![Husker undergraduates Abigail Schroeder (left) and Emma Kurtz are among coauthors of a new study indicating that Norfolk could achieve significant cost savings and reduced landfill use by integrating its solid waste and energy systems. The students’ work continues the university’s tradition of engagement and research on environmental issues in Norfolk. The two are photographed in the trees by Hardin Hall. October 12, 2023. Photo by Kristen Labadie / University Communication.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/231012_Energy Experiment_004.jpg)
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![Studio portrait of Jessica Corman, Associate Professor, School of Natural Resources. April 10, 2023. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/230410_Corman_012.jpg)
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![Studio portrait of Laura Nagengast, Assistant Extension Educator, School of Natural Resources. August 3, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/220803_Nagengast_001.jpg)
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![Craig Allen and Tala Awada are leading a team to establish the Network for Integrated Agricultural Resilience Research. Allen and Awada are pictured in a field. June 27, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/220627_Allen_Awada_057.jpg)
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![Studio portrait of Katie Pekarek, Water Quality Extension Educator. Portraits of Extension, IANR and CASNR educators. May 10, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/220510_Pekarek_005.jpg)
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![Studio portrait of Carla McCullough, Watershed Science Extension Educator. Portraits of Extension, IANR and CASNR educators. May 10, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/220510_McCullough_368.jpg)
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![Studio portrait of Andrew Little, Assistant Professor of Landscape and Habitat Management, Extension Wildlife Specialist. Portraits of Extension, IANR and CASNR educators. May 10, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/220510_Little_191.jpg)
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![A new study led by Darren Redfearn, Professor Agronomy and Horticulture and forage systems specialist, is leading a study of how a targeted restoration of perennial grasses amid cropland could accomplish a variety of benefits, ranging from reduction in water and fertilizer use to expansion of wildlife habitat to encouragement of new bioenergy industry. January 21, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/220121_Redfearn_056.jpg)
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![A new study led by Darren Redfearn, Professor Agronomy and Horticulture and forage systems specialist, is leading a study of how a targeted restoration of perennial grasses amid cropland could accomplish a variety of benefits, ranging from reduction in water and fertilizer use to expansion of wildlife habitat to encouragement of new bioenergy industry. January 21, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/220121_Redfearn_015.jpg)
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![Humidity sensors await their tests at a new sensor calibration lab developed by the Nebraska State Climatology Office at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Natural Resources. October 7, 2021. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/211007_Calibrate_040.jpg)
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![Senior Nebraska Mesonet technician Glen Roebke runs tests on a set of solar radiation sensors for weather stations. A new sensor calibration lab has been developed by the Nebraska State Climatology Office at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Natural Resources. October 7, 2021. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/211007_Calibrate_034.jpg)
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![Senior Nebraska Mesonet technician Glen Roebke runs tests on a set of barometers for weather station sensors. A new sensor calibration lab has been developed by the Nebraska State Climatology Office at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Natural Resources. October 7, 2021. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/211007_Calibrate_018.jpg)
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![Husker researchers Steven Thomas, Jessica Corman, Katie Anania and Jennifer Clarke are leading a $6 million multi-institutional project to build a database that will enable scientists to track the changing ecology of waterways across the U.S. Jessica Corman has been awarded a NSF Track II award. Pictured at Holmes Lake in Lincoln, the Nebraska team members were photographed individually to create a composite photo. February 3, 2021. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/210203_Corman_NSF_056.jpg)
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![Bryan Leavitt, Manager Research Systems Survey Division - School of Natural Resources, holds a plant in the basement darkroom. The room can't be used this fall as it does not allow for social distancing. CALMET (Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies) built a mobile hyperspectral scanning system to teach students scanning since the basement darkroom in Hardin Hall does not allow for social distancing. October 1, 2020. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/201001_CALMIT_100.jpg)
