership
Combining the Office of
agreements with traditionally black
colleges and u n iv e r s i t i e s that
Research & Graduate Studies takes full advantage of these connections.”
significantly increased UNL’s minority
Richard Edwards
graduate student representation and
Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
enhanced the university’s academic
and cultural offerings.

17/18

Merlin Lawson & Prem Paul

 The mission of technology transfer at UNL is to maximize the value of intellectual property resulting

from our research efforts to benefit the researchers, the university and the state. This is accomplished

by commercializing inventions and technologies, creating economic development outreach efforts and

nurturing entrepreneurial activity.

Top UNL-licensed technologies include:

The UNL Technology Development Corporation, a not-for-profit affiliated company, was formed in 2002 to The underlying technology for
strategically link commercialization and economic development through the creation of new technology rapid DNA sequencing with greater

enterprises. UNL Tech’s first joint product agreement is with an agricultural biotechnology company, resolution and accuracy.

incorporating recombinant genes developed by the company into U NL proprietary soybean lines. Patented buffalograss cultivars with
improved turf traits and drought
Discoveries, i n v e n t i o n s and intellectual property yield tangible and pest resistance that are being

Innovative technologies developed at UNL: products of research planted extensively on golf courses.

Omega eggs containing Omega-3

The Steel and Foam Energy Reduction (SAFER) system, an energy-absorbing wall barrier first installed at

the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the 2002 Indy 500 to reducing injuries from high-speed impacts.
that benefit the fatty acids that protect against
heart disease and stroke.

A highly sensitive, hand-held neutron detection device, that holds great promise for reliable detection of hidden

nuclear materials, monitoring of nuclear weapons storage, astrophysics research and nuclear medicine.
university and the The first university/USDA-associated
line of swine released since the 1950s,

Starch-based extruded foam materials that are both water-resistant and biodegradable with
people of Nebraska. yielding 30 to 50 percent greater
o u t p u t t h a n c o n ve n t i o n a l l i n e s .

applications in commercial and food products packaging. Allergen detection technologies that
help the food industry identify
Precast, prestressed concrete pole systems for erecting power and telecommunications
food product ingredients such as
t ow e r s i n re m o t e a re a s .
peanuts, milk and eggs that can cause
life-threatening allergic reactions.

19/20

Michael Meagher
 Diandra Leslie-Pelecky

21/22

The accomplishments of 2001/2002 reveal only a glimpse of

what is to come for research and graduate education at UNL.

C o l l e c t i v e l y, w e a r e moving the University of N e b r a s k a – L i n c o l n i n t o t h e future.

What were once just possibilities are now realities in
Inspired by
the lab, in the classroom and for the State of
e x c e l l e n c e.
Nebraska. We are redefining and building the Inspiring
foundation to support future growth and progress.
excellence.
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