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Mathematics

Jim Lewis and colleagues received funding from the National Science Foundation to build out the state's STEM workforce with STEM CONNECT.

Physics

Kevin Lee received the Friend of Science award from the Nebraska Academy of Sciences.

Computer Science

Leen Kiat-Soh received funding from Citadel University for "Anticipating Social Unrest using Integrated Model- and Data-Driven Approaches: The Impact of Socio-Demographic and Environmental Factors in Post-Colonial Nations".

Biological Sciences

Scott Gardner received funding from the National Science Foundation for "Digitization TCN: Digitizing Collections to Trace Parasite-Host Associations and Predict the Spread of Vector-Borne Disease".

English, Ethnic Studies, History

Kwakiutl Dreher and William Thomas received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities to produce the film "The Bell Affair".

Biological Sciences

Anna Hiatt received funding from the National Science Foundation for "Advancing the Introductory Biology Experience".

Political science, ethnic studies

Alice Kang received a Best Paper award at the European Conference on Politics and Gender.

Chemistry

Alena Moon received funding from the National Science Foundation for "Developing Educational Measurement Competency to Support Investigations of Students' Conceptions of Light".

Psychology

Graduate student Yinbo Wu received a scholarship from the Buffett Early Childhood Institute to examine the relationship between parenting, attention, and working memory in young children.

Microbiology

Mika Caplan received a Holland Future Scientist Award from the Nebraska Coalition for Lifesaving Cures for her research presentation in the Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence Program.

Sociology, women's and gender studies

Kelsy Burke and Emily Kazyak received funding from the National Science Foundation for "Religious Exemption Laws and Minority Rights".

Mathematics

Thomas Marley received funding from the National Science Foundation for "KUMUNU 2019-2021".

Political science

Mark E. Button received the Heinz I. Eulau award from the American Political Science Association for his article appearing in Perspectives on Politics.

Center on Children, Families, and the Law

Kathryn Olson received funding from PromiseShip for "PromiseShip New Worker Training".

Biological sciences

Shab Mohammadi received funding from National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute for "Epistasis as a Source of Contingency in the Adaptive Evolution of Protein Function".

Bureau of Sociological Research

Lindsey Witt-Swanson received funding from the Nebraska Department of Labor for "2019 Labor Availability Study Survey".

English

Chigozie Obioma was shortlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize from the Booker Prize Foundation.