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Twigg, Lilly, Steele receive prestigious Pratt-Heins Faculty Awards

 By SARA GIBONEY UNK Communications KEARNEY – University of Nebraska at Kearney professors Paul Twigg, Carol Lilly and Janet Steele received the prestigious Pratt-Heins Faculty Awards on Aug. 22 during...

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Plants to Fuel: Paul Twigg in Race to Find Next Big Biofuels Discovery

By KELLY BARTLING Paul Twigg’s spring garden is a thing of beauty: Beautiful black dirt is powdery yet flat and even, awaiting his pointy hoe – perfectly straight rows carved at a uniform depth. While...

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Paul Twigg featured speaker at Mortar Board’s Last Lecture

UNK Professor of Biology Paul Twigg is the featured speaker at the annual Last Lecture event presented by the Xi Phi Chapter of Mortar Board at University of Nebraska at Kearney. The event, which is...

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Twigg discusses student, faculty connections in Last Lecture

By ALYSSA SOBOTKA UNK Antelope KEARNEY – Paul Twigg tells the story like it happened yesterday. But the emotional moment he shared with UNK colleague Frank Kovacs actually occurred more than 10 years...

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Twigg, Shaffer involved with $20 million crop productivity research

Two University of Nebraska at Kearney faculty are among those leading a $20 million Nebraska-based research effort to improve crop productivity. Led by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and funded by...

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Haag student research with Twigg focuses on corn crop productivity, climate...

KEARNEY – Joe Haag is working to aid corn plant growth and crop productivity while finding a way to combat climate change. A University of Nebraska at Kearney biology student from Grand Island, Haag is...

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What do you love about UNK?

On “I Love NU Advocacy Day,” we asked attendees one simple question.

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PHOTO GALLERY: UNK greenhouse springs to life for annual plant sale

Proceeds from this year’s sale will support UNK’s Big Blue Cupboard, which provides food and hygiene items for students and employees at no cost.

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‘Everyone gave more’: UNK community works together to complete challenging...

"Almost every student who I’ve talked to has been grateful that we were in-person this semester,” said Max Beal, UNK’s student body president. “And I think the data suggests we’ve been pretty successful.”

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Biology professor Janet Steele takes pie in face for fundraiser

The UNK Health Science Club event collected more than 300 items for the Kearney HelpCare Clinic.

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PHOTO GALLERY: Plant sale raises money for UNK greenhouse, Loper Pantry

Dozens of UNK community members lined up outside the campus greenhouse to buy perennials, annuals, herbs and vegetable plants Friday afternoon.

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More than pretty plants: UNK students, faculty use greenhouse for research

Working alongside biology professors Paul Twigg and Julie Shaffer, UNK junior Macy Hill is digging for data to improve crop yields.

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