Fueling performance, optimizing health
Explore Nutrition, Exercise and Health ScienceThe Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences is committed to creating an environment that is welcoming to all; where each person feels accepted, valued, and safe. Visit cehs.unl.edu/nhs/nhs-deib/ to learn more.
Our Mission
Enhance human health and well-being through discovery and application of scientific knowledge.
Our Vision
Create a diverse and inclusive research and learning environment to advance health and hospitality, experiential learning, and engagement with individuals, families, communities, and businesses.
Our Core Values
- Collaboration to create a positive and inclusive learning and work environment for all.
- Working together to positively impact individuals, families, schools, communities, and businesses.
- Culturally responsive and respectful of diverse people, ideas, voices, and perspectives.
- Multidisciplinary approaches to scholarship that integrate teaching and learning, research and creative activity, outreach, and service.
- Innovation, collaboration, creativity, and curiosity as we address the complex issues facing individuals, families, schools, communities, and businesses.
- Creation of new knowledge and its application to human and community needs.
Undergraduate Areas of Study
Athletic Training
Community Health and Wellness
Hospitality, Restaurant and Tourism Management
Pre-Dietetics
Nutrition, Exercise and Health Science
Nutrition Science
Graduate Programs
Graduate students can enroll in a graduate program within the NHS department.
Featured StudentDario
“The personal desire to be the first one in my family to graduate from college, that really drives me on the inside.”
NHS Associate Professor Shinya Takahashi interviews Senior Ben Stille regarding his UNL experience and advice for new students:
NHS Associate Professor Shinya Takahashi interviews Senior Clare Morehouse regarding her UNL experience and advice for new students:
Our alumni are making a difference in people’s lives.
Families. Schools. Communities. This is where our alumni are at work. You’ll get the experiences you need to make an impact there, too.
Juliann Saquib Assistant Professor, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia
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A total of 1,012 students in CEHS at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have been named to the Dean’s List for the Spring semester of the 2023-24 academic year.
Villa serves as a role model on and off the field
As a Husker soccer student-athlete, Cece Villa — a senior nutrition, exercise, and health science major from Altoona, Iowa—is serving as a role model and advocating for others.