High School Focus
by Julie Nichols “This hand is not the color of yours, but if I pierce it, I shall feel pain. If you pierce your hand, you will also feel pain. The blood that will flow...
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Welcome the first-ever giraffes born at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo
by Erin Lenz Since the giraffe program started at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo in 2018, the goal has been to have healthy baby giraffes born at the Zoo to further conservation of the species. That...
The Lincoln Children’s Zoo hand-raises a Humboldt Penguin Chick
On May 11, 2021, the Zoo welcomed its first-ever Humboldt penguin chick into the world! Born to parents Bella and Arnie, Pebbles has shown from the beginning that she is a fighter. Unfortunately, before Pebbles...
Places for Creative Kids
by Aja Martin Lincoln has a glut of art studios to keep kids occupied during long summers and holiday breaks and as a special destination when winter cabin fever sets in. The city offers day...
Lincoln Museums—art, science, history and fun
If art’s your thing, Lincoln’s got plenty of art museums, showcasing sculptures, paintings, quilts and more. If you’re a history buff, Nebraska’s capital city offers a museum that traces 10,000 years of elephant-type beasts...
Children’s fun in Lincoln
by Mary Friesen These are only some of the activities for children and families in Lincoln. Some were designed and built just for kids and some are fun for almost anyone. So if there are...
Water for Food Daugherty Global Institute Celebrates 10 years of Progress
by Jesse Starita It started with a question twelve years ago on a quail hunting outing in Georgia. Mogens Bay, chairman and CEO of Nebraska-based Valmont Industries, asked University of Nebraska President JB Milliken what...
Morrill Hall’s newly opened fourth floor tells Nebraska’s story
by Caroline Clements All is still as Barbourofelis crouches, his saber-like teeth gleaming in the light, waiting to ambush his prey. The enormous Bison latifrons stands majestically nearby. Listen closely; you’ll hear birds and water....
A Week with the Best of the Best
by Erin Poor, Michele Tilley and Matthew Boring In the spring of 2018 two of the nation’s top performing arts ensembles, American Ballet Theater (ABT) and the St. Louis Symphony (SLSO), converged at the Lied...
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