ALWAYS ON
For all the Saints – Sine Nomine
Ordinary Time in the Christian calendar reminds us that institutions are not built on extraordinary days like Christmas and Easter. They are built on the ordinary in between; faithfully repeated.
Blessings in a Backpack
While the organization serves children of every background and partners with public schools nationwide, its name reflects a simple faith-inspired conviction: caring for one's neighbor through practical acts of compassion. Local volunteers, congregations, civic groups and businesses work together to place child-friendly food into students' backpacks each Friday, helping ensure they return to school on Monday.
Quadrivium: Summer
Educational settlements should be magical places. The stack informing the beauty of these "cities-within-cities" changes 100 to 1000 times per day globally. We monitor the action continuously to formulate response to public consultations. Topics appear on our CALENDAR and explored every day at 15:00 UTC. Recommend refresh of this web page once or twice to see timeliest information.
Soybean Gall Midge 2026 Update
Several Extension entomologists from four "Middle-American" universities explain latest findings in managing a relatively new soybean pest. This virtual program features several short presentations. Sessions are targeted to farmers, crop scouts, and agribusiness. Link to April 2nd webinar.
Current Issues & Recent Research
We are tooling up for the NFPA 2029 National Electrical Code Technical Committee Meetings in September and the IEEE Industrial Applications Society Meetings in October.
Gallery: Planetariums
Planetariums are central features in many education communities; including secondary school campuses. They are special "theaters" that present educational and entertaining shows about the night sky or provide training in celestial navigation. Content is presented across a dome-shaped projection screen onto which scenes of stars, planets, and other celestial objects can be made to appear and move realistically to simulate the complex 'motions of the heavens' with highly specialized projectors that have evolved over centuries.
Keeping Animals Cool
"We will identify and discuss what to do with heat stress. Tips on what to do about shade and not move all your soil nutrients to the woods" -- Russ Wilson. With links to other UNL sponsored research and recommendations.
Ghana’s Rabbit Industry
Like many folk traditions, saying "Rabbit, rabbit" to your colleagues on the first day of the month has an unclear origin and has several variations and interpretations. Nana Essumamba Sam explains the role of the university in promoting the interest of Ghanaian rabbit farmers who supply protein from a species notorious for its pace of reproduction.
Investigating Augmented Reality Animals as Companions
Human-animal interaction has been studied in a variety of settings and for a range of populations, with some findings pointing towards its benefits for physical, mental and social human health. Technological advances opened up new opportunities for researchers to replicate human-animal interactions with robotic and graphical animals, and to investigate human-animal relationships for different applications such as mental health and education.