Stories - University of Nebraska Foundation

UNMC donors leave things better than they found them

March 28, 2012

The Pearsons funded research for macular degeneration.

Bennett memorial scholarship to support business students at UNK

March 27, 2012

Scholarship honors UNK alumnus and career educator

Gift from BCBSNE will create a chair in the School of Public Administration at UNO

March 7, 2012

BCBSNE has made a gift to the University of Nebraska Foundation to create an endowed faculty position at UNO to support the School of Public Administration within the College of Public Affairs and Community Service.

Scholarship honors parents who contributed to “the good life”

February 29, 2012

Family stays loyal to Nebraska and enjoys helping others

And the winners in love are…

February 29, 2012

Hers was one of many great stories from grateful alums who found love there. She won a framed and signed poem by former U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser.

Helping the world move better, one step at a time

February 29, 2012

You don’t really think about the small adjustments you make using your brain and your senses. But the way you do something – again and again and again – can be studied through anatomy, psychology, engineering, math and physics. That pattern can be improved.

Goodbye Charlie – a cancer survivor’s story

February 28, 2012

Cancer research has come a long way in the last 20 years.

State Farm gives $40,000 to support business ethics and college access programs at UNL

February 27, 2012

Amber Hunter, executive director of the NCPA, said the support will enable it to accomplish several proposed projects during the year centered on academics, student leadership development, community service, family support and more.