Photos: Historic UNL buildings
See some of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's most historic and architecturally significant buildings.
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Architectural Hall, seen here in July 1987 following a $4.38 million renovation, is the university's oldest building. It originally housed UNL's library and art gallery and served as headquarters for the Nebraska State Historical Society.
Louise Pound Hall previously housed the College of Business Administration. It opened in 1919 and was renovated in 2018.
The Temple Building, at 12th and R streets, is home to the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts. It was completed in 1908 and renovated in the 1970s.
Morrill Hall is home to the State Museum of Natural History on the UNL City Campus.
Banners tream down through the atrium gathering place which unites UNL's Architecture Hall and Architecture Hall West, the former law college building, in this November 1987 photo.
Construction underway in January 1986 renovating and linking UNL's former law building (left) and Architectural Hall.
Construction on Architecture Hall, originally built as a library for $110,000, started in 1892. It was renovated for $4.3 million in the mid-1980s.
UNL demolish the Cather and Pound residence halls in 2017.
After criticism from Gov. Pete Ricketts, UNL said it has previously approved and funded two events sponsored by Ratio Christi that brought speakers to campus. The group sued UNL this week after it was denied funding by a student committee earlier this year.
UNL plans to provide regular anti-racist teaching seminars, review its current hiring processes in the context of race and collaborate with Lincoln police to prevent poor treatment of minority community members off campus.
“I do not believe that UNL is racist,” Chancellor Ronnie Green said in response to an allegation by Gov. Pete Ricketts. “Nothing could be further from the truth.”
Three University of Nebraska-Lincoln apartment complexes geared for married students and students with families are being either sold or repurposed, leaving residents — many of whom are international students — feeling anxious and betrayed.
NU President Ted Carter announced the income threshold for the Nebraska Promise would be raised to $65,000, which will allow an estimated 175 more students to qualify for the free tuition program.
"We're going to transform the student experience," College of Engineering Dean Lance Pérez told the NU Board of Regents on Thursday, during a campus tour of UNL.
NU has so far not been forced to pay the demands of a hacker, but on Friday, the Board of Regents approved adding losses occurring to cyberattacks to the list of claims that can be covered under its own self-insurance.
"Right now, as we speak, there are labor brokers on the project with a number of workers who are being paid in cash," said Felicia Hilton, the political director of the North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters.
While the denial of funding for a Christian speaker spurred the lawsuit, the claims in Ratio Christi's complaint "sweep far more broadly, posing a broadside attack on the entire funding scheme" for speakers at UNL, a judge said.
In the fifth year of the program, 150 prospective Huskers and alumni explored the university’s various colleges and programs, attending classes about canine behavior, broadcasting, forensics and more.
Students, faculty and staff at UNL will continue to have access to free saliva-based PCR testing Sunday through Friday outside the Nebraska Union as well as the East Union.
University of Nebraska President Ted Carter's contract will now extend to Dec. 31, 2027, and his total pay will likely exceed $1.5 million with the Board of Regents' approval.
More than 50 construction projects are part of the university's effort to renew and replace aging buildings on its Lincoln campus.
The 49,560 students counted on NU’s campuses in Lincoln, Omaha, Kearney and the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis reflects a 2.2% loss from the fall 2021 semester.
The $3.75 million tribute on the UNL campus will serve as a space for reflection and education for active duty military, veterans and their families.
A 44-year-old Council Bluffs man pleaded no contest Wednesday to misdemeanor motor vehicle homicide in connection with a deadly crash near Eppley Airfield.
The gift from the Johnny Carson Foundation comes during the week of what would have been the Norfolk native's 97th birthday.
Launched in an online event for NU employees, "Only in Nebraska: A Campaign for Our University's Future" aims to engage more than 150,000 donors.
The NU Board of Regents will consider revising a policy governing how mandatory fees are allocated to student groups that was last updated more than four decades ago.
It's the first time in a decade NU regents have taken what is widely considered in academia to be an extraordinary step in dismissing a faculty member with tenure.
The work will prepare the museum for other renovations and deferred maintenance projects from spring 2023 through early 2024.
"We are deep in the planning phase for how we'll make budget adjustments to solve the revenue shortfall we currently have," UNL Chancellor Ronnie Green said.
University of Nebraska leaders and others asked the Legislature's Appropriations Committee on Friday to increase state funding for the system by 3% in each of the next two years.
“I know that any budget reductions are difficult and often stretch existing resources,” UNL Chancellor Ronnie Green said. “But we cannot simply cover budget shortfalls with cash reserves."
Rodney D. Bennett was named as the priority candidate to become the 21st chancellor of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the university announced Monday morning.
Administrators will propose raising tuition rates by 3.5% in the coming school year at the regents' June 22 meeting as they begin planning how to close the remaining budget deficit.
The majority of the cuts eliminate unfilled jobs within various academic units across UNL, while some current staff positions will not be renewed for the upcoming year.
The number of first-time freshmen from Nebraska who enrolled at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln rose by 3.6% this year, according to a headcount of students taken late last month.
CARE began offering Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence prevention workshops last year, which are mandatory for all first-year students and run entirely by trained peer educators.
As part of the grant, the Transportation Center will receive $3 million annually for five years to improve transportation safety and equity in Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas.
The grant was made to the National Strategic Research Institute, NU and U.S. Strategic Command's University Affiliated Research Center.
Chancellor Rodney Bennett asked UNL leaders to find savings across nine broad categories in a memo to the Academic Planning Committee on Wednesday.
Chris Kabourek, NU's vice president for business and finance, will lead the university system with campuses in Lincoln, Omaha, and Kearney, until a replacement for Ted Carter is named.
UNO's $2.7 million budget deficit is separate from a projected $58 million budget shortfall facing the University of Nebraska system. To date, UNO has cut more than $2.4 million.
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents will name a priority candidate to become the system's ninth president on Wednesday.
Jeffrey Gold, NU president priority candidate, is known to many Nebraskans for having led two NU Omaha campuses, but he's no stranger to the more rural parts of the state.
Eliminating programs and merging campuses are under review for the University of Nebraska as state leaders set a goal of competing nationally in higher education versus "eating everyone else’s dust.”
University of Nebraska campuses would have to cut spending by millions and students would face higher tuition under an NU budget plan that aims to close a projected deficit.
UNL has gradually improved its data collection and analysis since 2011 and now is more proactive in using that information to ensure students are successful.
