Go Big Red: Recent Episodes
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A University of Nebraska-Lincoln art history professor leads a team uncovering a huge, rare Roman mosaic pavement in southern Turkey. Read the complete article.
After studying music and law at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Stephanie Lynch Taylor continues to perform her fiddle and through her entertainment law practice, helps other performers become successful.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln entomology professor Tiffany Heng-Moss has a passion for insects, science and teaching. She knows the name of every student in her every class and believes hands-on experience is the best way to learn.
Animal Scientist Chris Calkins led University of Nebraska-Lincoln research on beef muscle profiling. The result: a discovery of delicious and undervalued cuts of meat that add over a billion dollars in value for beef producers.
Peter Sam moved to Nebraska with his parents to start a restaurant. That experience taught him skills as an entrepreneur. He's now studying at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's College of Business Administration and targeting a career as a cardiologist.
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Business Administration has helped Emily Koopmann on her path to a career. She's embraced all college has to offer, studying abroad, taking internships, and keeping active in student government.
Misam Ali embraces almost every opportunity that comes her way. That has worked out well for her at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's College of Business Administration, leading to a study trip to China, internships, and hopes of a career in international law.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln student Lauren Villegas studied in Mexico and worked in a clinic with hopes to one day practicing medicine in a third world country.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln's national television spot highlights some of the outstanding people who call UNL home.
After earning his BFA degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1995, Chris Ervin embarked on a career creating eye-popping visual effects for the film and television industry. He's now visual effects supervisor for San Diego based Raven Studios. Chris has given back to the university by creating the visual effects in UNL's television spots. Television Spot 2010 | Television Spot 2011
Tyrone Fahie, '09 and '11, walked on to the Cornhusker football team after six years of active duty in the U.S. Military. On campus, he helped start a student-run business and earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from UNL's College of Business Administration.
It's not an overstatement to say that Agronomy and Horticulture Professor Steve Baenziger helps feed the world. As a wheat breeder, his grain hybrids have greatly improved crop production. More than 65 percent of all the wheat grown in Nebraska comes from varieties developed at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Sheri Fritz is a professor of earth and atmospheric sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She travels the world gathering clues to the history of the world's climate in an effort to help us toward a sustainable future.
Space telecommunications have become vital to entertainment, national security and the economy. But the future depends on a growing field of law to make it all work. Matt Schaefer leads the University of Nebraska College of Law's Space, Cyber, and Telecommunications Law program, the only program of it's kind in the U.S.A.
Jordan Green, UNL professor of special education and communication disorders, uses Hollywood motion capture technology to help people with speech impairments. His research will help make clinical decisions for patients with ALS, a disease of the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.
Dennis Cox, '65, took has taken his Nebraska music degree around the world as director of chorale activities at the University of Maine. The conductor says sharing his love of music with students is his biggest thrill.
As creative director for Disney Cruise Line, David Duffy overseas the live entertainment on Disney Cruise ships. The 1988 UNL graduate got his start performing on campus.
Wendy Jane Bantam, '07, is a teacher, painter and community volunteer. She says she loves bringing people of different cultures together. She says her M.F.A. degree helped her grow as an artist.
As an attorney for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Connie Collingsworth forms partnerships to help some of the world's poorest people. The 1982 University of Nebraska College of Law graduate says Nebraska helped her reach her goals.