Stories - University of Nebraska Foundation

Scholarship helps student secure future in computer security

December 21, 2011

UNO student rewarded for his love of computers.

Cancer patient found the best care right next door

November 30, 2011

UNMC works with hospitals across Nebraska to bring care to patients

Student’s travel abroad trip turns into life-changing experience

November 30, 2011

UNL student Ashley Schmidt witnessed this decision of life between two boys a few years ago when she worked at a hospital in Mali, West Africa.

UNK receives $520,000 endowed philosophy professorship

November 16, 2011

The university awarded the first chair to Gene Fendt, professor of philosophy, who has taught at UNK for 25 years.

Scholarship honors a life by supporting nontraditional engineering students at UNL

November 11, 2011

A new memorial scholarship provides support to nontraditional students who study construction or civil engineering at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln while remembering the life of

NU’s favorite son comedian makes another serious gift

November 8, 2011

On Friday at UNL’s Temple Building, where legendary comedian Johnny Carson once honed his skills, the University of Nebraska Foundation announced a $1 million gift from the John W. Carson Foundation.

Collaboration strengthens Holocaust, genocide education in Nebraska

November 8, 2011

A new partnership between the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO), a Holocaust survivor and a World War II soldier who liberated concentration camps