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Cody Hollist

28 Apr 2020    By Tiffany Lee - Research and Economic Development

Fulbright project seeks answers to Brazil’s suicide epidemic

Cody Hollist, associate professor in the Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies, will use a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to research the factors that have caused the rise in suicide rate for young people in Brazil.

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Cody Hollist

28 Apr 2020    By Tiffany Lee - Research and Economic Development

Fulbright project seeks answers to Brazil’s suicide epidemic

Cody Hollist, associate professor in the Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies, will use a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to research the factors that have caused the rise in suicide rate for young people in Brazil.

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Milk Bottles

27 Apr 2020    By Dan Moser - Research and Economic Development

Nebraska research aims to boost milk as infection fighter

Milk does a body good, as the saying goes, and Nebraska scientists are exploring how to make it even healthier by enhancing its infection-fighting properties.

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Milk Bottles

27 Apr 2020    By Dan Moser - Research and Economic Development

Nebraska research aims to boost milk as infection fighter

Milk does a body good, as the saying goes, and Nebraska scientists are exploring how to make it even healthier by enhancing its infection-fighting properties.

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27 Apr 2020    By Haley Apel

Nebraska Extension creates new program to help families stay physically active

Nebraska Extension has created a virtual Marathon Kids club, so youth and their families can be active and gain confidence through completing the distance of a marathon, one mile at a time.

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27 Apr 2020    By Haley Apel

Nebraska Extension creates new program to help families stay physically active

Nebraska Extension has created a virtual Marathon Kids club, so youth and their families can be active and gain confidence through completing the distance of a marathon, one mile at a time.

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Lydiah Kiramba

24 Apr 2020    By Matt Sernett

Kiramba receives Carlos J. Vallejo Memorial Award for Emerging Scholarship

Lydiah Kiramba, assistant professor in the Department of Teaching Learning and Teacher Education at University of Nebraska–Lincoln, is the 2020 recipient of the Carlos J. Vallejo Memorial Award for Emerging Scholarship from the American Educational Research Association.

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24 Apr 2020    By Annie Albin | University Communication

Leow aligns therapists to offer free mental health supports

In adjusting to the new normal of a world impacted by COVID-19, many Nebraskans are in need of resources to help cope with stress. Yet, while mental health help is needed, cost barriers and stigmas keep many from reaching out for assistance

Husker Cassandra Leow, a doctoral candidate studying global family health and wellbeing, wants to change that.

Using her connections to mental health practitioners, Leow organized a group of more than 40 therapists to offer free mental health support for anyone who may be struggling.



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20 Apr 2020    

EDAD's Impact Award given to Dr. Amy Morrison

Dr. Amy Morrison has been selected as the 2020 recipient of the University of Nebraska Lincoln Department of Educational Administration’s Impact Award.

The Impact Award is presented annually to recognize the impact a distinguished Department of Educational Administration alum has had in their field, discipline, community, or organization. 



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Taylor Brumbaugh reads a storybook to Hailey

20 Apr 2020    By Haley Apel

Support for parents in the form of a student-driven blog

Instead of completing in-person service learning hours, students in CYAF 382 Working with Parents are posting activity ideas and educational resources to a newly created blog.

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