University of Nebraska Lincoln News

An eight-legged love tragedy may go something like this: The male spider approaches the female, who is four times his size.

The Omaha Library Board will discuss the potential closure of library branches and other service cuts Wednesday in response to budget cuts proposed by Mayor Jean Stothert.

The Omaha Library Board will discuss the potential closure of library branches and other service cuts Wednesday in response to budget cuts proposed by Mayor Jean Stothert.

Dr. Christopher J. Barrick, West Liberty University music professor, has been selected as the new chairman for the Department of Music and Theater.

Drought has beset the Earth since before farming began. In developing nations, it brings suffering and death.

On April 8, it was announced that Pope Francis appointed Monsignor John Thomas Folda of the Catholic Diocese of Lincoln, Neb., as the eighth Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Fargo.

American Life in Poetry is made possible by The Poetry Foundation , publisher ofPoetry magazine.

Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said "other innocent lives would have been lost" had an Omaha police officer not stopped a shooting suspect Saturday afternoon.

Sibling squabbling is a rite of passage. Brothers and sisters argue; they roughhouse; they steal each other's clothes and toys.

The front side of a commemorative coin minted for the 20th anniversary of the USS Nebraska depicts the submarine's crest.

The Kearney Hub reports that Kristi Behlmann was recently hired to replace Lindsay Schluntz, who is leaving to take a new job as the executive director of the Alabama Firefighters Museum & Education Center in Shelby County, Ala.

Kelly Sheets is pictured with a piece of the goalpost he collected from University of Nebraska's 200 consecutive sellout in 1994.

Drought has beset the Earth since before farming began. In developing nations, it brings suffering and death.

Your parents, upbringing and political science classes might not be the only factors playing into your ideology.

The expulsion of a lesbian student by Grace University in Omaha may seem like the latest skirmish in the cultural war over homosexuality.

Carl Densing, Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare Training Center SAN DIEGO -- Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare Training Center held a change of command at Naval Base Point Loma, June 4. Capt.

According to the traditional view among biologists, a central tenet of evolutionary biology has been that the evolutionary fates of new mutations depend on whether their effects are good, bad or inconsequential with respect to reproductive success.

The next Sunday with a Scientist program at the University of Nebraska State Museum of Natural History is inspired by the magical chemistry in the books and movies about "Harry Potter."

Agribusiness professionals and crop producers will get a chance to take an in-depth look at field conditions, research and techniques at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's midsummer Crop Management Diagnostic Clinics July 17 and 18. Bob Nielsen, national corn specialist from Purdue University, is one of the featured presenters.

Unfortunately, weeds and fungi are thriving, while heat-loving favorites like tomatoes and peppers have been slow to get established.