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UNL Points of Pride

Glow Big Red Raises Record $3.6 Million for Husker Students

February 12, 2026

Lincoln, Nebraska, Feb. 12, 2026 — Husker Nation shattered the previous Glow Big Red record, raising $3,667,815 during the annual 24-hour event to support the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. During the event, 8,080 gifts were made to support priorities and causes across the university. The number of gifts and the amount raised both set records, exceeding the 2025 giving day totals: 7,241 gifts and $1,022,896 raised. “Thank you to everyone who joined us by making a contribution during Glow Big Red,” Interim Chancellor Katherine S. Ankerson said. “Your generosity and Husker pride show the strength of our community and the power of collective action. Through your support, our campus community has access to the resources and experiences they need to flourish

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UNMC faculty member leaves gift to support microbiology research

May 9, 2025

A $738,000 estate gift from the late Roberta White-Miller, Ph.D., will fund fellowships at UNMC, UNL Roberta White-Miller, Ph.D., a former faculty member in the University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, is remembered as a trailblazer in her field. The late professor loved science and

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Momentum at the Museum

July 19, 2024

The Nebraska State Museum has opened a permanent exhibit for wildlife photographer Joel Sartore and welcomed the first recipient of an endowed curatorship at Ashfall Fossil Beds.

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Serving Nebraska, Serving Students

May 21, 2024

Growing up, the Marsh kids always knew their parents valued education. Today, the Frank and Shirley Marsh Scholarship Fund honors their memory and their significant contributions to Nebraska and UNL.

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Doug Waggoner talks with students in the Investors With Purpose program.

Investing in Students

April 8, 2024

Doug Waggoner has created a unique program for business majors at UNL. Investors With Purpose is a wealth management course that brings students together with global investment professionals.

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Dean Lance Perez talks with civil engineering seniors on the first day of class. The seniors have to wait unitl next week for their first classes in the building as the CE area is being finished this week. First day of classes in Kiewit Hall. January 22, 2024. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing

Building Nebraska

February 29, 2024

A newly opened six-story building on the University of Nebraska–Lincoln campus was designed with state-of-the-art features to prepare a growing number of engineering, construction and computing graduates.

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Chase Glover of Grand Island, Nebraska, is studying agronomy at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture.

‘Prepared to Go Out Into the World’

November 30, 2023

Chase Glover didn’t think college was for him. His plans changed after his high school Future Farmers of America adviser suggested he check out the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture. He traveled to Curtis, Nebraska, and took a tour. The experience changed Glover’s mind about college and planted the seeds for his future.

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Professor Michelle Paxton, Director, Children's Justice Clinic and Center on Children, Families, and the Law, photoshoot for law college. November 12, 2021. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication

Giving Voice To the Vulnerable

November 7, 2023

The Children’s Justice Clinic, now permanently endowed, provides abused and neglected children advocates in court while offering hands-on experience for student attorneys.

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Shari R. Veil, MBA, Ph.D. poses in front of the Experience Lab in the UNL College of Journalism.

And We’re Rolling…

May 26, 2023

Passion is a word several students used to describe what they’re drawing from the College of Journalism and Mass Communications’ heavy emphasis on experiential learning, along with practice, portfolios and professional contacts.

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