Strong Communities

The College of Education and Human Sciences envisions that every community has access to strong, vibrant and culturally responsive schools and businesses.

The project’s research team includes, front row, from left: Lisa Poppe, Sarah Paulos, Deepika Menon and Christine Wittich. Back row, from left: Marianna Burks, Maddie Pieper, HyeonJin Yoon, Soo-Young Hong, LaDonna Werth and Doug Golick. (Kyleigh Skaggs, CYFS)

Researchers building science confidence, capacity among rural early childhood educators

December 12, 2024

Students in TEAC 259A work in a group to program robots (photo by Loren Rye)

Researchers aim to empower future K-12 teachers with computer science knowledge

December 10, 2024

Weiman Xu, MAP Academy graduate research assistant, is exploring the association between intergenerational coparenting and child social-emotional development.

Study explores effects of intergenerational family dynamics on child well-being

November 19, 2024

model walks the runway with a design created by a TMFD student at Project Funway 2023

Husker students to showcase upcycled designs at Project Funway

November 12, 2024

Tori Thomas student teaches in a Lincoln school

CEHS expands teacher apprenticeship program with new funding from NDE

November 6, 2024

New podcast, CS4NE, launches to support computer science education in Nebraska

November 1, 2024

family walks down a sidewalk with one child driving a rideable toy

Research reveals ‘the good life’ better for some Nebraska families than others

October 3, 2024

Research supports vulnerable youth in the journey from expulsion and juvenile detention to graduation

September 10, 2024

Julius Owusu Afriyie in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil with four other CEHS

From Ghana, to Nebraska, to Brazil: How Julius Owusu Afriyie spent his summer studying abroad

August 29, 2024

Emily Fisher and Pam Bazis pose for a photo together outside the Barkley Memorial Center on UNL's East Campus

Bazis, Fisher named co-directors of Schmoker Reading Center

August 28, 2024

Madison Wosk (center), who grew up in Broomfield, Colorado, student-taught at Malcolm Elementary and is now starting her career as a fourth grade teacher in Sutton. (Craig Chandler, University Communication and Marketing)

Huskers make big impact on state through teacher education

August 21, 2024

Jamy Rentschler, MAP Academy postdoctoral fellow, is researching peopleâs changing perception of poverty and government assistance to the poor. (Chuck Green, CYFS)

Project examines public perceptions on poverty’s causes and solutions

August 6, 2024