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Luke Farritor works to decipher more of the scroll texts from his computers in his Kauffman Residence Hall room. He has set up a workstation on a table inside the door to the suite with his computer stored in a closet. Farritor, a senior in the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Engineering, recently won a global contest to read the first text inside a carbonized scroll from the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum. That text had been unreadable since the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. Farritor developed a machine-learning algorithm that detected the Greek word πορϕυρας (purple) on the charred papyrus scroll, which is too delicate to unroll using MRI scans. November 27, 2023. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing.

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Studio portrait of Kristen Olson, Professor of Sociology. November 22, 2023. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing.

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Studio portrait of Lauren Heller, Math postdoctoral faculty. November 16, 2023. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing.

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In the middle of the second row is the Greek word πορϕυρας (purple) on the charred papyrus scroll. Luke Farritor, a senior in the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Engineering, recently won a global contest to read the first text inside a carbonized scroll from the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum. That text had been unreadable since the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. Farritor developed a machine-learning algorithm that detected the Greek word πορϕυρας (purple) on the charred papyrus scroll, which is too delicate to unroll using MRI scans. November 3, 2023. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing.

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Luke Farritor, a senior at Nebraska in the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Engineering, with superimposed Greek text from a nearly 2,000-year-old scroll that his work is helping to decipher. Farritor, recently won a global contest to read the first text inside a carbonized scroll from the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum. That text had been unreadable since the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. Farritor developed a machine-learning algorithm that detected the Greek word πορϕυρας (purple) on the charred papyrus scroll, which is too delicate to unroll using MRI scans. In this multiple exposure, the word πορϕυρας is in the line of text appearing in the same plane to the right of his eyes. November 3, 2023. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing.

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Luke Farritor, a senior at Nebraska in the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Engineering, with superimposed Greek text from a nearly 2,000-year-old scroll that his work is helping to decipher. Farritor, recently won a global contest to read the first text inside a carbonized scroll from the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum. That text had been unreadable since the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. Farritor developed a machine-learning algorithm that detected the Greek word πορϕυρας (purple) on the charred papyrus scroll, which is too delicate to unroll using MRI scans. In this multiple exposure, the word πορϕυρας is in the line of text appearing in the same plane to the right of his eyes. November 3, 2023. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing.

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Carolyn Twomey’s HIST211 History of the Middle Ages course metalcasts medieval pilgrims' badges over a fire at the base of the Mueller Tower Thursday morning. November 2, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing

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Carolyn Twomey’s HIST211 History of the Middle Ages class watches as Twomey demonstrates how to cast medieval pilgrims' badges Thursday morning. November 2, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing

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Paige Jennings, senior, holds her dragon head. The original dragon could have adorned a flagpole. Carolyn Twomey’s HIST211 History of the Middle Ages course metalcasts medieval pilgrims' badges over a fire at the base of the Mueller Tower Thursday morning. November 2, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing

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Carolyn Twomey talks with Lilli Reynolds as she opens her mold to reveal her pilgrim’s badge. Carolyn Twomey’s HIST211 History of the Middle Ages course metalcasts medieval pilgrims' badges over a fire at the base of the Mueller Tower Thursday morning. November 2, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing

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Carolyn Twomey shows Paige Jennings, senior in Classics and Religious Studies, how to hold her mold of a dragon’s head. Carolyn Twomey’s HIST211 History of the Middle Ages course metalcasts medieval pilgrims' badges over a fire at the base of the Mueller Tower Thursday morning. November 2, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing

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Tin solder is poured into the mold of a pilgrims’ badge of Thomas Becket, former Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. Carolyn Twomey’s HIST211 History of the Middle Ages course metalcasts medieval pilgrims' badges over a fire at the base of the Mueller Tower Thursday morning. November 2, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing

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A pilgrims’ badge of Thomas Becket, former Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, is ready to be removed from the mold. Carolyn Twomey’s HIST211 History of the Middle Ages course metalcasts medieval pilgrims' badges over a fire at the base of the Mueller Tower Thursday morning. November 2, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing.

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Dylan Kapustka, sophomore in history, makes a pour into the mold of a pilgrims’ badge of Thomas Becket, former Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, as Carolyn Twomey watches. Carolyn Twomey’s HIST211 History of the Middle Ages course metalcasts medieval pilgrims' badges over a fire at the base of the Mueller Tower Thursday morning. November 2, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing.

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George Viehl, freshman, makes his pour into the mold of a pilgrims’ badge of Thomas Becket, former Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, as Carolyn Twomey watches. Carolyn Twomey’s HIST211 History of the Middle Ages course metalcasts medieval pilgrims' badges over a fire at the base of the Mueller Tower Thursday morning. November 2, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing.

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Marlee Moss, a freshman, tries carving on the soft soapstone used to make several of the molds as Mackenzie Kohunsky, a junior, watches. Carolyn Twomey’s HIST211 History of the Middle Ages course metalcasts medieval pilgrims' badges over a fire at the base of the Mueller Tower Thursday morning. November 2, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing.

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Carolyn Twomey’s HIST211 History of the Middle Ages course metalcasts medieval pilgrims' badges over a fire at the base of the Mueller Tower Thursday morning. November 2, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing.

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Studio portrait of Hideaki Moriyama, Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences. October 19, 2023. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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$The visage of Stephen Morin, Associate Professor of Chemistry, refracts through an array of lenses to illustrate his work with manufacturing incredibly small lenses. Morin has developed a method for microprinting lenses as small at 5 microns. Approximately 2,500 of the lenses could fit on the head of a pin. October 16, 2023. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.$

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Studio portrait of Jay Storz, Professor, School of Biological Sciences. October 11, 2023. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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Studio portrait of Clay Cressler, Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences. October 11, 2023. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.

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DogFest is a free event held on city campus that is organized by the university’s Canine Cognition and Human Interaction Laboratory where people can participate in dog activities, demonstrations, view dog-related products and services, or grab lunch at a food truck. The lab, part of the Department of Psychology and the Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior, was established by Jeffrey Stevens, Susan J. Rosowski Professor of Psychology, in 2018. October 7, 2023. Photo by Abby Durheim for University Communication.

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DogFest is a free event held on city campus that is organized by the university’s Canine Cognition and Human Interaction Laboratory where people can participate in dog activities, demonstrations, view dog-related products and services, or grab lunch at a food truck. The lab, part of the Department of Psychology and the Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior, was established by Jeffrey Stevens, Susan J. Rosowski Professor of Psychology, in 2018. October 7, 2023. Photo by Abby Durheim for University Communication.

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DogFest is a free event held on city campus that is organized by the university’s Canine Cognition and Human Interaction Laboratory where people can participate in dog activities, demonstrations, view dog-related products and services, or grab lunch at a food truck. The lab, part of the Department of Psychology and the Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior, was established by Jeffrey Stevens, Susan J. Rosowski Professor of Psychology, in 2018. October 7, 2023. Photo by Abby Durheim for University Communication.

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