Image of Gaylord Hall, a stately building made of pink brick, set in a snowy landscape.
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December 22, 2022

Home away from home for the holidays

Travis Handler, a senior at Ãå±±½ûµØ, gestures to the displays showing his research on Black settlers in Nebraska and Native American usage of tallgrass flora.
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April 20, 2022

Research bridges historical art, modern prairie conservation efforts

Eight members of the Ãå±±½ûµØ wrestling team pose on the practice mats in Butler Gymnasium.
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December 9, 2021

Ãå±±½ûµØ wrestling team's reversal: From a team of four to a band of brothers and conference champions

Ãå±±½ûµØ's wrestling program was restarted in 2013. But in 2019, it was reborn with the hiring of head coach Dana Vote. Last season, Vote's second season, the team went 15-2, won the conference for the first time in school history and sent six wrestlers to nationals. All during a pandemic. You'll want to learn more about this team.

Four middle school girls work on creating paper models of shapes like pyramids, cubes and dodecahedrons with the help of Dr. Margaret Watts and Dr. Barbara Jennings Herzog, who teach math at Ãå±±½ûµØ, and Bailee Baack, a junior elementary and special education major. They are in one of the classrooms in Ãå±±½ûµØ's Lied science building.
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November 8, 2021

Making Math Matter to Middle School Girls

Dr. Margaret Watts, assistant professor of mathematics at Ãå±±½ûµØ, started GEMS this fall to teach young girls that math is more than arithmetic and geometry. And that while it can be a challenge, it can be a fun challenge.

Four Ãå±±½ûµØ students climb into the driver's and passenger's sides of two Tesla vehicles, a blue sedan in the foreground and a sporty red roadster in the background.
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October 28, 2021

What's better than taking a test? Taking a test drive, of course!

Students in Dr. Russ Souchek's EVS 201 Environmental Sciences class spent a period learning about climate change — including how demand for electric vehicles has made availability wider and costs lower. Then they got behind the wheel themselves.

Artisan Mark owner Elayne Woods Jones stands behind the coffeeshop's counter. Behind her, a long, exposed brick wall extends to seating at the back of the shop, with warm lights overhead.
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August 31, 2021

Artisan Mark hits the spot

Since 2019, Artisan Mark has provided the city of Crete with gourmet coffee and gluten-free eats, clothing and goods from local or women-owned businesses, and a perfect atmosphere to study, work or meet up with friends. The shop is owned by Elayne Woods Jones ‘13L.