A recent study from a team of researchers from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and other institutions has found that a subset of taste cells called type II taste cells may play a key role in the body’s immune response to harmful oral microbes. These new findings could help treat taste loss caused by infection, aging, obesity and cancer chemotherapy.
Imagine publishing 18 journal articles, three books, and two edited books. Pretty good career…but this was Michael Pressley’s one-year production record! Oh, in the same year, he was also editor-in-chief for two journals, served on the editorial board for nine other journals, garnered two major awards, and was department chair. Oh my!
A panel of University of Nebraska early childhood researchers and community partners from across Nebraska led a virtual discussion Nov. 17 about the importance of creating and maintaining research partnerships in the first NAECR Knowledge event of the fall.
Video is now available of the MAP Academy’s Nov. 11 Methodology Applications Series presentation by Kristy Feden, senior director of special services for the Sioux Falls, South Dakota, School District.
When Jeremy Lachance heard that his 13-year-old daughter needed new hearing aids, he wasn’t sure how he’d pay for it.
That’s where HearU Nebraska, a University of Nebraska–Lincoln led hearing aid bank for children, came in.
Nebraska researchers and Iowa educators are collaborating to deliver a curriculum designed to help prevent sex trafficking of children to high school students and school personnel.
With funding from a Grand Challenges Catalyst Competition planning grant, Nebraska researchers are leading a project to leverage collaboration among researchers, practitioners and community members to reduce educational and health inequities in Nebraska.
Kristy Weissling, a professor of practice in the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders, was selected as the recipient of the Recognition of Service Award from the Nebraska Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NSLHA).
Ciara Ousley, assistant professor in the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders, has been selected to participate in the 15th cohort of the Office of Research and Economic Development’s Research Development Fellows Program.