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![Levi McKercher, graduate student in School of Natural Resources, moves a plant under the scan lens inside the CRISP (CALMIT Remote Illuminated Scanning Platform). CALMET (Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies) built a mobile hyperspectral scanning system to teach students scanning since the basement darkroom in Hardin Hall does not allow for social distancing. October 1, 2020. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/201001_CALMIT_078.jpg)
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![A plant sits under the scan lens inside the CRISP (CALMIT Remote Illuminated Scanning Platform). CALMIT (Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies) built a mobile hyperspectral scanning system to teach students scanning since the basement darkroom in Hardin Hall does not allow for social distancing. October 1, 2020. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/201001_CALMIT_063.jpg)
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![Levi McKercher, (upper left) graduate student in the School of Natural Resources, and Ryan Moore, doctoral student in SNR, discuss the scan data as Zach Rystrom, doctoral student in plant health, moves a plant under the scan lens. A team from the CALMIT (Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies) lab built a mobile hyperspectral scanning system to teach students scanning since the basement darkroom in Hardin Hall does not allow for social distancing. October 1, 2020. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/201001_CALMIT_040.jpg)
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![Bryan Leavitt (right), manager of research systems in the School of Natural Resources, and Ryan Moore, graduate assistant, adjust the tube holding the fiber optic lens in the portable scanner. CALMIT (Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies) built a mobile hyperspectral scanning system to teach students scanning since the basement darkroom in Hardin Hall does not allow for social distancing. October 1, 2020. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/201001_CALMIT_022.jpg)
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![Studio portrait of Daniel Uden, Assistant Professor, School of Natural Resources. New Faculty. August 19, 2020. Photo by Greg Nathan / University Communication Photography.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/200819_Uden_D_103RT810.jpg)
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![Studio portrait of Jane Okalebo, Research Assistant Professor, School of Natural Resources. New Faculty. August 19, 2020. Photo by Greg Nathan / University Communication Photography.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/200819_Okalebo_J_54RT810.jpg)
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![Malayna Wingert, a sophomore from Sterling, NE, lifts a water sample out of Holmes Lake as Anni Poetz and Maddie Carpenter record data. UCARE students of Professor Jessica Corman take water samples at Holmes Lake. The project is to see what makes the local lakes turn green. Is it an influx of nutrients from rain? Warm weather in the summer? They are testing what nutrients promote growth of algae and cyanobacteria in the lake, and they are testing this throughout the year. August 10, 2020. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/200810_Water_188.jpg)
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![Malayna Wingert, a sophomore from Sterling, NE, lifts a water sample out of Holmes Lake as Anni Poetz and Maddie Carpenter record data. UCARE students of Professor Jessica Corman take water samples at Holmes Lake. The project is to see what makes the local lakes turn green. Is it an influx of nutrients from rain? Warm weather in the summer? They are testing what nutrients promote growth of algae and cyanobacteria in the lake, and they are testing this throughout the year. August 10, 2020. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/200810_Water_158.jpg)
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![Malayna Wingert, a sophomore from Sterling, NE, lifts a water sample out of Holmes Lake as Anni Poetz and Maddie Carpenter record data. UCARE students of Professor Jessica Corman take water samples at Holmes Lake. The project is to see what makes the local lakes turn green. Is it an influx of nutrients from rain? Warm weather in the summer? They are testing what nutrients promote growth of algae and cyanobacteria in the lake, and they are testing this throughout the year. August 10, 2020. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/200810_Water_156.jpg)
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![Malayna Wingert, a sophomore from Sterling, NE, lifts a water sample out of Holmes Lake as Anni Poetz and Maddie Carpenter record data. UCARE students of Professor Jessica Corman take water samples at Holmes Lake. The project is to see what makes the local lakes turn green. Is it an influx of nutrients from rain? Warm weather in the summer? They are testing what nutrients promote growth of algae and cyanobacteria in the lake, and they are testing this throughout the year. August 10, 2020. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/200810_Water_150.jpg)
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