Passport giveaway for students expands
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has been selected by the Institute of International Education for an IIE American Passport Project grant that will enable up to 25 Nebraska students to obtain a U.S. passport and support their global learning journeys. The funding will expand the university’s Husker Passport Giveaway from 100 to 125 students and provide specific support for first-year students with financial need who are eligible for Pell grants.
Over nearly 30 years, National Drought Mitigation Center has made global impact
For nearly 30 years, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln has been the preeminent source for drought planning, tracking and education through the National Drought Mitigation Center. The center launched in 1995 after founding director Don Wilhite, professor emeritus, began a series of discussions and workshops with federal climate and agricultural agencies on the importance of fully understanding and planning for drought.
Goh traces family footsteps, international student history at Nebraska U
Nearly a quarter-century after his mother hopped a flight from Malaysia to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Jun Yi Goh would do the same. While working his way toward two degrees and following every snap of Husker football, the 4.0 student found time to write a narrative history of his fellow international students.
Webinar points to similarities in rural challenges in Nebraska, abroad
Challenges that confront many rural communities in Nebraska aren't unique to the state. Population decline, brain drain, economic development difficulties — those are commonalities shared by rural communities worldwide. Three panelists with Nebraska connections and global perspectives analyzed these commonalities, as well as differences, in a recent webinar that is part of an ongoing series sponsored by IANR Global Engagement. The analysts, all with University of Nebraska–Lincoln connections, pointed to positive strategies to address communal problems during the webinar, moderated by Brianne Wolf, coordinator for IANR Global Engagement.
Career expo highlights initiative’s support, career opportunities for Rwandan students
Zilfa Irakoze recently looked back on her undergraduate career in Lincoln as an international student from Rwanda and expressed gratitude. Irakoze was referring to the range of supports given to students participating in the CASNR Undergraduate Scholarship Program. Through the CUSP initiative, Rwandan students come to the university to study integrated science, preparing for careers across the agriculture sector in their home country.
Tran finds ‘home away from home’ with Emerging Leaders program
Jonah Tran is a nutrition, exercise and health science major from Lincoln, Nebraska. Through his involvements on campus, Tran has found a home away from home and is serving as a mentor for fellow Huskers while still remaining connected to his Vietnamese culture.
Research hones in on health care barriers for Yazidi community
Lincoln is home to the largest population of Yazidi refugees in the United States, numbering in the thousands. Among them is Husker Falah Rashoka, who served the United States Army in Iraq. Now, as a doctoral student in nutrition and health promotion at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, he's turned a research lens toward helping his community overcome barriers to health care.
Digital project captures Nebraska’s Holocaust stories
As Nebraska lawmakers debated the future of Holocaust education in the state this spring, a team from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln developed a multidisciplinary digital humanities research project titled “Nebraska Stories of Humanity: Holocaust Survivors and World War II Veterans.”
Fundraiser generates ‘tsunami of goodwill’ for Ukraine, refugees
A University of Nebraska–Lincoln group's desire to give back bloomed into an evening of support for Ukrainian refugees. Organized with support from the College of Arts and Sciences and the University Honors Program, a UNL for Ukraine fundraiser held April 27 drew dozens to Lincoln's Yia Yia's pizza parlor.The event featured a silent auction, chance to donate, music from the band Montage, and speeches by those impacted by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
NU State Museum opening exhibit featuring Japanese friendship doll
The University of Nebraska State Museum-Morrill Hall will open a temporary exhibit on April 30 featuring Miss Mie, a Japanese friendship doll that came to the museum in 1928. Miss Mie arrived in the United States from Japan in 1927 as part of the Friendship Doll Mission. Japanese children sent 58 Torei Ningyo ("dolls of gratitude," or friendship dolls) in response to the gift of blue-eyed dolls sent by U.S. children to Japan. The friendship dolls traveled to 479 cities across the country before finding homes in museums and other institutions.