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An eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly nabs nectar from a butterfly bush outside of Massengale Hall

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An eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly nabs nectar from a butterfly bush outside of Massengale Hall

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An eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly nabs nectar from a butterfly bush outside of Massengale Hall

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An eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly nabs nectar from a butterfly bush outside of Massengale Hall

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An eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly nabs nectar from a butterfly bush outside of Massengale Hall

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An eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly nabs nectar from a butterfly bush outside of Massengale Hall

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Audience members sit in the Sheldon Sculpture Garden. Jazz in June. June 16, 2026.

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Klaire Huenink (left), 2, attempts to drag her grandmother, Joann Huenink, to dance. Jazz in June wi

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Jackie Allen sings outside the Sheldon Museum of Art at Jazz in June. June 16, 2026.

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Audience members sit in the Sheldon Sculpture Garden. Jazz in June. June 16, 2026.

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Piper Beran (from left), Laney Beran, Ella Halvorsen and Alex Halvorsen enjoy the music while eating

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Aerial view of people sitting in the grassy areas of the Sheldon Sculpture Garden to listen to Tammy

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Attendees sit in the Sheldon Sculpture Garden in the evening sun as Tammy McCann performs for Jazz i

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People sit the in grassy areas of the Sheldon Sculpture Garden to listen to vocalist Tammy McCann pe

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Ava Peterson (left), reaches up to hit the ball during a game of Spike Ball at Jazz in June. June 9,

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Cather Garden outside Love Library filled with colorful flowers on a sunny morning. May 12, 2026.

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Love Library Cupola is framed by surrounding grape hyacinths. On Campus. April 14, 2026.

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Raindrops collect on the fine hairs of purple pasque flowers blooming in the gardens south of Love L

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The Love Library Cupola is framed by red canna flowers on a sunny fall afternoon. October 20, 2025.

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A student walks past Love Library during a sunny afternoon on City Campus. September 15, 2025.

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High angle view of the new Indigenous Garden being installed on the University of Nebraska–Lincoln

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Aerial photo of a new Indigenous Garden being installed on the University of Nebraska–Lincoln's ci

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Yellow day lilies blooming on City Campus. June 26, 2025.

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Love Library is lit up in red with gobos projected on the front saying, “Glow Big Red”. Glow Big

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Love Library is lit up in red with gobos projected on the front saying, “Glow Big Red”. Glow Big

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Framed by the sculpture Fragment X-O, Paige Vose, center, Makena Niehaus and Evan Mott (back to came

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Daffodils bloom outside Love Library on City Campus. April 5, 2024.

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Dark clouds above Love Library and the Love gardens. August 13, 2023.

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Dark clouds above Love Library and the Love gardens. August 13, 2023.

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Bumblebees on cone flowers outside of Love Library. June 26, 2023.

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Bumblebees on cone flowers outside of Love Library. June 26, 2023.

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Lilacs frame Love Library on City Campus. May 4, 2023.

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Spring on city campus. April 18, 2023.

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Spring on city campus. April 18, 2023.

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Daffodils bloom in front of Love Library. Spring on City Campus. April 10, 2023.

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The Love gardens are covered under a blanket of snow. A snowy Friday on city campus. February 17, 20

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Fall on East Campus. November 10, 2022.

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Fall on East Campus. November 10, 2022.

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Fall on City Campus. November, 2022. Photos by Katie Black and Taylor DeMaro / University Communicat

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Fall on City Campus. November, 2022. Photos by Katie Black and Taylor DeMaro / University Communicat

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Fall on East Campus. November 10, 2022.

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Fall on East Campus. November 10, 2022.

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Fall on East Campus. November 10, 2022.

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Fall on City Campus. November, 2022. Photos by Katie Black and Taylor DeMaro / University Communicat

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Fall on City Campus. November, 2022. Photos by Katie Black and Taylor DeMaro / University Communicat

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Fall on East Campus. November 10, 2022.

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Fall on East Campus. November 10, 2022.

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Fall on East Campus. November 10, 2022.

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